List of legendary creatures
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This is a list of [[legendary creature]]s. Creatures of modern invention are not included. Only creatures with English Wikipedia articles should be included.
Species or entirely unique, individual monsters are included, not individuals of a particular species. For example, [[Pegasus]] should not be included, as he is an individual of (and the progenitor of) the pterippus species, while [[Scylla]] is included as she is a one-of-a-kind monster.
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==A==
[[Image:Bilibin Alkonost.JPG|thumb|right|[[Ivan Bilibin]]'s ''[[Alkonost]]'']]
* [[Abarimon]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Savage humanoid with backward feet
* [[Abath]] ([[Malay (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - One-horned animal
* [[Abatwa]] ([[Zulu mythology|Zulu]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] that ride ants
* [[Abumi-guchi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Furry creature formed from the stirrup of a mounted military commander
* [[Abura-akago]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Oil-drinking infant
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#A|Abura-bō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spectral fire from [[Shiga Prefecture]], in which the shape of a monk can often be seen
* [[Abura-sumashi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost of oil thieves
* [[Acheri (legendary creature)| Acheri]]- The Indian ghost.
* [[Adar Llwch Gwin]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Giant birds that understand human languages
* [[Adaro (mythology)|Adaro]] ([[Solomon Islands]]) - Malevolent merfolk
* [[Adlet]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Vampiric dog-human hybrid
* [[Adroanzi]] ([[Lugbara mythology|Lugbara]]) - Nature spirit
* [[Adze (folklore)|Adze]] ([[Ewe people]]) - African vampiric forest being
* [[Afanc]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Lake monster (exact lake varies by story)
* [[Agloolik]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen
* [[Agogwe]] ([[East Africa]]) - Small, ape-like humanoid
* [[Ahuizotl (creature)|Ahuizotl]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]]) - Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid
* [[Khoikhoi mythology#Monsters|Aigamuxa]] ([[Khoikhoi mythology|Khoikhoi]]) - Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep
* [[Hippocamp|Aigikampoi]] ([[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]]) - Fish-tailed goat
* [[Aitu]] ([[Polynesian mythology|Polynesian]]) - Malevolent spirits or demons
* [[Aitvaras]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Household spirit
* [[Ajatar]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Dragon
* [[Akabeko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Red cow involved in the construction of [[Enzō-ji]] in [[Yanaizu, Fukushima]]
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#A|Akamataa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Snake spirit from Okinawa
* [[Akaname]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) -Bathroom spirit
* [[Akashita]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Giant beast
* [[Akateko (folklore)|Akateko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Tree-dwelling monster
* [[Akhlut]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Orca-wolf shapeshifter
* [[Akka (Spirit)|Akka]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Female spirits or minor goddesses
* [[Oni (folklore)|Akki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Large, grotesque humanoid
* [[Akkorokamui]] ([[Ainu mythology|Ainu]]) - Sea monster
* [[Akuma]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Evil spirit
* [[Akupara]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Giant turtle that supports the world
* [[Akurojin-no-hi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghostly flame which causes disease
* [[Al (Armenian folklore)|Al]] ([[Armenian mythology|Armenian]] and [[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women
* [[Ala (demon)|Ala]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Bad weather demon
* [[Alal]] ([[Chaldean mythology|Chaldean]]) - Demon
* [[Alan (legendary creature)|Alan]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children
* [[Al Basti]] ([[Turkish mythology|Turkish]]) - Female night-demon
* [[Griffin#Male griffin, alce or keythong|Alce]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Wingless griffin
* [[Alerion]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - King of the birds
* [[Alicanto]] ([[Chilean mythology|Chilean]]) - Bird that eats gold and silver
* [[Alicorn]] - Technically a unicorn's horn. In modern times is commonly misapplied to winged unicorns
* [[Alkonost]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Angelic bird with human head and breasts
* [[Allocamelus]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Ass-camel hybrid
* [[Allu]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]] and [[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Faceless demon
* [[Almas (cryptozoology)|Almas]] ([[Altaic mythology|Mongolian]]) - Savage humanoid
* [[Al-mi'raj]] ([[Islamic mythology|Islamic]]) - One-horned rabbit
* [[Aloja (mythology)|Aloja]] ([[Spanish mythology|Spanish]]) - Female water spirit
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Alom-bag-winno-sis]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and tricksters
* [[Alp (folklore)|Alp]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Male night-demon
* [[Alphyn]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs
* [[Al Rakim]] ([[Islamic mythology|Islamic]]) - Guard dog of the [[Seven Sleepers]]
* [[Alseid]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Grove nymph
* [[Alû]] ([[Assyrian]]) - [[Leprosy|Leprous]] demon
* [[Alux]] ([[Mayan mythology|Mayan]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]]
