Motifs

623 recognizable folkloric traits — the shared substrate of uncanny signatures. Thompson Motif Index (TMI) codes where confidently assignable.

sensory

• glowing-red-eyes ×38
• iridescent-feathers-shift-color-with-angle ×27
• body-wreathed-in-flames ×22
• haunting-music-entrances-or-terrifies-listeners ×15
• vibration-sense-detects-distant-prey ×14
• blood-curdling-scream ×13
• sees-through-illusions-to-hidden-truth ×12
• bioluminescent-body-markings ×11
• deep-resonant-calls-for-long-distance-communication ×11
• booming-cry-precedes-sighting ×10
• large-footprints-left-behind ×10
• silent-flight ×9
• materializes-suddenly-out-of-mist-or-shadow ×8
• footsteps-shake-the-earth ×8
• roar-audible-for-miles ×8
• musky-odor ×7
• trail-of-scorched-earth-left-behind ×7
• sulfur-smell ×6
• howl-freezes-blood-of-listeners ×6
• undulating-humps-break-water-surface ×6
• absorbs-light-appearing-pitch-black ×6
• rattling-sound-precedes-supernatural-approach ×6
• chirping-or-squeaking-cry ×5
• chains-dragging-sound-heralds-approach ×5
• disproportionately-large-hypnotic-eyes ×5
• combs-golden-hair-by-water ×5 · F420.1.3.3
• venomous-breath-or-bite-poisons-pastures ×5 · B776.2
• no-visible-means-of-propulsion ×4
• single-glowing-eye ×4
• silver-luminous-fur ×4
• blue-or-azure-coloration-signals-celestial-origin ×4
• deceptive-lure-light-over-water ×4
• eyes-blaze-like-twin-suns ×4 · F541.1
• faceless-stranger-reveals-true-form-at-startling-moment ×4 · F511.0.1
• cry-drives-victims-insane ×3
• glowing-blue-fire-eyes ×2
• glowing-plumage-illuminates-forest-at-night ×2
• tail-or-shadow-betrays-true-form ×2
• voice-mimics-loved-one ×2
• whispered-voice-carries-far ×1
• infant-like-cry ×1
• antlers-with-cold-flame ×1
• eyes-large-as-moon ×1
• vast-body-turns-sea-red ×1
• nonsense-chant-while-moving ×1
• giant-tractor-tire-sized-footprints ×1
• gem-light-can-blind-onlookers ×1
• steel-or-silver-hooves-ring-on-stone ×1
• name-means-corpse-swallower ×1
• luminescence-intensifies-with-moon-phase ×1
• cries-out-for-lost-children ×1 · E402.1.1
• scorched-hoofprints-left-behind ×1
• wingbeats-blot-out-stars ×1
• melodic-whistle-lures-prey ×1 · G303.4.5.3.1
• exhaled-vapor-rings-seed-rainclouds ×1
• low-melodious-hum-precedes-rain ×1
• upside-down-reflection-tell ×1
• cigar-smoke-announces-presence ×1
• hums-to-lure-curious-children ×1
• exhumation-reveals-undecayed-ruddy-corpse ×1

behavioral

• shy-elusive-avoids-humans ×43
• treasure-guardian ×30 · B576.2
• senses-moral-intent-of-intruders ×26
• causes-storms-or-tsunamis ×26 · A1142
• confuses-travelers-into-losing-their-way ×19 · F369.7
• emerges-at-night-to-attack ×17
• forest-guardian-punishes-poachers ×15
• appears-and-vanishes-at-will ×15
• messenger-between-mortal-and-divine-realms ×15
• trickster-outwits-larger-foes ×14 · K1700
• messenger-of-a-deity ×14 · B291
• domestic-spirit-helps-or-harms-based-on-treatment ×13 · F480
• can-be-placated-by-specific-ritual-or-trick ×12
• underworld-gatekeeper ×11 · B576.1
• aggressive-territorial-charges ×10
• bound-to-a-specific-household-location ×10
