Bees :
Bhramari is 'the Goddess of bees' or 'the Goddess of black bees'. She is associated with bees, hornets and wasps, which cling to her body.
Scorpions
Ájakava - a poisonous scorpion mentioned in the Rig Veda.
Chelamma, a Scorpion Goddess, native to southern Karnataka
Matsya
Matsya is the first avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu in the form of a fish.
In Hinduism, The Rainbow Fish was a fish that was as large as a whale. It ate Buddha, an incarnation of the deity Vishnu.
Timingila is a huge aquatic creature that can swallow whole whales in one bite.
Matsyāṅganā
Suvannamaccha is a daughter of Tosakanth (Ravana) appearing in the Thai and other Southeast Asian versions of Ramayana. She is a mermaid princess who tries to spoil Hanuman's plans to build a bridge to Lanka but falls in love with him instead.
Macchanu is the son of Hanuman in the Cambodian, Thai and other versions of the Ramayana, and who looked like a vanara from the waist-up but had the tail of a fish.
Frog
Bheki is the name given to a frog that symbolizes the sun on the horizon in Sanskrit legend.
Kūrma
In Hinduism, Kurma is the second Avatar of Vishnu, in the form of a turtle.
The World Turtle in Hindu Puranas is known as Akupāra, or sometimes Chukwa, a chiranjeevi.
Bedawang or Bedawang Nala is a giant turtle in Balinese Puranas who brought the whole world on his back. In the creation Puranas of the world, it represents a change from Antaboga. He along with two dragons support the human world. If he moves, there will be earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on earth.
Makara
Makara appears as the vahana (vehicle) of the river goddess Ganga, Narmada and of the sea god Varuna.
Huhu is the crocodile in the legend of Gajendra Moksha.
Sarpa
Antaboga is the world serpent of traditional Javanese Puranas. It is a derivative from the Hindu Ananta Shesha combined with Javanese animism.
Gogaji also is known as Jahar Veer Gogga is a folk deity, worshiped in the northern states of India. He is a warrior-hero of the region, venerated as a saint and a 'snake-god'. He is worshiped as a pir amongst Hindus.
Ketu is an Asura who has the lower parts of a snake and said to have four arms.
Nagnechiya Maa (Nagnechi Ma, Nagnechia Ma), a snake goddess, is the kuldevi of Rathore, a Suryavanshi Rajput clan of India, as well as Brahmbhatts (who are also Vaitalik Kaumudik Bramhins),
Patanjali is a snake footed rishi.
Rahu is the severed head of an asura called Svarbhānu, that swallows the sun causing eclipses. He is depicted in art as a serpent with no body riding a chariot drawn by eight black horses.
Shahmaran (Kurdish : Şahmaran) is a Puranic creature from the folklore of The Kurdish people. Shahmaran is known as the queen of the serpents. This story can be traced from the Middle East to India with different variations.
Vritra or Ahi is a serpent or dragon, the personification of drought and adversary of Indra.
Nāgas
The Naga is an entity or being, taking the form of a very great snake — specifically the king cobra. A female nāga is an nāgī or nāgiṇī. Notable nagas.
Astika is half Brahmin and half naga, son of Manasa.
Kaliya, a snake conquered by Krishna.
Karkotaka controls weather
Manasā, also Mansa Devi, is a Hindu folk goddess of snakes, sister of Vasuki and wife of sage Jagatkāru (Jaratkāru).
Paravataksha, his sword causes earthquakes and his roar caused thunder.
Surasa is a Hindu goddess, who is described as the mother of the nagas (serpents).
Shesha is the nagaraja or king of all nāgas. The snake on whom Vishnu is in yoga nidra (Ananta shayana).
Takshaka is mentioned as a King of the Nagas.
Ulupi, a companion of Arjuna in the epic Mahabharata
Vasuki is a Nagaraja, one of the King serpents of Hindu Puranas, who coils over Shiva's neck
Pannaga
A race related to the Nagas and Uragas, born of Kadru, sister of Surasa.
Uraga
A race related to the Nagas and Pannagas, born of Kadru, sister of Surasa.
Pakshin
Byangoma (feminine Byangomi) are legendary birds of Bengali beliefs, appearing most notably in the fairytales of Thakurmar Jhuli, where they are portrayed as wise, fortune-telling birds that help the deserving.
Gandaberunda (also known as the Berunda) is a two-headed Puranic bird of Hindu Puranas thought to possess magical strength.
Homa Pakshi (a Vedic bird). It lays eggs while flying in the sky and then the egg will fall. As it is falling, a bird will hatch from the egg. The hatchling then learns how to fly without touching the earth.
Baka
Bagala - A crane-headed god in Hindu legend, Bagala controls black magic, poisons and disguised forms of death.
Krauncha - A crane mentioned in the Ramayana.
Nadijangha - The name of a crane, who was liked by Brahma very much. His story was told by Bhishma to Dharmaraja.
Gṛdha
Vultures who were the sons of Aruna, brother of Garuda.
Sampati, the King of Vultures, was the oldest son of Aruṇa and a brother of Jatayu.
Jatayu is the youngest son of Aruna, brother of Sampati
Haṁsa
The hamsa (Sanskrit: हंस, haṃsa or hansa) is an aquatic bird of passage, such as a goose or a swan. Its icon is used in Indian and Southeast Asian culture as a spiritual symbol and a decorative element. Hamsa is a part of the Puranic love story of Nala and Damayanti. The hamsa is the vahana of Brahma & Saraswathi.
Arayanna, or heavenly hamsa (swans), are said to live in Manasasaras in the Himalayas.
Kāka
Chanda, a crow, is the father of Bhusunda and his twenty brothers (Bhusunda and his brothers were born from the union of Chanda and the seven swans of the Goddess Brahmi).
Bhusunda is a very old sage, in the form of a crow. In the Story of Bhusunda, a chapter of the Yoga Vasistha, Bhusunda recalls a succession of epochs in the earth's history, as described in Hindu cosmology. He survived several destructions, living on a wish-fulfilling tree on Mount Meru.
Kukkuṭaśāva
Krichi is the rooster of Murugan, depicted on his war flag, the Seval Kozhi.
Mayura;
Citramekhala is the mayura of Saraswathi, Goddess of learning and wisdom.
Paravani is the mayura vahana of Murugan, the God of War.
Sarngika
Jarita was a certain female bird of the species called Sarngika. She was the wife of saint Mandapala.
Shuka
Suka - The parrot vahana of Kamadeva
Shuka - The parrot of Kalki
Shyena
Shyena (Sanskrit: श्येन ) is the divine hawk identified with Agni, who ascends to heaven for bringing soma (nectar) to earth with the intention of rejuvenating and revitalizing of all things that exist on earth.
Suparna
The Garuda is a large bird-like creature or humanoid bird. Garuda is the mount (vahana) of the Lord Vishnu. According to the Mahabharata, Garuda had six sons from whom were descended the race of birds.
Sumukha
Suvarna
Subala
Sunaama
Sunethra
Suvarcha
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Tittiri Chakora, a kind of partridge, is a legendary bird described in Hindu Puranas. It is believed to reside upon the beams of the moon, that is, the Chandra.
Kapinjala, a partridge associated with Indra, or a form of Indra.
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