* [[Amaburakosagi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ritual disciplinary demon from [[Shikoku]]
* [[Amala (mythology)|Amala]] ([[Tsimshian mythology|Tsimshian]]) - Giant who holds up the world
* [[Amamehagi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ritual disciplinary demon from [[Hokuriku]]
* [[Amanojaku]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Small demon
* [[Amarok (wolf)|Amarok]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Giant wolf
* [[Amarum]] ([[Quechua]]) - Water boa spirit
* [[Amazake-babaa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Disease-causing hag
* [[Amefurashi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Child-like monster
* [[Amefurikozō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Child-like weather spirit
* [[Amemasu]] ([[Ainu mythology|Ainu]]) - Lake monster
* [[Ameonna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Female rain spirit
* [[Amikiri]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Snake-bird-lobster hybrid
* [[Amorōnagu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Tennin|Tennyo]] from the island of Amami Ōshima
* [[Amphiptere]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Winged serpent
* [[Amphisbaena]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Serpent with a head at each end
* [[Nephilim#Anakim|Anakim]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Giant
* [[Androsphinx]] ([[Egyptian mythology|Ancient Egyptian]]) - Human-headed sphinx
* [[Angel]] ([[Christianity|Christian]], [[Islam]]ic, [[Judaism|Jewish]], and [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]]) - Heavenly being, usually a winged humanoid
* [[Angha]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Dog-lion-peacock hybrid
* [[Ani Hyuntikwalaski]] ([[Cherokee mythology|Cherokee]]) - Lightning spirit
* [[Ankou]] ([[French language|French]]) - Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern
* [[Anmo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ritual disciplinary demon from [[Iwate Prefecture]]
* [[Antero Vipunen]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Subterranean giant
* [[Aoandon]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit summoned at the end of a story-telling contest
* [[Ao Ao]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Anthropophagous peccary or sheep
* [[Aobōzu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Blue monk who kidnaps children
* [[Aonyōbō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Female ghost who lurks in an abandoned imperial palace
* [[Aosaginohi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Glowing heron
* [[Apkallu]] ([[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Fish-human hybrid that attends the god [[Enki]]
* [[Apsaras]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]] and [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Female cloud spirit
* [[Scorpion Man|Aqrabuamelu]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Human-scorpion hybrid
* [[Lilith#Lilitu demons|Ardat-Lili]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Disease demon
* [[Arikura-no-baba]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Old woman with magical powers
* [[Arimaspi]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - One-eyed humanoid
* [[Arkan Sonney]] ([[Manx people|Manx]]) - Fairy hedgehog
* [[Asag]] ([[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Hideous rock demon
* [[Asakku]] ([[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Demon
* [[Asanbosam]] ([[West Africa]]) - Iron-toothed vampire
* [[A-senee-ki-wakw]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Stone-giant
* [[Ashi-magari]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Invisible tendril that impedes movement
* [[Asiman]] ([[Dahomey mythology|Dahomey]]) - Vampiric possession spirit
* [[Askefrue]] ([[Germanic mythology|Germanic]]) - Female tree spirit
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Ask-wee-da-eed]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Fire [[elemental]] and spectral fire
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#A|Asobibi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spectral fire from [[Kōchi Prefecture]]
* [[Aspidochelone]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Island-sized whale or sea turtle
* [[Astomi]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food
* [[Aswang]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Carrion-eating humanoid
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#A|Ato-oi-kozō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Invisible spirit that follows people
* [[Atshen]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Anthropophagous spirit
* [[Auloniad]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Pasture nymph
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Awa-hon-do]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Insect spirit
* [[Griffin#Early civilizations|Axex]] ([[Egyptian mythology|Ancient Egyptian]]) - Falcon-lion hybrid
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#A|Ayakashi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Sea-serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#A|Ayakashi-no-ayashibi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spectral fire from [[Ishikawa Prefecture]]
* [[Aziza]] ([[Dahomey mythology|Dahomey]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] that help hunters
* [[Azukiarai]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#A|Azukibabaa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Bean-grinding hag who devours people
* [[Azukitogi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides
==B==
[[Image:Al-Buraf Hafifa.jpg|right|thumb|[[Buraq]] from a 17th-century Mughal miniature]]
* [[Baba Yaga]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Forest spirit and hag
* [[Bagiennik]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Malevolent water spirit