• weakness-to-specific-animal-or-object ×9 · B11.12
• symbolizes-the-impossible ×9
• swallows-boats-whole ×9
• solitary-and-territorial-by-nature ×9
• defeated-by-a-god-or-hero-restoring-order ×8
• invoked-to-frighten-children-into-obedience ×8
• controls-drought-and-flood ×8
• bound-to-specific-body-of-water ×8
• drowns-riders ×7 · G303.3.3.1.3
• whirlpool-maelstrom-creation ×7 · B875.1
• shapeshifts-animal-to-human-and-back ×7 · D100
• knows-past-present-and-future ×7
• antagonist-in-a-hero-epic-quest-to-slay-it ×7
• culture-bringer-teaches-crafts ×7
• disrupts-technology ×6
• paralyzing-stare ×6
• mimics-human-voice-to-mislead ×6 · K1675
• master-of-illusion ×6 · D2031
• healing-purifying-song ×6
• lies-in-wait-in-stagnant-water ×6 · B16.5
• demands-periodic-village-sacrifice ×6 · S262
• punishes-those-who-pollute-or-overharvest-water ×6
• passes-as-ordinary-human ×6 · D42
• floats-hovers-above-ground ×5
• only-pure-of-heart-may-approach ×5 · B291.2.1
• selectively-visible-based-on-moral-intent ×5
• eternal-vigilant-watcher ×5
• respect-for-habitat-determines-fortune-or-misfortune ×5
• tunnels-through-earth-creating-rivers-and-valleys ×5
• spectral-black-dog-either-guides-or-misleads-travelers ×5
• aids-household-or-construction-tasks-for-the-respectful ×5 · F420.5.1
• preys-on-pregnant-women ×5
• launches-body-parts-as-weapons ×4
• unerring-aim ×4
• shapeshifts-into-horse-to-lure-riders ×4 · D673
• resurrection-by-self-immolation ×4 · B32
• leaping-locomotion ×4
• rewards-kindness-punishes-cruelty ×4
• petrifying-gaze-turns-victims-to-stone ×4 · D231
• consumes-victims-soul-or-life-force ×4
• drops-from-trees-onto-passersby ×4
• outwitted-by-a-clever-trickster-rather-than-force ×4 · K1700
• causes-nightmares-and-sleep-paralysis ×4 · F471.1
• controls-wind-rain-and-thunder ×4
• reluctant-servitude-through-magical-binding ×4
• transforms-human-to-seduce ×4 · D10
• drags-victims-underwater ×4 · G308
• offended-by-disrespect-to-dwelling ×4
• echolocation-navigation ×3
• sudden-ambush-from-above ×3
• rain-bringing-serpent ×3 · A284.2
• burrows-through-earth ×3
• sailors-unknowingly-land-and-camp-on-creature ×3 · B876.1
• waking-dive-drags-down-ships ×3
• escorts-souls-of-the-dead ×3 · E451
• loyal-only-to-worthy-rider ×3
• befriended-becomes-powerful-ally ×3
• corn-or-agriculture-gift-to-humanity ×3
• vision-granting-song ×3
• vanishes-into-thin-air-when-threatened ×3
• withholds-aid-from-the-disrespectful ×3
• exposure-of-secret-nature-breaks-power ×3
• bound-to-a-specific-family-lineage ×3
• deceived-or-repelled-by-mirror-reflection ×3
• divine-agent-sent-to-punish-a-region ×3
• master-forger-of-divine-weapons ×3
• wingbeats-generate-wind-or-storms ×3
• speaks-only-in-riddles-and-prophecy ×3
• transformation-driven-by-womans-rage-and-vengeance ×3 · D658
• symbiotic-bond-with-a-human-master ×3
• song-mesmerizes-swimmers-to-their-doom ×3 · B172
• ordinary-object-by-day-animate-spirit-by-night ×3 · D1620
• mute-servant-no-independent-will ×3
• haunts-liminal-crossroads ×3
• delivers-message-then-vanishes ×3
• guards-remote-monstrous-domain ×3
