THE STORM SONGSTRESS

My name is S.P York or Spy if you'd prefer. I write fantasy stories, poetry and occasional horror. Would you like me to tell you a tale?

[headspace-hotel]

types of writing sessions

got on computer, looked at document, was like “fuck this shit” and got off

wrote like 150 words that consist of bloating the existing useless conversation or scene even more

wrote SO MANY WORDS but it was because you were so desperate to escape the Bad Part

wrote SO MANY WORDS but it was because you were so desperate to get closer to the Good Part

got on your document, ran into research issue, spent like an hour on Wikipedia, ah shit

the somewhat satisfying “fixing everything I hated about the scene I wrote the day before” session

decent amount of progress that took like 3x longer than it should have because you were repeatedly distracted

In The Zone and completely absorbed, just BLAZING through a few thousand words, probably close to the ending, probably listening to playlist

Not actually a writing session, just listening to playlist

the session where you write like a paragraph, suddenly realize the unfixability of your current plot predicament, and cry

that weird session where you don’t have much time and you’re super tired and you write like a page but you reread it the next morning and holy shit these words came from the fingers of god why is it so good

that session that is purely just navigating the boring shit of getting from one scene to the next and it sucks but you leave off on the cusp of something interesting and it feels good

the satisfyingly exhausting session where you write the Good Part and you’re confident it came out pretty well and you’re full of thoughts and stuff about where things are going next but you need to let them rest

get on computer, write exactly one sentence, get off computer. Now you can say you wrote today

[chronsart]

hi.

So… I became homeless.  I have to get my and my families stuff moved before Friday. There’s nothing scarier than having a black van and two deputy”s show up at your house early in the morning. Actually they were my alarm clock because I had stayed up later than usual…

You see my dad last two weeks had nine ER visits for high blood pressure (240 over 90, I don’t know how he’s standing. He was dizzy and fell. ) and so I and my mom were staying close to him to keep an eye on his health… Many times he’d wake up at 3am and say that he didn’t feel good, and his bp skyrocketed. Like clockwork. i carry around things they needed and my mom took care of the phone calls for the ambulance and driving to the hospital. 

Anything but recovered the police show up with a black van moving squad and my dad can’t go to thehospital anymore because he has to help lift and carry things out.

It’s really hard for him emotionally because he built this house. He’s lived in it For roughly 45 years and I have lived here 22. I remember growing up here, and helping him fight for 10 years against fraudulent attacks and claims to our home and a collection on a lean that was never even made.  but is there justice?

Is there reward for our efforts toiling and fearing and praying?

No justice for the wicked I suppose. This world is unforgiving .  It’s been ten terrible drought full years of constant work and no reward. My parents have lost their faith in the world and I am trying my best to help them but I am small and can only do so much before my swollen knees finally break and my fingers skin tear from all the tape and boxes I’ve made.

We are running out of time and we have 60 years worth of items on this property shared between my dad and his 11 family members who abandoned the place after the grandparents died.  There’s so much to do, we need tape, we need boxes, we need drivers and movers and there’s no time. My sister cried her eyes out today because she wants to go to school but she can’t if were homeless. She needs an address and she needs someone to drive her to her choir concerts. She’s such a people person, and I commend her in that and trying so hard to find ways and friends she can rely on to stay with and keep going to school… she really wants to go to college, which is something neither my brother or I were able to do because we stayed home to take care of our parents and maintaining the house and the constant everyday mail and filing and research of the attack on our home.  years of fear and unknowing and desperate hope have whittled our nerves and our ability to function. We’ve become isolated and outcast in these troubles because of how stressful our lives have become for this.

It’s very late… I need to finish my food, I need to wake up early and prepare.  I feel so angry at the world. Here are so many people I rightfully thrown out on the streets. Not because they are lazy or useless… they are treated and made to believe they are so through this fight. It’s immoral and evil for people to be allowed or even motivated to do this shit to families, attacking them so much that they don’t even have a second to breathe. 

