Have you ever heard of Mantabungal, Sannaja, or Colôrobètch? Don’t worry, me neither.

But this fascinating project called A Book Of Creatures shows the most unbelievable mythical creatures that were born in the folk and legend of different cultures.

Listen beautiful relax classics on our Youtube channel.

“Our imagination has always been our greatest ally, and our worst enemy. In the face of the unknown, we populated it with creatures of all shapes and sizes, from minuscule spirits to gigantic cosmic monsters,” the description says and you can already pull your seat closer.

The creator of the project named Emile draws all the entities himself, sharing their stories and origins in every post on Instagram.

“One of the things I want to convey is just how imaginative we humans are, and how well we can create meaningful, understandable things to make sense of a complicated and confusing world,” the artist told Bored Panda. Scroll down for the full interview!

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#1 The Brethmechin Is A Sea Creature That Looks Like A Cross Between A Fish And A Panther, And Is Red With Blue Markings. One Was Found Washed Up On Java On April 14, 1551

#2 The Kamaitachi Is The Yokai Of Unexplained Cuts. Found Primarily In Chilly Honshu, It Is A Weasel With Sickle-Like Claws That Travels In Whirlwinds And Inflicts Cuts On People

#3 Usilosimapundu Is A Colossal Creature From Zulu Folklore. He Literally Carries Ecosystems On His Back, And His Head Is An Enormous Boulder. A Swallowing Monster, He Is A Personification Of Landslides

#4 The Saratan (Also Incorrectly Known As Zaratan), Literally “Crab”, Is A Gigantic Sea-Going Crustacean Described By Al-Damiri. It Pretends To Be An Island, And When Sailors Land On It, It Sinks And Drowns Them

#5 The Yamabiko Lives In The High Mountains Of Japan. When People Call Out, It Responds With A Mocking Echo

#6 The Sannaja Is An Enormous And Ridiculous Basilisk-Like Creature From Middle Eastern Folklore. It Is Said To Live In The Himalayas. If You See It, You Die… But If It Sees You, It Dies. Therefore Coming Up To It With Your Eyes Closed Will Kill It Easily

#7 The Vodyanoi Is A Shapeshifting Water Spirit From Slavic Folklore. It Haunts Millponds And Causes All Sorts Of Trouble If Upset. Various Sacrifices Are Made To Appease It

#8 The Abúhukü Is A Hairy, Foul-Smelling Ogre With A Face In The Back Of Its Head. It Hails From The Folklore Of The Cubeo Of Colombia. They Cut A Hole In Their Prey’s Skull Before Sucking Out The Contents Of The Body, Leaving An Empty Skin Draped Over A Branch

#9 The Eintykára Are Stingless Bees From The Folklore Of The Chamacoco Of Paraguay. Not Only Do They Produce Delicious Honey And Build Suggestive Hives, But A Swarm Of The Bees Can Shapeshift Into A Beautiful Man Who Will Provide Honey And Beeswax For The Tribe

#10 The Nurikabe Is A Japanese Yokai That Is Little More Than A Living Wall. It Loves Nothing More Than Obstructing People’s Paths By Night And Being A General Nuisance

#11 The Wolpertinger Is A Taxidermist’s Chimera From Bavaria, Germany. Stick Wings And Antlers And Fangs On A Hare, And Done! It Has A Bunch Of Relatives Throughout Germany Too, And All Of Them Are Much Like The American Jackalope

#12 The Jaculus Is A Snake That Flings Itself From Trees Like A Dart Or Javelin, Puncturing Clothing And Flesh Alike. It Comes From Superstitions Around Vipers, Believed To “Jump” At Victims

#13 The Colôrobètch Is A Bogey That Personifies The Bise Or Icy Wind. Known From Namur, Belgium, It Nips Unprotected Children With Its Red Beak Until Their Skin Becomes Red, Cracked, And Bleeding

#14 The Yedua Or Adne Hasadeh (Lord Of The Field) Is A Plant-Animal Hybrid From Jewish Folklore. It Is Connected To The Ground By A Stem Attached To Its Navel. It Is Very Fierce, But It Dies If Its Umbilical Stem Is Cut. Its Bones Are Useful For Divination

