Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology - Volume 1

I’m a big RPG game player and I really enjoy adding hints of realistic mythology to my games. I bought this book for the purpose of creating stories around real mythological creatures. This book did not disappoint. There are some very obscure creatures without a lot of information other than they exist in a culture's history. But others, there’s lots of information that helps me create a story for the game.

Despite the rabbit hole of the internet proving the authors and most of the fans are crazy, this book (and volume 2) are really well written volumes that provide details for people who are interested in understanding how many cultures view the world and insight into their mythology.

This book is absolutely amazing. For anyone interested in cryptids I could not recommend a better place to start. While it does contain lots of images, its true glory is that of a field guide. It offers collected details such as common name, variant names, descriptions, behavior, habitat, location, sources, etc.. If your goal in purchasing this book is primarily for photos, you might want to look elsewhere.

love these books. Plan to use the information in presentations for a class I'm developing

Excellent worldwide review of crypids. Need both volume 1 and 2 to really enjoy

I really wish these books had more illustrations, but they're an interesting and useful tool when it comes to looking up the many and various mythical and speculative [and just occasionally real] cryptids the imaginative world has to offer.