Creature

A creature is a created thing, being or any product of creative action.^[1] The term is used most frequently to refer to biological organisms. The term is derived from the traditional belief that all things are created by God.^[2]

Other uses for creature include:

• Legendary creature
• Creature of statute, an organization, such as a corporation, created by statute or treated by statute in some respects as if it were a person separate from its members or owners

Video games

• Creatures Inc., a Japanese subsidiary of Nintendo
• Creature cards, a type of card in the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game
• Creatures (artificial life program), a series of computer games
• Creatures, a 1990 Commodore 64 game
• Creature Shock, a 1994 PC CD-ROM game from Argonaut Games
• Creature Creator in the 2008 Maxis game SPORE.

Music

• Creature (band), a Canadian band
• Creature (album), an album by Canadian alternative rock band Moist
• Creatures (Motionless in White album), an album by American goth metal band Motionless in White
• Creatures (Elf Power album)
• The Creatures, a side project of Siouxsie & the Banshees
• Creature, the pseudonym of a guitarist in the undercore band Deadsy
• Creature, a song by the metalcore band Atreyu (band)
• Creatures (For a While), a song by the band 311

Other uses

• Creature, a character from the reality show Who Wants to Be a Superhero?
• Creature (1985 film), a 1985 science fiction film by William Malone
• Creature (2011 film), a 2011 horror film
• Creature (originally White Shark), a novel written by Peter Benchley in 1994; a TV film adaptation of the novel was made in 1998 Creature (TV Movie)
• Creature, a novel written by John Saul in 1989
• "The Creature", an Irish slang term for whiskey
• Creature Skateboards, a skateboard manufacturing company and skateboarding sponsor currently run by professional skateboarder Darren Navarette
• Proverb: "All creatures say their names."

See also

• Life
• Life form
• Kreacher

References