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Methodology

For each country we compiled a long list of famous mythical creatures from that country using sources such as:

Monsters and Mythical Creatures from around the World
By Heather Frigiola
Red Feather Press, 2019
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764358421/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


As well as wikipedia and numerous independant sites.

To determine which mythical creatures from the long list were the most popular, we ranked them by total search results on Google from the search terms [Country] + [Mythical Creature].

The results showed that numerous countries share the same mythical creature. In these instances we added additional details that could help to seperate them. For example both England and China have 'dragon' as the most popular creature, but an English dragon has wings and a more lizard-like appearance whereas a Chinese dragon does not have wings and has a more snake-like appearance.