{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/fun-mythical-creatures",
 "id": "fun-mythical-creatures",
 "title": "Mythical Creatures Around the World",
 "category": "trivia-fun",
 "subject": "Mythology",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "Dragons, unicorns and other creatures from legends and stories.",
 "tags": [
  "mythology",
  "creatures",
  "legends"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Creature",
 "backLabel": "What the legend says",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Dragon (European)",
   "A huge winged reptile that breathes fire and guards treasure"
  ],
  [
   "Dragon (Chinese)",
   "A long, wise, lucky water dragon without wings"
  ],
  [
   "Unicorn",
   "A white horse with one spiral horn"
  ],
  [
   "Phoenix",
   "A bird that bursts into flame and is reborn from the ashes"
  ],
  [
   "Griffin",
   "Half eagle, half lion"
  ],
  [
   "Pegasus",
   "A winged horse from Greek myths"
  ],
  [
   "Centaur",
   "Half human, half horse"
  ],
  [
   "Mermaid",
   "A sea person with a fish tail"
  ],
  [
   "Merman",
   "A male sea person with a fish tail"
  ],
  [
   "Siren",
   "In Greek stories, sea beings whose songs lured sailors"
  ],
  [
   "Sphinx",
   "A lion with a human head, known for riddles"
  ],
  [
   "Minotaur",
   "Half man, half bull, in the Labyrinth"
  ],
  [
   "Cyclops",
   "A giant with one eye"
  ],
  [
   "Hydra",
   "A many-headed serpent"
  ],
  [
   "Medusa",
   "A woman with snakes for hair"
  ],
  [
   "Cerberus",
   "A three-headed dog guarding the underworld"
  ],
  [
   "Chimera",
   "A mix of lion, goat and snake"
  ],
  [
   "Kraken",
   "A giant sea monster from Norse tales"
  ],
  [
   "Troll",
   "A big, grumpy creature of Scandinavian stories, often under bridges"
  ],
  [
   "Elf",
   "A magical, long-lived being of northern European folklore"
  ],
  [
   "Dwarf",
   "A short, strong miner and smith in legends"
  ],
  [
   "Giant",
   "A huge person in many folk tales"
  ],
  [
   "Ogre",
   "A giant that eats people in tales"
  ],
  [
   "Goblin",
   "A small, tricky creature in folk tales"
  ],
  [
   "Fairy",
   "A tiny magical being with wings"
  ],
  [
   "Pixie",
   "A playful fairy of English folk tales"
  ],
  [
   "Leprechaun",
   "An Irish fairy shoemaker who hides a pot of gold"
  ],
  [
   "Banshee",
   "An Irish spirit whose wail warns of trouble"
  ],
  [
   "Selkie",
   "A seal who can take human form in Scottish and Irish tales"
  ],
  [
   "Kelpie",
   "A Scottish water horse spirit"
  ],
  [
   "Loch Ness Monster",
   "A legendary creature said to live in a Scottish lake"
  ],
  [
   "Bigfoot (Sasquatch)",
   "A giant hairy creature said to live in North American forests"
  ],
  [
   "Yeti",
   "A snowy mountain creature of the Himalayas"
  ],
  [
   "Thunderbird",
   "A giant bird that makes thunder in many Native American stories"
  ],
  [
   "Jackalope",
   "A tall tale rabbit with antlers"
  ],
  [
   "Kitsune",
   "A Japanese fox spirit with many tails"
  ],
  [
   "Tengu",
   "A Japanese bird-like spirit with a long nose"
  ],
  [
   "Kappa",
   "A Japanese water imp who loves cucumbers"
  ],
  [
   "Oni",
   "Japanese ogres"
  ],
  [
   "Tanuki",
   "A Japanese raccoon dog spirit that can change its shape"
  ],
  [
   "Qilin",
   "A Chinese creature that looks like a mix of deer and dragon"
  ],
  [
   "Fenghuang",
   "The Chinese phoenix"
  ],
  [
   "Garuda",
   "A bird king in Hindu and Buddhist stories"
  ],
  [
   "Naga",
   "A serpent being in Hindu and Buddhist stories"
  ],
  [
   "Ganesha",
   "The elephant-headed Hindu god"
  ],
  [
   "Hanuman",
   "A monkey hero in the Ramayana"
  ],
  [
   "Djinn (genie)",
   "A being of smokeless fire in Middle Eastern stories"
  ],
  [
   "Roc",
   "A giant bird in Arabian tales"
  ],
  [
   "Anansi",
   "A spider trickster in West African and Caribbean stories"
  ],
  [
   "Baba Yaga",
   "A witch in Slavic tales who lives in a hut on chicken legs"
  ],
  [
   "Firebird",
   "A glowing magical bird in Russian tales"
  ],
  [
   "Golem",
   "A clay figure brought to life in Jewish folklore"
  ],
  [
   "Werewolf",
   "A person who turns into a wolf in tales"
  ],
  [
   "Vampire",
   "A legendary being who drinks blood, from old folktales"
  ],
  [
   "Ghost",
   "The spirit of someone who died, in stories"
  ],
  [
   "Mummy",
   "A wrapped body in Egyptian stories that comes to life in movies"
  ],
  [
   "Basilisk",
   "A legendary serpent king whose gaze was deadly"
  ],
  [
   "Cockatrice",
   "A creature with a rooster head and serpent body"
  ],
  [
   "Hippogriff",
   "A creature with a horse body and eagle head, from old romances"
  ],
  [
   "Manticore",
   "A Persian creature with a lion body, human face and scorpion tail"
  ],
  [
   "Wyvern",
   "A two-legged dragon in European heraldry"
  ],
  [
   "Jabberwock",
   "A creature in a nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll"
  ],
  [
   "Snark",
   "A made-up creature in a poem by Lewis Carroll"
  ]
 ]
}