Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People Paperback - 1998

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Chapter 1 : Things of the cosmos. Aeolus -- Aesir -- Albion -- Apples of youth -- Arthur -- Asgard -- Aquarius -- Aries -- Bacchus -- Bumba -- Bunyil -- Cancer -- Capricorn -- Chaos -- Cu chulain -- Daedalus & Icarus -- Dreamtime -- El nino -- Eros -- Fates -- Fire, owners of -- Force -- Futuresight -- Gemini -- Giants -- George, St. -- Gogmagog -- Golden age -- Haiowatha -- Heavens -- Helios -- Hephaestus -- Izanami & Izananagi -- Jotnar -- Joyboy -- Judges of the dead -- Knights -- Kupala -- Leir, King -- Leo -- Libra -- Loki -- Love, goddesses of -- Mars -- Maui -- Men, first -- Merlin -- Morpheus -- Muses -- Nai-ko-kami -- Odin -- Olympus -- Orpheus -- Osiris -- Pisces -- Poseidon -- Punchinello -- Quetzalcoatl -- Ra -- Sagittarius -- Scorpio -- Shaman -- Scorpio -- Tangaloa -- Taurus -- Thor -- Titans -- Tristram -- Tu-of-the-angry-face -- Underworld -- Virgo -- Woman, first -- Wotan -- Xolotl -- Yggradrasil -- Zeus -- Zodiac, houses of -- Chapter 2 : Things of the ground & underground. Abatwa -- Adekagagwaa -- Amazons -- Annwn -- Arachne -- Artemis -- Barbegazi -- Basilisk -- Beanstalk -- Bendith Y Mamau -- Bhogavati -- Brownies -- Boggarts -- Bogies, bogey-men, bogles, bogey-beasts -- Black Dog -- Bokwus -- Cats -- Centaurs -- Chenoo -- Cluricans -- Da duku -- Dama dagenda -- Dogs -- Dwarfs -- Doppelganger -- Echo -- Elder trees, our lady of the -- Elves -- Fairies -- Fauns -- Fomorians -- Gin seng -- Gnomes -- Goblin -- Gorgons -- Grain gods & guardians -- Green Man -- Gremlins -- Hell -- House gods & house spirits -- Jigoku -- Kabigat -- Kilyakai -- Kisin -- Knockers or knackers -- Kobolds -- Leprechauns -- Leshy -- Malekin -- Mandrake -- Manes -- Manes -- Manticore -- Mimis -- Minotaur -- Mopaditis -- Nagumwasuck -- Nymphs -- Ohdows -- Pan -- Pixies, piskies -- Puck, pooka -- Ratwife -- Red cap -- Reynard the fox -- Robin Goodfellow -- Salamander -- Satan -- Satyrs -- Scapegoats -- Sphinx -- Talking trees -- Traveller’s friends -- Tree geese -- Trolls -- Uldra -- Unicorn -- Upas tree -- Ure -- Wandjinas -- Wendigo -- Will O’ the wisp -- Yakkus -- Yeti -- Zaltys -- Chapter 3 : Things of Wonderland. Aeaea or Aiaia -- Apes, mountain of -- Atlantis -- Avalon -- Balnibarbi -- Blefuscu -- Brobdingnag -- Camelot -- Celestial city -- Centre Earth -- Cockayne -- Delectable mountains -- Delightful havens -- El Dorado -- Elephant graveyards -- Fiddler’s Green -- Fountain of youth -- Glubdrubdrib -- Houyhnhnms, island of -- Hyperborea -- Hy Brasil -- Island of the mighty -- Island of despair -- Joyous garde -- King Solomon’s Mines -- Kor -- Lilliput -- Luggnag -- Lyonnesse -- Lotos land -- Monastery of the mountains -- Old man of the sea’s island -- Prester John’s country -- Prospero’s island -- Quivera -- River, the -- Rock candy mountain, the great -- Rollingstone the paper city -- Sleepy Hollow -- St. Petersburg, Missouri -- Toad hall -- Treasure Island -- Utopia -- Valhalla -- Vanity -- Vineland -- White cat’s castle -- Wonderland -- Woodman’s hall -- Xanadu -- Yalding towers -- Ysbadden’s castle -- Zenda. Chapter 4 : Things of Magic, Science and