Questions tagged [magical-creatures]
Refers to the large group of creatures based in magic in mythology, fantasy, and science fiction, such as elves, dwarves, and unicorns. Not to be confused with aliens.
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Book about Female Monster Hunter Protagonist that has fangs
I read this book about a young woman who begins to see monsters that humans can't see and she eventually becomes a monster hunter. Unlike normal monster hunters, the protagonist isn't human and uses ...
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Is Discord really a pony?
The character called Discord is an agent of chaos (spirit of disharmony) that appears as a major antagonist in several episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
They look like a Frankenstein’s-...
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Fantasy book with chaos lands that mutate adventurers based on their intrinsic attributes or habitual actions
I remember reading this book in high school which would have had to be before 1992. My memory isn't great though so it could have been after but I don't believe so.
In this book (or series) there was ...
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Fantasy book series with a school for magical hero children
I read one book from a book series while I was in primary school over a decade ago.
There was a school of kids in a fantasy world of monsters and a trio of these kids go on a quest to save their ...
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In Three Thousand Years of Longing, why does the Djinn try to lie to Alithea about something that just happened?
It's difficult to ask this question about Three Thousand Years of Longing without spoiling anything, but hopefully I kept the title vague enough for this purpose. Here's my question:
So, why his ...
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Fantasy novel involving mythical creatures on a farm and two children staying with a relative for the summer
Mythical Creatures on a farm (unicorns, basilisks, etc.).
Relative having two children come to stay for summer.
Children's book.
Pre-2010.
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A fantastic junk-creature at the bottom of the sea
This Fantasy novelette is at least 20 years old, maybe more. Which shows that the problem of the pollution of the oceans has been known for a long time.
It takes place on an island in the Caribbeans, ...
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Animated series about three kids and powered animals in a jungle [duplicate]
I don't really remember it, but I'll say what I vaguely do. I think I watched it on Netflix, but it was quite a while ago, so I'm not sure. And it would have to be in the 2010s that I watched it. I ...
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How did Harry Potter breathe on the Thestral journey to London?
In Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix, Harry and his friends travel from Hogwarts to The Ministry of Magic in London to attempt to save Sirius Black from Lord Voldemort and to get there they ...
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Identify feminist book involving beast masters
TW: Rape, Domestic Violence
I want to identify an SF novel that I read in the ‘70s. The main group of people are what I’ll call Beastmasters, although I very much doubt that the book refers to them ...
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Fantasy anime involving a god named Paladin
I watched this anime several years ago. Although I am calling it an anime, this is not to imply that it does or does not originate from Japan (I don't know where this is from). This anime involves a ...
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Film about a monkey man and a foggy mystical world
In 1995 or so, I saw a film about a monkey man which was some sort of secondary character, the main character probably a human, and maybe some other weird stuff I don't quite remember. There was a toy ...
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What inspired the idea of Dragons who grow to maturity very quickly, but then live extremely long lives?
In Naomi Novik's Temeraire series Dragons are seen to mature very quickly and then live a very long time. From the information in the books Dragons seem to reach adult size in around a year, sexual ...
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What are these creatures in Shang-Chi?
Shang-Chi: Legend of the 10 Rings features a variety of classical Chinese mythical creatures. However I did not recognise the antagonist "soul sucker" creatures.
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Did Hagrid trade Fluffy for the dragon egg that hatched in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
Hagrid speaks to Harry about a stranger who brought him a
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Hagrid: "Well of course he was interested in Fluffy. How often do you come across a three-headed dog even in a trade? But l ...
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