• mimics-animal-calls-to-lure-prey ×2 · K815
• peers-into-windows ×2
• hoofprints-create-springs ×2 · A941.5
• transformation-requires-eating-victims-heart ×2
• chooses-who-dies-in-battle ×2 · A485.1
• possession-causes-cannibalistic-madness ×2 · D2062
• underworld-demon-causes-illness-in-living ×2
• song-induces-euphoric-amnesia ×2 · D1364
• leads-seekers-to-treasure-or-peril ×2
• gallops-across-water ×2
• speaks-and-sings-like-human ×2
• vanishes-like-a-falling-star ×2
• sets-impossible-tasks-for-visitors ×2
• devours-hearts-of-the-unworthy-dead ×2
• mimics-infant-or-woman-cry-to-lure-victims ×2
• pact-with-dark-forces-for-power ×2
• captured-and-paraded-in-annual-festival ×2
• transformation-triggered-by-creature-age-or-size ×2 · B182
• pursues-and-tries-to-swallow-the-moon ×2
• trance-inducing-ritual-dance-performance ×2
• embodied-through-masked-ceremonial-performer ×2
• hypnotic-gaze-lures-prey-willingly ×2
• periodic-reappearance-on-fixed-cycle ×2
• drunken-chaotic-behavior-after-intoxication ×2
• discerns-who-will-live-or-die ×2
• draws-band-of-heroes-to-hunt-it ×2
• impossible-to-catch-without-divine-aid ×2
• eats-everything-including-itself ×2
• whirlpool-swallows-ships-whole ×2
• docile-relative-masks-predatory-divergence ×2
• nocturnal-blood-sucking-from-above-sleepers ×2
• curse-broken-by-removing-bridle-or-harness ×2
• parallel-hidden-society-with-own-laws-and-customs ×2
• lurks-in-strong-river-currents ×2
• venom-withers-vegetation-on-contact ×2
• gentle-giant-creature-of-immense-size ×2
• breath-purifies-the-air ×2
• swallows-prey-whole-then-regurgitates-to-re-eat ×2
• gluttony-personified-as-cautionary-cryptid ×2
• enters-larger-predators-mouth-to-kill-from-within ×2 · B16.2
• coats-body-in-mud-as-armor ×2
• vegetarian-refuses-to-harm-living-things ×2
• spirit-born-from-neglected-objects-over-time ×2
• drains-life-force-of-seduced-men ×2 · D2061.2.1
• camouflages-with-octopus-like-abilities ×2
• island-disguise-collapses-when-weight-accumulates ×2 · B875.1
• leads-spectral-wild-hunt-across-the-sky ×2 · E501
• mediates-conflicts-between-species ×2
• repelled-by-fresh-water-crossing ×2 · D1385.2
• emerges-seasonally-from-the-sea ×2
• eating-creatures-flesh-grants-eternal-youth ×2
• dissolves-into-tears-when-captured ×2
• animated-by-sacred-inscription ×2
• lesser-rank-among-spirit-hierarchy ×2
• returns-nightly-to-grave-by-dawn ×2
• resistible-through-piety-and-prayer ×2
• summoned-and-directed-by-sorcerer ×2
• vulnerable-to-heat-or-fire ×2
• mother-of-monsters ×2
• image-as-protective-ward ×2
• endlessly-reconstitutes-after-defeat ×2 · E607
• vanishes-by-dawn ×2 · F383.4
• devoted-supernatural-wife ×2
• hospitality-then-entrapment ×2
• conceals-affliction-behind-ordinary-daytime-self ×2
• buried-beneath-foundation-as-ward ×2
• site-bound-until-substitute-claimed ×2
• vahana-mount-of-a-deity ×2
• annual-seasonal-attack ×2
• grants-boons-when-bound-or-bested ×2
• captured-by-stealing-wings-veil-or-hair ×2
• circular-night-dance-lures-or-exhausts-mortals ×2
• changeling-substitution ×2
• protective-coil-shelters-a-sacred-figure ×2