* [[Bahamut]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]]) - Giant fish
* [[Bashe]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Elephant-swallowing serpent
* [[Bai Ze]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Sheep-like animal
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#B|Bake-kujira]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost whale
* [[Bakeneko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Magical cat
* [[Bakezōri]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated straw sandal
* [[Iranian folklore#folklore creatures|Bakhtak]] ([[Iranian folklore|Iranian]]) - Night demon
* [[Baku (spirit)|Baku]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Dream-devouring, tapir like creature
* [[Bakunawa]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Sea serpent that causes eclipses
* [[Balaur]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Multi-headed dragon
* [[Bannik]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Bathhouse spirit
* [[Banshee]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Death spirit
* [[Barbegazi]] ([[Swiss folklore|Swiss]]) - Dwarf with giant, snowshoe-like feet
* [[Bardi (folklore)|Bardi]] ([[Turkish folklore|Trabzon]]) - Shapechanging death spirit
* [[Barghest]] - Yorkshire [[Black dog (ghost)|black dog]]
* [[Barnacle Geese#Folklore|Barnacle Geese]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Geese which hatch from barnacles
* [[Barong (mythology)|Barong]] ([[Balinese mythology|Balinese]]) - Tutelary spirit
* [[Basajaun]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Ancestral, megalith-building race
* [[Basan]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Fire-breathing chicken
* [[BasCelik]] ([[Serbian mythology|Serbian]]) - A powerful and very evil winged man whose soul is not held by his body and can be subdued only by causing him to suffer [[dehydration]]
* [[Basilisco Chilote]] ([[Chilota mythology|Chilota]]) - Chicken-serpent hybrid
* [[Basilisk]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Multi-limbed, venomous lizard
* [[Batibat]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Female night-demon
* [[Hiderigami|Batsu]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Drought spirit
* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Demonic beings|Baubas]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Malevolent spirit
* [[Baykok]] ([[Ojibwa]]) - Flying skeleton
* [[Bean Nighe]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Death spirit (a specific type of Banshee/Bean Sídhe)
* [[Behemoth]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Primal, gigantic land animal
* [[Bendigeidfran]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Giant king
* [[Bennu]] ([[Egyptian mythology|Egyptian]]) - Heron-like, regenerative bird, equivalent to (or inspiration of) the Phoenix
* [[Berehynia]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Water spirit
* [[Jötunn|Bergrisar]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Mountain giant
* [[Rå|Bergsrå]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Mountain spirit
* [[Bestial beast]] ([[Brazilian mythology|Brazilian]]) - Centauroid specter
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#B|Betobeto-san]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Invisible spirit which follows people at night, making the sound of footsteps
* [[Bhūta]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]] and [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Ghost of someone killed by execution or suicide
* [[Khoikhoi mythology#Monsters|Bi-blouk]] ([[Khoikhoi mythology|Khoikhoi]]) - Female, anthropohagous, partially invisible monster
* [[Bies]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Demon
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#B|Binbōgami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit of poverty
* [[Bishop-fish]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Fish-like humanoid
* [[Tsukumogami#Types of tsukumogami|Biwa-yanagi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated [[biwa]]
* [[Black Annis]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Blue-faced hag
* [[Black dog (ghost)|Black Dog]] ([[British folklore|British]]) - Canine death spirit
* [[Black Shuck]] - Norfolk, Essex, and Suffolk [[Black dog (ghost)|black dog]]
* [[Blemmyae]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Headless humanoid with face in torso
* [[Bloody Bones]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Water bogeyman
* [[Bodach]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Malevolent spirit
* [[Bogeyman]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Malevolent spirit
* [[Boggart]] ([[British folklore|British]]) - Malevolent household spirit
* [[Boginki]] ([[Polish mythology|Polish]]) - Nature spirit
* [[Bogle]] ([[Scottish mythology|Scottish]]) - Malevolent spirit
* [[Boi-tatá]] ([[Brazilian mythology|Brazilian]]) - Giant snake
* [[Bolla]] ([[Albanian mythology|Albanian]]) - Dragon
* [[Bonnacon]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Bull-horse hybrid with flaming dung
* [[Boobrie]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Roaring water bird
* [[Bozaloshtsh]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Death spirit
* [[Brag (folklore)|Brag]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Malevolent water horse
* [[Brownie (mythology)|Brownie]] ([[English folklore|English]] and [[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Benevolent household spirit
* [[Broxa]] ([[Jewish folklore|Jewish]]) - Nocturnal bird that drains goats of their milk
* [[Buckriders|Bokkenrijders]] ([[Mythology of the Low Countries|Dutch]]) - Damned bandits
* [[Bugbear]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Bearlike goblin
* [[Buggane]] ([[Manx people|Manx]]) - Ogre-like humanoid
* [[Bukavac]] ([[Serbian mythology|Serbia]]) - Six-legged lake monster
