Five non-fiction texts with questions and answers, one per creature. Each one explains what people believed about Europe’s Christmas monsters, why, and how we know. Free, no sign-up. These are not retellings. Every text traces what we know back to a named manuscript, a law, a collector or an object that still exists. The five texts: Krampus, the monster at the door who turned out to be a neighbour in a costume. Grýla, named in Iceland in the 1200s but not a Christmas monster for another four hundred years. The Yule Cat, who ate anyone without new clothes, and the wool work that may be the real reason. Befana, whose name wore down from Epifania, and about whom almost nothing reliable survives. The Nisse, who killed a cow over a pat of butter. In the file: 25 pages of A4. Cover and print guide, four pages of teacher notes with suggested answers for all 40 questions, then the five creatures in colour, then the same ten pupil pages in black and white. Every text line is numbered so an answer can point to a line. Answer lines are 8mm apart. One lesson of 45 to 60 minutes per creature. No preparation. Curriculum: KS2 English reading comprehension, retrieval, inference and words in context. KS2 History, how we learn about the past from a range of sources, and stories passed on by word of mouth before anyone wrote them down. Australia Years 3 to 6. United States grades 3 to 6. Most of these figures are older than the Christmas they are now attached to, which is one of the things the texts ask children to think about. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. A matching card game for the same age group: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13657335 Eight questions per text, in four groups, each practising one skill: Find it in the text: retrieval Think about it: inference, explained with evidence Words: vocabulary in context, with the line number given How do we know? The question most comprehension sheets never ask

A matching card game. Thirty cards, six creatures on each, and any two cards share exactly one creature. Always. Free, no sign-up. Thirty-one creatures from Greek, Japanese, Norse, Egyptian and Chinese mythology, each in full colour. Children race to spot the match and must call it out by name, which is what turns it from a game into a lesson. An extra challenge asks for the culture too: “Same Beast! Kappa! Japanese!” In the file: 18 pages of A4. Rules page, a reference page naming all 31 creatures grouped by culture, printing and cutting notes, then six sheets of card fronts and six of backs. Cards are 86mm square and touch edge to edge, so a guillotine cuts a whole row at once. Print the fronts alone if you would rather not print double-sided. Ten to fifteen minutes a round. No preparation beyond printing and cutting. Curriculum: KS2 History, ancient civilisations and world cultures. Speaking and listening. Works as a lesson starter, a fast finisher, or a whole-class game. The reference page works as a classroom display on its own. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. Another card game with these creatures: Mythical Creatures Card Game. How about Christmas reading and comprehension activities?: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13657341 Four ways to play, all on one rules page: The Tower: everyone races the centre pile, first to empty their hand wins The Well: match and take, most cards wins Hot Potato: pass it on, last one holding the cards loses Pairs Hunt: no racing, for younger or quieter groups

Five non-fiction texts with questions and answers, one per creature. Each one explains what Egyptians believed, why, and how we know. Free, no sign-up. These are not retellings of the myths. Every text traces what we know back to a named papyrus, a carving or a museum object. The five texts: Ammit, and why she never gets a meal in any painting we have. Anubis, and what Howard Carter found in 1922. Bastet, a lioness who turned into a house cat. Khepri, a dung beetle and a stone scarab heavier than a car. The Serpopard, a creature with no name and no story, known only from two carved palettes. In the file: 25 pages of A4. Cover and print guide, four pages of teacher notes with suggested answers for all 40 questions, then the five creatures in colour, then the same ten pupil pages in black and white. Every text line is numbered so an answer can point to a line. Answer lines are 8mm apart. One lesson of 45 to 60 minutes per creature. No preparation. Curriculum: KS2 English reading comprehension, retrieval, inference and words in context. KS2 History, sources. Australia Years 3 to 6. United States grades 3 to 6. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: Ancient Egypt knowledge organiser, Ancient Egypt classroom display and Ancient Egypt display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. Eight questions per text, in four groups, each practising one skill: Find it in the text: retrieval Think about it: inference, explained with evidence Words: vocabulary in context, with the line number given How do we know? The question most comprehension sheets never ask

