Motifs

597 recognizable folkloric traits — the shared substrate of uncanny signatures. Thompson Motif Index (TMI) codes where confidently assignable.

sensory

• glowing-red-eyes ×26
• body-wreathed-in-flames ×10
• booming-cry-precedes-sighting ×7
• silent-flight ×7
• iridescent-feathers-shift-color-with-angle ×7
• musky-odor ×6
• blood-curdling-scream ×5
• large-footprints-left-behind ×4
• single-glowing-eye ×4
• vibration-sense-detects-distant-prey ×4
• sulfur-smell ×3
• howl-freezes-blood-of-listeners ×3
• undulating-humps-break-water-surface ×3
• materializes-suddenly-out-of-mist-or-shadow ×3
• footsteps-shake-the-earth ×3
• cry-drives-victims-insane ×2
• chirping-or-squeaking-cry ×2
• bioluminescent-body-markings ×2
• absorbs-light-appearing-pitch-black ×2
• chains-dragging-sound-heralds-approach ×2
• trail-of-scorched-earth-left-behind ×2
• sees-through-illusions-to-hidden-truth ×2
• deceptive-lure-light-over-water ×2
• venomous-breath-or-bite-poisons-pastures ×2 · B776.2
• eyes-blaze-like-twin-suns ×2 · F541.1
• faceless-stranger-reveals-true-form-at-startling-moment ×2 · F511.0.1
• whispered-voice-carries-far ×1
• infant-like-cry ×1
• antlers-with-cold-flame ×1
• no-visible-means-of-propulsion ×1
• eyes-large-as-moon ×1
• silver-luminous-fur ×1
• blue-or-azure-coloration-signals-celestial-origin ×1
• glowing-blue-fire-eyes ×1
• vast-body-turns-sea-red ×1
• nonsense-chant-while-moving ×1
• haunting-music-entrances-or-terrifies-listeners ×1
• giant-tractor-tire-sized-footprints ×1
• gem-light-can-blind-onlookers ×1
• steel-or-silver-hooves-ring-on-stone ×1
• name-means-corpse-swallower ×1
• disproportionately-large-hypnotic-eyes ×1
• glowing-plumage-illuminates-forest-at-night ×1
• luminescence-intensifies-with-moon-phase ×1
• deep-resonant-calls-for-long-distance-communication ×1
• rattling-sound-precedes-supernatural-approach ×1
• roar-audible-for-miles ×1
• cries-out-for-lost-children ×1 · E402.1.1
• combs-golden-hair-by-water ×1 · F420.1.3.3
• scorched-hoofprints-left-behind ×1
• wingbeats-blot-out-stars ×1
• exhaled-vapor-rings-seed-rainclouds ×1
• low-melodious-hum-precedes-rain ×1
• nauseating-mist-causes-illness ×0
• bloodcurdling-bleat-or-cry-as-hunting-call ×0
• disorienting-cold-touch-attack ×0
• howl-freezes-blood-and-paralyzes-victims-with-fear ×0
• toxic-secretion-when-threatened ×0
• breath-ignites-water-into-flame ×0
• senses-prey-via-vibration-in-lair ×0
• melodic-whistle-lures-prey ×0 · G303.4.5.3.1
• lightning-wreathed-animal-form ×0 · B31
• cries-out-during-storms ×0

behavioral

• shy-elusive-avoids-humans ×39
• senses-moral-intent-of-intruders ×26
• causes-storms-or-tsunamis ×24 · A1142
• treasure-guardian ×24 · B576.2
• forest-guardian-punishes-poachers ×15
• appears-and-vanishes-at-will ×15
• messenger-of-a-deity ×14 · B291
• emerges-at-night-to-attack ×13
• messenger-between-mortal-and-divine-realms ×12
• trickster-outwits-larger-foes ×11 · K1700
• aggressive-territorial-charges ×10
• symbolizes-the-impossible ×8
