Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Legendary Creatures

An unverified animal or humanoid, sometimes supernatural, often believed to be real and described in MYTHOLOGY, FOLKLORE, or legends. Some legendary creatures, such as the unicorn, were documented in scholarly antiquarian accounts of natural history.

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Abstract

An unverified animal or humanoid, sometimes supernatural, often believed to be real and described in MYTHOLOGY, FOLKLORE, or legends. Some legendary creatures, such as the unicorn, were documented in scholarly antiquarian accounts of natural history.

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23 entry terms
  • Mythical Animals
  • Mythical Creatures
  • Animal, Mythical
  • Animals, Mythical
  • Creature, Legendary
  • Creature, Mythical
  • Creatures, Legendary
  • Creatures, Mythical
  • Legendary Creature
  • Mythical Animal
  • Mythical Creature
  • Bigfoot
  • Mermaids
  • Sasquatch
  • Unicorns
  • Vampires
  • Werewolves
  • Yeti, Himalayan
  • Bigfoots
  • Himalayan Yeti
  • Mermaid
  • Unicorn
  • Vampire

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History Note

2016

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  1. I01w.076w.201w.450w.515w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Legendary Creatures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000068636. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000068636
  2. Legendary Creatures. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendary_creature
  3. Legendary Creatures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2239243