Questions tagged [mythical-creatures]
For questions about animals or non-sentient beings that are not found on Earth. These can be anything from dragons to Pegasus to your own made-up creature. They just need to not exist on this Earth.
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Where do forge-worms live outside of forges?
Forge-worms are large bugs which flutter about the hearths of forges. They rely on the high temperatures of the forge to stay active and immediately fall into torpor when their body temperature falls ...
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How can medieval people defend their societies from Vanilla Puddings?
Puddings are a common strain of monsters that run amok on my fantasy world of Algernon. These slug-like creatures are about the size of a human head. Each species of pudding has a vibrant colour and ...
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How would medieval people defend themselves from Simswines?
If you’ve seen any of my previous questions on Algennon’s fantastic and deadly ecosystem, you might know the drill: first a monster gets designed, then strategies to defend against it. But we’ve moved ...
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Anatomically Correct Hydra
The Hydra is a Greek mythological creature known for its many head that only increase in number as you fight it. Alcaeus was the one to solidly state the the creature started with 9 heads, a large ...
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Anatomically Correct Nanaue
The Nanaue (there is no wiki link) is a Hawaiian creature of myth. It is a shark with arms and legs. It can live in both the ocean and on the land. So how do I create the monstrosity that is, the land ...
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Anatomically Correct Ahuizotl
The Ahuizotl is a creature from Aztec mythology. It is aquatic, and appears similar to a small dog with grasping forepaws like a raccoon or monkey's, and a very long tail ending with an extra hand. ...
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Would a realistic dragon shed their skin/scales?
Dragons are often thought to have impenetrable scales. If dragons were to shed them it would obviously make them far more vulnerable for a period of time. This on the other hand would make them easier ...
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Biological Sources for a Crystal Breath weapon
Dragons are well known for their breath weapons in fiction, and there are four main types of breath weapons in my world that I am trying to make more scientifically accurate. I am focusing mainly on ...
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Which animals are closest to a large upright boar monster that can mimic human speech?
If you’ve seen any of my previous questions about Algennon’s monsters, then you’ll be glad to know we’ve stopped talking about simple mollusk monsters. Now we can talk about cool monsters that have ...
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Anatomically Correct Elves
This is a submission for the Anatomically Correct Series.
Elves are a supernatural creature from Germanic cultures. Their appearances and abilities vary a lot in fiction and mythology but things they ...
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Humans breeding with dragons [closed]
Firstly, by dragon I am referring to the type with 4 legs a tail and wings. Their actual sizes vary greatly, from the size of your average house cat to feasting on planets in one bite. Most are ...
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Which animals are closest to a squid monster that mimics humans and other animals?
Welcome back to Algennon, where monsters, old feuds between the Five Peoples, and internal political strife mean that heroes are always needed. This is another question about the feasibility of a ...
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Anatomically Correct Werewolves
Could werewolves exist in a realistic world?
All that is required for an accepted answer is the ability to change shape over night. Bonus points will be awarded if you can explain a bite spreading ...
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Anatomically Correct Sea Serpents
This is a submission for the Anatomically Correct Series.
Sea serpents appear in various mythologies. Mesopotamians have Tiamat, Greeks have Hydras,Jews have Leviathan, the Norse have Jormungandr....
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How can medieval people defend their settlements against Licorice Puddings?
I’m back with a question about the monsters of Algennon, a fantasy setting full of magic and danger. This question is about a member of the Pudding family (sluglike creatures that vary greatly in ...
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Feasibility of an Electric Land Slime
My fantasy world of Algennon has several “Pudding” class monsters-(one of which is the Peasouper) -slimy slug creatures with natural weapons. One type is the Licorice Pudding. This monster has ...
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Can we use science to explain a creature that feeds on emotion?
This is a magic world question, and we certainly do not have anything on this planet which feeds on emotion. But if we did, I'm wondering how it might work with a look at science for something ...
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How could my solar-powered fairies exist in outer space?
There have been instances of flashes in space that were attributed to sprites and fairies. Now, I know these phenomena can be explained by natural means such as blue/purple lightning. But the concept ...
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How can medieval people defend their settlements from Peasoupers (giant acid slugs)?
Yet another question about the world of Algennon and its many monsters, this one concerning Peasoupers. Basically, they are bright green slime-covered slugs the size of a human head. They have two ...
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How would a quadruped walk with one limb longer than the rest?
I have a (digitigrade) quadrupedal alien creature with one of it's front limbs having a longer metatarsals, I'm trying to visualise how it would walk with this deformity for an animation.
I'm having ...
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How Dangerous Are Spikagi?
If you've seen How Dangerous Are Ploppers?, you know that only 9 out of 10 Chompers that eat a Plop become a Plopper. This question concerns what happens to the 10th Chomper.
You see, that 10th ...
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How can medieval peope defeat an army of volleyball-sized, armored, fire-breathing crabs? [closed]
In the world of Algennon humans are at a worldwide societal level equivalent to the Middle Ages. Humans also are divided into two subspecies: the Bellators (homo sapiens bellator) and the Plebeians (...
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The Carbon Atoms in Your Body Turn into Silicon Atoms -- What Happens Next?
In The Laundry Novel series, basilisks and associated weapons and creatures turn their targets to stone by transmuting 10% of carbon to silicon. Ignoring the question of how, what effects would this ...
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Can my Pea Soup Slime Monster Exist?
Peasoupers are acidic, bright green slime monsters that smell a lot like snap pea jelly (I assume, I’ve never smelled snap pea jelly). They are deaf, but can see, taste and feel. On average, ...
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How would tiny dragons strike TERROR?
Average Medieval times for humans... And everybody fears these fire-breathing, jewel-stealing sentient creatures. There is just one problem. Dragons on this world are sparrow-sized, and aren't very ...
