Nihilium 7th
Sage
In my current WIP majority of the "intelligent" races are creature based off of creatures from the ancient mythologies of past cultures (example:Erklings, Spriggans, Engkato.). The problem is some of the creatures have been used famously by others such as Tolkien and D&D (which seems to gobble up everything and anything it possibly can) and because of this I'm afraid that when people read my story they will either make connection based off what they have already read/seen. Should I just create original names for my creatures or use their original names.