There are 100s of 100s of mythical creatures out there, but I would like to know your favorite. What is your favorite and explain it for everyone else to know what your talkin about.


heres a site to help out


http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/beasts.html

hmmmm that for me would be elves cause of reading artemis fowl

I like holly : D

Seriously, we would prefer if you use the term cryptid. Mythical creatuture implies it is physically impossible.
For me, it would have to be devided into several catagories.

Hominid: Yeti:

Mammal: Thylacine:

Reptile or Amphibian: Tatzelwurm:

Water mammal: Megophias, AKA Pinniped Pleisiosaur:

Fish: Giant eel:

me too, have you read the newest Artemis fowl, called lost colony? those books are full of mythical creatures

The traditional Chinese dragon, which symbolizes strength, cunning, intelligence, and good fortune- what's not to like?

I have so many favorites ,but probably my favorite would have to be pegasus(the winged horse). Did you know that pegasus was poseidon's and medusa's offspring(pegasus came from poseidon and medusa)

medusa had snakes for hair and was a winged woman.

posiedon is the Lord of the sea and also god of earthquakes and of horses. Also is a son of the titans.

Another one of my favorites is Typhon. Typhon was a gigantic winged monster that was part man and part beast. Typhon was also taller than the tallest mountain. Under Typhon's arms there was a hundred dragon-heads. Below his thighs were the massive coils of vipers. Typhon was a terribly horrifying sight and was deadly since flame would gush from his mouth.Typhon was an offspring of Gaea ("Earth") and Tartarus. he fathered eight other creatures( Cerberus, Chimaera, Orthus, the Hydra, Nemean Lion, Sphinx, Caucasian Eagle, Crommyonian Sow) and vultures

Tartarus -personification of the darkest and deepest region of the Underworld. This is the region where Uranus had thrown the Hundred-Handed and the Cyclopes. Later this was where Cronus and other Titans, who had opposed Zeus, were imprisoned and guarded by the Hundred-Handed.


Gaea- godess of Earth

None of those are cryptids, and don't belong here!

There's one after Opal Deception!?
Must... Find... Book!
Yay!:

What's that thing on the front? Not a troll!

i never said they had to be cryptids unless you want to put in a cryptid. I want to know your favorite mythical, magical creature,or cryptid,and they can also be gods.just name something as your favorite. it can even be a ghost, skeleton or whatever.

Well if thats the case Raider. My favorite mythical creature has to be Reapers.

The Black Robes, Great big scyth etc. Pure class.

The next favorite Mythical Creature would be the Vampire (Dracula style vampire)

As they to have great class. Scarlet Velvet. Cant beat that.

atlantisrises

grim reaper is one that i also like very much. my friend is insane about them. he has pictures of them all over his wall.

I've got a couple of Reaper Posters. They are pretty cool.

I've got many mythical creatures that has became my favorite. Here are my top list based on location/region where the creature came from:

Greek: Chimera, Centaur

Persian: Manticore

China: The Shikijins (Dragons, Giant White Tiger, Phoenix and Serpent Headed Giant Turtle)

Japan: Tengu and Kappa

Europe: Griffin

Norse: Kraken

Egypt: The Giant Scarab

Aztec: Ahuitzotl and the Quetzalcoatl

Arab: Roc

Australian: Bunyip

Tibet: Yeh-teh or Yeti

Africa: Kongamato

Indonesian: Kuntilanak

Hebrew: Leviathan and Golem

There are many creatures that has great resemblence in more than one culture/folklores, such as the dragons, harpies, imps and orcs, elven and fairies and of course, hominids.

Hi, Raider. I believe my favorite mythical creature would be the honest politician, or the lawyer who puts his client's rights before his fee. The Pegasus is pretty cool also. Take care...

my faves are werewolves, vampires and dragons

i like dragons because there are so many different types and so much to learn about them and i like vampires and werewolves bacuase of the teeth and the stories behind some of them.

all three also make great characters in books i have read

dragons of all kind, hydra and vampires

pegasus

no its a demon
frankly I think sirens are the coolest greek myth

Ah. Looks like a monster from D&D, can't put my finger on the name...

Notice that this is the cryptozoology section.

no this isnt just the Cryptozoology section it also says its the Myth and Legends section.

Thanx for all you who put there favorite. I really like what you all put.
keep it goin

Yes, we all know that. But it actually means "Animals not accepted by most science", not "Animals that can't exist because of nature's laws." Take pegasus for example. It's a six-limbed horse! Physically impossible unless it's an extremely large and odd-looking furred and feathered insect.

well thanks for that, im sorry if im in the wrong section ,but i would still like to see peoples favorite creatures cryptids or not.

That's okay. Sauruman isn't generally very strict about that sort of thing. If anything, it'll get moved.

No need to move it. As was said this is the Cryptozoology, Myths and Legends section. So Myths are allowed.

And besides this is a more interesting discussion then explaining for the 30th time that Vampires/Werewolves/Pink Elephants are not real.


Oh and the Best Greek Myth were the Muses. Seriously interesting stuff

yes ,they are well known.They are the daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, goddess of memory. There was nine of them.

Unicorns and Dragons, but I havn't completely decided that they are mythical.
Don't crush my dreams, man...

to tell you the truth i think they caught a photo of two dragons while they were in china Flying over the himilayas. No one has ever lived over in the himilayas so maybe dragons are real.I would like to think so.

My favorite mythical creature is the Gryphon. The two most powerful creatures in earth and sky... and it just looks cool.

I like griffons, unicorns, and dragons.

Elves by far, Unicorns next.

Elves are cool, I am a major fan of Artemis Fowl, great book seris, full of mythical animals

That photo was a fake.

I'm not a weird delusionist, but vampires are my favorite.

Hi creeper. I have never heard of Artemis Fowl. Could you tell me a little more? Have you ever read The Shannara books by Terry Brooks? They are excellent! Full of Elves, Dwarves, Druids and much much more. They are my favorites.

werewolves definetly!I dont so much like the eating human flesh though....

Mermaids and dragons

(basically anything that has claws and teeth and lures men to their deaths )

Medusa because she is in all my dreams and nightmares for some strange reason.

something I just heard about, human dragons, humans who have touched the blood of a dragon get some of the dragons abiltys and strength, also can turn in to dragons for short amounts of time

My favorite mythical creature is God.

funny very funny. but that will offened some people

Unicorns, Pegasus, vampires, werewolves and dragons......

well darn I can't find the name for the dragon human hybrid. but anyway the story is if a drop of dragon blood touches your eyes or a open cut or something like then you turn in to a hybrid, but not if it touches your skin

Oh well thats their problem not mine...

true, very true, the PS3 has become a mythcial creature now, its sold out every where

Phoenix: they never die, and always rises from death.

well, my fav crptids are

1st: dragon
2cnd: Bigfoot
3rd: werewolf


dragons are just sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool

bigfoot, you gotta love him

and werewolf, once again cool, how could being a wolf not be cool ?( only if i could control when i turn into a werewolf) ( and im not phsco and go after the people i love , like in the movies)

I would say...mmmmm....do ghosts count? would they be considered creatures? if not i'll go with elves and fairies, cuz they r part of my childhood's fairy-tales.

I would add one mythical creatures for my list: The Titans. Size does matters.