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New Bestiary, the encyclopedia of imaginary beings
New Bestiary
Welcome to New Bestiary, the encyclopedia of imaginary beings. The word ‘bestiary’ itself comes from Middle Ages. Bestiaries were compendiums of beasts many of which never really existed.
Today there are many modern bestiaries such as Jorge Luis Borges’s Book of Imaginary Beings and many others. Our goal is to create online encyclopedia of ancient and modern imaginary beings based on reliable sources. The major part of New Bestiary is Russian only for the time being. The list of articles in English can be found here.
We are fully aware that such ultimate mission is impossible but we’re trying our best and welcome you to join our journey.
Map of imaginary beings
Map for bestiary tourists, indicating places where we can meet mythological creatures, or at least monuments to them :)Recent articles
Japanese crabs with a shell pattern similar to a scowling mask, which, according to legend, became samurai who died in a sea battle
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Minor forest deity in Slavic regions in Lithuania, Poland and Belarus which has appearance of deer with golden horns and hooves and lures travelers into the woods
Visits: 23838; comments: 1, last — KOT, 07-07-2015 at 10:09
In the folklore of the Eastern European Jews, mischievous little beings like house spirits, playful imps or minor demons
Visits: 8722; comments: 3, last — KOT, 02-05-2023 at 11:34
According to japanese folklore, demonic crabs with blue-green spiky carapaces, six limbs, and with fanged mouths on bearded faces
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One of the names for the trows from the Orkney and Shetland Islands, indicating their lameness as a distinctive physical defect
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Our site chronology
11-21-2024 — Your appearance on the site
25.10.2012 — the new bestiary took its rightful place on the main domain
04.01.2008 — the first stone was laid in the construction of a new bestiary
07.11.2005 — new address is Bestiary.us
22.09.2004 — new address is Bestiary.ru
22.03.2004 — we started the forum
07.03.2004 — "Encyclopedia Of Mythical Creatures" moved to Bestiary.com.ru
27.07.2003 — "Encyclopedia Of Mythical Creatures" first appeared online at
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