A malevolent goddess or female demon, esp. one associated with war or violence. Cf. Valkyrie, n.

A wild man of the woods; a satyr, faun; a person dressed to represent such a being in a pageant. Cf. wild man, n.

A person with a tail resembling that of a fish.

With plural agreement. A mythical race of people supposed to have lived at the southern edge of the ancient Greek and Roman world, who each had a…

One of the Arimaspi, a mythical race of one-eyed men in northern Europe, occupied in endeavouring to wrest gold from the griffins (γρῦπες) who…

An (imaginary) race of headless people.

An inhabitant of the extreme north of the earth; in plural members of an ethnological group of Arctic races. loosely and figuratively. One who lives…

= Arimasp, n.

In Jewish legend: a human figure made of clay or mud and brought to life, typically by means of a Hebrew word written on its forehead or placed in…

In German legend, a beautiful woman with long blonde hair who sat on the Lorelei rock and with her fine singing distracted boatmen, so that they…

In Hawaii: a member of a mythical race of small people supposed in ancient times to have been capable of great feats of construction, and to have…