* [[Bunyip]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australian Aboriginal]]) - Horse-walrus hybrid lake monster
* [[Buraq]] ([[Islamic mythology|Islamic]]) - Human-headed, angelic horse
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#B|Buruburu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit which causes the shivers
* [[Byaka]] ([[Russian folklore|Russian]]) - Furry creature
* [[Byangoma]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Fortune-telling birds
* [[Bysen]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - Diminutive forest spirit
==C==
[[Image:Leprechaun or Clurichaun.png|thumb|A representation of a [[Clurichaun]] in [[Thomas Crofton Croker|T. C. Croker's]] ''Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland'']]
* [[Cabeiri]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Smith and wine spirits
* [[Cacus]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - Fire-breathing giant
* [[Cadejo]] ([[Central America]]) - Cow sized dog-goat hybrid in two varieties: benevolent and white, and malevolent and black
* [[Caipora]] ([[Tupi people|Tupi]]) - Fox-human hybrid and nature spirit
* [[Caladrius]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - White bird that can foretell if a sick person will recover or die
* [[Calydonian Boar]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Giant, chthonic boar
* [[Camahueto]] ([[Chilota mythology|Chilota]]) - One-horned calf
* [[Cambion]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Hybrid between a human and an incubus or succubus
* [[Campe]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Dragon-human-scorpion hybrid
* [[Colombian folklore#Legendary creatures|Candileja]] ([[Colombian folklore|Colombian]]) - Spectral, fiery hag
* [[Canotila]] ([[Lakota mythology|Lakota]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and tree spirits
* [[Caoineag]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Death spirit (a specific type of Banshee/Bean Sídhe)
* [[Capa (Lakota mythology)|Capa]] ([[Lakota mythology|Lakota]]) - Beaver spirit
* [[Căpcăun]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Large, monstrous humanoid
* [[Catoblepas]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Scaled buffalo-hog hybrid
* [[Cat Sidhe]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Fairy cat
* [[Cecaelia]] - Modern term for mermaid-like, human-octopus hybrid
* [[Ceffyl Dŵr]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Malevolent water horse
* [[Centaur]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-horse hybrid
* [[Cerastes]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Extremely flexible, horned snake
* [[Cerberus]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld
* [[Cercopes]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Mischievous forest spirit
* [[Ceryneian Hind]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Hind with golden antlers and bronze or brass hooves
* [[Cetan]] ([[Lakota mythology|Lakota]]) - Hawk spirit
* [[Chakora]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Lunar bird
* [[Chamrosh]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Dog-bird hybrid
* [[Chaneque]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and nature spirits
* [[Changeling]] ([[European folklore|European]]) - Non-human humanoid child (fairy, elf, troll, etc.) substituted for a kidnapped human child
* [[Charybdis]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Sea monster in the form of a giant mouth
* [[Chepi]] ([[Narragansett tribe|Narragansett]]) - Ancestral spirit that instructs tribe members
* [[Cherufe]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Volcano-dwelling monster
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Chibaiskweda]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Ghost of an improperly buried person
* [[Chichevache]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Human-faced cow that feeds on good women
* [[Chickcharney]] ([[Culture of the Bahamas|Bahaman]]) - Bird-mammal hybrid
* [[Chimera (mythology)|Chimaera]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Lion-goat-snake hybrid
* [[Chindi]] ([[Navajo mythology|Navajo]]) - Vengeful ghosts that cause [[dust devils]]
* [[Chinthe]] ([[Burmese culture|Burmese]]) - Temple-guarding feline, similar to Chinese Shi and Japanese Shisa
* [[Zulu mythology|Chitauli]] ([[Zulu mythology|Zulu]]) - Human-lizard hybrid
* [[Chōchinobake]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated paper lantern
* [[Chollima]] ([[Korean mythology|Korean]]) - Supernaturally fast horse
* [[Chonchon]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Disembodied, flying head
* [[Chrysaor]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Son of the [[gorgon]] Medusa, imaged as a giant or a winged boar
* [[Chukwa]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Giant turtle that supports the world
* [[Churel]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Vampiric, female ghost
* [[Ciguapa]] ([[Dominican Republic]]) - Malevolent seductress
* [[Cihuateteo]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]]) - Ghosts of women that died in childbirth
* [[Cikavac]] ([[Serbian mythology|Serbian]]) - Bird that serves its owner
* [[Cinnamon bird]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Giant bird that makes its nest out of cinnamon
* [[Cipactli]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]]) - Sea monster, crocodile-fish hybrid
* [[Cirein cròin]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Sea serpent
* [[Cluricaun]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Leprechaun-like [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] that are permanently drunk
* [[Coblynau]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and mine spirits
* [[Cockatrice]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Chicken-lizard hybrid
* [[Cofgodas]] ([[Anglo-Saxon polytheism|Anglo-Saxon]]) - House spirit