• keeper-of-all-stories ×1
• web-as-information-network ×1
• blood-drinking-livestock-attacks ×1 · F531.1.6.9
• mechanical-slow-movement ×1
• lust-for-gems-lures-treasure-hunters-to-doom ×1
• thunder-from-coiling-in-clouds ×1
• coils-around-victims-legs ×1
• riddling-contest-devours-losers ×1 · H761
• mistaken-for-human-swimmer ×1
• feeds-on-dreams-of-sleepers ×1 · F420
• enters-sleepers-mouth ×1
• steals-tablets-of-destiny ×1
• alters-fate-with-wingbeat ×1
• sting-induces-visionary-insight ×1
• drains-life-essence-by-touch ×1
• mythical-she-wolf-ancestor-of-a-people ×1
• dives-when-fire-lit-on-its-back ×1
• flies-in-mortar-wielding-pestle ×1
• materializes-where-reality-is-thin ×1
• needs-minimal-sustenance ×1
• bite-freezes-prey-instantly ×1
• most-active-during-polar-darkness ×1
• weighs-heart-against-a-feather ×1 · E754
• corrupts-objects-into-cursed-artifacts ×1
• last-to-die-inherits-death-role ×1
• spectral-carriage-collects-souls ×1
• guides-lost-travelers-with-light ×1
• skeletal-figure-animates-water-by-dancing ×1
• consumes-only-eyes-teeth-and-nails-of-victim ×1
• transfers-stolen-value-to-human-form ×1
• delivers-satirical-public-speech ×1
• reveals-communal-secrets-for-catharsis ×1
• drumming-sound-entrances-or-frightens ×1
• devours-nightmares ×1
• overuse-of-power-turns-harmful ×1
• summoned-by-speaking-its-name ×1
• vanishes-with-seasonal-thaw ×1
• selectively-preys-on-the-wise-or-elderly ×1
• invisible-arrows-cause-paralysis ×1
• requires-silver-or-blessed-weapon-to-kill ×1
• strategic-ruthless-hunting-pattern ×1
• tail-swipe-reshapes-landscape ×1
• self-immolation-and-rebirth-cycle ×1
• flays-victims-and-displays-their-skins ×1
• takes-form-of-observers-deepest-fear ×1
• disorienting-howl-causes-victims-to-lose-way ×1
• steals-from-rich-to-aid-poor ×1
• haunts-tunnels-or-overpasses ×1
• song-cures-disease-or-neutralizes-poison ×1
• absorbs-illness-through-eye-contact ×1
• flies-toward-sun-to-burn-away-sickness ×1
• adhesive-skin-traps-victims ×1 · B16.2
• reveals-true-monstrous-scale-before-devouring ×1
• coordinated-hunting-pair ×1
• one-guards-lair-while-other-hunts ×1
• fetches-any-object-on-command ×1
• self-consuming-hunger ×1
• strengthens-with-every-victim-consumed ×1
• three-daily-feeding-cycle ×1
• strips-flesh-from-bone ×1
• soul-theft-by-passing-over-a-corpse ×1 · E752
• easily-fooled-despite-strength ×1
• covers-vast-distance-in-single-night-rampage ×1
• leaping-bounding-locomotion-terrorizes-multiple-villages ×1
• pan-flute-lures-travelers-into-wilderness ×1
• imposing-order-on-chaos-causes-its-death ×1
• feeds-on-suffering-to-grant-merciful-death ×1
• curse-transforms-adulterer-into-beast-on-fixed-weekday ×1 · D2
• attracted-to-religious-objects-or-relics ×1
• perches-at-the-edge-of-the-world ×1
• daily-flight-to-gather-and-report-information-to-a-deity ×1
• construction-altered-to-avoid-disturbing-its-dwelling ×1
• forest-guardian-giant-with-earth-shaking-roar ×1
• rolls-downhill-to-ambush-from-elevated-position ×1
• crows-at-dawn ×1
• pulls-a-deitys-chariot-across-waves ×1
• light-guides-worthy-but-misleads-the-wicked ×1
