Field Guide to Fantastic Creatures is a book about mythical creatures, written by Giles Sparrow and published by Quercus.
Field Guide to Fantastic Creatures provides examples of:
- Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: Both Bigfoot and Yeti are featured, depicted in a family group and pair respectively. Also featured are the Orang Pendek, the Yowie, and the European Wildman.
- Creator Provincialism: A substantial portion of the book (29 spreads) is dedicated to european monsters, and its author Giles Sparrow is british.
- Giant Flyer: The Roc and Thunderbirds are giant flying birds of prey.
- Giant Kidpnapping Bird Of Prey: The Roc is depicted as a giant eagle carrying of an elephant.
- Kraken and Leviathan: Both get spreads, though only the Kraken appears in the flesh, while Leviathan is on a spread discussing Behemoth too.
- Our Dragons Are Different:
- Wyverns and Wyrms are listed seperately from the Western Dragon.
- The Sirrush from Mesopotamian Mythology is the suject of the first spread, and connected to the dragon from the Book of Daniel.
- Issie is depicted with whidkers like East Asian Dragons.
- Our Manticores Are Spinier: The Manticore is depicted as downright monkeyish, with both a scorpion stinher anf spines at the end of the tail.
- Unicorn: Two appear.