• confuses-travelers-into-losing-their-way ×8 · F369.7
• whirlpool-maelstrom-creation ×7 · B875.1
• can-be-placated-by-specific-ritual-or-trick ×7
• solitary-and-territorial-by-nature ×7
• disrupts-technology ×6
• weakness-to-specific-animal-or-object ×6 · B11.12
• healing-purifying-song ×6
• swallows-boats-whole ×6
• antagonist-in-a-hero-epic-quest-to-slay-it ×6
• paralyzing-stare ×5
• floats-hovers-above-ground ×5
• mimics-human-voice-to-mislead ×5 · K1675
• drowns-riders ×5 · G303.3.3.1.3
• lies-in-wait-in-stagnant-water ×5 · B16.5
• only-pure-of-heart-may-approach ×5 · B291.2.1
• demands-periodic-village-sacrifice ×5 · S262
• defeated-by-a-god-or-hero-restoring-order ×5
• selectively-visible-based-on-moral-intent ×5
• domestic-spirit-helps-or-harms-based-on-treatment ×5 · F480
• launches-body-parts-as-weapons ×4
• unerring-aim ×4
• master-of-illusion ×4 · D2031
• resurrection-by-self-immolation ×4 · B32
• shapeshifts-animal-to-human-and-back ×4 · D100
• knows-past-present-and-future ×4
• controls-drought-and-flood ×4
• bound-to-a-specific-household-location ×4
• echolocation-navigation ×3
• mimics-animal-calls-to-lure-prey ×3 · K815
• underworld-gatekeeper ×3 · B576.1
• blood-drinking-livestock-attacks ×3 · F531.1.6.9
• rain-bringing-serpent ×3 · A284.2
• burrows-through-earth ×3
• sailors-unknowingly-land-and-camp-on-creature ×3 · B876.1
• waking-dive-drags-down-ships ×3
• vision-granting-song ×3
• exposure-of-secret-nature-breaks-power ×3
• rewards-kindness-punishes-cruelty ×3
• hypnotic-gaze-lures-prey-willingly ×3
• petrifying-gaze-turns-victims-to-stone ×3 · D231
• deceived-or-repelled-by-mirror-reflection ×3
• respect-for-habitat-determines-fortune-or-misfortune ×3
• wingbeats-generate-wind-or-storms ×3
• outwitted-by-a-clever-trickster-rather-than-force ×3 · K1700
• ordinary-object-by-day-animate-spirit-by-night ×3 · D1620
• controls-wind-rain-and-thunder ×3
• sudden-ambush-from-above ×2
• hoofprints-create-springs ×2 · A941.5
• transformation-requires-eating-victims-heart ×2
• escorts-souls-of-the-dead ×2 · E451
• loyal-only-to-worthy-rider ×2
• leaping-locomotion ×2
• leads-seekers-to-treasure-or-peril ×2
• eternal-vigilant-watcher ×2
• vanishes-like-a-falling-star ×2
• vanishes-into-thin-air-when-threatened ×2
• weighs-heart-against-a-feather ×2 · E754
• withholds-aid-from-the-disrespectful ×2
• mimics-infant-or-woman-cry-to-lure-victims ×2
• pact-with-dark-forces-for-power ×2
• captured-and-paraded-in-annual-festival ×2
• pursues-and-tries-to-swallow-the-moon ×2
• bound-to-a-specific-family-lineage ×2
• trance-inducing-ritual-dance-performance ×2
• consumes-victims-soul-or-life-force ×2
• tail-swipe-reshapes-landscape ×2
• self-immolation-and-rebirth-cycle ×2
• periodic-reappearance-on-fixed-cycle ×2
• invoked-to-frighten-children-into-obedience ×2
• divine-agent-sent-to-punish-a-region ×2
• impossible-to-catch-without-divine-aid ×2
• eats-everything-including-itself ×2
• drops-from-trees-onto-passersby ×2
• venom-withers-vegetation-on-contact ×2
• speaks-only-in-riddles-and-prophecy ×2
