Editorial Policy

Entries are selected because they add a distinct place, tradition, narrative role, or comparison to the atlas—not simply because a name may attract traffic.

The site distinguishes cultural tradition, literary history, press reports, tourism-era retellings, and modern cryptid claims. A dated “sighting” records reception history; it is not treated as proof.

Categories are navigation aids. They do not replace the terms used by the communities from which a tradition comes.

Every published folio includes at least one further-reading reference. Sources may include museum or university material, reference works, digitized historical texts, community cultural resources, and clearly labeled modern reporting.

A source link supports further reading; it does not imply that every sentence on the page appears in that source. Where accounts conflict, the atlas should describe the difference rather than manufacture certainty.

Sensitive traditions, Indigenous knowledge, and living religious material receive additional caution. Requests from cultural stakeholders are prioritized when an entry exposes, distorts, or harms restricted material.

Creature portraits are synthetic illustrations made for this atlas. They are interpretive artwork, not archival images, eyewitness sketches, sacred objects, or evidence photographs.

English and Spanish content has been edited with AI assistance. This is not a claim of independent human or community review. Names without an established translation retain their documented form. Readers are invited to report language errors and cultural concerns.

Corrections are evaluated against the supplied source and the wider record. Material changes update the page review date; small spelling and accessibility fixes may be made without a separate notice.