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Mythical Creatures I Think Are Frontrunners to Succeed Zombies and Vampires As Protagonists in YA-Novel/Spin-off-Movie-Long Allegories of Sexual Frustration

Satyrs

Sirens

Succubi

Incubi

Faeries (but only the kind with an “e”)

Leprechauns

Unicorns (not high on the list –– too obviously phallic)

Mermaids

Genies

Gremlins

Sasquatches

Centaurs

Changelings

Cyclops

Doppelgangers (evil twins)

gnomes (remember David?!)

Phoenixes

Griffins

Goblins

Abominable Snowmen

Pixies

Shades

Quetzalcoatl

Muses (a la Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu)

Callitrix (an ape that always gives birth to twins, one it loves and one it hates –– also called a Hodag)

Oompa Loompas

Pegaeae (spring nymphs)

Psychai (Psyche’s babies)

Shedim (“chicken-legged demons”)

Poltergeists (which are specifically mischievous ghosts who move things)

Titans

Trolls

Valkyries

Menehune (Twenty bucks if you can name a television sitcom from the 80s/90s that featured menehune in an episode)

Banshees

Changelings

The Montauk Monster

Cretan Bulls

 

*Sidenote –– if you are ever bored and want to do something amusing, read Wikipedia’s alphabetical list of “Legendary Creatures.”  It is clear from reading this list that Japanese people are the craziest motherfuckers because back in the day when there weren’t things like science and Christopher Hitchens and people had to make up mystical things for fun and explanation, the Japanese made up hands down the most bizarre beings.  My favorite is definitely “Uma-no-ashi: a horse’s leg that dangles from a tree and kicks passersby.”

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