• gentle-giant-creature-of-immense-size ×2
• gluttony-personified-as-cautionary-cryptid ×2
• tunnels-through-earth-creating-rivers-and-valleys ×2
• spectral-black-dog-either-guides-or-misleads-travelers ×2
• enters-larger-predators-mouth-to-kill-from-within ×2 · B16.2
• coats-body-in-mud-as-armor ×2
• transformation-driven-by-womans-rage-and-vengeance ×2 · D658
• vegetarian-refuses-to-harm-living-things ×2
• aids-household-or-construction-tasks-for-the-respectful ×2 · F420.5.1
• camouflages-with-octopus-like-abilities ×2
• song-mesmerizes-swimmers-to-their-doom ×2 · B172
• keeper-of-all-stories ×1
• web-as-information-network ×1
• mechanical-slow-movement ×1
• lust-for-gems-lures-treasure-hunters-to-doom ×1
• peers-into-windows ×1
• shapeshifts-into-horse-to-lure-riders ×1 · D673
• thunder-from-coiling-in-clouds ×1
• coils-around-victims-legs ×1
• riddling-contest-devours-losers ×1 · H761
• mistaken-for-human-swimmer ×1
• chooses-who-dies-in-battle ×1 · A485.1
• possession-causes-cannibalistic-madness ×1 · D2062
• underworld-demon-causes-illness-in-living ×1
• befriended-becomes-powerful-ally ×1
• corn-or-agriculture-gift-to-humanity ×1
• song-induces-euphoric-amnesia ×1 · D1364
• feeds-on-dreams-of-sleepers ×1 · F420
• enters-sleepers-mouth ×1
• steals-tablets-of-destiny ×1
• alters-fate-with-wingbeat ×1
• sting-induces-visionary-paralysis ×1
• gallops-across-water ×1
• speaks-and-sings-like-human ×1
• drains-life-essence-by-touch ×1
• mythical-she-wolf-ancestor-of-a-people ×1
• dives-when-fire-lit-on-its-back ×1
• flies-in-mortar-wielding-pestle ×1
• sets-impossible-tasks-for-visitors ×1
• materializes-where-reality-is-thin ×1
• needs-minimal-sustenance ×1
• bite-freezes-prey-instantly ×1
• most-active-during-polar-darkness ×1
• devours-hearts-of-the-unworthy-dead ×1
• corrupts-objects-into-cursed-artifacts ×1
• last-to-die-inherits-death-role ×1
• spectral-carriage-collects-souls ×1
• guides-lost-travelers-with-light ×1
• skeletal-figure-animates-water-by-dancing ×1
• consumes-only-eyes-teeth-and-nails-of-victim ×1
• transfers-stolen-value-to-human-form ×1
• delivers-satirical-public-speech ×1
• reveals-communal-secrets-for-catharsis ×1
• drumming-sound-entrances-or-frightens ×1
• transformation-triggered-by-creature-age-or-size ×1 · B182
• devours-nightmares ×1
• overuse-of-power-turns-harmful ×1
• summoned-by-speaking-its-name ×1
• vanishes-with-seasonal-thaw ×1
• embodied-through-masked-ceremonial-performer ×1
• selectively-preys-on-the-wise-or-elderly ×1
• invisible-arrows-cause-paralysis ×1
• requires-silver-or-blessed-weapon-to-kill ×1
• strategic-ruthless-hunting-pattern ×1
• flays-victims-and-displays-their-skins ×1
• takes-form-of-observers-deepest-fear ×1
• disorienting-howl-causes-victims-to-lose-way ×1
• steals-from-rich-to-aid-poor ×1
• haunts-tunnels-or-overpasses ×1
• song-cures-disease-or-neutralizes-poison ×1
• drunken-chaotic-behavior-after-intoxication ×1
• absorbs-illness-through-eye-contact ×1
• flies-toward-sun-to-burn-away-sickness ×1
