Golem
The earliest stories of golems date to early Judaism. Adam is described in the Talmud (Tractate
Sanhedrin 38b) as inially created as a golem when his dust was "kneaded into a shapeless husk". Like
Adam, all golems are created from mud. They were a creaon of those who were very holy and close to
God. A very holy person was one who strove to approach God, and in that pursuit would gain some of
God's wisdom and power. One of these powers was the creaon of life. No maer how holy a person
became, however, a being created by that person would be but a shadow of one created by God.

Early on, the noon developed, that the main disability of the golem was its inability to speak. In
Sanhedrin 65b, is the descripon of Rava creang a man (gavra). He sent him to Rav Zeira; Rav Zeira
spoke to him, but he did not answer. Said Rav Zeira: "You were created by the magicians; return to your
dust."

Golems are elemental beings of the four primary elements: re, water, air and earth.
 

  Basilisk 
In European besaries and legends, a basilisk (English pronunciaon: /ˈbæzɪlɪsk/, from the Greek 
βασιλίσκος basilískos, "lile king"; Lan Regulus) is a legendary reple reputed to be king of serpents 
and said to have the power to cause death with a single glance. It is produced in the province of Cyrene,
being not more than twelve ngers in length. It has a white spot on the head, strongly resembling a sort
of a diadem. When it hisses, all the other serpents y from it: and it does not advance its body, like the
others, by a succession of folds, but moves along upright and erect upon the middle. It destroys all
shrubs, not only by its contact, but those even that it has breathed upon; it burns up all the grass too,
and breaks the stones, so tremendous is its noxious inuence. It was formerly a general belief that if a
man on horseback killed one of these animals with a spear, the poison would run up the weapon and
kill, not only the rider, but the horse as well. To this dreadful monster the euvium of the weasel is
fatal, a thing that has been tried with success, for kings have oen desired to see its body when killed;
so true is it that it has pleased Nature that there should be nothing without its andote. The animal is
thrown into the hole of the basilisk, which is easily known from the soil around it being infected. The
weasel destroys the basilisk by its odour, but dies itself in this struggle of nature against its own self.
 

  Hydra
Hydra is an ancient Greek mythical beast that was menoned in the tale of the twelve labours of
Hercules (also called Heracles). The hydra has 9 heads, the number of head varies from dierent
versions of the legend, however, more accounts agree on nine. It was said that the middle one was
immortal and it has very poisonous venom and breath.
If the heads are cut o, the heads would grow back. One head cut-o would result to two heads growing
back in its place.
The Hydra was believed to have lived in the Lernean marsh which is located near Argolis, the region
around Argos, Greece.
The serpent-woman Echinda and the hundred headed Typhon are Hydra’s parents. His siblings include
the Cerberus and the Chimera .
The Hydra guards the entrance to the Underworld and from the murky swamps of the Lake of Lerna the
monstrous serpent would rise and terrorize the city.
 

  Cerberus
Cerberus, (pronounced /ˈsɜrb(ə)rəs/; Greek form: Κέρβερος, [ˈkerberos]) in Greek and Roman
mythology, is a mul-headed hound (usually three-headed) which guards the gates of Hades, to prevent
those who have crossed the river Styx from ever escaping.

Cerberus is said to be the sibling of the Hydra and the Chimera.

Cerberus was the ospring of Echidna, a hybrid half-woman and half-serpent, and Typhon, a re-
breathing giant whom even the Olympian gods feared. Its brother is Orthrus, always depicted as a two-
headed hellhound. The common depicon of Cerberus in Greek mythology and art is as having three
heads, a mane of live serpents (similar to Medusa's hair) and a snake's tail. In most works the three-
heads each respecvely see and represent the past, the present, and the future, while other sources
suggest the heads represent birth, youth, and old age. Each of Cerberus' heads is said to have an
appete only for live meat and thus allow the spirits of the dead to freely enter the underworld, but
allow none to leave. Cerberus was always employed as Hades' loyal watchdog, and guarded the gates
that granted access and exit to the underworld (also called Hades).
 

Chimera
In Greek mythology, the Chimera (Greek Χίμαιρα (Chímaira); Lan Chimaera) was a monstrous re-
breathing creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of mulple animals: upon the body of a
lioness with a tail that terminated in a snake's head, the head of a goat arose on her back at the center
of her spine. The Chimera was one of the ospring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of such monsters
as Cerberus and the Hydra.

Homer's brief descripon in the Iliad is the earliest surviving literary reference: "a thing of immortal
make, not human, lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle, and snorng out the breath of
the terrible ame of bright re". Elsewhere in the Iliad, Homer aributes the rearing of Chimaera to
Amisodorus. Hesiod's Theogony follows the Homeric descripon: he makes the Chimera the issue of
Echidna: "She was the mother of Chimaera who breathed raging re, a creature fearful, great, swi-
footed and strong, who had three heads, one of a grim-eyed lion; in her hinderpart, a dragon; and in her
middle, a goat, breathing forth a fearful blast of blazing re. Her did Pegasus and noble Bellerophon
slay"
 

  Centaur
In Greek mythology, the centaurs (from Ancient Greek: Κένταυροι - Kéntauroi) are a composite race of
creatures, part human and part horse. In early Ac and Boeoan vase-painngs, as on the kantharos 
(illustrated below le), they are depicted with the hindquarters of a horse aached to them; in later
renderings centaurs are given the torso of a human joined at the waist to the horse's withers, where the
horse's neck would be.