I don’t know what the future holds. I’m scared for my family, their safety and their minds, and my pets. I don’t even know if anyone will read this, I don’t know how I will want to. Hide this post after I reread this later, but I need to talk about this. But i don’t know what more I can do. If anyone has even a penny to give and help us survive this, I would be infinitely grateful. 

If you want to donate, all i have right now is my ko-fi: ko-fi.com/A8313P8 thank you for reading… I don’t have anything else to say, I’ don’t know what to say. … I wish you well, and far from the potential of these horrors ever happening. Goodnight. 

[chronsart]

Trying to see and enjoy the shooting stars

while everything on the earth burns

my life is in desperate need of happy dragons W A R N I N G : heavy vent. My house got struck by lightening twice yesterday. Literally. water was pouring through into the roof and through the light fixture in the living room.

There are two giant holes in the roof, shingles sploded everywhere. That was kind of funny actually. except for the part where there’s a giant leak of water pooling into our attic and messing up the wires and the ceiling.

The third time my home got electrocuted it was not actually in the form of sky wrath. We received an eviction notice. I’ll be opening commissions when im not busy packing things up. I need to eat and sleep. Here’s my dilemma. Family of five, two younger siblings still in school, parents who are getting old and rapidly needing more and more help. We have four cats and three dogs and my bearded dragon that we need to move. The only option they have is a pound, which is one that kills and has been notorious for poisoning food to kill stray cats. This is where one of our dogs came from. He was four years old, he’s a monster of a dog whom we named Floof, but he’s very sweet. We could give them away, but, we’re in the middle of nowhere, and we have pretty bad connections so it probably won’t be anytime soon we could find them a loving home. Most of our animals are strays that have terrible manners but we love them all the same. The only way we’ll be able to make sure they are safe is if we can afford a trailer to move to a side property that’s got a bit more ground, but, needs work, that is shared between the family thats separate from the property we would be loosing. There are no houses for rent that just allow one dog let alone our minature zoo. I’m absolutely mortified that its legal and part of the process for police to march into your house, and seize everything. My dogs? They can be shot. Its trespassing on the new owners property afterall. And you can kill tresspassing animals in this state. The best thing that could happen is they go to the shelter and i have to pay 40 dollars to get them out… one by one. They’re put down after two weeks of no one reclaiming them, or adopting them. As far as valuables? Whoever the police man brings with him, (we have a family friend that was kicked out of her house and watched a policeman bring a dozen men (not in policeman uniform, we don’t know who they were,) into her house where they threw everything on the street and pocketed her jewelry. They can pocket anything. My computer? They can pocket it. or smash it. Maybe they like to see things be destroyed on the concrete. If someone did this. I might die of a heart attack. I have so many photos, stories, and art on there, i would basically feel like the past 10 years of my life on there were wasted. just delete me WITH the files. I’m even more mortified of the idea that my little sister will be here at the time whoever the police bring with them decide to show up. We’ve been dealing with this war for years now, and the stress has been debilitating to everyone’s health. We’ve been in terrible financial situations because of the amount of time needed to file and study and research what we need to file as well as juggle the time needed to hold an actual job to sustain us. And. We haven’t. It seems no matter how much proof we have, the judge always says: “No. I’m not looking at it. Clearly this organization is law abiding, and you, a little man, have done something wrong, and I’ll not rule in your favor. Now I’m not a biased man, I’m just looking at the facts.” I wish i was kidding. He’s actually said this. Its just finally getting to this boiling point. Its always been something to put a crowbar between the gears and mess everything up. I really just want my family to be able to pick up again and not loose anyone along the way. We need to be able to live and move on, emotionally and physically. I’ve been avoiding bringing this up because its just overwhelming im pretty sure i have PTSD by now, but i need to mention it because its really damn important. My family needs help and I can’t just draw us a way out. All i have right now is my ko-fi: ko-fi.com/A8313P8 and anything helps for gas, vehicles breaking, food, tape, to finding a new place. I’ll open commissions soon, and I’ll configure some examples… anyways… sorry, but thank you for reading.

[spymaster22]

My friend here is in really desperate need of help. If you can spare anything please donate!