• discerns-who-will-live-or-die ×1
• draws-band-of-heroes-to-hunt-it ×1
• adhesive-skin-traps-victims ×1 · B16.2
• reveals-true-monstrous-scale-before-devouring ×1
• coordinated-hunting-pair ×1
• one-guards-lair-while-other-hunts ×1
• fetches-any-object-on-command ×1
• self-consuming-hunger ×1
• strengthens-with-every-victim-consumed ×1
• three-daily-feeding-cycle ×1
• whirlpool-swallows-ships-whole ×1
• strips-flesh-from-bone ×1
• soul-theft-by-passing-over-a-corpse ×1 · E752
• easily-fooled-despite-strength ×1
• master-forger-of-divine-weapons ×1
• covers-vast-distance-in-single-night-rampage ×1
• leaping-bounding-locomotion-terrorizes-multiple-villages ×1
• pan-flute-lures-travelers-into-wilderness ×1
• nocturnal-blood-sucking-from-above-sleepers ×1
• imposing-order-on-chaos-causes-its-death ×1
• feeds-on-suffering-to-grant-merciful-death ×1
• curse-transforms-adulterer-into-beast-on-fixed-weekday ×1 · D2
• curse-broken-by-removing-bridle-or-harness ×1
• attracted-to-religious-objects-or-relics ×1
• perches-at-the-edge-of-the-world ×1
• daily-flight-to-gather-and-report-information-to-a-deity ×1
• parallel-hidden-society-with-own-laws-and-customs ×1
• construction-altered-to-avoid-disturbing-its-dwelling ×1
• lurks-in-strong-river-currents ×1
• forest-guardian-giant-with-earth-shaking-roar ×1
• rolls-downhill-to-ambush-from-elevated-position ×1
• punishes-those-who-pollute-or-overharvest-water ×1
• crows-at-dawn ×1
• pulls-a-deitys-chariot-across-waves ×1
• light-guides-worthy-but-misleads-the-wicked ×1
• reveals-hidden-treasure-or-portals-in-the-wild ×1
• milk-or-blood-grants-rejuvenation-or-immortality ×1
• breath-purifies-the-air ×1
• aquatic-serpent-impales-prey-by-leaping-from-water ×1
• harpoon-like-body-strike ×1
• used-as-a-weapon-by-shamans-or-spirit-beings ×1
• snatches-food-or-victims-and-carries-them-off ×1
• swallows-prey-whole-then-regurgitates-to-re-eat ×1
• constructs-elaborate-nests-or-shelters ×1
• leaves-arranged-sticks-or-stones-as-communication-attempt ×1
• rudimentary-tool-use-evidenced-by-worn-stones ×1
• leaves-taunting-calling-cards-for-victims ×1
• jumps-between-host-machines-to-prolong-existence ×1
• occasionally-fixes-what-it-broke-in-unconventional-ways ×1
• regeneration-doubles-when-wounded ×1 · B11.6.1.1
• flammable-weakness-halts-regeneration ×1
• song-both-heals-and-curses ×1
• wraps-around-ships-exudes-oily-substance ×1
• sudden-cutting-wind-attack ×1
• scissor-hands-cuts-victims-hair ×1
• psychopomp-claims-corpses-of-the-sinful ×1
• shapeshifting-prankster-otter ×1
• caught-only-by-the-pure-of-heart ×1
• emerges-from-caves-or-storm-clouds ×1
• grants-clairvoyance-to-its-keeper ×1
• symbiotic-bond-with-a-human-master ×1
• haunts-waterways-where-she-drowned-her-victims ×1
• mistakes-other-children-for-her-own-and-abducts-them ×1
• cursed-to-wander-eternally-in-penance ×1 · E415
• haunts-old-books-and-forgotten-texts ×1
• spirit-born-from-neglected-objects-over-time ×1
• twin-uncatchable-paradox-pursuit ×1 · H1591
