Home›Beasts›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups mythical creatures by the wider artistic and religious tradition that pictures them. Wikipedia notes that "in medieval art, animals, both real and mythical, played important roles." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every creature from one cultural tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedMythical Creatures 1Learn MoreThe Beasts This small group gathers a mythical beast, a great or fearsome animal of legend, larger, stranger or more powerful than its natural kin, of the kind that heroes confront or that guard the sacred. The browser will find the figure the atlas classes here. The entry describes its form and mythological role.TraditionFilter Results3 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll14,800,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll14,800,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (2)National Census (1)Era of Decline End YearAll1200 (1)1976 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll1000 (1)1966 (1)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (2)Membership Figure As OfAll2006-01-01 (1)2013-01-01 (1)2016-01-01 (1)2018-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (1)2025-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll1046 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)800 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1600 BCE (1)586 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)Position on SexualityAllThe body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest is permitted but bound by ethical constraints against exploiting the poor (1)Practice StatusAllDiscontinued as a state religion (1)Living, and practised in varied local forms (1)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (1)Living tradition, practised today (2)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (1)Animist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (1)Monotheistic: one God (1)Polytheistic: many gods (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareChinese Folk ReligionTradition1 entryJudaismTradition1 entryNorse PaganismTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Giants, Monsters and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Mythtier 1Carol Rose, ABC-CLIO, 2000The general entry class of the mythical beast across world folklore and legendView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.