1.
Moldvay: Over the Hills and Far Away; Book of Wonder; The King of Elfland's Daughter, et al.

2.
Welleran (high-level fighter (no info given), LG)

3.

The name for gnolls is from Dunsany, but nothing else.
 

Scarecrow wrote:
Hi, Gary:

I've looked through Amazon and a few other places, but I've had trouble finding good books on monsters & mythological creatures. Do you have any suggestions on new or not-long-out-of-print reference works on monsters?

Also, I'm curious about the mythological/etymological origin or inspiration behind some monsters: aerial servants, Type V demons, gnolls (Lord Dunsany?), ixitxachitl, jackalweres, morkoths, and umber hulks.

Thanks for creating a hobby that's provided so much fun to so many people (not to mention intellectual stimulation; my knowledge of Latin abbreviations first came from the DMG!).
 

Hi Scarecrow,

That's some laundry list, and I fear I must beg off answering specificaly:

It has been a long time since I did research for new monsters, so I'd have to go through the linrary in the basement to get a biblipgraphy together, and that just anin't in the cards these days. Check the bibliographies in the OAD&D DMG and in the Dangerous Journeys Mythus books.

Most of those monsters you are curious about I made up off the top of my head.
The name for gnolls is from Dunsany, but nothing else.
The ixitxachitl is a creation of Steve Marsh.
The morkoth isn't mine, so I can't comment.

And of course thanks for the kind words 

Ciao,
Gary

<Hi Scarecrow: Magickal, Mythical Beasts, by D.J. Conway, is a good reference, off the top of my wizard's hat - Prespos>