#16 The Stray Sod Is A Common Element Of British And French Fairy Folklore. It Is A Plant Or Clump Of Plants That, When Stepped On, Causes The Traveler To Lose Their Way. It Can Be Foiled By Turning Your Coat Inside Out, Or Using Certain Herbs That Counteract The Ill Effect

#18 The Tabib Al-Bahr Or Doctor Of The Sea Is A Gentle Marine Creature From Middle Eastern Alchemical Texts. It Can Shapeshift Into A Giant Sea Monster, But Its Good Nature Leads It To Healing Others With The Magical Gemstone On Its Forehead

#19 The Chonchón Is An Owl Or An Evil Sorcerer Disguised As An Owl, With Oversized Ears That Allow It To Fly. Its Ominous Call Announces Mischief And It Sucks The Blood Of Sleepers, But It Can Be Neutralized By Various Rituals

#20 Baxbakwalanuxsiwae, The Cannibal At The North End Of The World, Is A Terrifying Ogre Whose Body Is Covered With Hungry Mouths Constantly Demanding To Eat. He Is A Central Figure In The Folklore Of The Pacific Northwest Cultures

#21 The Arragousets Are Guernsey Sea-Fairies That Invaded The Land Long Ago. In Retrospect It’s Implied That They’re Human In Appearance, But At The Time It Was A Good Excuse To Draw A Scowling Sea-Fairy Decked In Shell Armor

#22 The Mantabungal Is A Mountain Demon From Palawan In The Philippines. Shaped Like A Shaggy Cow With Two Pairs Of Huge Fangs, It Is Known To Dismantle And Destroy Campsites And Tear People To Shreds

#23 The Romŝiwamnari’ Are Demons Of The Serente People Of Brazil. They Are Large Birds With Scissor-Like Beaks And Flabby Bat’s Wings. They Can Even Consume The Souls Of The Dead

#24 The Marool Is The Anglerfish Or Monkfish In Shetland Folklore. It Has Many Eyes And Sings Wildly With Joy When A Ship Capsizes

#25 Isiququmadevu, “Smelly Whiskers”, Is A Swallowing Monster From Zulu And Bantu Folklore. She Is Bearded, Bloated, Hairless, And Squatting, And Can Engulf Entire Villages

#26 The Rukh Or Roc Is A Gigantic Bird Of Prey That Lives On Madagascar. It Has Been Known To Carry Off Sailors And Destroy Ships By Dropping Boulders On Them. Sindbad The Sailor Met Them During His Voyages

#27 Tiddalik Was An Australian Frog Who Once Swallowed Up All The World’s Water, Swelling Up To An Enormous Size In The Process. He Only Released The Water After Laughing At An Eel’s Goofy Gyrations. He’s Had A Chip On His Shoulder Ever Since

#28 The Skoffín Is One Of Several Icelandic Cat/Fox Hybrids. This Vile Creature Kills Anyone It Sees, But It Can Easily Be Killed With A Mirror To Reflect Its Gaze Back On It

#29 The Butatsch Cun Ilgs Is A Horrifying Swiss Lake Monster That Looks Like A Giant Cow Stomach Covered With Eyes That Shoot Fire. When It Crawls Out Of Its Watery Lair, It Causes Widespread Destruction And Calamity

#30 Mourioche Is A Shapeshifting Waterhorse From Brittany, France. He Disguises Himself As All Sorts Of Livestock, Often With An Extra Pair Of Muscular Arms, And Plays Cruel Tricks On People He Encounters

#31 The Katthveli Or Catwhale Is One Of Many Evil Whales That Terrorize Icelandic Waters. Vicious And Aggressive, It Is Nonetheless Smaller And Less Aggressive Than Its Fellow Illhveli, And Has Been Tamed On Occasion. It Has Been Known To Purr And Meow

#32 The “Sarmatian Sea Snail” (No Official Name, But Known By A Number Of Local Names) Is A Giant Snail From The Baltic Sea With Whiskers And Branched Horns. It Was Reported By Thevet, Possibly From A Number Of Unrelated Accounts

