The Bestiary Compendium

January: Goblin Week

February: Faebruary/ catch up month

March: March of the Machines Constructs

April: April Showers ( rain themed)

May: Mermay

June: Junicorn ( 2025). Junebug (2026) Kaijune (2027)

July: Free month/ sometimes Fire theme

August: Smaugust ( dragons)

September: Septembird

October: Inktober/Drawlloween

November: prepare for holiday interruptions do December and Januarys art ahead of time.

mothman

giant evil centipedes that can kill dragons

dog sized ants that are covered in gold dust

vampiric human possessing witch fireflies

nature spirit tree guardian cicadas

a team up of an evil woman smaller than a finger and her pet evil cricket

the smallest possible living creature

a giant child eating caterpillar

4 versions of giant mosquito stories

flies that are born in fire and die outside it

3 half bee woman that are also trees maybe

the survivor of putting every venomous creature in a jar and letting them eat each other

half bird half bee that can kill a tree with its sting

tiny people that ride ants and shoot arrows at people that insult their height

draconic beetles that cause earthquakes

giant beetles that eat the dead in Egypt

teleporting man sized praying mantis

whos excited to see about 6 of these this month hopefully?

can you guess any of the names?

mythology research is tough you think you found a really cool creature but then years later you go to make a painting of the creature and all the info available on it has changed

and now you are pretty sure that what inspired you about the monster was made up by some random person

and I'm striving not to spread misinformation in the name of making cool art but it gets frustrating

How would everyone feel if I took a broader brush to more mythological creatures

can I do one artwork and say group all mosquitos from mythology under it as subspecies that get one short paragraph each?

Ruixamantells

Origin: Spain

Classification: mermaid, deity

Appearance: a goddess of the sea resembling a mermaid decorated with pearls and shell, and pieces of coral.

"Often sinks ships and drags men down into her underwater lair not out of malice but because she falls in love easily"

Hitotsume Kozō

Translation: one-eyed priest boy

Origin: Japan

Classification: yokai, goblin

Appearance: cute child-like goblins dressed in robes similar to those of a Buddhist monk, they have one eye and a long red tongue

Hitotsume kozo live for doing mischief and frightening humans often suddenly appearing on dark roads at night mistaken for a human child they like to suddenly turn around revealing they are actually a one eyed yokai sometimes shouting something rude or childish as they do causing more easily frightened people to fall over or pass out.

they may also lick the persons entire body while they are passed out.

many theories exist about the nature of this yokai some say they Buddhist is nature and connected to the Bhuddist temples, others say they are mountain deities that lost their power and devolved into yokai, and others would suggest they are related to larger one-eyed humanoid yokai perhaps even a younger version of one.

Toyol

Origin: Indonesia, Malaysia

Classification: undead, cursed human, goblin, familiar

Appearance: a toyol looks the same as a normal small child but with sharp teeth, cloudy red eyes, pointy ears, and grayish green skin, they prefer to scurry around the world naked or nearly naked and when they are spotted with clothing they are often wearing all black.

A Toyol is a familiar created by shaman created from the body of a dead infant they bring good luck and wealth to their master by bringing misfortune to others they encounter by helping their guardian pilfer half their wealth or performing other mischievous acts they are commanded to do.

Likho

Origin: Slavic countries

Classification: goblin, spirit, personification

Appearance: an old and skinny one eyed goblin dressed in black

Habitat: forests

A Likho is an embodiment of fate and misfortune in the form of a one eyed goblin that dwells in the forest

A Likho will prey upon foolish travelers greed and bad decision making either clinging onto them invisibly bringing bad luck or chasing them down and murdering them.