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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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