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• Animals -- Mythology
• Animals

• Dragons

• Animals, Mythical -- Early works to 1800
• Animals, Mythical -- Fiction
• Animals, Mythical -- Juvenile fiction
• Animals, Mythical -- Juvenile literature
• Animals, Mythical -- Poetry
• Animals, Mythical -- United States
• Animals, Mythical, in art
• Griffins
• Leopard men
• Mermaids
• Mermen
• Phoenix (Mythical bird)
• Roc (Mythical bird)
• Sea monsters
• Unicorns
• Werewolves

• Creatures, Fabled
• Fabled creatures
• Fabulous animals
• Fabulous creatures
• Fantastic animals
• Fictitious animals
• Imaginary animals
• Legendary animals
• Mythical animals
• Zoological mythology
• Legendary creature

• Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art, With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry (London: Chapman and Hall, 1906), by John Vinycomb (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• Mythical Monsters (London: W. H. Allen and Co., 1886), by Charles Gould
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com
• Curious Creatures in Zoology (London: John C. Nimmo, 1890), by John Ashton (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Dragons and Dragon Lore, by Ernest Ingersoll (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• Human Animals (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., ca. 1915), by Frank Hamel (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Natural History Lore and Legend (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1895), by F. Edward Hulme (page images at Google; US access only)
• Un-Natural History, or Myths of Ancient Science (based on the 1886 edition), ed. by Edmund Goldsmid (PDF at Wayback Machine)
• Letters from the Hon. David Humphreys, F. R. S. to the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks ... : containing some account of the serpent of the ocean, frequently seen in Gloucester bay. (New York : Kirk & Mercein, 1817), by David Humphreys and Joseph Banks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Roggenwolf und Roggenhund : Beitrag zur germanischen Sittenkunde / (Danzig : C. Ziemssen, 1865), by Wilhelm Mannhardt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Strange stories of the animal world. A book of curious contributions to natural history. (London, Griffith and Farran, 1866), by John Timbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prodigiorvm ac ostentorvm chronicon : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in svperioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ab exordio mundi usque ad haec nostra tempora, acciderunt ... / (Basileae : Per Henricvm Petri, mense avgusto anno M.D.LVII [Aug., 1557]), by Konrad Lykosthenes, Hans Rudolf Manuel, and David Kandel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glinda of Oz : in which are related the exciting experiences of Princess Ozma of Oz, and Dorothy, in their hazardous journey to the home of the Flatheads, and to the magic isle of the Skeezers, and how they were rescued from dire peril by the sorcery of Glinda the Good / (Chicago : Reily & Lee, 1920), by L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill, and Reilly & Lee Co. pbl (page images at HathiTrust)
• Crustaceans: ancient, modern and mythical. With notes on edible crustaceans of N. S. W. (Sydney, Wm. Brooks & co. ltd., [1905]), by David George Stead (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Bäckahästen. ([Lund, 1922]), by C. W. von Sydow (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Natural history, (London, B. Quaritch, 1895), by F. Edward Hulme (page images at HathiTrust)
• Curious creatures in zoology. (New York : Cassell publishing company, [1890]), by John Ashton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das Einhorn vom geschichtlichen und naturwissenschaftlichen Standpunkte betrachtet von John [sic] Wilhelm von Müller, ... (Stuttgart, K. Hofbuchdruckerei Zu Guttenberg, 1853), by J. W. von Müller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dragons and dragon lore, (New York, Payson & Clarke ltd., 1928), by Ernest Ingersoll (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vue philosophique de la gradation naturelle des formes de l'etre, ou les essais de la nature qui apprend a faire l'homme. (Amsterdam, Chez E. van Harrevelt, MDCCLXVIII), by J. B. Robinet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die vorweltlichen Tiere in Märchen, Sage und Aberglauben / (Karlsruhe i. B. : G. Braun, 1923), by Othenio Abel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Myth-land. (London, S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1886), by F. Edward Hulme (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vier abhandlungen (Leipzig : J.C. Hinrich, 1916), by Karl Fries, Hugo Kunike, Ernst Ludwig Albert Carl Siecke, Karl Fries, and Karl Fries (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Neubestelltes abenteuerliches Tierhaus : eine Zoologie des Aberglaubens, der Mystik und Mythologie vom Mittlelalter bis auf unsere Zeit / (Potsdam, E. Germany : G. Kiepenheuer, 1925), by Walter Mehring (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The horse in magic and myth, (London, W. Rider & son, ltd., 1923), by M. Oldfield Howey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The animal kingdom; illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of manuscript illuminations, book illustrations, drawings, cylinder seals, and bindings. New York, November 19, 1940-February 28, 1941. ([New York, Plantin press, c1940]), by Pierpont Morgan Library and Helen M. Franc (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fearsome critters, / (Cornwall, N.Y., : The Idlewild press, [c1939]), by Henry Harrington Tryon, Henry Harrington Tryon, and Cornwall Idlewild Press (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traditions tératologiques; ou, Récits de l'antiquité et du moyen âge en Occident sur quelques points de la fable du merveilleux et de l'histoire naturelle, pub. d'après plusieurs manuscrits inédits grecs, latins, et en vieux français, (Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1836), by Jules Berger de Xivrey, Pseudo-Callisthenes, and Jean Wauquelin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Animal mysteries, (New York, Macaulay, [1927]), by Edward George Boulenger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le monde enchanté : cosmographie et histoire naturelle fantastiques du Moyen Age / (Paris : A. Fournier, 1843), by Ferdinand Denis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fictitious & symbolic creatures in art with special reference to their use in British heraldry. (London, Chapman and Hall, Gale Research Co., 1906, Detroit, 1969), by John Vinycomb (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Russkai͡a skazka "Konëk-Gorbunokʺ /, by P. P. Ershov, illust. by G.O. Shlikhtʺ (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Hans Brinker, or, The silver skates / (New York : Charles E. Graham & Co., c1913), by Mary Mapes Dodge, Walter Hugh McDougall, and Rudolf Mencl (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Elizabethan zoo; a book of beasts both fabulous and authentic. (London, F. Etchells & H. Macdonald, 1926), by Edward Topsell, M. St. Clare Byrne, and the Elder. Naturalis historia Pliny (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The encircled serpent; a study of serpent symbolism in all countries and ages, (London, Rider & Co., [1926]), by M. Oldfield Howey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Eccentricities of the animal creation. (Boston, Roberts brothers, 1869), by John Timbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• ...Un-natural history, or Myths of ancient science; being a collection of curious tracts on the basilisk, unicorn, phoenix, behemoth or leviathan, dragon, giant spider, tarantula, chameleons, satyrs, homines caudati, &e., (Edinburgh Priv. print., 1886), by Edmund Goldsmid, Isaac Schoock, Hermann Grube, Georg Kaspar Kirchmayer, Martinus Schoock, and Georg Kasper Kirchmayer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Revue de l'histoire de la Licorne, par un naturaliste de Montpellier (in French), by Pierre Joseph Amoreux (Gutenberg ebook)
• Myth-Land, by F. Edward Hulme (Gutenberg ebook)
• Eccentricities of the Animal Creation., by John Timbs (Gutenberg ebook)
• Curious Creatures in Zoology, by John Ashton (Gutenberg ebook)
• Mythical Monsters, by Charles Gould (Gutenberg ebook)
• Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art: With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry, by John Vinycomb (Gutenberg ebook)
• Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2), by Angelo De Gubernatis (Gutenberg ebook)
• Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 1 (of 2), by Angelo De Gubernatis (Gutenberg ebook)
• A brief description of the nature of the Basilisk, or Cochatrice ([London : s.n., 1680?]), by James Salgado (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Itinerário. English. Selections (London : Printed for John Martyn ..., 1669), by Jerónimo Lobo and Peter Wyche (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The Piebald Hippogriff, by Karen Anderson (Gutenberg ebook)

• Animal Land, Where There Are No People (second edition; London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1897), by Sybil Corbet and Katharine Corbet, contrib. by Andrew Lang (page images at ufl.edu)
• Comic Animal Stories, Fun and Fancy: Wonder Tales for Children from 7 to 70 (New York: C. E. Graham and Co., ca. 1885), by Walter Hugh McDougall (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)
• The Kitten Pilgrims: or, Great Battles and Grand Victories (London: J. Nisbet and Co., n.d.), by R. M. Ballantyne (page images at Florida)
• The Book of Clever Beasts: Studies in Unnatural History, by Myrtle Reed, illust. by Peter Newell (Gutenberg ebook)
• Among the Woblins (London: Remington and Co., 1883), by Sydney Hodges, illust. by Horace Petherick (page images at Florida)

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