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[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

i’ve been doing my homework on how to break into a writing career and honestly. there’s a Lot that i didn’t know about thats critical to a writing career in this day and age, and on the one hand, its understandable because we’re experiencing a massive cultural shift, but on the other hand, writers who do not have formal training in school or don’t have the connections to learn more via social osmosis end up extremely out of loop and working at a disadvantage. 

[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

like, i didnt know about twitter pitch parties!! i didnt know about literary agents and publishers tweeting their manuscript wishlist, in hopes that some poor soul out there has written the book they really want to read and publish!! this isnt some shit you learn about in school! you really need to know the ins and outs of the writing community to be successful! 

[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

for anyone interested, here’s what i’ve learned so far in my quest for more writing knowledge:

1. Writer’s Market 2019 is a great place to start– it gives you a list of magazines and journals that you can send your work to depending on the genre as well as lists a shit ton of literary agents that specify what genres they represent, how you can get in contact with them and how they accept query letters. this is a book that updates every year and tbh i only bought it this year so i dont know how critical it is to have an updated version  

2. do your research. mostly on literary agents because if you listed on your site that you like to represent fluffy YA novels and some asshole sends you a 80k manuscript about like…gritty viking culture, you will be severely pissed off. always go in finding someone who you know will actually like your work because they’re the ones who will try to advocate for you in getting published.

3. learn how to write a query letter. there are slightly varying formulas to how you can write an effective query letter. you’re also going to want to get feedback on your query letter because its the first thing the literary agent will read and based on how well you do it, it could be the difference between them rejecting you outright and giving your manuscript a quick read

4. unfortunately, you’re gonna want to get a twitter. Twitter is where a lot of literary agents are nowadays, and they host things like twitter pitch parties, where you pitch your manuscript in a few sentences and hashtag it with #Pitmad #Pitdark, some version of pit. a lot of literary agents and publishers will ALSO post their manuscript wishlists, which is just the kind of books they’d like to represent/publish, and they hashtag this with #MSWL (it is NOT for writers to use, only for agents/publishers)

5. connect with other writers, literary agents, publishers at book events. you will absolutely need the connections if you want to get ahead as a writer. thats just kind of the state of the world.

[docbe]

[ellelalee]

writing is hard

[pandoyareblogs]

I feel this in my soul

[ladysvea]

this

[sleepybelle-writes]

Part of me wants to shift the entirety of Magical Fantasy Adventure Land into the normal world instead of splitting it into a separate realm.

Part of me is still annoyed that this fucker still doesn’t have a proper title. Or at least something that sounds better as a place holder.

[the-knights-are-not-dead-deacti]

it’s called Mafalia. that’s your world’s name. ‘MAH-FAR-lee-uh’.

[sleepybelle-writes]

That actually sounds really good as a world name. I’m curious to know where that came from?

[the-knights-are-not-dead-deacti]

it’s the acronym. “Magical Fantasy Adventure Land”-ia becomes MaFAL-ia: Mafalia.

i always find if you need a placeholder name for something, write it out and make up an acronym, adding and removing letters or vowels if need be.

for example:

“The House Where Clio Fell in Love With Him”

“The HouseWhereClioFellinLoveWithHim”

“THoWeCliFiLWH”

“ThrowecliFiLWH”

“ThrowecliffiLWH”

“ThrowecliffiLWH”

“Throwecliffe”

“Thrawecliffe”

hence ‘the house where Clio fell in love with him’ becomes ‘Thrawecliffe House’. what’s a ‘thraw’? i don’t know. is it on a cliff? maybe; that’s an author’s preogative.

suddenly the name of the house itself throws up new questions which an author in answering goes off down a rabbit hole of worldbuilding.

[sleepybelle-writes]

Holy fuck. That is absolutely amazing advice.

Thank you so much!!!!!

[incandescent-creativity]

As someone who regularly smashes words together for humorous purposes, I’m appalled I’ve never thought to use it in my writing. Bless you.