The centaurs were usually said to have been born of Ixion and Nephele (the cloud made in the image of
Hera). Another version, however, makes them children of a certain Centaurus, who mated with the
Magnesian mares. This Centaurus was either himself the son of Ixion and Nephele (inserng an
addional generaon) or of Apollo and Slbe, daughter of the river god Peneus. In the later version of
the story his twin brother was Lapithus, ancestor of the Lapiths, thus making the two warring peoples
cousins.

Centaurs were said to have inhabited the region of Magnesia and Mount Pelion in Thessaly, the Foloi
oak forest in Elis, and the Malean peninsula in southern Laconia.
 

  Minotaur
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur (Greek: Μῑνώταυρος, Lan: Minotaurus, Etruscan Θevrumineś), as
the Greeks imagined him, was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man or, as described
by Ovid, "part man and part bull". He dwelt at the center of the Cretan Labyrinth, which was an
elaborate maze-like construcon built for King Minos of Crete and designed by the architect Daedalus 
and his son Icarus who were ordered to build it to hold the Minotaur.
 

  Imp
An imp is a mythological being similar to a fairy or demon, frequently described in folklore and
superson. Their behavior is described as being wild and uncontrollable, much the same as fairies, and
in some cultures they are considered the same beings, both sharing the same sense of free spirit and
enjoyment of all things fun. It was later in history that people began to associate fairies with being good
and imps with being malicious and evil. However, both creatures were fond of pranks and misleading
people. Most of the me, the pranks were harmless fun, but some could be upseng and harmful, such
as switching babies or leading travelers astray in places they were not familiar with. Imps are oen
shown as small and not very aracve creatures.
 

  Boggart 
A boggart (or bogart ) is a household fairy which causes things to disappear, milk to sour, and dogs to go
lame. Always malevolent, the boggart will follow its family wherever they ee. The boggart is described
as being rather squat, hairy and smelly. A boggart is a shape-shiing creature that can take on the form
of  the viewer's worst fear. When facing a boggart, it is best to have someone else along, to try to
confuse it when he trys to scare you. Boggarts are collectors of sensaon. While they aren't parcularly
intelligent thinkers, they are extremely  percep ve
  , in that they  perceive a lot . Their senses are intense: if 
we were to have a neurosurgeon look in on their brains, we'd probably nd that the nerves from their
sensory organs lead directly into their pleasure centers. Boggarts can never get enough novelty, which 
gives rise to behavior of exploring and stealing. 
 

  Brownie
Brownies are said to inhabit houses and aid in tasks around the house. However, they do not like to be
seen and will only work at night, tradionally in exchange for small gis or food. Among food, they
especially enjoy porridge and honey. They usually abandon the house if their gis are called payments,
or if the owners of the house misuse them. Brownies make their homes in an unused part of the house.
Brownies seldom spoke with humans, but they held frequent and aeconate conversaons with one
another. They had general assemblies as well, usually held on a remote, rocky shore. The brownie
enjoyed solitude at certain seasons of the year. Around the end of the harvest, he became more
sociable, and hovered around farmyards, stables and cale-houses. He parcularly enjoyed dairy 
products, and tended to intrude on milkmaids, who made regular libaons of milk or cream to charm
him o, or to gain his favour. He was usually seen only by those who possessed second sight, though
there were instances when he made himself visible to ordinary people as well. He is said to have been
 jolly and personable, with owing yellow hair, wearing a broad red bonnet and carrying a long walking
sta .
 

  Shellycoat 
In Scosh and Northern English folklore, a shellycoat is a type of bogeyman that
haunts rivers and streams. The name comes from the coat of shells these creatures are said to wear,
which rale upon movement. Shellycoats are considered to be relavely harmless; they may mislead
wanderers, parcularly those they think are trespassing upon the creature's territory, but without
malice. A common tacc of a shellycoat would be to cry out as if drowning and then laugh at the
distracted vicm. A shellycoat in mortal seeming is usually quite short or stooped in stature, with long
arms and ngers, a large at nose and thin, wet hair. He will usually dress such as to cover most of his
body, usually showing only his face and hands. No maer what he wears, it will appear to be noisy and
unsubtle when he moves. In fae seeming, a shellycoat has pale green skin and is covered from head to
toe in small shells of all kinds, from whelks to watersnails, the claering of which make his movements
loud and obvious. His hair is thin and black, in long wet strands reaching down his back. Only the face
and part of the head, and the hands and feet can be seen clearly. A shellycoat's body is always damp and
clammy, and oen smells slightly of stagnant water.
 

  Barghest (Black Dog)

There is also a story of  a Barghest entering the city of York occasionally, where, according to legend, it
preys on lone travellers in the city's narr ow Snickelways. The barghest is essentially a nocturnal spectre,
and its appearance is regarded as a portent of  death. Its Welsh form is confined to the sea-coast
parishes, and on the Norfolk coast the creature is supposed to be amphibious, *coming out of the sea by
night and travelling about the lonely lanes. Most Barghests either vanish or fade from sight. Descriptions
differ from each other: the Barghests appear to either being swallowed into earth or disappearing with a
flash or blast. Some sightings report the apparitions of Barghests walking on their hind-legs. There are
also descriptions of dogs which increase or decrease in size as well as some of them may be seen
shapeshifting into another form, human or animal. Barghests have often been reported as walking
through solid objects. Mostly they took a biped form mostly that of a giant black dog. Sometimes
Barghhest appear silently, other times the sound of their claws ticking will be heard. Very few times they
have been reported barking or growling; still less the Barghests that laugh or speak or those whose
appearance is linked to the sound of chains.