Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

Post History

60%
+1 −0
Q&A Source ideas for monsters in a fantasy novel?

I don't think it will be particularly helpful to you, but there is a book of imaginary beings that you might consult - read more here. This book does not offer much details in its entries and list...

posted 13y ago by Unreason‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Answer
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:49:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/3576
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Unreason‭ · 2019-12-08T01:49:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
I don't think it will be particularly helpful to you, but there is a book of imaginary beings that you might consult - read more [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Imaginary_Beings).

This book does not offer much details in its entries and list relatively low number of creatures - however, there are two characteristics that you might find interesting - it will give a really good overview of creatures that you can find in literature and, also, gives references and entry points that you can follow.

NOTE: If you want true originality then recipe is not possible, except very general ones such as: study the cultures (fictional, literally or national) whose legends you do not know.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-08-08T11:31:09Z (about 13 years ago)
Original score: 2