The Rainbow Fish is a legendary creature in Hinduism as large as a whale which ate Vishnu's incarnation Buddha who removed suffering from the world. It was caught by some fishermen who freed Buddha. When the rainbow fish was caught it provided an entire nation with food for a year. His Red scales were made of fire, his blue ones of ice. The green ones were grass and the yellow lightning.

In Hindu mythology, Makara a mythical creature which is similar to the vahana of Ganga and Varuna. It is also the insignia of Kamadeva, a god (of Hindus) representing love and lust, and Kama’s flag (dhwaja) is known as Karkadhvaja, that is, a flag having makara depicted on the flag. Traditionally, a makara is considered to be an aquatic creature, and some traditional accounts identify it with crocodile, whereas some other accounts identify it with dolphin. Still others portray it as a fish body with an elephant's head.

In Indian mythology an Acheri is the ghost, or spirit, of a little girl who comes down from mountains and hilltops at night to bring sickness to humans, particularly children. This is a notorious myth that exist in the rural part of India. It was said that the only defense against an Acheri was thought to be a red ribbon tied around one's neck.

They were very evil Indian demons who roamed cemetaries, loved dead animals and even scared priests away. They possessed great supernatural powers and could transform into anything they like. Usually they would take the form of ugly deformed bodies. They would have oddly colored limbs everywhere in any part of the body. They were extremely dangerous and always thirsty for blood. They had long poisonous nails and they eat human flesh, and sometimes even each other.

An Apsara is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Frequently encountered English translations of the word Apsara are nymph. Apsaras are supernatural beings: they appear as young women of great beauty and elegance who are proficient in the art of dancing. They are the wives of the Gandharvas, court servants of Indra. They dance to the music made by their husbands, usually in the palaces of the gods, and entertain gods and fallen heroes. In their assignment as caretakers of fallen heroes, they may be compared to the valkyries of Norse mythology. Apsaras are ...

Goddess Durga is also known as Parvati or Lalitha. She is the wife of Lord Shiva and exists in various forms, both friendly and fearful. Two of her fierce but very powerful forms are Durga (Goddess beyond reach) and Kali (Goddess of destruction). Both have eight hands and great power and energy (Shakti). Durga rides on a lion and Kali rides on a corpse of a demon. Parvati was called Sati in her previous divine incarnation. She has a charming personality and is adored and prayed by married women for a happy married life.

Yaksha is the name of a broad class of nature spirits, usually benevolent, who are caretakers of the natural treasures hidden in the earth and tree roots. They appear in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist mythology. The feminine form of the word is yak?? or yak?i?? (P?li: yakkh? or yakkhin?). In Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist mythology, the yak?a has a dual personality. On the one hand, a yak?a may be an inoffensive nature-fairy, associated with woods and mountains; but there is a much darker version of the yak?a, which is a kind of cannibalistic ogre, ghost or demon that haunts the wilderness ...

Yakshinis are benevolent mythical beings of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology. A yakshini is the female counterpart of the male yaksha, and they both attend on Kubera (also called Kuber), the Hindu god of wealth who rules in the mythical Himalayan kingdom of Alaka. They both look after treasure hidden in the earth and resemble that of fairies. Yakshinis are often depicted as beautiful and voluptuous, with wide hips, narrow waists, broad shoulders, and exaggerated, spherical breasts. In the Uddamareshvara Tantra, thirty-six yakshinis are described, including their mantras and ritual prescriptions. A similar list of yakshas and yakshinis is given ...

The word Rakshasa is in Sanskrit, Raksasa is for male while Raksasi is for female. According to the Hindu mythology, Rakshasa in general is a type of demon or goblin. They have the power to transform into animals, or monsters, or in the case of the female demons, as beautiful women. They become most powerful during the dark hours of the night but are weaken by the rays of the shining sun. Like most other evil beings, they hate prayers and sacrifices. The most powerful among the Rakshasa is their king, the 10-headed Ravana. It is said that Ravana was killed ...

In Hinduism, the Ashuras are the demons who oppose the devas (the Gods). Both the Gods and the demons fought for the Homa, or the Amrta (the sacred drink that gives power). However, God Visnu (The Preserver), incarnated as a beautiful woman (Mohini), and helped the Gods to successfully drink the Amrta and attain power over the demons. The various classes of Hindu Ashuras (demons) are Nagas (serpent demons); Ahi (the demon of drought); and Kamsa (an archdemon). Demons that afflict men include the Rakshasas, grotesque and hideous beings of various shapes who haunt cemeteries, impel men to perform foolish ...