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Correct. The humanoid ones and the bigger than real life animals are going with the relevant faction. 'True' monsters can have their own pseudo faction.Goblin-King wrote:From your list it looks like you are specifically going for the more beast-like monsters, so no medusa, harpies, sirens etc.?
Gold Bearer wrote:Sphinx: So is the monster named after the statue or the statue named after the monster?
I'm thinking more of the Greek sphinx that killed travelers if they couldn't answer the riddle.
Cerberus: Heard of it but don't know what it is, I'll google it.
Three headed dog
Leviathan: Yes. Limbless snake type dragon headed thing.
Behemoth: Not sure if that's an actual monster or a generic name for something big.
Ziz: Never heard of it.
Leviathan, Behemoth and Ziz are biblical monsters of the seas, lands and skies respectively. Neither have specific characteristics, but are often used loosely in fantasy regardless.
Jabberwocky: Aren't they from star wars?
- It's a poem by Lewis Carroll featured in Through the looking glass (Alice in Wonderland part 2 - Back with a vengeance). The Jabberwocky has since transcended into generic fantasy. It is killed by the Vorpal Blade.
This is what I was going to call a behemoth. Don't know how close it is if behemoth is a specific monster.
A huge land beast is basically a fitting description. It leaves room for imagination.
Hmm, and hell hounds have a link with fire. I might give them each an element spell set. Cerberus and hell hound might be the same thing then. I think I remember hell hounds having three heads, although in fantasy they're normally depicted with one so I could keep them separate.Goblin-King wrote:Leviathan, Behemoth and Ziz are biblical monsters of the seas, lands and skies respectively. Neither have specific characteristics, but are often used loosely in fantasy regardless.
knightkrawler wrote:In Greek mythology, Cerberus is the name given to the Hellhound who guards the entrance to Hades. He has three heads and is the only one of his kind.
Generic Fantasy makes it a point to just borrow names from anywhere without even trying to be cohesive in naming convention.
You mean gorgon. Medusa was the name of an individual gorgon.Goblin-King wrote:knightkrawler wrote:In Greek mythology, Cerberus is the name given to the Hellhound who guards the entrance to Hades. He has three heads and is the only one of his kind.
Generic Fantasy makes it a point to just borrow names from anywhere without even trying to be cohesive in naming convention.
True. Same goes for a lot of them. Hydra, Minotaur, Behemoth, Leviathan, Ziz, Medusa (okay, there were 3, but still not a "race")
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