Maenads

The Wild Women of Parnassus. Stay clear of them.

Magic Sniffer

A creature with a long limber snout which snorts out flutelike music and smells magic. It feeds on magic berries and is harmless.

Manticora

A monster the size of a horse, with the head of a man, body of a lion, wings of a dragon and tail of a scorpion. Its more horrendous features include triple rows of teeth and blue eyes.

Mermaids

Female creatures with human upper parts and piscine tails, related to Naiads (freshwater Nymphs), Nereids (sea Nymphs), and Oceanids (ocean Nymphs). The siren is related, being able to convert between Nymph and mermaid forms.

Mermen

Male creatures, human above, fish below, also called Tritons. The carry wicked triple-tipped spears (tridents) and are related to Naifauns and Nereifauns.

Midas Bug

A gold bug; a fly with the talent of turning everything it touches into gold. Dangerous.

Minotaur

A hero of bovine past, who went to Mundania to seek his fortune, believed to have acquitted himself very well in labyrinth competition in Kon-Krete.
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Moat Monsters

A requisite for every respectable moat, guardians of castles. Huge serpentine creatures.

Monster of the Sea

A sadly maligned liberator of damsels in distress who once tried to rescue the Mundane maiden An-Dro-Meda, but was misunderstood.

Monster Under The Bed

A monster that lives under childrens beds. Created from dust, all they want to do is grab youn ancles and hide from sunlight and adults.

Mouth Organ

A structure the size of a tree, made up of mouths. Big mouths blast out low notes, and small ones the high notes. It is a natural musical instrument, part plant, animal and mineral. Its sees sprout little mouth organs, some of which drift into Mundania and are frozen in that immature state, but can still make music.

Muses

The nine patrons of the arts and sciences, who reside on Mt. Parnassus. Clio, the Muse of History, seems like a sensible woman, though somehow the texts on Xanth keep leaking out to Mundania, where they are called fantasies. It's an insult to a careful scholar.