Five non-fiction texts with questions and answers, one per creature. Each one explains what the Greeks believed, why, and how we know. Free, no sign-up. These are not retellings of the myths. Every text traces what we know back to a named poem, painted pot or museum object. The five texts: the Minotaur, and why a ball of thread beat a bigger sword. Medusa, and how the Roman poet Ovid rewrote her 2,000 years ago. The Cyclops, and the dwarf elephant skulls some scientists think started the story. The Chimera, and the flames still burning on a Turkish hillside. Pegasus, and the stars that still rise every autumn. In the file: 25 pages of A4. Cover and print guide, four pages of teacher notes with suggested answers for all 40 questions, then the five creatures in colour, then the same ten pupil pages in black and white. Every text line is numbered so an answer can point to a line. Answer lines are 8mm apart. One lesson of 45 to 60 minutes per creature. No preparation. Curriculum: KS2 English reading comprehension, retrieval, inference and words in context. KS2 History, sources. Australia Years 3 to 6. United States grades 3 to 6. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: Ancient Greece knowledge organiser, Ancient Greece classroom display and Ancient Greece display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. Eight questions per text, in four groups, each practising one skill: Find it in the text: retrieval Think about it: inference, explained with evidence Words: vocabulary in context, with the line number given How do we know? The question most comprehension sheets never ask

Everything to turn a board into an Ancient Egypt display: a banner, vocabulary cards, a wall timeline, question cards and blank labels. Free, print and cut. The sixth card is the one to keep up all term. Nobody ever saw these creatures, so how do we know what they looked like? Pin the children’s answers around it. In the file: 32 pages of A4, 2.5 MB. Cover and print guide, teacher notes, then every item in colour and again in black and white. The black-and-white banner letters are hollow, so a class can colour them in. Every item sits inside a dashed cut line and the footer falls away when you cut. Print at 100%, one side only. The timeline pages print landscape. Cutting only, no other preparation. Curriculum: KS2 History, chronology and sources. KS2 English, spoken language. Australia Year 7 History. United States grades 3 to 7. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: Ancient Egypt knowledge organiser, Ancient Egypt reading comprehension and Ancient Egypt display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. In the pack: Banner: five pennants spelling EGYPT, one letter to a page, with punch marks for string Twelve vocabulary cards, six to a sheet, with the same meanings as the knowledge organiser A wall timeline: four landscape pages that join into a strip about a metre long, with twelve points from 5,100 years ago to today, each one labelled by the kind of evidence it is Six large question cards: the question from each of the five Ancient Egypt posters, and one big question for the whole topic Eight blank labels in the topic colour, for your own captions and the children’s answers

Everything to turn a board into an Ancient Greece display: a banner, vocabulary cards, a wall timeline, question cards and blank labels. Free, print and cut. The sixth card is the one to keep up all term. Nobody ever saw these creatures, so how do we know what they looked like? Pin the children’s answers around it. In the file: 34 pages of A4, 3.0 MB. Cover and print guide, teacher notes, then every item in colour and again in black and white. The black-and-white banner letters are hollow, so a class can colour them in. Every item sits inside a dashed cut line and the footer falls away when you cut. Print at 100%, one side only. The timeline pages print landscape. Cutting only, no other preparation. Curriculum: KS2 History, chronology and sources. KS2 English, spoken language. Australia Year 7 History. United States grades 3 to 7. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: Ancient Greece knowledge organiser, Ancient Greece reading comprehension and Ancient Greece display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. In the pack: Banner: six pennants spelling GREECE, one letter to a page, with punch marks for string Twelve vocabulary cards, six to a sheet, with the same meanings as the knowledge organiser A wall timeline: four landscape pages that join into a strip about a metre long, with twelve points from nearly 2,800 years ago to today, each one labelled by the kind of evidence it is Six large question cards: the question from each of the five Ancient Greece posters, and one big question for the whole topic Eight blank labels in the topic colour, for your own captions and the children’s answers

