Monday, August 11, 2014

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Hadhayosh: A land creature from ancient Persian Mythology. It shares similarity to an ox, but with six horns, brass skin and a flaming mane. Despite their massice size and increible power, the Hahayosh's behavior is ver much similar to the common ox.

Hag: Malevolent witch like beings that are depicted in fairy tales.

Haietlik: Commonly known as the lighting snake, is a water serpent of Nootka legend. Their diet is usually orca whales.

Haku-taku: A bull like yokai with six horns and nine eyes. Although this youkai appears terrifying, it is a wise and holy beast.

Hakuturi: Guardians of the forest in Maori legend.

Haltija: Spirit beings of Finnish folklore. They are known to occupy many place of nature, such as forests, rivers and homes.

Hamadryad: Oka tree nymphs

Hantu Air: Water spirits found in Malay culture, they are for causing downing and missing people. 


Hantu Demons: demonic spirits of Malaysian culture, they are known possess humans and cause other misfortunes.



Hannya: Formally a human woman now transformed into demons. They eat babies and torments young men.

Hari-Onago: A female youkai with barded hair, which she uses to attack her victims.



Harpy: Female monsters with the body of a bird and a human face. They are known to steal food from their victims while they are eating and carry evildoers to the Underworld.

Hekatonkheires: A race of giants with a hundred hands and fifty heads.

Hercinia: A fantastical bird with glowing feathers that helps lost travelers through dark forests.

Hibagon: An ape like humanoid that is sighted in Japan.


Hiderigami: Spirits that are responsible for brining drought


Hogboons
Guardians of the old burial mounds of Orkney. Although they appear as ugly little men, they must be treated with respect. By giving them an offering of fresh baked bread and milk or ale, which must be poured over the mound, so they bring good fortune to the farm. But if angered or ignored, they will cause trouble on the farm.


Hobgoblins: A distant relative to the common goblin.  Unlike there malicious cousins, they are civilized and enjoy playing harmless practical jokes on mortals.


Hitotsume-kozo
In form this specter is a child of ten years or so, usually a bald-headed young Buddhist monk, but its face is dominated by its one huge eye. The
hitotsume-kozo enjoys using its monstrous attributes to surprise and frighten people, and loves sassing the humans it meets, telling them to "be quiet!"

Hippogriff
A Hippogriff is a chimeric legendary creature, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a horse, specifically a male griffin and a mare (female horse). They are proud creatures, and if anyone who whishes to ride on it's back must first bown respectly. 



Hitodama: Believed to be the souls of the dead, they appear as balls of spectral fire.

Hippocampus
A mythological creature shared by Phoenician and Greek mythology. They were depicted as hybrid creatures with the head and foreparts of a horse and the serpentine tail of a fish. In mosaic art they were often covered with green scales and had fish-fin manes and appendages.


Hodag: A chimera with the head of a frog, thick short legs, the spinal back of a dinosaur and long tail with a spear at the end.  

Hombre Caiman: A shape shifting race of were alligators that were once fish men that were cursed by the spirit of the Magdalena River.


Hombre Gato: Werecats of Argentina.


Homunculus: A race of artificial diminutive beings created by Alchemists.  


Hulda: Female faeries from Scandinavian folklore. They appear as alluring young women, but on their backs are hollow and have cow tails. 


Hydra: A water serpent with multiple heads, and can grown a new one when it’s head as been loped off. 

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