Water

A role · 85 figures in all

The formless dissolving deep as a power in its own right: the figure personifies water, is the river or sea itself, or acts as water acts -- drowning, engulfing, dissolving, carrying away.

A role a story gives a figure, not a picture a figure fits. No reference work prints this as a headword, so the wording and the reading are both ours. What each was read from is not: the works named below, and their entries on these figures rather than the descriptions on this site. How this was made.

41 figures carry it. 44 others meet it without carrying it.

Carried by

Figures whose entries here read as carrying the role itself. Both readings marks a figure two independent readings placed here; one reading marks one.

Afanc both readings

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Afanc."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Afanc."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Afanc."
Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Afanc."
Patricia Monaghan, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, p. 5.

Ahuizotl one reading

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Ahuizotl."
Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Ahuizotl."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Ahuizotl."

Ao Ao one reading

Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Ao Ao."

Blue Men of the Minch one reading

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Blue Men of the Minch."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Blue Men of the Minch."
Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Blue Men of the Minch."
Patricia Monaghan, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, p. 196.

Bushyasta one reading

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Bushyasta."
Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Bushyasta."

Cabyll-Ushtey one reading

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Cabyll-Ushtey."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Cabyll-Ushtey."
Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Cabyll-Ushtey."

Ceffyl Dŵr both readings

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Ceffyl-Dwr."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Ceffyl-Dwr."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Ceffyl-Dwr."

Centaur one reading

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Centaur."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Centaur."
Timothy Gantz, Early Greek Myth, p. 21.
Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Centaur."

Cetus both readings

Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Cetus."
Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Cetus."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Cetus."

Chalchihuitlicue both readings

Mary Miller and Karl Taube, An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya, p. 60.

Charybdis both readings

Apollodorus, translated by J. G. Frazer, The Library, p. 1.
Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Charybdis."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Charybdis."
Timothy Gantz, Early Greek Myth, p. 356.

Coventina one reading

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Coventina."
Patricia Monaghan, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, p. 101.

Dinny Mara one reading

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Dinny Mara."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Dinny Mara."
Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Dinny Mara."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Dinny Mara."

Each-Uisge both readings

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Aughisky."
Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Aughisky."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Aughisky."

Grindylow both readings

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Grindylow."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Grindylow."
Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Grindylow."

Iku-Turso both readings

translated by John Martin Crawford, The Kalevala, p. 11.

Inkanyamba both readings

George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Inkanyamba."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Inkanyamba."

Kappa one reading

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Kappa."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Kappa."
F. Hadland Davis, Myths and Legends of Japan, p. 170.
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Kappa."

Kelpie both readings

Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Kelpie."
Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Kelpie."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Kelpie."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Kelpie."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Kelpie."

Kolowisi one reading

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Kolowisi."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Kolowisi."
Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz, editors, American Indian Myths and Legends.

Korrigan one reading

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Korrigan."
Patricia Monaghan, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, p. 274.
Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology.

Kraken both readings

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Kraken."
Charles Gould, Mythical Monsters, p. 13.
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Kraken."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Kraken."

Kurrea one reading

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Kurrea."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Kurrea."
K. Langloh Parker, Australian Legendary Tales.
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Kurrea."

Llamhigyn Y Dwr one reading

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Llamhigyn Y Dwr."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Llamhigyn Y Dwr."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Llamhigyn Y Dwr."
Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Llamhigyn Y Dwr."

Lotan one reading

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Lotan."
Louis Ginzberg, The Legends of the Jews.
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Lotan."

Mami Wata both readings

Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Mama Dlo (mah-Mah D’low)."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Mama Dlo (mah-Mah D’low)."

Mamlambo both readings

George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Mamlambo."
Patricia Ann Lynch, African Mythology A to Z, p. 78.
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Mamlambo."

Nakinneito one reading

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Nakinneito."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Nakinneito."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Nakinneito."

Ngürüvilu one reading

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Guirivulu."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Guirivulu."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Guirivulu."

Ogopogo one reading

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Naitaka."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Naitaka."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Naitaka."

Ouroboros one reading

Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Ouroboros."
Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Ouroboros."
J. C. Cooper, An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols, s.v. "Ouroboros."

Rahab both readings

Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Rahab."
Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Rahab."
Louis Ginzberg, The Legends of the Jews.

Rainbow Serpent both readings

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Rainbow Serpent."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Rainbow Serpent."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Rainbow Serpent."

Rusalka both readings

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Rusalka."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Rusalka."

Ryujin both readings

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Ryujin."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Ryujin."

