Mythic Humanoids

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Mythic humanoids are mythic creatures that are human-like, half-human, or fictional apes.

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[edit] Origins

Theories abound as to the origins of different types of mythic humanoids. One could be misidentification with animals of today. Others could be based on extinct animals. Another possibility is that some might have arisen from human diseases and deformities such as dwrafisim, con-joined twins, and gigantism among others. Some could be purely fantastic.

[edit] List

Here is the list based on groups (note that some of them are in more than one catergory.

[edit] Elves, fairies, nymphs, little people, and house spirits

[edit] Part-Human

[edit] Monstrous humanoids and Goblins

[edit] Shapeshifters

[edit] See also

List of legendary creatures by type

List of cryptids

List of fictional apes

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Apes
Ape study Human and gorilla skeleton
Legal status
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