• venom-doubles-as-medicine-if-properly-prepared ×1
• drains-life-force-of-seduced-men ×1 · D2061.2.1
• causes-nightmares-and-sleep-paralysis ×1 · F471.1
• hoofbeats-cause-instant-blooming-vegetation ×1
• compels-truthfulness-in-its-presence ×1
• island-disguise-collapses-when-weight-accumulates ×1 · B875.1
• leads-spectral-wild-hunt-across-the-sky ×1 · E501
• pierces-roofs-to-reach-victims-within ×1
• mediates-conflicts-between-species ×1
• startled-into-releasing-swallowed-moon-by-human-clamor ×1 · A737.1
• appears-more-when-habitat-is-threatened ×1
• pounds-elixir-of-immortality-with-mortar-and-pestle ×1 · A751.5
• animates-corpses-to-dance ×1 · E443
• holds-grudges-across-lifetimes ×1
• restrained-by-a-god-to-prevent-earthquakes ×1 · A844
• thrashing-causes-earthquakes ×1 · A844.1
• repelled-by-fresh-water-crossing ×1 · D1385.2
• emerges-seasonally-from-the-sea ×1
• invisible-impassable-barrier ×1
• walking-in-circles-disorientation ×1
• eating-creatures-flesh-grants-eternal-youth ×1
• aimless-wandering-with-no-purpose ×1
• river-god-controls-fishing-fortune ×1
• devours-swallows-to-herald-season-change ×1
• shed-skin-to-transform ×1 · G252
• counting-compulsion-as-protective-ward ×1 · G273.4
• dissolves-into-tears-when-captured ×1
• judges-souls-at-threshold-of-underworld ×1 · E752
• manipulates-ground-to-create-sinkholes-or-tremors ×1
• constructs-underground-lair-as-trap ×1
• leaping-bounding-locomotion ×1
• protects-flocks-from-predators ×1
• culture-bringer-teaches-crafts ×1
• wrestling-or-game-challenge-with-travelers ×1
• animated-by-sacred-inscription ×1
• deactivated-by-altering-inscription ×1
• mute-servant-no-independent-will ×1
• creation-outgrows-creators-control ×1
• animal-senses-unseen-spirit ×1
• lesser-rank-among-spirit-hierarchy ×1
• reluctant-servitude-through-magical-binding ×1
• enforces-unfinished-debts-and-grievances ×1
• returns-nightly-to-grave-by-dawn ×1
• resumes-domestic-or-marital-relations-with-the-living ×1
• resistible-through-piety-and-prayer ×1
• seductive-charm-lures-victims ×1
• ward-vulnerability ×1
• selkie-skin-theft-forces-marriage ×1
• visible-only-to-children ×1
• raised-bed-wards-off-nighttime-spirit ×1
• summoned-and-directed-by-sorcerer ×1
• vulnerable-to-heat-or-fire ×1
• mother-of-monsters ×1
• razor-sharp-spines-ensnare-prey ×0
• causes-rivers-to-boil ×0
• dormant-for-centuries-awaiting-moment ×0
• transforms-between-sea-and-land-predator-forms ×0
• blesses-then-curses-those-it-encounters ×0
• appeased-only-by-sacrifice ×0
• mountaintop-dwelling-guardian-beast ×0
• unerring-long-range-archery ×0
• leads-pursuers-to-hidden-treasure-then-vanishes ×0
• docile-relative-masks-predatory-divergence ×0
• outrunning-unmatched-speed-hunter ×0
• never-touches-the-ground ×0
• harms-pregnant-women-causing-birth-defects ×0
• targets-boats-and-canoe-riders ×0
• rivalry-with-another-mythic-beast-shapes-terrain ×0
• communicates-via-chirps-and-coordinated-gestures ×0
• launches-from-trees-to-ambush-prey ×0