Five non-fiction texts with questions and answers, one per creature. Each one explains what the Vikings believed, why, and how we know. Free, no sign-up. These are not retellings of the myths. Every text traces what we know back to a named book, carved stone or museum object. The five texts: Fenrir, and a ribbon made from impossible things. Jormungandr, and the ox head Thor used as bait. Surtr, and an island born from the sea in 1963 and named after him. The Valkyrie, and a tiny silver figure found at Harby. The Troll, and how one artist’s drawings became the troll everyone pictures. In the file: 25 pages of A4. Cover and print guide, four pages of teacher notes with suggested answers for all 40 questions, then the five creatures in colour, then the same ten pupil pages in black and white. Every text line is numbered so an answer can point to a line. Answer lines are 8mm apart. One lesson of 45 to 60 minutes per creature. No preparation. Curriculum: KS2 English reading comprehension, retrieval, inference and words in context. KS2 History, sources. Australia Years 3 to 6. United States grades 3 to 6. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: The Vikings knowledge organiser, The Vikings classroom display and The Vikings display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. Eight questions per text, in four groups, each practising one skill: Find it in the text: retrieval Think about it: inference, explained with evidence Words: vocabulary in context, with the line number given How do we know? The question most comprehension sheets never ask

Everything to turn a board into a Vikings display: a banner, vocabulary cards, a wall timeline, question cards and blank labels. Free, print and cut. The sixth card is the one to keep up all term. Nobody ever saw these creatures, so how do we know what they looked like? Pin the children’s answers around it. In the file: 36 pages of A4, 3.1 MB. Cover and print guide, teacher notes, then every item in colour and again in black and white. The black-and-white banner letters are hollow, so a class can colour them in. Every item sits inside a dashed cut line and the footer falls away when you cut. Print at 100%, one side only. The timeline pages print landscape. Cutting only, no other preparation. Curriculum: KS2 History, chronology and sources. KS2 English, spoken language. Australia Year 8 History. United States grades 3 to 7. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: The Vikings knowledge organiser, The Vikings reading comprehension and The Vikings display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. In the pack: Banner: seven pennants spelling VIKINGS, one letter to a page, with punch marks for string Twelve vocabulary cards, six to a sheet, with the same meanings as the knowledge organiser A wall timeline: four landscape pages that join into a strip about a metre long, with twelve points from about 1,200 years ago to today, each one labelled by the kind of evidence it is Six large question cards: the question from each of the five Vikings posters, and one big question for the whole topic Eight blank labels in the topic colour, for your own captions and the children’s answers

Five non-fiction texts with questions and answers, one per creature. Each one explains what people in Japan believed, why, and how we know. Free, no sign-up. These are not retellings of the myths. Every text traces what we know back to a named book, scroll, print or museum object. The five texts: the Kitsune, a fox that can change its shape. The Oni, and why a demon wears a tiger skin. The Tengu, and the boy it taught to fight by moonlight. The Kappa, and why bowing to one works. The Rokurokubi, and the monk who only pretended to sleep. In the file: 25 pages of A4. Cover and print guide, four pages of teacher notes with suggested answers for all 40 questions, then the five creatures in colour, then the same ten pupil pages in black and white. Every text line is numbered so an answer can point to a line. Answer lines are 8mm apart. One lesson of 45 to 60 minutes per creature. No preparation. Curriculum: KS2 English reading comprehension, retrieval, inference and words in context. KS2 History, sources. Australia Years 3 to 6. United States grades 3 to 6. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: Japanese myths and yokai knowledge organiser, Japanese myths and yokai classroom display and Japanese myths and yokai display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. Eight questions per text, in four groups, each practising one skill: Find it in the text: retrieval Think about it: inference, explained with evidence Words: vocabulary in context, with the line number given How do we know? The question most comprehension sheets never ask