• reveals-hidden-treasure-or-portals-in-the-wild ×1
• milk-or-blood-grants-rejuvenation-or-immortality ×1
• aquatic-serpent-impales-prey-by-leaping-from-water ×1
• harpoon-like-body-strike ×1
• used-as-a-weapon-by-shamans-or-spirit-beings ×1
• snatches-food-or-victims-and-carries-them-off ×1
• constructs-elaborate-nests-or-shelters ×1
• leaves-arranged-sticks-or-stones-as-communication-attempt ×1
• rudimentary-tool-use-evidenced-by-worn-stones ×1
• communicates-via-chirps-and-coordinated-gestures ×1
• leaves-taunting-calling-cards-for-victims ×1
• jumps-between-host-machines-to-prolong-existence ×1
• occasionally-fixes-what-it-broke-in-unconventional-ways ×1
• regeneration-doubles-when-wounded ×1 · B11.6.1.1
• flammable-weakness-halts-regeneration ×1
• song-both-heals-and-curses ×1
• wraps-around-ships-exudes-oily-substance ×1
• sudden-cutting-wind-attack ×1
• scissor-hands-cuts-victims-hair ×1
• psychopomp-claims-corpses-of-the-sinful ×1
• shapeshifting-prankster-otter ×1
• caught-only-by-the-pure-of-heart ×1
• emerges-from-caves-or-storm-clouds ×1
• grants-clairvoyance-to-its-keeper ×1
• haunts-waterways-where-she-drowned-her-victims ×1
• mistakes-other-children-for-her-own-and-abducts-them ×1
• cursed-to-wander-eternally-in-penance ×1 · E415
• haunts-old-books-and-forgotten-texts ×1
• twin-uncatchable-paradox-pursuit ×1 · H1591
• venom-doubles-as-medicine-if-properly-prepared ×1
• hoofbeats-cause-instant-blooming-vegetation ×1
• compels-truthfulness-in-its-presence ×1
• cursed-into-monstrous-form-for-hubris ×1 · Q551
• pierces-roofs-to-reach-victims-within ×1
• startled-into-releasing-swallowed-moon-by-human-clamor ×1 · A737.1
• appears-more-when-habitat-is-threatened ×1
• pounds-elixir-of-immortality-with-mortar-and-pestle ×1 · A751.5
• animates-corpses-to-dance ×1 · E443
• holds-grudges-across-lifetimes ×1
• restrained-by-a-god-to-prevent-earthquakes ×1 · A844
• thrashing-causes-earthquakes ×1 · A844.1
• invisible-impassable-barrier ×1
• walking-in-circles-disorientation ×1
• aimless-wandering-with-no-purpose ×1
• river-god-controls-fishing-fortune ×1
• devours-swallows-to-herald-season-change ×1
• shed-skin-to-transform ×1 · G252
• counting-compulsion-as-protective-ward ×1 · G273.4
• judges-souls-at-threshold-of-underworld ×1 · E752
• manipulates-ground-to-create-sinkholes-or-tremors ×1
• constructs-underground-lair-as-trap ×1
• protects-flocks-from-predators ×1
• wrestling-or-game-challenge-with-travelers ×1
• deactivated-by-altering-inscription ×1
• creation-outgrows-creators-control ×1
• animal-senses-unseen-spirit ×1
• enforces-unfinished-debts-and-grievances ×1
• resumes-domestic-or-marital-relations-with-the-living ×1
• seductive-charm-lures-victims ×1
• selkie-skin-theft-forces-marriage ×1
• visible-only-to-children ×1
• raised-bed-wards-off-nighttime-spirit ×1
• possesses-host-to-drive-violence ×1 · F402.1.1
• attacks-sun-barque-nightly ×1
• corpse-eating-ghoul ×1 · E251
• corrosive-dung-defense ×1
• escalating-uncontrollable-hunger ×1 · F571.1
• shelter-before-omen-completes ×1
• punishes-unfaithful-men ×1