* [[Colo Colo (mythology)|Colo Colo]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Rat-bird hybrid that can shapeshift into a serpent
* [[Corycian nymphs]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Nymph of the [[Corycian Cave]]
* [[Cretan Bull]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Monstrous bull
* [[Crinaeae]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Fountain nymph
* [[Criosphinx]] ([[Egyptian mythology|Ancient Egypt]]) - Ram-headed sphinx
* [[Crocotta]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Monstrous dog-wolf
* [[Cuco]] ([[Latin American folklore|Latin America]]) - Bogeyman
* [[Cucuy]] ([[Latin American folklore|Latin America]]) - Malevolent spirit
* [[Cuegle]] ([[Cantabrian mythology|Cantabrian]]) - Monstrous, three-armed humanoid
* [[Cuélebre]] ([[Asturias|Asturian]] and [[Cantabrian mythology|Cantabrian]]) - Dragon
* [[Curupira]] ([[Tupi people|Tupi]]) - Nature spirit
* [[Cu Sith]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Gigantic fairy dog
* [[Cŵn Annwn]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Underworld hunting dogs
* [[Cyclops]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - One-eyed giants
* [[Cyhyraeth]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Death spirit
* [[Cynocephaly| Cynocephalus]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Dog-headed humanoid
==D==
[[Image:Dragon chinois.jpg|thumb|right|240px|''[[Chinese dragon]]'', color engraving on wood, Chinese school, nineteenth century]]
* [[Dactyl (mythology)|Dactyl]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and smith and healing spirits
* [[Daemon (mythology)|Daemon]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Incorporeal spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#D|Daidarabotchi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Giant responsible for creating many geographical features in Japan
* [[Tengu#Great and small demons|Daitengu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - The most powerful class of [[tengu]], each of whom lives on a separate mountain
* [[Daitya]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Giant
* [[Danava (Hinduism)|Danava]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Water demon
* [[Daphnaie]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Laurel tree nymph
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#D|Datsue-ba]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Old woman who steals clothes from the souls of the dead
* [[Dead Sea Apes]] ([[Islamic mythology|Islamic]]) - Human tribe turned into apes for ignoring Moses' message
* [[Deer Woman]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Human-deer hybrid
* [[Deity]] (Global) - Preternatural or supernatural being
* [[Demon]] - Malevolent spirit
* [[Dhampir]] ([[Balkans]]) - Hybrid between a human and a vampire
* [[Dip (Catalan myth)|Dip]] ([[Catalan myths and legends|Catalan]]) - Demonic and vampiric dog
* [[Di Penates]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - House spirit
* [[Dipsa]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Extremely poisonous snake
* [[Dirawong]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australian Aboriginal]]) - Goanna spirit
* [[Di sma undar jordi]] ([[Gotland]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and nature spirits
* [[Diwata]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Tree spirit
* [[Dobhar-chu]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Dog-fish hybrid
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#D|Dodomeki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost of a pickpocket, her arms are covered in eyes
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Do-gakw-ho-wad]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]]
* [[Dokkaebi]] ([[Korean mythology|Korean]]) - Grotesque, horned humanoids
* [[Dark elves|Dökkálfar]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Male ancestral spirits
* [[Dola (mythology)|Dola]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Tutelary and fate spirit
* [[Domovoi]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - House spirit
* [[Doppelgänger]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Ghostly double
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#D|Dorotabō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost of an old man whose rice fields were neglected and sold
* [[European dragon#Catalan mythology|Drac]] ([[Catalan myths and legends|Catalan]]) - Lion or bull-faced dragon
* [[Beaucaire, Gard#Le Drac|Drac]] ([[Mythology in France|French]]) - Winged sea serpent
* [[Dragon]]
* [[Dragon turtle]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Giant turtle with dragon-like head
* [[Draugr]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Undead
* [[Drekavac]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Restless ghost of an unbaptised child
* [[Drop Bear]] ([[Australian Mythology/Humor]])- tree bear that drops at bypassers
* [[Drow]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Cavern spirit
* [[Drude]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Possessing demon
* [[Dryad]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Tree nymph
* [[Duende (mythology)|Duende]] ([[Spanish mythology|Spanish]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and forest spirits
* [[Duergar (folklore)|Duergar]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Malevolent [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]
* [[Dullahan]] ([[Irish folklore|Irish]]) - Headless death spirit
* [[Philippine mythical creatures#Duwende|Duwende]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]], some are house spirits, others nature spirits
* [[Norse dwarves|Dvergr]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Subterranean [[Little people (mythology)|little people]] smiths
* [[Dvorovoi]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Courtyard spirit
* [[Dwarf]] ([[Germanic paganism|Germanic]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] nature spirits
