Mythical Creatures Quiz #1

Can you name the mythical creatures described below?

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Description	Creature
Horse with a horn on its forehead	Unicorn
Half woman, half fish	Mermaid
Half man, half horse	Centaur
Irish spirit with a piercing wail	Banshee
Head of a bull, body of a man	Minotaur
Pacific Northwest name for bigfoot	Sasquatch
One-eyed giant	Cyclops
Latin American animal that drinks the blood of livestock	Chupacabra
What Medusa was	Gorgon
Arabic spirit that might appear from a magic lamp	Genie
Huge, stupid creature that might live under a bridge	Troll

Description	Creature
Bird that rises from its own ashes	Phoenix
Many-headed water serpent	Hydra
Gigantic octopus-like sea monster	Kraken
Tiny, mischievous, gold-hording Irish spirit	Leprechaun
Human who becomes a wolf-like beast under the full moon	Werewolf
Three-headed dog that guards Hades	Cerberus
Abominable snowman	Yeti
Body of a lion, head and wings of an eagle	Griffin
Ugly, bird-winged woman	Harpy
Half man, half goat with a perpetual erection	Satyr
Rooster / serpent hybrid that can kill with a glance	Basilisk

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100 Recent Comments

Level 22

Mar 7, 2016

Permission to add 'Scylla' in place of the kraken or at least make it another option.

Level 66

May 25, 2021

Syclla is a serpent, and is not even close to a kraken

Level 42

Feb 2, 2024

scylla is acceptable for hydra

Level 7

May 1, 2016

I was thinking that doesn't a dragon count as a mythical creature?If so why wasn't it on the quiz?^~^

+12

Level 80

Jul 26, 2019

Same reason they didn't include vampires, thunderbirds, manticores, chimeras, dryads, sphinxes, jackalopes, and rocs: they've only got so much room, and there are a LOT of mythological creatures.

Level 58

May 8, 2024

i was praying manticores wouldnt show up because i genuinely forgot what it was called and i was like "i know what its called ugh"

Level 20

May 26, 2016

Great Quiz, 100% with 2:40 remaining :)

Level 53

Jun 19, 2016

Very creative! I loved this quiz! 👍

Level 7

Jun 23, 2016

It accepts gryphon for griffin lol... I missed hydra, typed in leviathan...

Level 22

Jul 3, 2016

Try Hippogriff. >;D

Level 36

Jun 28, 2019

A Hippogriff has the body of a horse. A Griffin has the body of a lion.

Level 60

Jul 4, 2016

Couldn't the the description of the Satyr also fit Baphomet?

Level 33

Aug 18, 2016

For Griffin I thought it meant Manticore! :D

Level 78

Aug 29, 2016

Harry Potter was a real help with this:

Banshee, centaur, phoenix, werewolf, basilisk

Level 31

Aug 14, 2025

When were banshees ever in harry potter? Also the basilisk in harry potter was described to be fearful of roosters. It's why, when ginny was being "possessed" by tom riddle, she set out to kill all the roosters. (In the book). I could never have guessed basilisk because of that.

Level 68

Nov 4, 2016

I wish I'd watched 'Jason and the Argonauts' again before doing this quiz. On the topic of movies, there's an awesome Norwegian film called 'Troll Hunter' you should all see.

Level 60

Nov 20, 2016

A surprising amount of people don't know what a Basilisk is.

Level 44

Dec 19, 2024

i just couldn't spell it lol

Level 36

Nov 23, 2016

Isn't the Sphinx the same as a griffin, based on the griffin's description?

Level 36

Jun 28, 2019

A sphinx has nothing to do with an eagle. It has the body of a lion and the head of a human.

Level 80

Jul 26, 2019

Sphinxes do sometimes have wings, but they always have the head of a human, not of a bird.

Level 20

Dec 19, 2016

I really miss:

-Half man, half amazing - Vince Carter

Level 67

Feb 28, 2017

I don't want to be obnoxious, but could you accept traditional spellings? I grew up on Irish folklore, and so for me leipreachán and bean sí come to mind before the anglicized spellings. I don't have this problem with many other mythologies, but I'm sure other quiz-takers do, and it would really us help if you could accommodate that.