#33 The A-Mi’-Kuk (Or More Simply Amikuk) Is A Hideous Creature From Yupik Folklore. It Is Leathery-Skinned, With Four Long Tentacular Arms Which Grab Its Prey. It Swims As Easily Through Land As Through Water

#34 The Danghu Is A Chinese Pheasant-Like Bird That Flies On Its Whiskers And Throat Feathers. Eating It Cures Myopia

#35 The Aíǰe Is A Spirit-Tadpole From The Folklore Of The Bororo Of Brazil And Bolivia. It Produces A Buzzing Song, And Is Itself Fond Of Good Music And Dance. A Chief Who Can Impress It With Music And Dance Will Earn Its Favor

#36 Munuanë Is A Monstrous Ogre From The Folklore Of The Guahibo. He Has No Eyes In His Face, But Rather Has Them In His Knees (And They Are His Weak Spot). He Kills And Eats Human Trespassers, But Protects The Rainforest And Its Inhabitants As Well

#37 The Witkəś Is A Creature From Mansi Folklore Inspired By Mammoth Remains Found On Riverbanks. It Is Said To Live In Water, Shed Its Horns Annually, And Drag Intruders Underwater To Their Doom

#38 The Bosch Is A Maritime Demon Of Bad Luck. It Manifests On Ships In Brittany When A Theft Occurs On Board. To Scare It Off, Simulate A Fire, And The Terrified Bosch Will Dive Into The Safety Of The Sea

#39 The Chimera Is A Firebreathing Monster From Greek Mythology. A Descendant Of Typhon, Part Lion, Part Goat, Part Dragon, It Terrorized Lycia And Was Slain By Bellerophon

#40 Tosetáx Is An Enormous Red And Green Serpent With Three Mouths, One At Each End And One In The Middle. From Nivaklé Folklore, He Ambushes Thunderbirds That Bring Rain With Them

#41 The Carcolh Is A Giant, Shaggy, Serpentine Snail That Lives In The Caves Below The French City Of Hastingues. It Grabs Its Victims With Its Tentacles And Pulls Them Into Its Maw

#42 The Swan Valley Monster Was Seen On August 22, 1868, In Swan Valley, Idaho. This Terrifying Creature Had A Single Mobile Horn, An Elephant’s Trunk, Wing-Like Fins, And A Multicolored Reptilian Body On Twelve Stubby Legs. It Was Highly Toxic And Stank To High Heaven

#43 Boneless Is A Mysterious Creature From The Shetland Islands That Resembles A Blob Of Jellyfish. It Has Been Known To Haunt Houses, Run Despite Having No Legs, Fly Despite Having No Wings, And Speak Despite Having No Mouth

#44 The Sverðhvalur Or Sword-Whale Is One Of The Many Evil Whales That Ply Icelandic Waters. It Uses Its Huge, Bladelike Dorsal Fin To Punch Holes In Boats Or Slice Through Them Like Butter. It Also Uses It To Slice Other Whales To Death, But It Only Eats Their Tongues

#46 The Lyngbakur Is The Biggest Of The Illhveli, Or Icelandic Evil Whales. It Lies At The Surface For So Long That Lyng (Heather) Grows On Its Back. When Sailors Land On It, It Sinks Below The Sea

#47 The Cherruve Is The Araucanian Meteorite Spirit. It Usually Resembles A Serpent With A Human Head. It Lives Underground, And Streaks Across The Sky By Night. Its Appearance Is An Ill Omen

#48 The Stella Or Starfish Is A Creature Found On Coastlines And In Shallow Seas Around Europe. It Is So Hot That Shells Melt Inside It, As Can Be Proven By Cutting One Open To Find The Half-Melted Mussels Inside

#49 The Vouivre Is A Female Dragon From The Mountainous Regions Of France. Commonly A Firey Winged Serpent, It Has A Large Jewel That Serves For Its Eyes As It Streaks Across The Sky

#50 The Xuangui Is A Black Turtle With A Bird’s Head And A Viper’s Tail. It Is Found In The Strange River In China. Wearing A Piece Of Xuangui Protects From Deafness And Calluses

