Traditions
88 cultural traditions of origin, rolled up into 15 families. ★ marks a creature's primary tradition.
african
- Egyptian mythology ×7
- African folklore (general) ×7
- South African folklore ×4
- Tongan/Tonga (Zambezi) folklore ×1
- Malagasy folklore ×1
- Ewe folklore ×1
- Amazigh (Berber) folklore ×1
- Mandinka folklore ×1
- Swahili Coast folklore ×1
celtic
- Scottish folklore ×8
- Welsh folklore ×6
- Irish folklore ×6
- Breton folklore ×1
- Manx folklore ×1
- Celtic mythology (general) ×1
east-asian
- Japanese folklore ×55
- Chinese mythology ×17
- Korean mythology ×4
- Mongolian folklore ×2
- East Asian folklore (general) ×2
european
- Greek mythology ×32
- European folklore (general) ×21
- English folklore ×12
- French folklore ×8
- Roman mythology ×4
- Basque folklore ×4
- Finnish 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
middle-eastern
- Mesopotamian mythology ×13
- Persian mythology ×11
- Arabian folklore ×9
- Islamic mythology ×7
- Middle Eastern folklore (general) ×2
- Biblical folklore ×2
- Jewish folklore ×1
- Moroccan folklore ×1
- Hittite mythology ×1
modern-cryptid
norse-germanic
- Norse mythology ×19
- Germanic folklore ×2
- Danish folklore ×1
north-american-indigenous
- Native American folklore ×14
- Inuit mythology ×5
- Pueblo folklore ×1
- Zuni folklore ×1
- Algonquian folklore ×1
- Cherokee tradition ×1
oceanian
- Australian Aboriginal folklore ×7
- Maori mythology ×2
- Native Hawaiian folklore ×2
- Melanesian mythology ×1
- Solomon Islands folklore ×1
other
- American folklore ×12
- Caribbean folklore ×5
- Turkic mythology ×2
- Haitian Vodou ×2
- Yakut folklore ×1
- Canadian folklore ×1
- Baltic folklore ×1
- Romani folklore ×1
slavic
- Slavic folklore ×15
south-american
- Brazilian folklore ×8
- South American folklore (general) ×4
- Guarani mythology ×4
- Mapuche mythology ×3
- Chilote folklore ×3
- Chilean folklore ×3
- Quechua mythology ×2
- Colombian folklore ×1
- Central American folklore ×1