Everything to turn a board into an Ancient China display: a banner, vocabulary cards, a wall timeline, question cards and blank labels. Free, print and cut. The sixth card is the one to keep up all term. Nobody ever saw these creatures, so how do we know what they looked like? Pin the children’s answers around it. In the file: 32 pages of A4, 3.1 MB. Cover and print guide, teacher notes, then every item in colour and again in black and white. The black-and-white banner letters are hollow, so a class can colour them in. Every item sits inside a dashed cut line and the footer falls away when you cut. Print at 100%, one side only. The timeline pages print landscape. Cutting only, no other preparation. Curriculum: KS2 History, chronology and sources. KS2 English, spoken language. Australia Year 7 History. United States grades 3 to 7. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: Ancient China knowledge organiser, Ancient China reading comprehension and Ancient China display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. In the pack: Banner: five pennants spelling CHINA, one letter to a page, with punch marks for string Twelve vocabulary cards, six to a sheet, with the same meanings as the knowledge organiser A wall timeline: four landscape pages that join into a strip about a metre long, with twelve points from about 3,300 years ago to today, each one labelled by the kind of evidence it is Six large question cards: the question from each of the five Ancient China posters, and one big question for the whole topic Eight blank labels in the topic colour, for your own captions and the children’s answers

Five non-fiction texts with questions and answers, one per creature. Each one explains what people in China believed, why, and how we know. Free, no sign-up. These are not retellings of the myths. Every text traces what we know back to a named book, scroll or museum object. The five texts: the Chinese Dragon, a rain-bringer that flies without wings. The Qilin, and the giraffe a Chinese court declared a Qilin in 1414. The Fenghuang, and the four pearl crowns found in a Ming emperor’s tomb. The Nian, a beast with no ancient book about it at all. Bai Ze, and a list of 11,520 spirits found in a cave sealed for 900 years. In the file: 25 pages of A4. Cover and print guide, four pages of teacher notes with suggested answers for all 40 questions, then the five creatures in colour, then the same ten pupil pages in black and white. Every text line is numbered so an answer can point to a line. Answer lines are 8mm apart. One lesson of 45 to 60 minutes per creature. No preparation. Curriculum: KS2 English reading comprehension, retrieval, inference and words in context. KS2 History, sources. Australia Years 3 to 6. United States grades 3 to 6. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: Ancient China knowledge organiser, Ancient China classroom display and Ancient China display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. Eight questions per text, in four groups, each practising one skill: Find it in the text: retrieval Think about it: inference, explained with evidence Words: vocabulary in context, with the line number given How do we know? The question most comprehension sheets never ask

Everything to turn a board into a Japanese myths display: a banner, vocabulary cards, a wall timeline, question cards and blank labels. Free, print and cut. The sixth card is the one to keep up all term. Nobody ever saw these creatures, so how do we know what they looked like? Pin the children’s answers around it. In the file: 32 pages of A4, 2.8 MB. Cover and print guide, teacher notes, then every item in colour and again in black and white. The black-and-white banner letters are hollow, so a class can colour them in. Every item sits inside a dashed cut line and the footer falls away when you cut. Print at 100%, one side only. The timeline pages print landscape. Cutting only, no other preparation. Curriculum: KS2 History, chronology and sources. KS2 English, spoken language. Australia Year 8 History. United States grades 3 to 7. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: Japanese myths and yokai knowledge organiser, Japanese myths and yokai reading comprehension and Japanese myths and yokai display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. In the pack: Banner: five pennants spelling JAPAN, one letter to a page, with punch marks for string Twelve vocabulary cards, six to a sheet, with the same meanings as the knowledge organiser A wall timeline: four landscape pages that join into a strip about a metre long, with twelve points from about 1,300 years ago to today, each one labelled by the kind of evidence it is Six large question cards: the question from each of the five Japanese myths posters, and one big question for the whole topic Eight blank labels in the topic colour, for your own captions and the children’s answers