#51 The Orabou Or Orobon Was Reported By Thevet From The Waters Around Mount Marzouan. It Is Ten Feet Long And Plated With Armor Like A Brigandine. It Also Tastes Awful – Old Camel Meat And Livonian Mastiff Taste Better

#52 Númhyalikyu Is A Monstrous Halibut From Kwakwaka’wakw Folklore. Its Back Looks Like A Beach, And Its Head Like That Of A Seal. It Has A Highly Valuable Shining Crystalline Object In Its Head, But This Is Hard To Obtain As The Creature Can Cause Storms And Wreck Boats On Its Back

#53 The Zitiron Is A Sea Creature Armored Like A Knight With A Shield. It Has To Be Cracked Open With Hammers To Be Eaten, And It Defends Itself With Swipes Of Two-Fingered Hands

#54 The Pal-Rai-Yuk Or Palraiyuk Is A Yupik River Monster, A Sort Of Alaskan Crocodile With Six Legs That Preys On Umiaks Crossing Its Watery Lair. Malevolent Creations Of Raven, They Can Lie On Grass Without Bending The Stems, Or Become So Heavy They Sink Into The Ground

#55 The Caladrius Or Charadrius Is A Bird Found In Medieval Bestiaries. It Is Notable For Its Medical Value – If It Looks Towards A Patient, They Will Recover, But If It Looks Away, They Will Die

#56 The Tapire-Iauara Or Tapir Nymph Is A Sort Of Large Jaguar With A Reddish Waterproof Coat And Some Ungulate Features. It Has Long Dangling Ears And A Horrible Stench – In Fact It Stinks So Hard It Can Take Away Someone’s Shadow, Leaving Them Soulless

#57 The Basilisk Or Cockatrice Is A Small Animal With A Fearsome Reputation. Originally A Highly Venomous Libyan Desert Snake, It Gained Rooster Characteristics Over Time. Hatched From A Rooster’s Egg, Its Very Gaze Is Deadly. It Only Fears Weasels And The Sound Of Roosters Crowing

#58 The Bo Is A Sawtoothed Carnivorous Unicorn With Tiger’s Feet. It Lives In China And, Being Of A Noble And Just Nature, Feeds On Other Carnivorous Animals

#59 The Shadawar, Shad-Hawar, Shadhahvar (Or Any Of A Number Of Spellings) Is An Antelope With A Single, Hollow, Branching Horn. When Wind Goes Through That Horn, It Produces Beautiful Music. It May Be Found Around Greece And Byzantium. It Is (Unjustly) Accused Of Eating People

#60 Wherever There Is The Sea, There Is Davy Jones, The Demon Of The Deep, The Keeper Of Drowned Souls. He Takes On Many Forms; This One Was Inspired By The Rotted, Deformed Carcass Of A Sperm Whale

#61 The Sirānis Is A Carnivorous Animal Found Around Kabul And Zabulistan. It Has Twelve Holes In Its Snout, Which It Uses To Make Flute-Like Music. Its Melodies Attract Prey, Which It Pounces On And Eats

#62 A Hrökkáll Or “Coil-Eel” Is An Evil Undead Creature Reanimated By An Icelandic Sorcerer. Its Scales Are Flexible And Hard As Iron, It Secretes Corrosive Venom That Can Melt Through Earth, And It Uses Its Razor-Sharp Fins To Slice Off Limbs

#63 The Raiju Or “Thunder Beast” Is A Yokai Resembling A Badger That Falls With The Lightning And Ravages Trees With Its Claws. It Cannot Pass Through Mosquito Nets. It Is Most Likely The Masked Palm Civet

#64 The Shahmat Al-Ard, The “Fat Of The Earth”, Is A Worm That Contracts Into A Bead If Touched. It Resembles A White Fish And A Woman’s Hand. It Has Various Medicinal Applications

#68 Wakmangganchi Aragondi Was A Colossal Seven-Headed Demon Boar From The Folklore Of The Garos Of India. It Was Slain After A Seven-Year Battle By The God Goera