• tramples-victims-underfoot ×1
• blinds-with-sorcerous-darkness ×1
• heart-and-blood-as-cure ×1
• fed-on-blood-to-mature ×1
• lured-out-by-feast ×1
• steals-body-part-as-trophy ×1
• silk-binding-of-prey ×1
• tangles-unfinished-needlework ×1
• thorny-barrier-ward ×1
• devours-own-children ×1 · G61
• pulls-legs-of-waders ×1
• strangled-bare-handed ×1
• skinned-with-its-own-claw ×1
• repelled-by-noise-fire-and-color ×1
• shot-down-guided-by-cry ×1
• demands-victims-spread-word ×1
• food-turns-to-ash-in-mouth ×1
• bound-to-haunted-site-of-violence ×1
• curse-transmitted-by-drawing-blood ×1
• secrecy-oath-or-become-cursed-yourself ×1
• cap-or-object-stolen-grants-power-over-owner ×1
• trapped-by-object-thrown-into-whirlwind ×1
• staked-decapitated-or-burned-to-destroy ×1
• retribution-for-trespass-on-dancing-ground ×1
• reserve-horn-guards-against-surprise-attack ×1
• slow-clumsy-on-open-ground ×1
• salt-restores-memory-and-breaks-servitude ×1
• metamorphosis-into-plant-or-tree ×1

morphological

• hybrid-of-multiple-animals ×117 · B15
• serpentine-elongated-body ×95 · B91
• shapeshifts-human-animal ×58 · D100
• giant-wingspan ×32
• multi-headed-body ×26 · B15.1.2
• armor-like-hide ×21
• cursed-into-monstrous-form ×21 · D661
• hairy-giant-wildman ×15
• body-of-cosmic-immeasurable-size ×13
• impervious-hide-resists-conventional-weapons ×13
• corrosive-venom-secretion ×12
• animated-household-object ×11 · D1601
• colossal-terrain-shaping-giant ×11
• front-half-back-half-different-species-hybrid ×11
• bovine-features-on-monstrous-body ×11
• deadly-gaze ×10 · D2062
• featureless-face ×10
• expandable-swallowing-mouth ×9
• unnaturally-wide-jaw-swallows-large-prey ×9
• skeletal-ghostly-form ×8
• turquoise-or-jeweled-scales ×8
• phoenix-like-firebird ×8 · B32
• body-spans-multiple-valleys-or-hills ×8
• made-of-smokeless-fire ×8
• single-large-eye ×8
• spines-or-quills-on-back ×6
• single-lethal-horn ×6 · B15.6
• lion-eagle-composite ×6 · B24
• iron-hard-armored-scales ×6
• algae-or-flora-growing-on-body ×6
• hops-on-single-leg ×6
• bronze-metallic-hide ×6
• human-headed-bird-hybrid ×6
• primordial-progenitor-of-life ×6
• octopus-like-sea-monster-form ×5
• backward-facing-feet-confuse-trackers ×5 · F517.1.1
• oversized-head-disproportionate-to-body ×5 · F511.0.2
• single-spiraling-horn ×5
• born-from-inanimate-object ×5 · T543
• headless-body ×4 · F511.0.1
• bullet-resistant-skin ×4
• shell-or-back-mistaken-for-island ×4 · B875.1
• emaciated-skeletal-hunger-spirit ×4
• woman-headed-bird-hybrid ×4
• disguised-as-harmless-livestock ×4
• bears-the-world-on-its-back ×4 · A842
• born-from-rooster-egg-incubated-by-toad ×4 · B31.1
• sentient-inanimate-household-object-comes-alive ×4
• extending-tongue-attack ×4
• scorpion-tail-on-mammalian-body ×4
• lethal-breath-alongside-gaze ×4
• one-armed-one-legged-body ×4
• feathered-serpent-hybrid ×4
• wild-unkempt-hair-and-burning-eyes ×4
• single-horn-discerns-truth-from-falsehood ×4
• reattaches-severed-body-parts ×4 · E782
• woman-transformed-into-half-fish-sea-being ×4
• snake-hair ×4
• translucent-hollow-body ×3
