A-Z Mythical Creatures

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

This challenge is open ended. You set the pace.



Option #1 - As an A – Z Spell-It-Out, similar to the Animal Alphabet Challenge. This is pretty straightforward. You can spell out one at a time, or work on several at once. Though there are only 26 letters in the alphabet, your book total could get into the hundreds.

Option #2 – Find 50 books about mythical creatures. The books must feature the creature pretty prominently in the storyline. Clearly indicate which creature is featured in your listing. No repeat creatures, of the ones you are choosing. (Repeats can be in the story, but not be the reason you are choosing the book. In otherwords, you can NOT choose vampire twice; nevertheless, they CAN appear in every book you select.) Expand your mythical knowledge. Why not be adventurous and choose a creature you’ve never read about before? Refer to Listopia for further help.

Option #3 – Added, by popular demand: Two for One. Read at the lower level of 25 books; however, they must have two mythical creatures within the storyline! Again, clearly indicate which two creatures are featured. Same rule applies: No repeats!


Spell-It-Out Example
Using authors’ names (first or last), titles, series title names’, types of creature, or characters’ names, spell out a mythical creature for each letter of the alphabet. Special Note: I chose all mythical creature books in my example; you do NOT have to do this.

D. - Daughters of Arianne, #1 - A Mermaid's Kiss, by Joey W. Hill
R. - Roc, a giant mythical bird in One Thousand and One Arabian Nights,
by Geraldine McCaughrean
A. - Ilona Andrews = Fate's Edge
G. - Kami Garcia = Beautiful Creatures
O. - Orcs, creatures in The Return of the King, by J.R.R. Tolkien. They have grotesque features and often black, grey or greenish skinned (thus, are called Greenskins). Though fiercely combative, they have no magically ability. But there are a heck of a lot of them!
N. - Nalini Singh = Tangle of Need

--> Books with page counts of over 100 pages
--> Any readable format counts (paper, digital, audio)
--> Picture books not allowed, MG allowed if YA is also listed
--> No Graphic Novels / Manga allowed



www.mythicalcreatureslist.com - This is the link to one page; this site is huge! Use the alphabetical link near the top to find the letter you need.

Open Book Society Mythical Creatures

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Mythical Creatures
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Mythical Creatures
Aerico (Greek) – Disease demon
Banshee (Irish) – Screaming death spirit
Cerberus (Greek) – Three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld
Daemon (Greek) – Incorporeal spirit
Eleionomae (Greek) – Marsh nymph
Faun (Roman) – Human-goat hybrid nature spirit
Gorgon (Greek) – Fanged, snake-haired humanoids that turn anyone who sees them into stone
Hamadryad (Greek) – oak tree nymph
Ipotane (Greek) – Two-legged horse-human hybrid
Jack-In-Irons (English) – Malevolent giant
Karkinos (Greek) – Giant crab
Laelaps (Greek) – Enchanted dog that always caught his prey
Meliae (Greek mythology) – Ash tree nymph
Naiad (Greek) – Freshwater nymph
Oceanid (Greek) – Nymph daughters of Oceanus
Pegaeae (Greek) – Spring nymph
Quinotaur (Frankish) – Five-horned bull
Ratatoskr (Norse) – Squirrel spirit
Sphinx (Greek) – Winged woman-headed lion
Titan (Greek) – Primeval god
Uriaș (Romanian) – Giant
Vrykolakas (Greek) – Undead wolf-human hybrid
Wulver (Scottish) – Wolf-headed humanoid spirit
Xana (Asturian) – Female water spirit
Yeth hound (English) – Headless dog
Zână (Romanian) – Nature spirit

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Other Half of the Grave, The: The Other Half of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost 4/11
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Erica Ferencik: Girl in Ice by Erica Ferencik 3/6
Alma Katsu: The Fervor by Alma Katsu 4/14
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