#69 The Aloés Is A Goose-Like Creature Found By Thevet Around Hispaniola. It Has Fins, A Fish-Like Tail, And No Scales, Not To Mention A Skull Shaped Like A Williams Pear. These Animals Were Seen Swimming Alongside Shoals Of Fish

#70 The Dabbat Al-Ard (Beast From The Earth) Is A Terrifying Chimera Of Animal Parts That Will Appear At The End Of The World, According To Islamic Eschatology. It Is Also Known As Aksar For Some Reason, Which Is How It Percolated To Flaubert

#71 The Catoblepas Is A Hideous Creature From Ethiopia. Its Head Is So Heavy It Drags Along The Ground, Which Is Good Because Its Very Gaze Is Letha

#72 The Isitwalangcengce Of Zulu Folklore Is A Hyena-Like Creature With A Basket For A Head. It Carries Off Naughty Children To Eat, But Luckily (For Naughty Children) It Is Easy To Fool

#73 The Lange Wapper Is A Long-Legged Shapeshifting Giant Who Haunts The Waterways Of Antwerp. He Loves To Play All Kinds Of Macabre And Cruel Tricks On People

#74 Perhaps The Oldest Horned Rabbit On Record, The Mi’raj Was Found On Dragon Island. It Was Very Fierce, But There Is No Evidence It Was Carnivorous. Confused With A Rhinoceros? Also, Al-Mi’raj Literally Means “The Mi’raj”. Keep Your Definite Articles Out Of Names!

#75 The Tripodero Has Telescopic Legs That Let It Stand Tall Or Crawl Through Underbrush. It Stores Clay Slugs In A Cheek Pouch, And Fires Those Slugs At High Speed To Knock Out Its Prey

#77 The Mushveli Or Mousewhale Is One Of The Many Illhveli (“Evil Whales”) Of Iceland. It Is A Whale With Mouse Features That Enjoys Sinking Boats By Pressing Down On The Gunwales. It Can Even Clamber Onto Land In Search Of Its Victims

#78 The Mastopogon (“Breast Beard”) Is A Carnivorous Fish Found Off The Coast Of South America, Reported By Thevet. It Is Also Known As The Houperou, The Shark

#79 The Prester Is One Of The Deadly Snakes Of Libya Described By Lucan. Its Bite Causes Its Victim To Swell Up Into A Horrid, Tumorous Mass. This Of Course Kills Them

#80 The Pareas Is A Snake That Travels Upright, Erect As A Staff. It Has Been Suggested That This Is The Original State Of Snakes, Before They Were Cursed To Crawl

#82 The Peteu, Or Bête Faramine, Was A Terrifying Giant Bird That Terrorized Vergisson In France. When It Was Finally Shot And Its Feathers Plucked, It Was Found To Weigh No More Than Four Ounces!

#83 The Skeljungur Or Shell-Whale Is One Of The Many Evil Whales Of Icelandic Folklore. It Is Covered With Armored Shells That Make It Impervious To Harm; It Sinks Ships By Getting In Their Way, Causing Them To Get Wrecked On Its Tough Hide

#84 The Yuanat Is A Terrifying Serpent From Hispaniola. It Has A Lizard’s Tail, Bird’s Feet, A Fish’s Spines, And A Colorful Flap Under Its Throat. Despite Its Hideous Appearance, It Tastes Delicious

#85 The Taumafiskur Or Bridle-Fish Has Bridle-Like Markings Around Its Face. It Is One Of Many Illhveli, The Evil Icelandic Whales. It Can Be Repelled With Chopped Fox Testicles

#86 The Xi Is A Three-Horned Chinese Creature That Looks Like A Black Buffalo With Elephant’s Feet And A Pig’s Head. It Feeds On Brambles And Often Drools Blood

#87 The Tsemaus (“Snag”) Personifies The Danger Of River Snags In The Folklore Of The Haida And Tsimshian People. A Monstrous Being Both Animal And Driftwood, It Uses Its Body And Sharp Fin To Cut Boats In Half

#88 The Qiqirn Is A Giant Dog Of Inuit Folklore. It Is Hairless Except For Its Mouth, Feet, Eartips, And Tailtips. Its Presence Causes Fits In Men And Dogs, But It Is Fortunately Rather Shy