Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were

Creatures, Places, and People

  • 3.00 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 38 Want to read
  • 4 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read
Not in Library

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today

  • 3.00 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 38 Want to read
  • 4 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

Buy this book

Last edited by ImportBot
December 17, 2022 | History

Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were

Creatures, Places, and People

  • 3.00 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 38 Want to read
  • 4 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?

Publish Date
Publisher
Studio, Penguin Studio
Language
English
Pages
240

Buy this book

Edition Availability
Cover of: Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were
Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People
July 1, 1998, Studio, Penguin Studio
in English
Cover of: Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were
Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People
July 1, 1998, Studio
Paperback in English

Add another edition?

Book Details


First Sentence

"We of the Cosmos are eternally different and yet eternally the same."

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Things of the cosmos. Page 11
Chapter 2. Things of the ground & underground. Page 46
Chapter 3. Things of Wonderland. Page 85
Chapter 4. Things of Magic, Science and Invention. Page 140
Chapter 5. Things of Water, Sky and Air Page 177
Chapter 6. Things of the Night Page 217

Edition Notes

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.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7347614M
ISBN 10
0140100083
ISBN 13
9780140100082
Library Thing
149850
Goodreads
561867

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

See All

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
December 17, 2022 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
May 20, 2019 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
April 28, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Linked existing covers to the work.
March 15, 2010 Created by WorkBot work found