ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA Social Sciences [I01] Social Sciences Anthropology [I01.076] Anthropology Anthropology, Cultural [I01.076.201] Anthropology, Cultural Culture [I01.076.201.450] Culture Folklore [I01.076.201.450.515] Folklore Legendary Creatures [I01.076.201.450.515.500] Legendary Creatures

Legendary Creatures - Preferred

Concept UI	M000603320
Scope note	An unverified animal or humanoid, sometimes supernatural, often believed to be real and described in MYTHOLOGY, FOLKLORE, or legends. Some legendary creatures, such as the unicorn, were documented in scholarly antiquarian accounts of natural history.
Preferred term	Legendary Creatures
Entry term(s)	Animal, Mythical Animals, Mythical Creature, Legendary Creature, Mythical Creatures, Legendary Creatures, Mythical Legendary Creature Mythical Animal Mythical Animals Mythical Creature Mythical Creatures

Werewolves - Related but not broader or narrower

Concept UI	M000600597
Scope note	Mythical humans believed to have the ability to shape-shift into a wolf or wolf-like creature during a full moon. This condition, also known as lycanthropy, may be historically based on persons suffering from HYPERTRICHOSIS. Clinical lycanthropy refers to the psychiatric syndrome where individuals are under the delusion that they can transform, or have transformed into an animal.
Preferred term	Werewolves

Unicorns - Related but not broader or narrower

Concept UI	M000603330
Scope note	Mythical creatures commonly described as horses with a long single horn on their foreheads that symbolized purity. It was believed that their horns could be used for medicinal purposes and dust or liquid from the horns could protect a human from diseases and poisons.
Preferred term	Unicorns
Entry term(s)	Unicorn

Yeti, Himalayan - Related but not broader or narrower

Concept UI	M000603332
Scope note	A tall, ape-like creature that is suggested to be descended from humans and that lives in the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet.
Preferred term	Yeti, Himalayan
Entry term(s)	Bigfoot Bigfoots Himalayan Yeti Sasquatch

Vampires - Related but not broader or narrower

Concept UI	M000600596
Scope note	Mythical blood-sucking humans who rise from the grave at night to prey on the living. Historically, vampire legend dates from ancient times and may be based on persons suffering from RABIES; PELLAGRA; or especially PORPHYRIAS, who exhibit sensitivity to sunlight, abnormal, reddish-brown discoloration of the TEETH, and madness or melancholy disposition. Clinical vampirism includes persons who drink the blood of others or themselves.
Preferred term	Vampires
Entry term(s)	Vampire

Mermaids - Related but not broader or narrower

Concept UI	M000603329
Scope note	Half-human sea creatures with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a fish. Commonly believed in FOLKLORE, these creatures have relevance to the disorder known as SIRENOMELIA in which the legs or other bones and limbs are fused together.
Preferred term	Mermaids
Entry term(s)	Mermaid