Traditions
95 cultural traditions of origin, rolled up into 15 families. ★ marks a creature's primary tradition.
african
- Egyptian mythology ×14
- African folklore (general) ×12
- South African folklore ×5
- Amazigh (Berber) folklore ×2
- Tongan/Tonga (Zambezi) folklore ×1
- Malagasy folklore ×1
- Ewe folklore ×1
- Mandinka folklore ×1
- Swahili Coast folklore ×1
celtic
- Scottish folklore ×17
- Welsh folklore ×15
- Irish folklore ×15
- Manx folklore ×7
- Celtic mythology (general) ×3
- Breton folklore ×2
east-asian
- Japanese folklore ×61
- Chinese mythology ×18
- Korean mythology ×4
- East Asian folklore (general) ×3
- Mongolian folklore ×2
- Ainu folklore ×2
european
- Greek mythology ×54
- European folklore (general) ×27
- English folklore ×16
- French folklore ×10
- Roman mythology ×9
- Finnish folklore ×8
- British folklore ×5
- Basque folklore ×4
- Albanian folklore ×3
- Alpine folklore ×2
- Alchemical tradition ×2
- Valle Camonica folklore ×1
- Dutch folklore ×1
- Bavarian folklore ×1
- Frankish/Medieval European mythology ×1
- Swiss folklore ×1
mesoamerican
- Aztec mythology ×8
- Mayan mythology ×4
- Mesoamerican mythology ×2
- Central American folklore ×1
- Latin American folklore ×1
middle-eastern
- Persian mythology ×21
- Mesopotamian mythology ×17
- Islamic mythology ×14
- Arabian folklore ×11
- Biblical folklore ×8
- Jewish folklore ×6
- Moroccan folklore ×3
- Middle Eastern folklore (general) ×2
- Canaanite and Ugaritic mythology ×2
- Hittite mythology ×1
modern-cryptid
norse-germanic
- Norse mythology ×27
- Germanic folklore ×6
- Danish folklore ×3
north-american-indigenous
- Native American folklore ×20
- Inuit mythology ×9
- Zuni folklore ×4
- Pueblo folklore ×2
- Cherokee tradition ×2
- Algonquian folklore ×1
oceanian
- Australian Aboriginal folklore ×7
- Melanesian mythology ×4
- Solomon Islands folklore ×3
- Maori mythology ×2
- Native Hawaiian folklore ×2
- Polynesian tradition ×1
- Australian folklore ×1
other
- American folklore ×16
- Caribbean folklore ×7
- Turkic mythology ×2
- Canadian folklore ×2
- Baltic folklore ×2
- Haitian Vodou ×2
- Yakut folklore ×1
- Romani folklore ×1
slavic
- Slavic folklore ×17
south-american
- Brazilian folklore ×9
- South American folklore (general) ×5
- Guarani mythology ×4
- Chilean folklore ×4
- Mapuche mythology ×3
- Chilote folklore ×3
- Quechua mythology ×3
- Colombian folklore ×2