Magical creature

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Magical creature, magical beast, or magical animal may refer to:

Folklore, mythology, and religion

  • Legendary creature, a type of supernatural entity that is described in folklore
    • Anthropomorphic animal, a non-human entity with human traits, emotions, or intentions
    • Cryptid, an animal or other being whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science
    • Monster, a type of fictional creature found in fiction, folklore, mythology, and religion
    • Hybrid beasts in folklore, creatures composed of parts from different animals, including humans, appearing in the folklore of a variety of cultures as legendary creatures
      • Human–animal hybrid, a hypothetical organism that incorporates elements from both humans and non-human animals
    • Spirit (supernatural entity), an "immaterial being", "supernatural agent", the "soul of a person", an "invisible entity", or the "soul of a seriously suffering person"
    • Talking animal, a non-human animal that can produce sounds or gestures resembling those of a human language
    • Therianthrope, a human who shapeshifts into a non-human animal
  • Animals in mythology and religion
    • Animal deity, a non-human animal deity
    • Animal spirit, the spirit of a non-human animal
    • Familiar, a supernatural entity, interdimensional being, or spiritual guardian that protects or assists witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic, divination, and spiritual insight
    • Power animal, a neoshamanic tutelary spirit
    • Totem, a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people
    • Vahana, a mount of a Hindu deity
    • Zoomorph, an entity with non-human animal characteristics

Fiction

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