• spectral-woman-mourns-drowned-children ×0 · E323
• curse-requires-completing-a-sacrifice-afterward ×0 · C920
• transforms-from-giant-fish-to-giant-bird ×0
• multiple-heads-poised-to-strike-from-narrow-strait ×0
• self-conscious-shame-over-own-ugliness ×0
• circles-territory-on-fixed-patrol ×0
• weaves-illusions-to-ensnare-minds ×0 · D2031
• flesh-eating-grants-magical-power ×0 · D1015
• hides-in-marsh-or-wetland-terrain ×0

morphological

• hybrid-of-multiple-animals ×64 · B15
• serpentine-elongated-body ×43 · B91
• shapeshifts-human-animal ×33 · D100
• giant-wingspan ×23
• multi-headed-body ×15 · B15.1.2
• corrosive-venom-secretion ×8
• deadly-gaze ×7 · D2062
• featureless-face ×7
• armor-like-hide ×7
• impervious-hide-resists-conventional-weapons ×7
• skeletal-ghostly-form ×5
• lion-eagle-composite ×5 · B24
• phoenix-like-firebird ×5 · B32
• expandable-swallowing-mouth ×4
• iron-hard-armored-scales ×4
• algae-or-flora-growing-on-body ×4
• animated-household-object ×4 · D1601
• heads-representing-time-past-present-future ×3
• fire-breathing ×3 · B11.2.11
• spines-or-quills-on-back ×3
• single-lethal-horn ×3 · B15.6
• bullet-resistant-skin ×3
• owl-like-oversized-eyes ×3
• shadow-mismatches-true-form ×3
• iron-teeth ×3
• woman-headed-bird-hybrid ×3
• body-of-cosmic-immeasurable-size ×3
• colossal-terrain-shaping-giant ×3
• scorpion-tail-on-mammalian-body ×3
• unnaturally-wide-jaw-swallows-large-prey ×3
• octopus-like-sea-monster-form ×3
• headless-body ×2 · F511.0.1
• face-on-torso ×2
• translucent-hollow-body ×2
• crest-or-crown-marking-royalty ×2
• six-legged-body ×2
• segmented-centipede-like-body ×2
• antlers-on-rabbit-hybrid ×2
• nine-tails-marking-age-and-power ×2
• turquoise-or-jeweled-scales ×2
• tonsured-monk-like-appearance ×2
• healing-tears-or-fluids ×2 · B211.7
• single-horn-heals-or-detects-poison ×2 · B15.7.7
• gigantic-sea-turtle-mistaken-for-island ×2
• mouthless-being-subsists-on-scent ×2
• born-from-rooster-egg-incubated-by-toad ×2 · B31.1
• false-luminous-lure-object ×2
• extending-tongue-attack ×2
• one-armed-one-legged-body ×2
• feathered-serpent-hybrid ×2
• torso-detaches-to-hunt-at-night ×2
• made-of-smokeless-fire ×2
• encircles-the-entire-earth ×2 · A876
• hops-on-single-leg ×2
• wild-unkempt-hair-and-burning-eyes ×2
• single-horn-discerns-truth-from-falsehood ×2
• reattaches-severed-body-parts ×2 · E782
• backward-facing-feet-confuse-trackers ×2 · F517.1.1
• sauropod-like-long-necked-body ×2
• sagging-gelatinous-flesh ×2
• seal-like-head ×1
• born-from-yolkless-egg ×1 · B31
• tusked-dog-like-face ×1
• eyes-detached-floating-above-body ×1
• spade-shaped-head ×1
• elephant-snake-hybrid ×1
• horse-head-bat-wings-hybrid ×1
• born-from-slain-monsters-blood ×1 · B29.1
• shell-or-back-mistaken-for-island ×1 · B875.1
• stag-body-with-wings ×1
• grows-larger-with-each-victim-consumed ×1
• emaciated-skeletal-hunger-spirit ×1
• elemental-heads-each-with-distinct-power ×1
• body-spans-multiple-valleys-or-hills ×1
• two-horned-variant-unicorn ×1
• stout-bulbous-serpentine-body ×1