One page of key facts on Japan’s myths and yokai: the words, the dates, the places, five creatures, and how we know any of it. Free, no sign-up. Give it out on day one and let children keep it in a book or on the wall for the whole unit. In the file: 4 pages of A4. Cover and print guide, teacher notes with the answers and curriculum links, then the organiser in colour and again in black and white. Print at 100%. Both versions photocopy cleanly. Curriculum: KS2 English, myths, legends and traditional stories from other cultures, and KS2 History on how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources. Australia Year 8 History, Japan under the Shoguns. United States grades 3 to 7. Every fact on this sheet can be traced to a real book, scroll or object. That is the point of it. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: Japanese myths and yokai reading comprehension, Japanese myths and yokai classroom display and Japanese myths and yokai display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. On the sheet: Key vocabulary: 14 words a child meets in every lesson on Japan’s myths The creatures: Kitsune, Oni, Tengu, Kappa and Rokurokubi, each with its name in Japanese and how to say it A dated timeline running from the Chronicles of Japan to Fushimi Inari in Kyoto Places: Kyoto, Tokyo, Tono and London, each with the modern country How we know: a book of strange tales, a painted scroll, a printed picture book and a museum, every one named Check yourself: five questions to do from memory a week later

One page of key facts for the Ancient Egypt topic: the words, the dates, the places, five creatures, and how we know any of it. Free, no sign-up. Give it out on day one and let children keep it in a book or on the wall for the whole unit. In the file: 4 pages of A4. Cover and print guide, teacher notes with the answers and curriculum links, then the organiser in colour and again in black and white. Print at 100%. Both versions photocopy cleanly. Curriculum: KS2 History, Ancient Egypt as the depth study within the achievements of the earliest civilisations, and how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources. Australia Year 7 History. United States grades 3 to 7. Every fact on this sheet can be traced to a real object in a real museum. That is the point of it. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: Ancient Egypt reading comprehension, Ancient Egypt classroom display and Ancient Egypt display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. On the sheet: Key vocabulary: 14 words a child meets in every lesson on Ancient Egypt The creatures: Ammit, Anubis, Bastet, Khepri and the Serpopard, each with its name in hieroglyphs and how to say it A dated timeline running from the Narmer Palette to the British Museum Places: Bubastis, Karnak, Hierakonpolis and the Ashmolean, each with the modern country How we know: a papyrus, a carving, a museum object and a temple, every one named Check yourself: five questions to do from memory a week later

One page of key facts for the Ancient Greece topic: the words, the dates, the places, five creatures, and how we know any of it. Free, no sign-up. Give it out on day one and let children keep it in a book or on the wall for the whole unit. In the file: 4 pages of A4. Cover and print guide, teacher notes with the answers and curriculum links, then the organiser in colour and again in black and white. Print at 100%. Both versions photocopy cleanly. Curriculum: KS2 History, Ancient Greece, a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world, and how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources. Australia Year 7 History. United States grades 3 to 7. Every fact on this sheet can be traced to a real poem or a real object. That is the point of it. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: Ancient Greece reading comprehension, Ancient Greece classroom display and Ancient Greece display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. On the sheet: Key vocabulary: 14 words a child meets in every lesson on ancient Greece The creatures: Minotaur, Medusa, Cyclops, Chimera and Pegasus, each with its name in Ancient Greek and how to say it A dated timeline running from the Palace of Knossos to the flames still burning at Yanartas Places: Knossos, Corfu, Corinth and Yanartas, each with the modern country How we know: a poem, a painted vase, a stone carving and a museum, every one named Check yourself: five questions to do from memory a week later

One page of key facts for the Vikings topic: the words, the dates, the places, five creatures from the Norse myths, and how we know any of it. Free. Give it out on day one and let children keep it in a book or on the wall for the whole unit. In the file: 4 pages of A4. Cover and print guide, teacher notes with the answers and curriculum links, then the organiser in colour and again in black and white. Print at 100%. Both versions photocopy cleanly. Curriculum: KS2 History, the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England, and how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources. Australia Year 8 History. United States grades 3 to 7. Every fact on this sheet can be traced to a real carving, book or object. That is the point of it. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: The Vikings reading comprehension, The Vikings classroom display and The Vikings display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. On the sheet: Key vocabulary: 14 words a child meets in every lesson on the Vikings The creatures: Fenrir, Jormungandr, Surtr, the Valkyrie and the Troll, each with its name in runes and how to say it A dated timeline running from the Harby figure to St Mary’s Church, Gosforth Places: the Isle of Man, Gosforth, Surtsey and Trollstigen. Two of the four are in the British Isles How we know: a book, a carved cross, a silver figurine and a poem, every one named Check yourself: five questions to do from memory a week later

