The computer game NetHack draws from many mythologies which are not explicitly fictional, as well as works of modern fiction and other computer games.Arabic
Babylonian
- Marduk, the Creator
- The Cave(wo)man pantheon: Anu, Ishtar and Anshar
Caribbean
Aztec / Central American
- The Archeologist pantheon: Quetzalcoatl, Camaxtli and Huhetotl (this last is in fact an alteration for the god's name Huehueteotl)
- Xans are named after Xan, the mosquito, from Popol Vuh.
- Couatl or coatl is the nahuatl name for snakes.
Celtic
- The Knight pantheon: Lugh, Brigit and Manannan mac Lir
Chinese
- Ki-rin
- Dragon - but see below
- Yeti
- The Monk pantheon: Shan Lai Ching, Chih Sung-tzu and Huan Ti
Greek
- Archon
- Centaur
- Geryon
- Erinys
- Medusa
- Nymph
- Titan
- The Staff of Aesculapius
- The Cyclops
- The Healer pantheon: Athena, Hermes and Poseidon
Egyptian
- The Book of the Dead
- The Wizard pantheon: Ptah, Thoth and Anhur
English
- Ettin
- King Arthur and Excalibur
European
Some monsters are taken from myths and folklore whose precise origins are unknown, but which are essentially medieval European.
- Cockatrice
- Bugbear
- Dragons were known to the Chinese, but dragons as monsters are a European myth
- Gargoyle
- Giants are present in almost all cultures
- Goblin
- Gremlin
- Incubus and Succubus
- Leocrottas
- Kraken
- Werewolf
- Ogre
- Troll
- Unicorn
- Vampire
Germanic
Hindu
Japanese
- Tengu
- The Tsurugi of Muramasa
- The Samurai pantheon: Amaterasu Omikami, Raijin and Susanowo
Judeo-Christian
- Golem
- Asmodeus
- Baalzebub
- Angel
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Death, Famine, Pestilence and War
- Moloch
- The invocation ritual ("Bell, book and candle") is loosely connected to the Catholic excommunication ceremony
Norse
- Dwarf
- The valkyrie class and pantheon: Tyr, Odin and Loki
- Mjollnir, the artifact war hammer
North American
- The cryptozoological Sasquatch
Roman
- The demon Dispater
- Manes
- Lemures
- Orcus
- The Ranger pantheon: Mercury, Venus and Mars
Fiction
NetHack draws on modern explicitly fictional works, especially Dungeons and Dragons and Tolkien, but also many other fantasy writers, some of which in turn were inspired by ancient myths. The modern sources are:Dungeons and Dragons
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