* [[Dybbuk]] ([[Jewish folklore|Jewish]]) - Possessing spirit
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Dzee-dzee-bon-da]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Hideous monster
* [[Dzunukwa]] ([[Kwakwaka'wakw mythology|Kwakwaka'wakw]]) - Child-eating hag
==E==
[[Image:Erl king sterner.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"The [[Erlking]]", by Albert Sterner, ca. [[1910]]]]
* [[Each Uisge]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Malevolent water horse
* [[Eachy]] ([[English folklore|English]] and [[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Humanoid lake monster
* [[Eagle Spirit]] (Many cultures worldwide) - Leadership or guidance totem
* [[Ebu Gogo]] ([[Flores]]) - Diminutive humanoids, possibly inspired by ''[[Homo floresiensis]]''
* [[Remora#Mythology|Echeneis]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Remora, said to attach to ships to slow them down
* [[Edimmu]] ([[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Ghosts of those not buried properly
* [[Egbere]] ([[Yoruba religion|Yoruba]]) - Humanoid that carries a magical mat
* [[Einherjar]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Spirits of brave warriors
* [[Philippine mythical creatures#Ekek|Ekek]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Flesh-eating, winged humanoids
* [[Elbow Witch]] ([[Ojibwa]]) - Hags with awls in their elbows
* [[Giant (mythology)#Scandinavian polytheism|Eldjötnar]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Fire giant
* [[Eleionomae]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Marsh nymph
* [[Elemental]] ([[Alchemy]]) - Personification of one of the [[Classical elements]]
* [[‘Elepaio#Cultural significance|‘Elepaio]] ([[Hawaiian mythology|Hawaiian]]) - Monarch flycatcher spirit that guides canoe-builders to the proper trees
* [[Elf]] ([[Germanic paganism|Germanic]]) - Nature and fertility spirit
* [[Eloko]] ([[Central Africa]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and malevolent nature spirits
* [[Emela-ntouka]] ([[Central Africa]]) - Gigantic, elephant-killing beast
* [[Emere]] ([[Yoruba religion|Yoruba]]) - Child that can move back and forth between the material world and the afterlife at will
* [[Nephilim#Etymology|Emim]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Giant
* [[Empusa]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Female demon that waylays travelers and seduces and kills men
* [[Encantado]] ([[Brazilian mythology|Brazilian]]) - Dolphin-human shapeshifter
* [[Enchanted Moor]] ([[Culture of Portugal|Portuguese]]) - Enchanted princesses
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#E|Enenra]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Monster made of smoke
* [[Enfield beast|Enfield]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Fox-greyhound-lion-wolf-eagle hybrid
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#E|Enkō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Kappa (folklore)|Kappa]] of [[Shikoku]] and western [[Honshū]]
* [[Epimeliad]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Apple tree nymph
* [[Erlking]] ([[Germanic folklore|Germanic]]) - Death spirit
* [[Erymanthian Boar]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Giant boar
* [[Ettin]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Three-headed giant
* [[Eurynomos]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Blue-black, carrion-eater in the underworld
* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Local and nature spirits|Ežerinis]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Lake spirit
==F==
[[Image:futakuchi-onna.jpg|thumb|250px|A [[Futakuchi-onna]]]]
* [[Fachen]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]] and [[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Monster with half a body
* [[Fæcce]] ([[Anglo-Saxon polytheism|Anglo-Saxon]]) - Animal protection spirit
* [[Fairy]] (Many cultures worldwide) - Nature spirits
* [[Familiar]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Animal servant
* [[Far darrig]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] that constantly play pranks
* [[Faun]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - Human-goat hybrid nature spirit
* [[Fear gorta]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Hunger ghost
* [[Feathered Serpent (deity)|Feathered Serpent]] - [[Mesoamerica]]n dragon
* [[Fenghuang]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Rooster-swallow-fowl-snake-goose-tortoise-stag-fish hybrid
* [[Fenodyree]] ([[Manx people|Manx]]) - House spirit
* [[Fenrir]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Gigantic, ravenous wolf
* [[Fext]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Undead
* [[Finfolk]] ([[Orkney]]) - Fish-human hybrid that kidnaps humans for servants
* [[Fir Bolg]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Ancestral race
* [[Fire bird (mythology)|Fire Bird]] (Many cultures worldwide) - Regenerative, solar bird
* [[Firedrake]] ([[Germanic paganism|Germanic]]) - Dragon
* [[Fish-man]] ([[Cantabrian mythology|Cantabrian]]) - Amphibious, scaled humanoid
* [[Fomorian]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Goat-headed giant
* [[Fuath]] ([[Celtic mythology|Celtic]]) - Malevolent water spirit
* [[Fucanglong]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Underworld dragon
* [[Funayūrei]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghosts of people who drowned at sea
* [[Tsukumogami#Types of tsukumogami|Furu-utsubo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated jar
* [[Futakuchi-onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Woman with a second mouth on the back of her head
* [[Fylgja]] ([[Scandinavian mythology|Scandinavian]]) - Animal familiar
==G==
[[Image:Medusa by Caravaggio.jpg|thumb|240px|Baroque [[Medusa]] (A [[gorgon]]) combined beauty and horror: ''Medusa,'' after 1590, by [[Caravaggio]].]]