One page of key facts for the Ancient China topic: the words, the dates, the places, five creatures, and how we know any of it. Free, no sign-up. Give it out on day one and let children keep it in a book or on the wall for the whole unit. In the file: 4 pages of A4. Cover and print guide, teacher notes with the answers and curriculum links, then the organiser in colour and again in black and white. Print at 100%. Both versions photocopy cleanly. Curriculum: KS2 History, the Shang Dynasty of Ancient China as the depth study within the achievements of the earliest civilisations, and how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources. Australia Year 7 History. United States grades 3 to 7. Every fact on this sheet can be traced to a real book or object. That is the point of it. More free resources: mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: Ancient China reading comprehension, Ancient China classroom display and Ancient China display posters. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. On the sheet: Key vocabulary: 14 words a child meets in every lesson on ancient China The creatures: the Chinese Dragon, Qilin, Fenghuang, Nian and Bai Ze, each with its name in Chinese characters and how to say it A dated timeline running from Shang oracle bones to the Nine-Dragon Wall in Beijing Places: Beijing, Dunhuang, Paris and New York, each with the modern country How we know: a bone, a poem, a sealed-cave scroll and a museum, every one named Check yourself: five questions to do from memory a week later

A free printable card game with 35 mythological creatures from five cultures. One PDF: children compare six ratings and argue their case. For 2 to 6 players. Each card gives a creature six ratings. A player calls one, everyone reads out their number, and the highest wins the round. Every rating comes from the books, so no card is unbeatable. Greek, Japanese, Norse, Egyptian and Chinese creatures, seven from each, with the original script, how to say the name and a one-line description. What’s included One A4 PDF. Four sheets of nine cards plus a rules card, card backs for double-sided printing, a printer test page so you don’t waste card stock, teacher notes, and a checklist of all 35 creatures. Blank cards for children’s own creatures are in the writing frame pack. How to use it Groups of two to six, one deck per group. A class of 30 needs five or six decks. Children read out the number rather than counting dots, which keeps it moving. Curriculum KS2 English, myths and legends from a range of cultures, with children comparing, justifying and taking turns in a group. Ages 7 to 12. Years 3 to 6 in Australia. Free to print and photocopy. No sign-up, no email. Twenty-five posters, a comparison task and a writing frame are at https://www.mythologicalcreatures.net/resources There’s a free browser version of the card game at https://www.mythologicalcreatures.net/game — no download, no sign-up. You might also like Design Your Own Mythical Creature KS2 Non-Fiction Writing Compare Myths from Five Cultures KS2 Activity and Notes A4 Ancient Greece Myths and Monsters Posters KS2 Display Set Viking and Norse Mythology Posters KS2 History Display Set Updated October 2026. If you use this with a class, a review would be a real help, and I reply to all of them. If any additional support is required, feel free to reach out.

Five free A3 mythology posters on Ancient Greece for KS2. One PDF: Medusa, the Minotaur, the Chimera, the Cyclops and Pegasus, with sources and a question. Ancient Greek mythology is full of monsters that heroes had to outwit, from the beast at the centre of the maze to the gaze that turned people to stone. These posters introduce five of them. Each poster carries the creature’s name and how to say it, the Ancient Greek spelling, a short description, two facts, a dated timeline of where our knowledge actually comes from, six ratings, and a question for discussion. What’s included One PDF, five A3 pages: Medusa, the Minotaur, the Chimera, the Cyclops and Pegasus. Prints to A4 using “fit to page”. How to use it Put them on a display wall for an Ancient Greece topic, or hand one to a group and use the question as a starter. Each poster works on its own, so you don’t need the set. Curriculum KS2 History, Ancient Greece and its influence on the western world. KS2 English, books and stories from other cultures and traditions. Ages 7 to 12. Years 3 to 6 in Australia. Free to print and photocopy. No sign-up, no email. Twenty more posters, a comparison task, a writing frame and a printable card game are at https://www.mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: Ancient Greece knowledge organiser, Ancient Greece reading comprehension and Ancient Greece classroom display. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. There’s a free browser version of the card game at https://www.mythologicalcreatures.net/game — no download, no sign-up. You might also like Ancient Egypt Gods and Mythology Posters KS2 Display Set Ancient China and Shang Dynasty Mythology Posters KS2 Display Compare Myths from Five Cultures KS2 Activity and Notes A4 Mythical Creatures Card Game Printable KS2 Myths Activity Updated October 2026. If you use these with a class, a review would be a real help, and I reply to all of them. If any additional support is required, feel free to reach out.