Squonk both readings

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Squonk."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Squonk."

Tiamat both readings

E. A. Wallis Budge, The Gods of the Egyptians, p. 277.
Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Tiamat."

Underwater Panther (Mishipeshu/Mishibizhiw) both readings

Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Miskena."

Unhcegila one reading

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Unhcegila."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Unhcegila."

Unktehi both readings

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Unktehi."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Unktehi."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Unktehi."
Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz, editors, American Indian Myths and Legends.

Walutahanga both readings

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Walutahanga."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Walutahanga."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Walutahanga."

Met by

Figures read as meeting the role rather than carrying it: it is in their stories, held by something they meet, oppose, serve or are destroyed by. It is the commoner reading here, and saying so is the point: a bestiary is largely a catalogue of what the carriers of these roles encounter.

Abere

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Abere."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Abere."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Abere."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Abere."

Ahool

George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Ahool."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Ahool."

Aido Hwedo

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Aido Hwedo."
Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Aido Hwedo."
Patricia Ann Lynch, African Mythology A to Z, p. 8.

Al-mi'raj

Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Mirag."

Alp-luachra

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Alp-Luachra."
Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Alp-Luachra."
Patricia Monaghan, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, p. 14.
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Alp-Luachra."

Anqa

Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Anqa."

Asag

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Asag."
Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, s.v. "Asag."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Asag."

Aspidochelone

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Aspidochelone."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Aspidochelone."

Awl Man

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Awl Man."
Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Awl Man."

Bayard

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Bayard."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Bayard."

Boobrie

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Boobrie."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Boobrie."
Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Boobrie."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Boobrie."

Ccoa

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Ccoa."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Ccoa."
Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Ccoa."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Ccoa."

Cerberus

Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Cerberus."
Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Cerberus."
Hesiod, translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica, p. 9.

Chi Lung Wang

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Chi Lung Wang."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Chi Lung Wang."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Chi Lung Wang."

Cliodna

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Cliodna."
Lady Gregory, Gods and Fighting Men.

Danavas

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Danavas."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Danavas."
John Dowson, A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, s.v. "Danavas."

Dunnie

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Doonie."
Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Doonie."
Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Doonie."

Eikþyrnir

John Lindow, Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs, s.v. "Eikthyrnir."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Eikthyrnir."

Excalibur

Patricia Monaghan, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, p. 164.
Wirt Sikes, British Goblins.

Glooscap

Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz, editors, American Indian Myths and Legends.

Hadhayosh

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Hadhayosh."
Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Hadhayosh."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Hadhayosh."

Horomatangi

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Horomatangi."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Horomatangi."

Jumbi

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Jumbi."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Jumbi."

Kaboutermannekin

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Kaboutermannekin."
William Henderson, Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders, p. 246.

Khara

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Khara."
John Dowson, A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, s.v. "Khara."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Khara."

Kur

Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, s.v. "Kur."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Kur."

Liban

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Liban."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Liban."
Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Liban."
Lady Gregory, Gods and Fighting Men, p. 124.
Patricia Monaghan, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, p. 288.

Ljubi

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Ljubi."

Louhi

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Louhi."
translated by John Martin Crawford, The Kalevala, p. 84.

Nat

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Nats."
Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Nats."

Nerthus

John Lindow, Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs, s.v. "Nerthus."
Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Nerthus."
Patricia Monaghan, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, p. 355.

Nuckelavee

Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Nuckelavee."
Patricia Monaghan, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, p. 362.

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Og."
Louis Ginzberg, The Legends of the Jews.
Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Og."

Pegasus

Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Pegasus."
Apollodorus, translated by J. G. Frazer, The Library, p. 273.
Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry.
Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Pegasus."

Pouākai

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Poukai."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Poukai."

Rain Bird

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Rainbird."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Rainbird."

Rakshasa

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Rakshasas."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Rakshasas."
Firdausi, translated by Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner, The Sháhnáma, p. 6.
John Dowson, A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, s.v. "Rakshasas."
Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Rakshasas."

Redjal el Marja

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Redjal El Marja."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Redjal El Marja."
Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Redjal El Marja."

Sedna

Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Sedna."
Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Sedna."

Sesha

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Ananta."
Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Ananta."
J. C. Cooper, An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols, s.v. "Ananta."

Thunderbird

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Thunderbird."
George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Thunderbird."

Tsuchigumo

Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Tsuchigumo."

Yamata no Orochi

M. W. de Visser, The Dragon in China and Japan, p. 198.

Zombi

Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Zombi."

Not to be confused with: NOT merely living in, swimming in, hunting in or coming out of water.

All roles.