• six-legged-body ×3
• segmented-centipede-like-body ×3
• horse-head-bat-wings-hybrid ×3
• owl-like-oversized-eyes ×3
• tonsured-monk-like-appearance ×3
• healing-tears-or-fluids ×3 · B211.7
• single-horn-heals-or-detects-poison ×3 · B15.7.7
• iron-teeth ×3
• stout-bulbous-serpentine-body ×3
• shrinks-and-grows-to-deceive ×3
• false-luminous-lure-object ×3
• self-forming-wheel-locomotion-tail-in-mouth ×3 · B765
• created-by-a-smith-god ×3
• sauropod-like-long-necked-body ×3
• dragon-deer-hybrid ×3
• pale-skin-blends-with-snow ×3
• hooves-beneath-skirts ×3 · G303.4.5.3.1
• forehead-crystal-or-jewel-grants-power-to-taker ×3 · B112
• face-on-torso ×2
• crest-or-crown-marking-royalty ×2
• tusked-dog-like-face ×2
• antlers-on-rabbit-hybrid ×2
• nine-tails-marking-age-and-power ×2
• born-from-slain-monsters-blood ×2 · B29.1
• shadow-mismatches-true-form ×2
• grows-larger-with-each-victim-consumed ×2
• two-horned-variant-unicorn ×2
• feeds-exclusively-on-precious-metal ×2
• scorpion-human-hybrid ×2
• hook-shaped-feet-hangs-from-trees ×2
• gigantic-sea-turtle-mistaken-for-island ×2
• mouthless-being-subsists-on-scent ×2
• scales-large-as-shields ×2
• oversized-fur-covered-feet ×2
• passes-through-solid-walls ×2
• flies-and-swims-equally ×2
• torso-detaches-to-hunt-at-night ×2
• faceless-organless-primordial-being ×2
• hidden-people-dwelling-within-rocks-and-hills ×2
• fish-tailed-horse-headed-steed-of-a-sea-god ×2
• encircles-the-entire-earth ×2 · A876
• sickle-like-claws-slice-through-anything ×2
• walks-without-bending-grass-or-blades ×2
• moss-bark-textured-forest-body ×2
• hair-made-of-living-vegetation ×2
• internally-conflicting-multiple-heads-with-own-wills ×2
• thrives-in-underwater-cave-systems ×2
• flayed-skinless-body-exposing-muscle ×2 · F511.2.2
• sagging-gelatinous-flesh ×2
• single-vulnerable-vein-or-nail-as-life-source ×2 · Z311
• sculpted-from-clay-or-mud ×2
• half-body-vertical-split ×2
• firefly-form-infiltration ×2 · G211, F234.1
• cannot-close-eyes ×2
• distended-belly-narrow-throat ×2 · F531.1.6.9
• wife-or-husband-counterpart-with-inverse-power ×2
• seal-like-head ×1
• born-from-yolkless-egg ×1 · B31
• heads-representing-time-past-present-future ×1
• eyes-detached-floating-above-body ×1
• spade-shaped-head ×1
• elephant-snake-hybrid ×1
• stag-body-with-wings ×1
• elemental-heads-each-with-distinct-power ×1
• hundred-eyes-never-sleep-in-unison ×1
• eyes-transferred-to-peacock-feathers ×1
• hut-on-chicken-legs ×1
• fence-of-bones-and-skulls ×1
• venom-combusts-on-contact-with-air ×1
• crest-erects-when-agitated ×1
• knotted-tail-anchors-dimensional-travel ×1
• hybrid-endurance-of-desert-pack-animals ×1
• crocodile-lion-hippo-composite ×1
• rotating-head-sees-all-directions ×1
• ink-secretion-causes-skin-irritation ×1
• inflatable-drum-like-belly ×1
• self-playing-musical-instrument ×1
• single-eye-marks-monstrous-hag ×1
• ghostly-bandits-ride-flying-mounts ×1
• axe-wielding-costumed-stalker ×1
• three-toed-bird-like-feet ×1
• living-magma-or-molten-body ×1
• simultaneous-dual-venom-delivery ×1
• trumpet-like-mouth ×1