[headspace-hotel]

good advice

[mageflow]

My favourite example of this is Dragon Age. The setting is called Thedas, which comes from calling it “the Dragon Age setting” in development! The Dragon Age Setting The DAS Thedas

[elucubrare]

i’m kind of against kings in fantasy because i feel like most people don’t really think about them: either it’s a Tolkien-esque “the King has returned again!” or they’re just sort of…there b/c this is Fantasy, we do Kings, but have they considered

dying kings, king-of-the-year, the king who has to fight every year to reclaim his throne, the king who knows that he’s only king for as long as he keeps his strength 

the king and the land are one, but not, like, in a triumphant way, in a way where the land claims the king for its own

a king who must be physically perfect (the king is not physically perfect and has to hide it) 

the divine king and what it would mean to actually be ruled by a god

[numenor-archive-deactivated2018]

#also like chosen-of-the-gods but with thinking about responsibility#also: these apply to Queens too#also: people have done some of these#guy gavriel kay does the dying king#for example#the perfection thing is from celtic myth#and i think the byzantines had it too#but i’d love to see more fantasy novels think critically about kingship

[eleemosynecdoche]

more historical ones to use:

elected kings, like in the roman kingdom and the polish-lithuanian commonwealth

charismatic societies like in most of the pre-columbian americas north of the rio grande, where social power is based on your ability to talk and bribe people into going along with what you say

republics that aren’t based on the merchant-prince model or circle-of-mages model. guild-based republics, peasant republics, aristocratic republics, theocratic republics.

i would love for someone to use tiwanaku, an empire from the andes whose capital city was essentially a religious theme park where most of the buildings were facades and they had a guy in an echoey room with a horn playing the voice of god, and they kept tearing down buildings to put up new ones. especially if you added magic thrill rides or 18th-century roller coasters to it

[taz-writes]

Running back to the original post for a moment, let’s seriously think about how we handle royalty in fantasy for a bit. Royal characters are often so shallow! This goes especially for high fantasy, which is magnetically drawn towards kingdoms and war and powerful people. Kings and Queens exist for a reason.

Societies have leaders because without structure and organization, groups of humans larger than town-size fall apart. There’s a tipping point where a community grows large enough that not everyone knows and trusts each other, and there are enough strangers for cruel individuals to start exploiting others if they aren’t stopped. A king’s (and government’s) job is to organize and provide structure, creating and sometimes enforcing rules to make sure the people around him are treating each other right. Some kings and governments are far more effective than others, but that’s the basic idea. Even in well-established kingdoms, governments have shit to do, and they should be doing it!

High fantasy in particular has a thing for princes, princesses, and members of the nobility whose jobs are either

one, being hidden from the big bad until their Heroic Return, at which point everything returns to normal and the country magically stabilizes

or two, sitting on their butts making shallow gossip and pretending to be important while not doing anything else with their station. maybe they have money that helps a hero, or they need to be rescued, or they get one or two shining authority moments.

Respectively, these tend to be male heroes or female love interests, in most cases. Neither of these tropes is historically or logically accurate, and they’re so incredibly common at this point that I’m exhausted with them. I’m not alone there.

The issue isn’t exclusively the kind of government, though, which is why I wanted to jump on this post. The problem with cliches is that they’re never very well thought-out, and changing up the surface dressing of your flat worldbuilding isn’t an instant fix. All these other forms of government are fascinating and would make awesome story starters, but if you want to write royals into your story you should also think about what they actually do.

An elected King has a campaign to win and promises to make and hopefully keep. A dying King needs to think seriously about what he’s leaving behind on a mechanical level. Even the King of a false republic built on lies still needs to keep those lies going. The ceremonial head of a theocracy has a reputation to keep up and a god to please. Being an evil overlord would take SO MUCH WORK and infrastructure and planning, you’d be in meetings all day deciding how to keep your system running with you in charge.

If your fantasy is on a lower tier, maybe all these details don’t have to be there, but if you have a character who is royal or noble you should know what job it is they do. And no matter what, you should think about how the fantasy government you’re building would affect its citizens and culture, because god knows people love to bitch about governments. It’s free worldbuilding!

