mythical creatures/themes (original) (raw)
Manga
bybufi_
Jun 24 2022, 4:56 AM | Updated Jul 25, 2022 2:02 PM
Includes manga with creatures from legends (e.g. youkai), or stories that rely heavily on myths/mythical themes for the plot (so no slice-of-life comedies that just happen to have inhuman characters, for example). Ghosts, zombies, werewolves, dragons, random demons etc. are omitted; there are too many manga with those, as they are far more popular than other legends. Urban horror legends aren't included either (like in Terror Night, for example).
Only a few works containing gods are included. They must meet one of the following conditions:
— feature gods originating from other cultures, not Japan's
— feature existing gods from mythology (not made up by the author).
Most of the manga on this list are episodic btw
Manga, 10 vol, 1995Me:- Author:8
episodic
Manga, 10 vol, 2020Me:- Author:8
episodic, youkai case solving
Manga, 7 vol, 2015Me:- Author:7
episodic, youkai case solving
Manga, 2 vol, 2007Me:- Author:9
Greek gods
Manga, ? vol, 2019Me:- Author:6
episodic, youkai
Manga, 4 vol, 2007Me:- Author:6
episodic, youkai
Manga, 14 vol, 2000Me:- Author:7
Hindu gods/beasts and cultural themes
Manga, 10 vol, 2012Me:- Author:-
youkai
Manga, 3 vol, 2018Me:- Author:6
youkai
Manga, ? vol, 2017Me:- Author:8
Gods from every popular culture (Valhalla)
Manga, 1 vol, 1990Me:- Author:6
centered around a legend
Manga, 1 vol, 2012Me:- Author:8
episodic
Manga, ? vol, 2003Me:- Author:-
episodic, youkai
Manga, 8 vol, 1994Me:- Author:6
episodic, folklore
Manga, 25 vol, 2008Me:- Author:-
youkai
Manga, 17 vol, 1974Me:- Author:-
Greek gods
Manga, ? vol, 2016Me:- Author:-
kind of episodic, youkai
Manga, 25 vol, 2008Me:- Author:-
youkai
Manga, 3 vol, 2011Me:- Author:-
Mephisto (or Mephistopheles) is a demon from German folklore (Faust).
the translation was dropped at chapter 3 tho
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