• feeds-exclusively-on-precious-metal ×1
• disguised-as-harmless-livestock ×1
• scorpion-human-hybrid ×1
• hundred-eyes-never-sleep-in-unison ×1
• eyes-transferred-to-peacock-feathers ×1
• hook-shaped-feet-hangs-from-trees ×1
• hut-on-chicken-legs ×1
• fence-of-bones-and-skulls ×1
• venom-combusts-on-contact-with-air ×1
• crest-erects-when-agitated ×1
• knotted-tail-anchors-dimensional-travel ×1
• hybrid-endurance-of-desert-pack-animals ×1
• scales-large-as-shields ×1
• crocodile-lion-hippo-composite ×1
• rotating-head-sees-all-directions ×1
• ink-secretion-causes-skin-irritation ×1
• bears-the-world-on-its-back ×1 · A842
• inflatable-drum-like-belly ×1
• oversized-fur-covered-feet ×1
• self-playing-musical-instrument ×1
• single-eye-marks-monstrous-hag ×1
• ghostly-bandits-ride-flying-mounts ×1
• passes-through-solid-walls ×1
• axe-wielding-costumed-stalker ×1
• shrinks-and-grows-to-deceive ×1
• sentient-inanimate-household-object-comes-alive ×1
• flies-and-swims-equally ×1
• three-toed-bird-like-feet ×1
• living-magma-or-molten-body ×1
• simultaneous-dual-venom-delivery ×1
• trumpet-like-mouth ×1
• drips-nourish-a-world-tree ×1 · A652
• lethal-breath-alongside-gaze ×1
• one-eyed-giant-blacksmith ×1
• faceless-organless-primordial-being ×1
• front-half-back-half-different-species-hybrid ×1
• two-birds-as-embodiments-of-thought-and-memory ×1
• hidden-people-dwelling-within-rocks-and-hills ×1
• sheep-body-with-human-hands ×1
• self-forming-wheel-locomotion-tail-in-mouth ×1 · B765
• goat-stag-hybrid-symbolizing-balance-of-traits ×1
• hawk-head-lion-body-guardian-of-sacred-sites ×1
• rooster-tail-horse-body-comic-hybrid ×1
• fish-tailed-horse-headed-steed-of-a-sea-god ×1
• sickle-like-claws-slice-through-anything ×1
• one-eyed-object-with-lolling-tongue ×1
• fluffy-drifting-ball-brings-luck ×1
• wingless-griffin-form ×1
• bronze-metallic-hide ×1
• created-by-a-smith-god ×1
• walks-without-bending-grass-or-blades ×1
• miniature-fox-familiar-in-a-pipe-or-tube ×1
• moss-bark-textured-forest-body ×1
• hair-made-of-living-vegetation ×1
• internally-conflicting-multiple-heads-with-own-wills ×1
• mane-and-tail-of-living-flame ×1
• lion-rhino-dragon-bear-fish-ox-composite ×1 · B15
• thrives-in-underwater-cave-systems ×1
• second-mouth-on-belly ×1
• parrot-head-serpent-body-hybrid ×1
• dwells-visibly-on-the-moon ×1 · A751
• tanuki-spirit-animates-a-kettle ×1
• vulnerable-lower-half-hidden-separately ×1
• second-tail-marks-transformation-into-yokai ×1
• nine-heads-each-a-distinct-perspective ×1
• flayed-skinless-body-exposing-muscle ×1 · F511.2.2
• oversized-head-disproportionate-to-body ×1 · F511.0.2
• chimeric-bird-moose-composite ×1
• dragon-deer-hybrid ×1
• single-vulnerable-vein-or-nail-as-life-source ×1 · Z311
• toucan-like-giant-bird-form ×1
• bovine-features-on-monstrous-body ×1
• gentle-despite-fearsome-tiger-like-form ×1
• single-spiraling-horn ×1
• relict-hominid-cryptid ×1
• hairy-giant-wildman ×1
• sculpted-from-clay-or-mud ×1
• rigid-limbed-hopping-gait ×1
