Arabian legendary creatures

Jinn (Arabic: جِنّ‎), also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies, are supernatural beings in pre-Islamic Arabian religion and Islam. Like humans, they are accountable for their deeds and can be either believers (''Mu'minun) or unbelievers (kuffar''), depending on whether they accept God's guidance.

thumb|The Fallen Angel (painting)|The Fallen Angel (1847) by [[Alexandre Cabanel|250x250px]] Lucifer is believed to be a fallen angel and the Devil in Christian theology. Lucifer is associated with the sin of pride and believed to have attempted an usurpation of God, whereafter being banished to Earth.

thumb|"Amine Discovered with the Goule", from the story of Sidi Nouman in the One Thousand and One Nights In folklore, a ghoul (from , '''') is a demon-like being or monstrous humanoid, often associated with graveyards and the consumption of human flesh. The concept of the ghoul originated in pre-Islamic Arabian religion. Modern fiction often uses the term to label a specific kind of monster.

The Nephilim (; ) are mysterious beings or humans mentioned in the Bible, traditionally understood as being of great size and strength, or alternatively as beings of great power and authority. The origins of the Nephilim remain unclear. Some writers, including the author of the Book of Enoch, view them as the offspring of rebellious angels and humans. Others view them as descendants of Seth and Cain.

mythological bird

Shahmaran is a mythical creature, half-woman and half-snake, originating in Indo-Iranian and Turkic folklores.

thumb|280px|The fish (Bahamut) carries on its back the giant bull (Kuyuta), and on the green hyacinth slab stands an earth-bearing angel.

The Karkadann (Arabic كركدن karkadann or karkaddan from Kargadan, Persian: كرگدن) is a mythical creature said to have lived on the grassy plains of India and Iran.

thumb|Two Marids depicted in Albert Letchford's illustrations to Burton's translation of Arabian Nights A marid () is a type of devil (shayṭān) in Islamic tradition. The Arabic word, meaning "rebellious," is applied to such supernatural beings. As a substantive it refers to a chthonic demon not much dissimilar to the ʿifrīt.

thumb|Qazwini's depiction of the anqa in The Wonders of Creation Anqa (), also spelled ''''Anqa', or Anka, or Anqa Mughrib or Anqa al-Mughrib''' (), is a golden mysterious or fabulous female bird in pre-Islamic Arab mythology. She is said to fly far away and only appear once in ages. However, it is also said that she can be found at the place of the setting of the sun.

A qareen () is a spiritual double of a human, either part of the human themself or a complementary creature in a parallel realm.

thumb|An Aspidochelone from a French manuscript, c. 1270. J. Paul Getty Museum According to the tradition of the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries, the aspidochelone is a fabled sea creature, variously described as a large whale or vast sea turtle, and a giant sea monster with huge spines on the ridge of its back. No matter what form it is, it is always described as being so huge that it is often mistaken for a rocky island covered with sand dunes and vegetation. The name aspidochelone appears to be a compound word combining Greek aspis (which means either "asp" or "shield"), and chelone, t

thumb|The cosmic bull Kuyūthāʾ bears the [[Flat Earth, which is rimmed by Mount Qaf and stands on Bahamut. Ottoman Turkish version of The Wonders of Creation by Zakariya al-Qazwini, c.1553.]] Kuyūthāʾ (), more rarely Kiyūbān () or Kibūthān (), is the cosmic bull in medieval Muslim cosmography. It is said to carry on its back the angel who shoulders the world, and the rock platform upon which this angel stands. The Kuyūthāʾ is said to stand on the back of Bahamut, a giant fish or whale.

thumb|This folio from Walters manuscript W659 depicts the Aras, an animal with one horn. '''Shâd'havâr' (Arabic: شادهافار (Šādhāfār)) or Âras (آرس) is a legendary creature from medieval Muslim bestiaries resembling a unicorn. Al-Qazwini said that it lives in the country of Rūm'' (Byzantium) and that it has one horn with 42 hollow branches which, when the wind passes through them, produces a pleasant sound that makes the animals sit around and listen. Horns of those creatures, sometimes gifted to kings, can be played like flutes. When played on one side, they produce a cheerful sound, and when

thumb|"A Camel and Three Strange Single-handed and Single-legged Creatures", Muhammad ibn Muhammad Shakir Ruzmah-i Nathani, from Walters Ms. W.659, a Turkish version of The Wonders of Creation In Arab culture, the nasnās (, plural nisānīs) is a monopod, a monstrous creature. According to Edward William Lane, the 19th-century translator of One Thousand and One Nights, a nasnas is "half a human being; having half a head, half a body, one arm, one leg, with which it hops with much agility".

Biblical demon or monster

thumb|A hyena as depicted in a medieval bestiary|alt=A hyena hunches over a prone male figure on a bed or platform, biting his shoulder. The hyena is portrayed with spines along its back and tail, and with bird-like talons. In folklore, a werehyena (a neologism coined in analogy to werewolf) is a creature which can shapeshift into a hyena. The creature has origins across countless African cultures. It is also present in tales on the Arabian Peninsula. Unlike werewolves and other therianthropes, which are usually portrayed as being originally human, some werehyena lore tells of how they can als

Supernatural creatures in Arabian folklore

thumb|right|300px|A "yellow-colored beast which resembled a rabbit with a black horn".

thumb|Illustration of a similar creature in the Alexander Romance, Armenian manuscript, 1538–1544. The saratan (from the Arabic سرطان, saraṭān, "crab"), sometimes spelled zaratan, is a giant sea creature from Arabic literature and folklore.

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