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- 4. a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- 6. one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs, think Tinkerbell
- 8. a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin, green & brought back to life.....
- 11. generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- 14. a human being who has changed into a wolf, or is capable of assuming the form of a wolf, while retaining human intelligence.
- 15. a female marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a woman and the tail of a fish.
- 17. resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity.
- 18. a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh, Shrek!
- 19. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse
- 20. the sea creature said to roam the dark depths of a lake off the coast of Scotland
- 21. large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada
- 23. having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion, the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza.
Down
- 1. "Kiss me, I'm Irish!"
- 2. the dead body of a human being or animal preserved by the ancient Egyptian process or some similar method of embalming.
- 3. usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion
- 5. spanish 'goat-sucker', from its attacks and draining the blood of the victims
- 7. has the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it
- 9. a legendary sea monster causing large whirlpools off the coast of Norway
- 10. the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose
- 12. popular lawn decor but also a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures
- 13. a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties, CAUTION: DO NOT FEED AFTER MIDNIGHT
- 16. a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years
- 19. a member of a family of giants having a single round eye in the middle of the forehead, Zeus's accomplices in defeating his father Chronus
- 22. a grotesque sprite or elf that is mischievous or malicious toward people
- 24. a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two; Hercules killed this serpent by cauterizing the necks as he cut off the heads