Creatures of Fantasy and Myths

Dragon: perhaps the most widespread monster in myth and folklore; is born through a mixture of species: it is a serpent born asexually from a rooster's egg incubated in manure; by the transformation of an animal; or by the joint generation of a man or worm and a metal. Its form is a compound of species: the body of a serpent or crocodile with the scales of a fish; feet, wings, and occasionally the head of a bird; the forelimbs and occasionally the head of a lion; or, in another dominant type, the ears of an ox, the feet of a tiger, the claws of an eagle, the horns of a deer, the head of a camel, the eyes of a demon, the neck of a snake, the belly of a mollusk, and the scales of a fish. In other types of dragons, organs or attributes of the snake, lizard, fish, mollusk, toad, elephant, horse, pig, ram, deer, eagle, falcon, octopus, or whale predominate. In many traditions, the dragon has the power to transform itself at will. Its possession of superfluous organs is most frequently expressed by its being many headed, and it has both subterranean and aerial characteristics and habits.

Digging for Dragon Stuff
Ultima Dragons
The Noble Dragons
Dragos's Domain
Eye of the Dragon
HERE BE DRAGONS!
Downloadable Dragons
Encyclopædia Britannica | article about Dragons
Nikaem's Dragon Poetry
Pern/McCaffrey Resources Online

Dragon Art Link Listing
Pictures of the Dragon
The Art of Krynn
DRAGON ARTWORK!
The Dragon's Gallery
Welcome to Dreslough.com!
Fantasy Clipart - Dragons
Dragon Images
Dragon Art
Art History - For The Next Generation
Dandalf the Dragon
 
 

Gargoyle: in architecture, waterspout designed to drain water from the parapet gutter. Originally the term referred only to the carved lions of classical cornices or to terra-cotta spouts, such as those found in the Roman structures at Pompeii. The word later became restricted mainly to the grotesque, carved spouts of the European Middle Ages. It is often, although incorrectly, applied to other grotesque beasts, such as the chimères (chimeras) that decorate the parapets of Notre-Dame at Paris. The gargoyle of the developed Gothic period is usually a grotesque bird or beast sitting on its haunches on the back of a cornice molding and projected forward for several feet in order to throw the water far from the building.

Gargoyle Home Page
The Gargoyles Fan Website
Mediaeval Culture - Gargoyles
Gargoyles and Grotesques - Carved in Stone
GOTHIC ARTS WORLD OF GARGOYLES
Gargoyle Postcards
Gothic Creations Inc. - History of Gargoyles
Ask Jeeves about Gargoyles
A Love of Monsters: Gargoyles & Architectural Details in NYC
Shadow
Gargoyle's Gargoyle Links
KENT'S GARGOYLE PAGE
 

Miscellaneous
Ghost: soul or spectre of a dead person, usually believed to inhabit the netherworld and to be capable of returning in some form to the world of the living. According to descriptions or depictions provided by believers, a ghost may appear as a living being or as a nebulous likeness of the deceased and, occasionally, in other forms. Belief in ghosts is based on the ancient notion that a human spirit is separable from the body and may maintain its existence after the body's death. In many societies funeral rituals are believed to prevent the ghost from haunting the living.

Vampire: in popular legend, a bloodsucking creature, supposedly the restless soul of a heretic, criminal, or suicide, that leaves its burial place at night, often in the form of a bat, to drink the blood of humans. By daybreak it must return to its grave or to a coffin filled with its native earth. Its victims become vampires after death. Although the belief in vampires was widespread over Asia and Europe, it was primarily a Slavic and Hungarian legend, with reports proliferating in Hungary from 1730 to 1735. 

The Unofficial Addams Family Home Page
The Cabinet of Dr. Casey - The Horror Web Page
Dracula's Homepage
Encyclopædia Britannica | article about Vampire
Britannica.com | Info page about Ghosts
The Mysterious Home Page
Lord Kreterra's Dominium - Site with short infos and pictures about mystycal creatures.

The WWW Post-Mortem Page
Cemeteries
DeeJay's New England Gravestone Page
DeeJay's Cemetery and Gravestone Links
WebCrawler Search Results for: cemeteries
Ask Jeeves Links for cemeteries

Ägypten, Pharaone und Pyramiden - Linkpage with the most interesting egyptian websites on the Net (German and English).