Salamander

A fire-lizard that starts a magical fire that burns in the direction it starts regardless of other conditions. Water won�t put it out, for it burns almost everything, even water. It can be put out by its own ashes, and it can�t burn Salamander weed.

Sand Dune

A heap of sand that moves on to beaches and takes them over; it rolls over prey and smothers them to eat at leisure. It believes that it is preserving fossils for posterity. It doesn't attack at night.

Sea Monsters

Assorted large and small serpents who live in water and are always hungry. Some are enormous.

Secretary Bird

A bird used for secretarial services, at time are bird-brained.

Sel-Fish

A fish who sells instant gratification: don�t worry about the welfare of others. For some reason, the sel-fish isn�t much liked by others.

Shade

A half-spirit, ghost, or some unquiet dead, doomed to skulk in shadow until its concern is abated.

Shoefly

That says it all.

Sidehill Hoofer

A cowlike creature whose two left legs are shorter than the right, to enable it to run around on the steep slope of a mountain.

Simurgh

Wisest of all birds, she has seen the destruction and regeneration of the universe three times. She is the size of a roc, with feathers like veils of light and shadow and a crested head like fire. Her feathers have magicial healing properties. She is the Keeper of the Seeds, and can read minds.

Sneeze Bees

Bees that make people sneeze, unlike Choke Bees that make people choke. Compare B�s.

Snow-Birds

Birds that carry and deposit snowflakes.

Spelling Bee

Attracted by letter plants, there�s nothing such a bee can�t spell, but it won�t necessarily tell a person about homonyms.

Sphinx

A monster with the face of a human being, body of a bull, wings of an eagle and legs of a lion, who likes riddles. One retreated to Mundania for a nap of several thousand years, and the ignorant Mundanes thought it was a statue and knocked off its nose.

Spriggan

A giant ghost who haunts old castles and megalithic structures, tending to be destructive, which is why such structures break down. It can solidify its mouth and hands, to issue groans and shove stones.

Spy I�s

White eyeballs hovering in midair. They whistle "Eye Spy!" as they depart on their mission.

Squiggles

Of the family of voles. Cousins of the wiggles, but larger and they don�t swarm. They travel rapidly underground and are harmless, leaving piles of dirt at the surface.

Storks

Birds that delivers babies. It is a peculiarity of storkish nature that there is always a delay in the delivery, and its is always to the mother. The mechanism for summoning a delivery is a secret known only to adults; see Adult Conspiracy.

Succubus

Magical female creature who can assume any form, to seduce unwary males. It is surprising how many males are unwary.