Level 57

Apr 10, 2021

Totally agree - it would not accept beann sidhe!

Level 23

Mar 2, 2017

Half the things I couldn't spell.

Level 32

Mar 17, 2017

I knew all the Greek Mythos ones from Destiny. And who said you don't learn from games

Level 78

Apr 26, 2017

Lernaean Hydra should be accepted also, as it is the correct name.

Level 77

May 23, 2017

You should accept "Human" for the last one. That's what I tried at first.

Level 80

Nov 7, 2021

I'm at least reasonably sure that humans aren't mythical.

Level 65

Jul 18, 2017

please accept "yetti," seems petty not to.

Level 80

Oct 2, 2017

Doesn't seem pety to me at all.

Level 67

Oct 3, 2017

cyclops - isn't it a plural version of cyclop? If so, why cyclop is not acceptable

Level 66

Oct 24, 2017

There is no such thing as "cyclop" - it has always been cyclops, and that IS the singular.

Level 66

Oct 24, 2017

You forgot:

Rougaroo

Wendigo

Arachne

Kitsune

Kran Worm

Lamia

Okami

Pishtaco

Qareen

Skinwalker

Vetala

Rakshasa

Golem

Witches (both types - those that get power from demons and those who don't)

Familiars

Leviathan

and last but not least - Jefferson Starships - named by Dean himself

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Level 80

Jul 26, 2019

Yes, Quizmaster, please make sure to include every possible mythological creature from every culture.

Level 68

Jul 27, 2019

Read the comments looking for the Supernatural fandom... and was not disappointed. (You forgot ghoulpires, though. haha!)

Level 43

Apr 25, 2024

Carry on, my wayward son!

Level 9

Oct 25, 2017

some of these were easy

Level 65

Nov 1, 2017

i thought "yeti" was spelled with two t's. any chance you could accept? seems nitpickish not to.

Level 37

Nov 13, 2017

The amount of these that were on the tip of my tongue is insane

Level 16

Dec 18, 2017

100% with 1:55 left

Level 18

Jun 28, 2018

Got 22/22 time remaining 1:13

Level 33

Sep 1, 2018

Easy, but I don't like scary things cuz I'm not even 11 right now!

Level 76

Dec 6, 2018

Ugh was just too late for basilisk. Couldnt remember gorgon, typed gargantua..

And tried so many for the banshee one (while I know the term) based on different parts of the question. Tried: siren, fairy (couldnt bother with alternate spellings like fae and faery) ghoul, wisp, will o the wisps, and another one I believe.

For the satyr I first tried pan, which it didnt accept, then faun which it did accept.

Quite easy but very fun quiz. Could think of quite a few more mystical beasts, is there a part two?

Level 76

Dec 8, 2019

Again went for gargantua haha (no issue with banshee this time but missed basilisk this time as well. Only thought of chimera

Level 38

Jan 12, 2019

I kept trying to spell cockatrice for that basilisk one

Level ∞

Jun 13, 2019

Cockatrice will work now

Level 22

Mar 14, 2019

Didn't get mermaid but got basilisk

I feel dumb.

Level 48

Mar 31, 2019

you should include bann sidhe as a correct answer for banshee as that's the spelling in irish gaelic. it literally translate as "woman of the sidhe(fair folk)."

Level 58

Nov 7, 2021

That's not the correct spelling though. Bean, not bann.

Level 83

Jun 6, 2019

Vampire?

Level 80

Nov 7, 2021

What about them?

Level 66

Jul 26, 2019

Fauns, Pans and Satyrs. Oh My!

Level 66

Jul 26, 2019

Rabbit with antlers: ______________

Level 92

Jul 26, 2019

Jackalope :)

Level 66

Jul 26, 2019

Between Supernatural, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and classical myths I was SET. 22/22 with 2:41 left.

Level 87

Jul 26, 2019

*hoarding

Level 80

Jul 26, 2019

For some reason I had a real hard time coming up with "chupacabra." All I could think was "capybara," and I knew THAT wasn't right.

