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Magical creature, magical beast, or magical animal may refer to:

Folklore, mythology, and religion

Legendary creature, a folkloric or mythological creature
- Anthropomorphic animal, a non-human entity attributed with human traits, emotions, or intentions
- Cryptid, an animal that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science
- Monster, a type of creature found in fiction, folklore, mythology, and religion
- Mythological hybrid, a creature composed of parts from different animals
  - Human–animal hybrid, an organism that incorporates elements from both humans and non-human animals
- Talking animal, a non-human animal that can produce sounds or gestures resembling those of a human language
- Therianthrope, a human who shapeshifts into a non-human animal
Animals in mythology and religion
- Animal deity, a non-human animal deity
- Animal spirit, the spirit of a non-human animal
- Familiar, a supernatural entity, interdimensional being, or spiritual guardian that protects or assists witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic, divination, and spiritual insight
- Power animal, a neoshamanic tutelary spirit
- Totem, a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people
- Vahana, a mount of a Hindu deity
- Zoomorph, an entity attributed with a non-human animal form or characteristics

Fiction

Book of Imaginary Beings, a 1957 book by Jorge Luis Borges and Margarita Guerrero
A Book of Magical Beasts, a 1970 book by Ruth Manning-Sanders
Magical creatures in The Chronicles of Narnia
Magical creatures in Harry Potter
Talking animals in fiction

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 '''Magical creature''', '''magical beast''', or '''magical animal''' may refer to:
-==Religion, mythology, and folklore==
+==Folklore, mythology, and religion==
-*[[Legendary creature]], a mythological or folkloric creature
+*[[Legendary creature]], a folkloric or mythological creature
-**[[Anthropomorphic animal]], a non-human animal attributed to human traits, emotions and intentions
+**[[Anthropomorphic animal]], a non-human entity attributed with human traits, emotions, or intentions
+**[[Cryptid]], an animal that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science
-**[[Cryptid]], a creature whose existence has been suggested but is unrecognized by scientific consensus and often regarded as highly unlikely
-**[[Monster]], a type of grotesque creature, whose appearance frightens and whose powers of destruction threaten the human world's social or moral order
+**[[Monster]], a type of creature found in fiction, folklore, mythology, and religion
 **[[Mythological hybrid]], a creature composed of parts from different animals
-***[[Human–animal hybrid]], an entity that incorporates elements from both humans and animals
+***[[Human–animal hybrid]], an organism that incorporates elements from both humans and non-human animals
 **[[Talking animal]], a non-human animal that can produce sounds or gestures resembling those of a human language
-**[[Therianthrope]], a human being who metamorphoses into another animal by means of shapeshifting
+**[[Therianthrope]], a human who shapeshifts into a non-human animal
-*[[Animals in religion]]
+*[[Animals in mythology and religion]]
-**[[Animal deity]], a deity represented in the form of an animal
+**[[Animal deity]], a non-human animal deity
-**[[Animism#Non-human animals|Animal spirit]], the spirit of an animal
+**[[Animism#Non-human animals|Animal spirit]], the spirit of a non-human animal
-**[[Familiar spirit]], a supernatural entity believed to assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic
+**[[Familiar]], a supernatural entity, interdimensional being, or spiritual guardian that protects or assists witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic, divination, and spiritual insight
-**[[Power animal]], a broadly animistic and shamanic concept
+**[[Power animal]], a neoshamanic tutelary spirit
 **[[Totem]], a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people
-**[[Vahana]], a being, typically an animal or mythical entity, a particular Hindu deity is said to use as a vehicle
+**[[Vahana]], a mount of a Hindu deity
-**[[Zoomorph]], a being represented in the form of an animal
+**[[Zoomorph]], an entity attributed with a non-human animal form or characteristics
 ==Fiction==
+*''[[Book of Imaginary Beings]]'', a 1957 book by Jorge Luis Borges and Margarita Guerrero
-*[[Talking animals in fiction]]
+*''[[A Book of Magical Beasts]]'', a 1970 book by Ruth Manning-Sanders
+*[[Magical creatures in The Chronicles of Narnia|Magical creatures in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'']]
 *[[Magical creatures in Harry Potter|Magical creatures in ''Harry Potter'']]
+*[[Talking animals in fiction]]
-*''[[Book of Imaginary Beings]]'', a 1957 book by Jorge Luis Borges with Margarita Guerrero
-*''[[A Book of Magical Beasts]]'', a 1970 collection of fairy tales by Ruth Manning-Sanders
 ==See also==
-*[[Fantastic Beasts]]
+*[[Fantastic Beasts (disambiguation)]]
 {{disambiguation}}