Five free A3 posters on Japanese myths and yokai for KS2. One PDF: the Kappa, Kitsune, Oni, Tengu and Rokurokubi, with sources and a question. Yokai are the spirits and strange creatures of Japanese folklore, from a river imp with a dish of water on its head to a fox that can change its shape. These posters introduce five of them. Each poster carries the creature’s name and how to say it, the Japanese characters, a short description, two facts, a dated timeline of where our knowledge actually comes from, six ratings, and a question for discussion. What’s included One PDF, five A3 pages: the Kappa, Kitsune, Oni, Tengu and Rokurokubi. Prints to A4 using “fit to page”. How to use it Put them on a display wall, or hand one to a group and use the question as a starter. Each poster works on its own, so you don’t need the set. Curriculum KS2 English, myths, legends and stories from other cultures and traditions, and comparing stories across cultures. The dated timelines also support work on how we know about the past. Ages 7 to 12. Years 3 to 6 in Australia. Free to print and photocopy. No sign-up, no email. Twenty more posters, a comparison task, a writing frame and a printable card game are at https://www.mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: Japanese myths and yokai knowledge organiser, Japanese myths and yokai reading comprehension and Japanese myths and yokai classroom display. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. There’s a free browser version of the card game at https://www.mythologicalcreatures.net/game — no download, no sign-up. You might also like Ancient China and Shang Dynasty Mythology Posters KS2 Display Viking and Norse Mythology Posters KS2 History Display Set Compare Myths from Five Cultures KS2 Activity and Notes A4 Design Your Own Mythical Creature KS2 Non-Fiction Writing Updated October 2026. If you use these with a class, a review would be a real help, and I reply to all of them. If any additional support is required, feel free to reach out.

Five free A3 Viking and Norse mythology posters for KS2. One PDF: Fenrir, Jormungandr, Surtr, the Troll and the Valkyrie, with sources and a question. Norse mythology is the world the Vikings told stories about, from a wolf the gods had to chain to a serpent long enough to circle the earth. These posters introduce five of them. Each poster carries the creature’s name and how to say it, the Norse runes, a short description, two facts, a dated timeline of where our knowledge actually comes from, six ratings, and a question for discussion. What’s included One PDF, five A3 pages: Fenrir, Jormungandr, Surtr, the Troll and the Valkyrie. Prints to A4 using “fit to page”. How to use it Put them on a display wall for a Vikings topic, or hand one to a group and use the question as a starter. Each poster works on its own, so you don’t need the set. Curriculum KS2 History, the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England. KS2 English, books and stories from other cultures and traditions. Ages 7 to 12. Years 3 to 6 in Australia. Free to print and photocopy. No sign-up, no email. Twenty more posters, a comparison task, a writing frame and a printable card game are at https://www.mythologicalcreatures.net/resources Also for this topic: The Vikings knowledge organiser, The Vikings reading comprehension and The Vikings classroom display. All five cultures side by side: Compare Myths from Five Cultures. There’s a free browser version of the card game at https://www.mythologicalcreatures.net/game — no download, no sign-up. You might also like Japanese Myths and Yokai Posters for KS2 Display, Set of 5 Ancient Egypt Gods and Mythology Posters KS2 Display Set Compare Myths from Five Cultures KS2 Activity and Notes A3 Design Your Own Mythical Creature KS2 Non-Fiction Writing Updated October 2026. If you use these with a class, a review would be a real help, and I reply to all of them. If any additional support is required, feel free to reach out.