Level 76

Dec 4, 2019

20. I was thinking of basilisk from Chamber of Secrets but I forgot what it was called. Never really thought of hydra as a water serpent. I was thinking loch ness :/

Level 59

Dec 10, 2019

Castlevania helped out a lot for this

Level 50

May 28, 2020

Shoutout to Percy Jackson and Harry Potter

Level 76

Jun 4, 2020

indeed

Level 76

Jun 4, 2020

2:42 remaining

Level 65

Oct 1, 2020

One question says "What Medusa Is." Medusa is cursed, so it should be an acceptable answer.

Level 80

Nov 7, 2021

She's also "female," "a sister," and "dead," but the quiz is specifically looking for answers that are mythical creatures.

Level 65

Oct 1, 2020

It's also quite weird that I got griffin from watching My Little Pony as a kid...

Level 60

Oct 27, 2020

Haha I had no idea that banshees were Irish, I missed that and Chupacabra, which I didn't even know was a thing.

Level 47

Nov 10, 2020

22 out of 22 first try. I liked this quiz. I'm surprised that I got every one of them

Level 20

Jan 31, 2021

Same it was actually really enjoyable

Level 57

Nov 14, 2020

Please accept Fawn for Satyr

Level 58

Nov 7, 2021

Bambi is a fawn. Faun is accepted.

Level 39

Dec 11, 2020

Who else got them because of Percy Jackson?

Level 20

Jan 31, 2021

I didn't even know a basilisk was half rooster half serpent xD

Level 28

Feb 16, 2021

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Scoring

You scored 21/22 = 95%

This beats or equals 89.7% of test takers

The average score is 14

Your high score is 22

Your fastest time is 1:42

Forgot the last one :(

Level 28

Feb 19, 2021

2:35

Scoring

You scored 22/22 = 100%

10.3% of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is 14

Your high score is 22

Your fastest time is 1:25

Level 59

May 19, 2021

It annoyed me, that it wouldn't take capybara - until I remembered the beast was called chupacabra.

Oh those frightening, blood-drinking capybaras :D

Level 29

Oct 19, 2021

Ugh I can't spell phoenix

Level 71

Nov 7, 2021

A centaur is more like one third man and two thirds horse.

Level 75

Nov 7, 2021

It's kinda funny because a vampire bat is a REAL LIFE Latin American creature which sucks from blood of livestock.

Level 80

Aug 2, 2023

Well, yeah, that's why they're called vampire bats.

Level 57

Nov 7, 2021

Understand if this is a no but my immediate though for the banshee was 'bean si' which is in the Irish, maybe this could be a type in also?

Level 30

May 18, 2022

Possibly...

Level 39

May 19, 2022

You know you've read to much Percy Jackson and Harry Potter if you get everything in quizzes like this!

Level 62

Nov 27, 2022

i tried typing in Dee Reynolds for the ugly bird woman clue but couldn't figure out what it was...

Level 62

Dec 29, 2022

so much percy jackson fans... i like it

Level 37

Jan 17, 2023

Deeply thankful Cockatrice works for Basilisk. Attention to detail right there!

Level 46

Feb 9, 2023

For chupacabra I typed Capybara -__-

Level 43

Nov 28, 2023

okay I pull up

Level 29

Mar 21, 2023

Harpy and ugly?

Level 50

Sep 14, 2023

It doesn't seem fair to include sasquatch and yeti as "mythical creatures" as there is at least a fair chance and scientific evidence that they are as real as any other animals.

Level 83

Mar 29, 2024

there is not

Level 55

Sep 14, 2023

Please accept lep ER Chaun, I tried it like 10 times

Level 61

Nov 23, 2023

Cockatrice as an alternate answer for basilisk?

Level 43

Nov 28, 2023

The perpetual erection part ruined my childhood

Level 36

Feb 3, 2024

The Basilisk is from Harry Potter right?

Level 58

Mar 20, 2024

its not from harry potter it was in harry potter tho

Level 44

Aug 18, 2025

Also in Greek mythology

Level 45

Jun 6, 2024

You should add Chimera to this quiz.

Level 63

Jan 30, 2025

"Were" is the Old English word for man, like mankind, so a "werewolf" is a man wolf. (Wife was the word for a woman, but it's changed meaning, except in the word "midwife.") Thanks, History of English podcast!

Level 44

Aug 18, 2025

FYI Cerberus guards the door to Erebus, not Hades.

And Why does werewolves not work for werewolf?

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