One final point: if you’re hell bent on writing a King Returns plot, I strongly suggest you explore the consequences of that plot on your characters. A farm boy who just discovered he’s royalty is walking into a situation he is totally unprepared for, he will be blindsided by politics, he will be easily manipulated. But equally important–his incompetence will have a ripple effect on his entire court and the noble class of his country. Not everyone will accept this kind of thing instantly, even with proof. People might like the regent government better! People might be rationally afraid of the mistakes someone like this could make on behalf of the whole country! If he’s a responsible individual he’ll need to study and make connections and charm people, he will have work to do unlike any work he’s ever done before, and there’s a 99% chance he’ll be absolutely awful at it. Farmers don’t teach their kids court manners. This archetype is heavily overused and easily slips into cliche territory, but with critical thought and a bit of plot redirection it can still feel pretty fresh.

Just put some thought into it! :) Well-thought-out fantasy is hard, but it’s so worth it for your readers. YA does not exempt you from this situation.

[elucubrare]

These are all very good points, and I was definitely thinking about consequences – writing about what it would be like to live under any of these monarchies would be super interesting. 

And the thing is, medieval English kingship is much more interesting than Fantasyland kingship – fantasy kings tend to not have actual functions or day-to-day duties except maybe hearing the complaints of peasants in a cliched scene, but early medieval English kings did delegate, but were still very personally involved in running the kingdom. And sure, detailed descriptions of your main character sitting down and creating budgets would be boring, but you can definitely reference it. 

This was mostly a plea for examined kingship – after all, the unexamined king is not worth having.

[chronsart]

program: clip studio

[spymaster22]

This is beautiful!

[spymaster22]

Dialogue Prompt #147

“Unlike the rest of your problems you can’t drown me in booze.”

[spymaster22]

Dialogue Prompt #146

“Would a tazer help or did I bring this for nothing?”

[spymaster22]

Dialogue Prompt #145

“Come on! It was one time.” 

“I don’t want to talk to you right now; you almost got me killed!” 

“But it was only the one time!”

[spymaster22]

Dialogue Prompt #144

“What do you expect me to do about it? Get a chainsaw?” 

“Oh fuck yeah! Let’s chainsaw the door!”

[spymaster22]

Hello! Just wondering if you had any rules about the usage of your dialogue prompts? #88 has been calling my name and I wanted to know if/how you wanted to be credited.

Just @ me! I look forward to see what you do with it. Best of luck writing!

[writing-in-the-grave]

Things to do as a famous writer;

Make a “fan blog” of ur book of Tumblr and stalk ur fandom from within.

Go to a book store, find ur books, sign a copy, then leave.

Write purposefully bad fan fiction of ur book and post it anonymously.

Buy a copy of ur own book and write commentary in the margins, then sell it online.

Cosplay ur own character to a con, don’t let anyone know it’s you.

Using your “fan blog” befriend another fan online. Ask them to video chat you, record their reaction.

Draw purposefully bad fan art and post it anonymously.

Read ALL of the fan fiction of ur book, then declare random ones you like as cannon in the comments.

Talk to aspiring writers online or at schools and encourage them.

Become a beta reader for one of ur fans.

Hold long in depth conversations with a fan who doesn’t recognize you, disagree with everything they say.

Ask to talk a picture with people who recognize you on the street before they have a chance to ask you first.

Anonymously commission artists to draw ur characters, then surprise them by posting it to ur “official blog.” Make sure you credit them so you draw more attention to their amazing artwork!!!

Tease ur fans about the next book coming out.

Tell ur fans a character is gonna die in the next book, but not say who. Watch them squirm.

[spymaster22]

These are goals.

[cherribalm-deactivated20140609]

site that you can type in the definition of a word and get the word

site for when you can only remember part of a word/its definition 

site that gives you words that rhyme with a word

site that gives you synonyms and antonyms

[bumblebeebabie]

THAT FIRST SITE IS EVERY WRITER’S DREAM DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I’VE TRIED WRITING SOMETHING AND THOUGHT GOD DAMN IS THERE A SPECIFIC WORD FOR WHAT I’M USING TWO SENTENCES TO DESCRIBE AND JUST GETTING A BUNCH OF SHIT GOOGLE RESULTS

[spymaster22]

YOU ARE A BLESSING!