* [[Gaasyendietha]] ([[Seneca mythology|Seneca]]) - Dragon
* [[Gagana]] ([[Russian folklore|Russian]]) - Bird with iron beak and copper talons
* [[Khoikhoi mythology#Monsters|Ga-gorib]] ([[Khoikhoi mythology|Khoikhoi]]) - Anthropophagous monster
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#G|Gagoze]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Demon who attacked young priests at [[Gangō-ji]] temple
* [[Gaki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghosts of especially greedy people
* [[Gallu]] ([[Mesopotamian mythology|Mesopotamian]]) - Underworld demons
* [[Galtzagorriak]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Diminutive, demonic servants
* [[Gamayun]] ([[Russian folklore|Russian]]) - Prophetic bird with human head
* [[Gana]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Attendants of Shiva
* [[Gancanagh]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Male fairy that seduces human women
* [[Gandaberunda]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Double-headed bird
* [[Gandharva]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Male nature spirits, often depicted as part human, part animal
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#G|Gangi-kozō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Fish-eating water-monster
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#G|Garappa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Kappa (folklore)|Kappa]] from [[Kyūshū]]
* [[Gargouille]] ([[Mythology in France|French]]) - Water dragon
* [[Garmr]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Giant, ravenous wolf
* [[Garuda]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Human-eagle hybrid
* [[Gashadokuro]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Giant, malevolent skeletons
* [[Gaueko]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Wolf capable of walking upright
* [[Ged (heraldry)|Ged]] ([[Heraldic]]) - The fish [[Esox|pike]]
* [[Genie]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]]) - Elemental spirit
* [[Genius loci]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - Spirit that protects a specific place
* [[Geryon]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Giant with three heads, six arms, three torsos and (in some sources) six legs
* [[Ghillie Dhu]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Tree guardian
* [[Ghost]] - Disembodied spirits, specifically of those that have died
* [[Ghoul]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]]) - Earth genie. Also a shapeshifting desert anthropophagus
* [[Giant (mythology)]]
* [[Giant animal (mythology)]]
* [[Gichi-anami'e-bizhiw]] ([[Ojibwa]]) - Bison-snake-bird-cougar hybrid and water spirit
* [[Gidim]] ([[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Ghost
* [[Gigantes]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Race of giants that fought the Olympian gods, sometimes depicted with snake-legs
* [[Gigelorum]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Smallest animal
* [[Scorpion Man|Girtablilu]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Human-scorpion hybrid
* [[Glaistig]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Human-goat hybrid
* [[Glashtyn]] ([[Manx people|Manx]]) - Malevolent water horse
* [[Gnome]] ([[Alchemy]]) - Diminutive Earth [[elemental]]
* [[Goblin]] ([[Medieval folklore|Medieval]]) - Grotesque, mischievous [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]
* [[Gog and Magog#Gog and Magog in Britain|Gog]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Giant protector of London
* [[Gold-digging ant]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Dog-sized ant that digs for gold in sandy areas
* [[Golem]] ([[Jewish folklore|Jewish]]) - Animated construct
* [[Gorgon]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Fanged, snake-haired humanoids that turn anyone who sees them into stone
* [[Goryō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Vengeful ghosts, usually of martyrs
* [[Gremlin]] ([[Folklore]]) - Goblins that sabotage airplanes
* [[Griffin]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Lion-eagle hybrid
* [[Grigori]] ([[Christianity|Christian]]) - Fallen angels
* [[Church Grim|Grim]] ([[English folklore|English]] and [[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - Tutelary spirits of churches
* [[Grindylow]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Malevolent water spirit
* [[Grine]] (Moroccan) - Genie duplicate of a person. Lives in a parallel world
* [[Gualichu]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Malevolent spirit
* [[Shedu#Bull man|Gud-elim]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Human-bull hybrid
* [[Tengu#Great and small demons|Guhin]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Anthropomorphic bird
* [[Gulon]] ([[Germanic mythology|Germanic]]) - Gluttonous dog-cat-fox hybrid
* [[Gwyllgi]] - Welsh [[Black dog (ghost)|black dog]]
* [[Gwyllion]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Malevolent spirit
* [[Gytrash]] - Lincolnshire and Yorkshire [[Black dog (ghost)|black dog]]
* [[Gyūki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Bull-headed monster
==H==
[[Image:Hippokampos, Nordisk familjebok.png|right|frame|[[Hippocamp|Hippocampus]] drawn from a fresco in [[Pompeii]]]]
* [[Hacker (folklore)|Hacker]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - Primitive [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]
* [[Hadhayosh]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Gigantic land animal
* [[Haetae]] ([[Korean mythology|Korean]]) - Dog-lion hybrid
* [[Hag]] (Many cultures worldwide) - Wizened old woman, usually a malevolent spirit with this specific form, or a goddess in disguise
* [[Haietlik]] ([[Nuu-chah-nulth mythology|Nuu-chah-nulth]]) - Water serpent
* [[Khoikhoi mythology#Monsters|Hai-uri]] ([[Khoikhoi mythology|Khoikhoi]]) - Male, anthropophagous, partially invisible monster
* [[Bai Ze|Hakutaku]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Sheep-like animal
* [[Hākuturi]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Nature guardian
* [[Half-elf]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Hybrid of a human and an elf
* [[Haltija]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Spirit that protects a specific place
* [[Hamadryad]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Oak tree nymph
* [[Hamingja]] ([[Scandinavian mythology|Scandinavian]]) - Personal protection spirit
* [[Hamsa (Hindu mythology)|Hamsa]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]], [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]], and [[Jainism]]) - Mystical bird