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How can Dracenae Walk if They Have Two Snakes For Legs?
I've already asked a few questions about Lamia on this site $-$ female hybrids of half snake and human (sort of like mermaids) represented in Alendyias, a world of chaos $-$ only to find myself ...
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What anatomical features would enable tree climbing in someone with feet for hands and no opposable thumbs?
Short version: A given person’s arms are now legs. But somehow they are able to climb trees despite having no opposable thumbs or big toes. How is the anatomy of their arm-legs designed to make this ...
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creature pupils, iris color, and eye shape. What would they look like?
There are several species I've thought up for fun. Pure entertainment.
One species is 4-5 feet tall, and lives in very dark caves where the only light source is the luminescence of fauna, the glow of ...
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Predatory Behavior of a Dragon
EDIT: After reading a lot of great suggestions I've decided that these dragons will be a mix between warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals. They stalk their prey and ambush them along well traveled ...
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How Do You Get Wood in a World Where Monsters Defend The Forests?
PROJEKT ' IRON SONG '
In the Empire of Tyvertsia, there are many strange and often hostile beasts—bears, mountain lions, sirin, bauk and the like—living among the wildlife of the thick Western forests,...
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Shapes for an infinite animal?
This creature exists in an infinite world, a flat landscape that extends ad infinitum, where light rains from the sky from infinity during recurrent day-night cycles, and, similarly, the ground goes ...
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Is it scientifically possible for a 15 to 20 foot long Dragon to have 6 limbs and still be able to fly?
In my works, there’s an Earth-like planet known as Lyrial which is linked to Earth and is home to a species of Dragons that’s meant to be scientifically plausible. Additionally, another planet, ...
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Anatomically correct Bunyip [closed]
This is a submission for the Anatomically Correct Series.
For my world, every mythological animal that was conceived of in the past exists. However, these mythological animals lack magic so they must ...
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Evolutionary pressures for carnivorous elves
In a fantasy world I am creating, there exists a race of elf-like hominids that exist along side other races in this world.
Note the "elf-like" portion as while they do have:
Pointy ears (...
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Anatomically-correct Kim Quy (Golden Turtle)
The legend
The Kim Quy is a Vietnamese giant turtle god, whose specific trait is -you guessed it from the title- golden, supposedly living in and around waters, like the Hoàn Kiếm Lake where part of ...
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What niche would werewolf looking creatures have in an environment? [closed]
By werewolf, I'm not talking about normal humans who can transform into big beasts and transform others to be like them. I'm just purely talking about could the werewolf form be its own wild animal? ...
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Would trolls be monkeys or apes [closed]
In a world I'm working on, one of the many creatures is the troll. The details of trolls shouldn't be too important for this question, other than evolution and the fact that they have a tail. Trolls ...
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Anatomically correct Sandworms [closed]
This is a submission for the Anatomically Correct Series.
Sandworms are a famous creature in fiction and mythology. Various mythological creatures are the Mongolian Death Worm and the Lambton Worm. ...
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Anatomically Correct Asian Dragons
This is a submission for the Anatomically Correct Series.
In the culture of China and other East Asian countries, dragons are legendary creatures that resemble snakes with 4 legs. They are big and ...
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Anatomically Correct Dullahan's Horse [closed]
The Dullahan is a spirit that rides on a rather unique type of horse
This horse, like the rider, does not have its head attached to its body. Instead, the head floats behind the body. Furthermore, the ...
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Griffin with Hybrid Foreleg Anatomy
Griffins, as winged quadrupeds, have a rather implausible anatomy at first glance. However, they also have many traits that seem to allow for a distinct anatomy
Specifically, this anatomy would ...
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Anatomically Correct Marine Griffin [closed]
The marine griffin is a variety of griffin found in heraldry. It has the foreparts of an eagle, with 2 wings and 2 talons as forelegs, and a limbless hindpart like a fish or serpent.
It should be ...
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Hydra regeneration explained with science
The Hydra is a mythical creature with the ability the regrow severed limbs, including the head(s). According to the [Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 version of the hydra], each time one limb is separated ...
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Why haven't humans been absorbed or exterminated by orks?
Ork advantages:
Strength: orks are, on average, twice as strong as humans.
Reproduction: ork females rarely die in childbirth and usually have twins.
Height: orks can reach up to almost 8 feet tall....
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Anatomically Correct Siren?
I am interested in creating a reality-based version of a creature from Greek mythology called a Siren.
Sirens were believed to combine women and birds in various ways. In early Greek art, Sirens were ...
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crystalline fungi: is it possible, or should I excuse it with mAgIc/
A species of fungi known as Golloriee is a fairly uncommon creature I've come up with. Its origins are certainly very unnatural, but have been shrouded in folklore over time, they say the crystals ...
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Under what circumstances could an advanced civilization have detailed cultural awareness of monsters", but minimal scientific data?
Under what circumstances could a civilization that was roughly 100 years in advance of present day American society have a strong cultural awareness of "monsters" that included myths and ...
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Kaijuu-like monsters killing humans: What is their viable reason to do so?
If you've watched Godzilla and Pacific Rim you know what a Kaijuu is.
Kaijuus are monsters of epic proportions, as tall as the Empire State building or as large as 3 supercarriers of the USA.
I'm ...
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Could giants fit into a forest?
In my fantasy world, the forests are massive, reaching for miles and miles over the country, full of amazing creatures and just wonderful things. The thing is, I want my world to be relatively young, ...
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How can a demonic parasite protect its future investment?
Elves are born with different amounts of mana, which increases as they age and will determine their potential of magical power. Elven maidens with large reserves of mana usually produce powerful ...
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