[clementive-deactivated20150318]

In Which Diversity Isn't a Myth

Ok. I’m tired of the typical vampire, werewolf and fairy.I’m also tired of the occidental-centrism in mythology. Hence, this list. 

I tried to included as many cultural variants as I could find and think of. (Unfortunately, I was restricted by language. Some Russian creatures looked very interesting but I don’t speak Russian…) Please, add creatures from your culture when reblogging (if not already present). It took me a while to gather all those sites but I know it could be more expansive. I intend on periodically editing this list. 

Of note: I did not include specific legendary creatures (Merlin, Pegasus, etc), gods/goddesses/deities and heroes.

Dragons

The Chinese Dragon

The Japanese Dragon

The Korean Dragon

The Vietnamese Dragon

The Greek Dragon

The Indian Dragon

The Polish Dragon

The Austrian Dragon

The British Dragon

The Ancient Dragon (Egypt, Babylon and Sumer)

The Spanish Basque Dragon

Of the Cockatrice (creature with the body of a dragon)

Alphabetical List of Dragons Across Myths (Great way to start)

Little creatures (without wings)

The Legend of the Leprechauns, The Leprechaun

Chanaque /Alux (the equivalent of leprechauns in Aztec/Mayan folklore)

Elves

Elves in Mythology and Fantasy

Elves in Germanic Mythology

Kabeiroi or Cabeiri (Dwarf-like minor gods in Greek mythology)

Norse Dwarves

The Myth of Loki and the Dwarves

Ten Types of Goblins

Goblins

Tengu: Japanese Goblins

Gnomes 

More on Gnomes

Pooka: an Irish phantom

Creatures with wings (except dragons)

Fairies

All sorts of Cultural Fairies

Fairies in Old French Mythology 

A Fairy List

Bendith Y Mamau (Welsh fairies)

Welsh Fairies

Peri (Persian fairies)

Yü Nü (Chinese fairies)

The Celtic Pixie

Angels in Judaism

Angels in Christianity

Hierarchy of Angels

Angels in Islam

Irish Sylph

Garuda (Bird-like creature in Hindu and Buddhist myths)

Bean Nighe (a Scottish fairy; the equivalent of a banshee in Celtic mythology)

Harpies

Spirited Creatures

Druids

Jinn (Genies in Arabic folklore)

Types of Djinns

Aisha Qandisha and Djinn in Moroccan Folklore

Oni (demons in Japanese folklore)

Nymphs

Spirits in Asturian Mythology

Valkyries

Lesovik

Boggarts: The British Poltergeist

Phantom black dogs (the Grim)

Demons in Babylonian and Assyrian Mythology (list)

Demons in the Americas (list)

European Demons (list)

Middle-East and Asia Demons (list)

Judeo-Christian Demons (list)

Nephilim, more on Nephilim

Mahaha (a demon in Inuit mythology)

Flying Head (a demon in Iroquois mythology)

Ghosts

Toyol (a dead baby ghost in Malay folklore)

Malay Ghosts

Yuki-onna (a ghost in Japanese folklore)

The Pontianak (a ghost in Malay mythology)

Funayurei (a ghost in Japanese folklore)

Zagaz (ghosts in Moroccan folklore)

Japanese Ghosts

Mexican Ghosts

Horse-like mythical creatures

Chinese Unicorns

Unicorns

The Kelpie (Could have also fitted in the sea creatures category)

The Centaur

The Female Centaur

Hippocamps (sea horses in Greek mythology)

Horse-like creatures (a list)

Karkadann, more on the Karkadann (a persian unicorn)

Ceffyl Dwfr (fairy-like water horse creatures in Cymric mythology)

Undead creatures

The Melanesian Vampire 

The Ewe Myth : Vampires

The Germanic Alp

The Indonesian Vampire

Asanbosam and Sasabonsam (Vampires from West Africa)

