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**[[Anthropomorphic animal]] |
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**[[Cryptid]], a creature or plant whose existence has been suggested but is unrecognized by scientific consensus and often regarded as highly unlikely |
**[[Cryptid]], a creature or plant whose existence has been suggested but is unrecognized by scientific consensus and often regarded as highly unlikely |
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**[[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 grotesque creature, whose appearance frightens and whose powers of destruction threaten the human world's social or moral order |
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**[[Talking animal]] |
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*[[Talking animals in fiction]] |
*[[Talking animals in fiction]] |
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*''[[Book of Imaginary Beings]]'', a 1957 book by Jorge Luis Borges |
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*''[[A Book of Magical Beasts]]'', a 1970 collection of fairy tales by Ruth Manning-Sanders |
*''[[A Book of Magical Beasts]]'', a 1970 collection of fairy tales by Ruth Manning-Sanders |
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*[[Magical creatures in Harry Potter|Magical creatures in ''Harry Potter'']] |
*[[Magical creatures in Harry Potter|Magical creatures in ''Harry Potter'']] |
Revision as of 00:08, 16 April 2021
Magical creature(s), magical beast(s) or magical animal(s) may refer to:
Religion, mythology and folklore
- Legendary creature, a mythological or folkloric creature
- Anthropomorphic animal
- Cryptid, a creature or plant whose existence has been suggested but is unrecognized by scientific consensus and often regarded as highly unlikely
- Mythological hybrid
- Monster, a type of grotesque creature, whose appearance frightens and whose powers of destruction threaten the human world's social or moral order
- Talking animal
- Therianthrope, a human being who metamorphoses into another animal by means of shapeshifting
- Animals in religion
- Animal deity
- Animal spirits (disambiguation)
- Familiar spirit, a supernatural entity believed to assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic
- Totemic animal
- Power animal, a broadly animistic and shamanic concept
- Vahana, a being, typically an animal or mythical entity, a particular Hindu deity is said to use as a vehicle
Fiction
- Talking animals in fiction
- Book of Imaginary Beings, a 1957 book by Jorge Luis Borges
- A Book of Magical Beasts, a 1970 collection of fairy tales by Ruth Manning-Sanders
- Magical creatures in Harry Potter
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a 2001 guide book by J. K. Rowling
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film), a 2016 fantasy film
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, a 2018 fantasy film
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a 2001 guide book by J. K. Rowling