• missing-finger-or-body-part-marks-the-undead ×1
• born-paired-with-every-human ×1
• shadow-self-inner-double ×1
• woman-transformed-into-half-fish-sea-being ×1
• half-body-vertical-split ×1
• malformed-single-buttock-body ×1
• pale-skin-blends-with-snow ×1
• snake-hair ×1
• legless-or-limbless-locomotion ×0
• iron-teeth-vampiric-bite ×0
• single-twisted-horn-used-to-skewer-prey ×0
• hand-growing-from-tail-tip ×0
• human-faced-bird-heals-with-song ×0
• spine-covered-feline-hybrid ×0
• carries-inscribed-tablet-or-relic-on-back ×0
• footprints-shape-lakes-and-terrain ×0
• flying-severed-head-with-trailing-organs ×0
• heart-of-ice-hardens-with-each-kill ×0
• cold-flame-antlers-feed-cosmic-order ×0
• gem-forehead-marking ×0
• downturned-head-forced-by-massive-skull ×0
• fused-tricephalous-hoofed-hybrid-hunter ×0
• resurrection-from-cosmic-egg-formless-chaos ×0 · A641
• flame-erupts-from-severed-neck-stump ×0
• hybrid-of-two-natural-enemies-embodies-reconciliation ×0
• lion-faced-giant ×0
• antlered-serpent-guardian-of-lakes-and-rivers ×0
• eagle-horse-hybrid-symbolizing-union-of-sky-and-earth ×0
• single-spiraling-horn-wards-off-fire ×0
• winged-woman-headed-tormentor-sent-by-gods ×0
• snail-serpent-hybrid-with-shell ×0
• detaches-torso-to-hunt-with-elongated-tongue ×0 · G262.2
• single-spiraled-horn-on-horse-elephant-boar-hybrid ×0 · B15.1.2.1
• fox-headed-serpent-hybrid ×0
• rabbit-hare-badger-composite ×0
• bull-with-multiple-horns ×0
• fish-carried-in-beak-symbolizes-abundance ×0
• cat-faced-serpent-body-hybrid ×0
• combines-rabbit-deer-bird-features ×0

omen

• portent-of-disaster ×26 · B147.2.2
• harbinger-precedes-disaster ×21 · B147.2.2.1
• guardian-spirit-omen ×9
• harbinger-of-peace-and-prosperity ×8
• sighting-brings-good-luck ×5
• appears-only-to-herald-peace-or-a-sage ×5
• symbol-of-longevity ×4
• associated-with-winter-and-cold ×4
• portent-sound-precedes-death ×3
• causes-lunar-or-solar-eclipse ×3
• mournful-wail-predicts-death-of-kin ×3 · E501
• most-active-at-liminal-thin-veil-times ×3
• duality-of-sky-and-earth-embodiment ×3
• emerges-on-stormy-nights ×2
• appears-only-in-times-of-peace-or-to-herald-a-sage ×2
• petrified-into-constellation ×2
• will-be-served-as-eschatological-feast ×2
• harbinger-of-disaster ×2
• washes-bloodstained-clothes-of-the-doomed ×1
• unnatural-silence-precedes-attack ×1
• heralds-dawn-or-cosmic-beginning-with-cry ×1
• eruption-triggered-by-creature-wrath ×1
• shadow-cast-upon-person-grants-destiny-or-fortune ×1
• prophesied-mutual-destruction-with-a-god ×1
• appearance-mistaken-for-onset-of-disease ×1
• curse-persists-for-nine-generations ×1
• sighting-heralds-era-of-prosperity ×1 · B147.2.2.1
• cursed-into-monstrous-form-for-hubris ×1 · Q551
• progenitor-of-a-royal-dynasty ×1
• mistaken-for-onset-of-disease ×1
• bound-monster-breaks-free-at-worlds-end ×1
• linked-to-megalithic-monuments ×1
• whistling-cry-as-witchcraft-omen ×0 · B750
• destruction-enables-social-renewal ×0
• hawk-or-falcon-national-origin-symbol ×0