The Aswang: The Filipino Vampire

Folklore Vampires Versus Literary Vampires

Callicantzaros: The Greek Vampire

Vampires in Malaysia

Loogaroo/Socouyant: The Haitian Vampire

Incubi and Sucubi Across Cultures

Varacolaci: The Romanian Vampire

Brahmaparusha: The Indian Vampire

Genesis of the Word “Vampire”

The Ghoul in Middle East Mythology

Slavic Vampires

Vampires A-Z

The Medical Truth Behind the Vampire Myths

Zombies in Haitian Culture

Shape-shifters and half-human creatures (except mermaids) 

Satyrs (half-man, half-goat)

Sirens in Greek Mythology (half-woman and half-bird creatures)

The Original Werewolf in Greek Mythology

Werewolves Across Cultures

Werewolf Syndrome: A Medical Explanation to the Myth

Nagas Across Cultures

The Kumiho (half fox and half woman creatures)

The Sphinx

Criosphinx

Scorpion Men (warriors from Babylonian mythology)

Pooka: an Irish changelings

Domovoi (a shape-shifter in Russian folklore)

Aatxe (Basque mythology; red bull that can shift in a human)

Yech (Native American folklore)

Ijiraat (shapeshifters in Inuit mythology)

Sea creatures

Selkies (Norse mermaids)

Mermaids in many cultures

More about mermaids

Mermen

The Kraken (a sea monster)

Nuckelavee (a Scottish elf who mainly lives in the sea)

Lamiak (sea nymphs in Basque mythology)

Bunyip (sea monster in Aboriginal mythology)

Apkallu/abgal (Sumerian mermen)

An assemblage of myths and legends on water and water creatures

Slavic Water Creatures

The Encantado (water spirits in Ancient Amazon River mythology)

Zin (water spirit in Nigerian folklore)

Qallupilluk (sea creatures in Inuit mythology)

Monsters That Don’t Fit in Any Other Category

Aigamuxa, more details on Aigamuxa

Amphisabaena

Abere

Bonnacon

Myrmidons (ant warriors)

Troll, More on Trolls

Golems 

Golems in Judaism

Giants: The Mystery and the Myth (50 min long documentary)

Inupasugjuk (giants in Inuit mythology)

Fomorians (an Irish divine race of giants)

The Minotaur

The Manticore, The Manticore and The Leucrouta

The Ogre

The Orthus (two-headed serpent-tailed dog)

The Windigo

The Windigo Psychosis

Rakshasa (humanoids in Hindu and Buddhist mythology)

Yakshas (warriors in Hindu mythology)

Taqriaqsuit (“Shadow people” in Inuit mythology)

Stick Indians

References on Folklore and Mythology Across the Globe

Creatures of Irish Folklore 

Folklore and Fairytales

An Overview of Persian Folklore

Filipino Folklore

Myths, Creatures and Folklore

Alaska Folklore

Spanish (Spain) Mythology

Mythical Archive

Mythology Dictionary

List of Medieval and Ancient Monsters

Native American Animals of Myth and Legends

Native American Myths

Bestiary of Ancient Greek Mythology

Mythology, Legend, Folklore and Ghosts

Angels and Demons

List of Sea Creatures

Yoruba Mythology

Ghosts Around the World, Ghosts From A to Z

Strange (Fantastic) Animals of Ancient Egypt

Egyptian Mythology

Creatures from West Africa

On the Legendary Creatures of Africa

Myths, Creatures and Folklore

References on writing a myth or mythical creatures

Writing a MYTHology in your novel?

How to Write a Myth

10 Steps to Creating Realistic Fantasy Creatures

Creating Fantasy Creatures or Alien Species

Legendary Creature Generator

Book Recommendations With Underrated Mythical Creatures

(I have stumbled upon web sites that believed some of these mythical creatures exist today… Especially dragons, in fact. I just had to share the love and scepticism.)

[saccharinesylph]

good

[kaijufluffs]

[flukedoesecology]

Ideas for the fantasy series~

[spymaster22]

This is a lifesaver!!

[spymaster22]

Dialogue Prompt #143

“You humans are always drawn to the light. You’re no better than moths!”