• drips-nourish-a-world-tree ×1 · A652
• two-birds-as-embodiments-of-thought-and-memory ×1
• sheep-body-with-human-hands ×1
• goat-stag-hybrid-symbolizing-balance-of-traits ×1
• hawk-head-lion-body-guardian-of-sacred-sites ×1
• rooster-tail-horse-body-comic-hybrid ×1
• one-eyed-object-with-lolling-tongue ×1
• fluffy-drifting-ball-brings-luck ×1
• wingless-griffin-form ×1
• miniature-fox-familiar-in-a-pipe-or-tube ×1
• mane-and-tail-of-living-flame ×1
• lion-rhino-dragon-bear-fish-ox-composite ×1 · B15
• second-mouth-on-belly ×1
• parrot-head-serpent-body-hybrid ×1
• dwells-visibly-on-the-moon ×1 · A751
• tanuki-spirit-animates-a-kettle ×1
• vulnerable-lower-half-hidden-separately ×1
• second-tail-marks-transformation-into-yokai ×1
• nine-heads-each-a-distinct-perspective ×1
• chimeric-bird-moose-composite ×1
• toucan-like-giant-bird-form ×1
• gentle-despite-fearsome-tiger-like-form ×1
• rigid-limbed-hopping-gait ×1
• missing-finger-or-body-part-marks-the-undead ×1
• born-paired-with-every-human ×1
• shadow-self-inner-double ×1
• malformed-single-buttock-body ×1
• conceals-blowhole-under-hat ×1
• good-twin-evil-twin-spirits ×1
• grown-in-sealed-vessel ×1 · T547
• internal-elixir-or-pearl ×1
• chicken-legs ×1
• floating-detached-head-with-organs ×1 · F511.0.1
• disgorges-vegetation-from-mouth ×1
• pouch-used-to-snatch-children ×1
• detachable-neck-or-head-wanders-at-night ×1
• paired-opposite-siren-sisters ×1
• living-and-dead-forms-of-same-affliction ×1
• fused-or-stunted-legs-requires-being-carried ×1
• paired-legend-of-false-virtue-vs-hidden-goodness ×1
• independently-swiveling-twin-horns ×1
• eyes-and-ears-emit-hail-or-lightning ×1

omen

• harbinger-precedes-disaster ×22 · D1812.5.1.7
• portent-of-disaster ×15 · D1812.5.1
• guardian-spirit-omen ×10
• harbinger-of-peace-and-prosperity ×9
• duality-of-sky-and-earth-embodiment ×7
• appears-only-to-herald-peace-or-a-sage ×7
• sighting-brings-good-luck ×5
• portent-sound-precedes-death ×5
• appearance-heralds-great-change ×5 · D1812.5
• symbol-of-longevity ×4
• associated-with-winter-and-cold ×4
• mournful-wail-predicts-death-of-kin ×4 · M301.6.1
• petrified-into-constellation ×4
• progenitor-of-a-royal-dynasty ×4
• bound-monster-breaks-free-at-worlds-end ×4
• danger-in-mere-glimpse ×4
• most-active-at-liminal-thin-veil-times ×3
• linked-to-megalithic-monuments ×3
• eternal-return-cycle ×3
• causes-lunar-or-solar-eclipse ×2
• washes-bloodstained-clothes-of-the-doomed ×2
• prophesied-mutual-destruction-with-a-god ×2
• will-be-served-as-eschatological-feast ×2
• personifies-cosmic-chaos ×2
• emerges-on-stormy-nights ×1
• unnatural-silence-precedes-attack ×1
• heralds-dawn-or-cosmic-beginning-with-cry ×1
• eruption-triggered-by-creature-wrath ×1
• shadow-cast-upon-person-grants-destiny-or-fortune ×1
• curse-persists-for-nine-generations ×1
• sighting-heralds-era-of-prosperity ×1 · B147.2.1
• mistaken-for-onset-of-disease ×1
• prophesies-plague-or-harvest ×1
• domestic-disturbance-omen ×1
• eerie-cry-as-illness-omen ×1 · B172.1
• caul-or-seventh-child-marks-the-cursed ×1
• two-dragons-buried-fight-yearly-plague ×1