Invention. Aesculapius -- Alchemy -- Alectromancy -- Amulet -- Angakuk -- Anonyma -- Apples, golden -- Appleseed, Johnny -- Augurs -- Barmecide feast -- Belarivo -- Bells -- Bonfires -- Bottle imp -- Broth of oblivion -- Brooms -- Bullets, magic -- Cat’s cradles -- Clay -- Corn dollies -- Cornucopia -- Crystals -- Crystal Balls -- Dragon’s teeth -- Drawings, paintings, portraits, etc. -- Drums -- Flying carpets -- Flying Objects, Saucers, etc. -- Flying ointment -- Frankenstein -- Garlic -- Glamour, glamayre, glamalye -- Hammer of Thor -- Homunculus -- Horse, the enchanted -- Hunting magic -- Ilya’s honey -- Indian rope Trick -- Jeckyll’s potion -- Kalvaitis -- Knots -- Lady Kerith -- Lettering -- Love potions -- Magic -- Masks -- Midas touch -- Mistletoe -- Moon shots -- Nails -- Name -- Necromancy -- Nectar & ambrosia -- Omen -- Optics of Al Rashid -- Oracle -- Peaches of immortality -- Prester John’s mirror -- Procrustean bed -- Pygmalion’s wife -- Quaaltagh -- Quinquatrus -- Rattle -- Rhinocerous horn -- Rings -- Round table -- Runes -- Sa -- Scarab -- Sedit’s wings -- Seven-league boots -- Spell -- Swords -- Syrinx -- Time machine -- Trojan horse -- Tailrings -- Tattoos -- Totem -- Urbar -- Vail -- Wand, magic -- Wax figures -- Wizards -- Wu Hsing -- Yin & Yang -- Zin Kabaru’s Guitar Chapter 5 : Things of Water, Sky and Air Acheron, River -- Aegir -- Ahuizotl -- Albion -- Alulei -- Argo -- Bacabs -- Bannik -- Boat blessing, burial, burning -- Boreas -- Bunyips -- Cavern of the seas -- Charon -- Crocodile gods -- Davy Jones’ Locker -- Deluge -- Dragons -- Ebb tide -- Eos -- Figureheads -- Floating islands -- Flying Dutchman -- Foam-of-the-ocean -- Frogs -- Ghost ship of Loch awe -- Grendel -- Griffins -- Halcyon, halcyone, alcyone -- Harpies -- Hippopotamus goddess -- Iris -- Jonah -- Juturna -- Kappa -- Kelpie -- Kraken -- Leviathan -- Loch Morar, Loch Ness, monsters of -- Maelstrom -- Mare tenebrosum --Mermaids, -Men -- Moby Dick -- Nagas -- Nereids -- Nixies -- Oceanos, -us -- Pegasus -- Phaeton -- Phoenix -- Pleiades -- Poppykettle -- Quadriga -- Rainbow serpents -- Rainmaking -- Rukhs -- Rusalki -- Sargasso sea -- Scylla & Charybdis -- Sea King’s palace -- Sea serpents -- Ship spirits -- Sirens -- Southern Cross -- Swans -- Thunder -- Tritons -- U-Boats, ghosts of -- Vainamoinen’s ship -- Valkyries -- Vodyanoi -- Water spirits -- Wind gods & spirits -- Windmill spirits -- Yu Tzu, Yu Shih, Ch’ing Sun-Tzu -- Zephyrus Chapter 6 : Things of the Night Abiku -- Accident, spirits of -- Acheri -- Adh seidh -- Altebar, Baroness Russlein Von -- Ankou -- Azeman -- Banshee -- Bassarab, Vlad Drakul -- Baykok -- Bedclothes -- Bodach -- Chunag Kung -- Domovoi & domovikha -- Duppy -- Forso -- Ghosts -- Golem -- Ghouls -- Hallowe’en -- Herne the hunter -- Imandwa -- Incubus -- Inua -- Kasha -- K’uei -- Lilith -- Lycanthropy -- Menahune -- Min min light -- Moon -- Nightingales -- Owls -- Pretas -- P’ang Che, P’ang Chiao, P’ang Chu -- Quicksilver -- Rakshashas -- Revenants -- Rona -- Sakarabru -- Sleep -- Succubi -- Taxim -- Vampire -- Vetala -- Voodoo -- Walpurgisnacht -- Watchers -- Witches, black or white -- Xenoglossia -- Yama uba -- Yowie, Whowie or wowie -- Zombies -- Zashiki warishi -- Zorya Vechernaya.