* [[Hanau epe]] ([[Rapa Nui mythology|Rapa Nui]]) - Long-eared humanoid
* [[Hantu Demon]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Demon
* [[Hantu Raya]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Demonic servant
* [[Harionago]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Humanoid female with barbed, prehensile hair
* [[Harpy]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Death spirit with the form of a bird with a human head
* [[Draugr|Haugbui]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Undead who cannot leave its burial mound
* [[Rå|Havsrå]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Saltwater spirit
* [[Headless Mule]] ([[Brazilian mythology|Brazilian]]) - Fire-spewing, headless, spectral mule
* [[Hecatonchires]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Primordial giants with 100 hands and fifty heads
* [[Heikegani]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Crabs with human-faced shells, the spirits of the warriors killed in the [[Battle of Dan-no-ura]]
* [[Heinzelmännchen]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Household spirit
* [[Helead]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Fen nymph
* [[Hellhound]] (Many cultures worldwide) - Dog from underworld
* [[Hercinia]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Glowing bird
* [[Herensuge]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Dragon
* [[Hesperides]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Nymph daughters of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]]
* [[Hiderigami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Drought spirit
* [[Hieracosphinx]] ([[Egyptian mythology|Ancient Egypt]]) - Falcon-headed sphinx
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#H|Hihi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Baboon monster
* [[Hiisi]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Nature guardian
* [[Hippocamp]] ([[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]], [[Greek mythology|Greek]], and [[Phoenicia]]n) - Horse-fish hybrid
* [[Hippogriff]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Hybrid of a [[griffon]] and horse, that is a lion-eagle-horse hybrid
* [[Hitodama]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghosts of the newly dead, which take the form of fireballs
* [[Hitotsume-kozou]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - One-eyed [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]
* [[Hob (folklore)|Hob]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - House spirit
* [[Hobgoblin]] ([[Medieval folklore|Medieval]]) - Friendly or amusing goblin
* [[Hōkō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Dog-like tree spirit from China
* [[Homa (mythology)|Homa]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Eagle-lion hybrid, similar to a [[griffon]]
* [[Colombian folklore#Legendary creatures|Hombre Caiman]] ([[Colombian folklore|Colombian]]) - Human-alligator hybrid
* [[Hombre Gato]] ([[Latin American folklore|Latin America]]) - Human-cat hybrid
* [[Homunculus]] ([[Alchemy]]) - Diminutive, animated construct
* [[Hone-onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Skeletal ghost that take the form of a young woman to seduce men
* [[Fenghuang|Hō-ō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Rooster-swallow-fowl-snake-goose-tortoise-stag-fish hybrid
* [[Hoopoe#Hoopoes in human culture|Hoopoe]] - A [[near passerine]] bird common to [[Africa]] and [[Eurasia]] that features in many mythologies in those continents
* [[Horned Serpent]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Serpentine rain spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#H|Hotoke]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Deceased person
* [[Houri]] ([[Islamic mythology|Islamic]]) - Heavenly beings
* [[Jötunn|Hrímþursar]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Frost Giant
* [[Huaychivo]] ([[Mayan mythology|Mayan]]) - Human-deer hybrid
* [[Huldra]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Forest spirit
* [[Huli jing]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Nine-tailed fox spirit
* [[Huma (mythology)|Huma]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Regenerative fire bird
* [[Humbaba]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Lion-faced giant
* [[Hundun]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Chaos spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#H|Hyakume]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Creature with a hundred eyes
* [[Lernaean Hydra|Hydra]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Multi-headed water serpent/dragon
* [[Hydros (legendary creature)|Hydros]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Snake whose poison causes the victim to swell up
* [[Hydrus (legendary creature)|Hydrus]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Snake from the [[Nile River]] that would kill [[Nile crocodile|crocodiles]] from the inside
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#H|Hyōsube]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Hair-covered [[Kappa (folklore)|kappa]]
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#H|Hyōtan-kozō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Gourd spirit
==I==
[[Image:Incubus.jpg|thumb|''[[Incubus]]'', 1870]]
* [[Iara (mythology)|Iara]] ([[Brazilian mythology|Brazilian]]) - Female water spirit
* [[Ibong Adarna]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Bird that changes color each time it finishes a song
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#I|Ichimoku-nyūdō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - One-eyed [[Kappa (folklore)|kappa]] from [[Sado, Niigata|Sado Island]]
* [[Tsukumogami#Types of tsukumogami|Ichiren-Bozu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated prayer beads
* [[Ichneumon]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Dragon-killing animal
* [[Triton (mythology)#Tritones|Ichthyocentaur]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-fish hybrid
* [[Iele]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Female nature spirits
* [[Ifrit]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]]) - Fire genie
* [[Ijiraq (mythology)|Ijiraq]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Spirit that kidnaps children
* [[Ikiryō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Disembodied soul
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#I|Ikuchi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Sea-serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil
* [[Iku-Turso]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Sea monster
* [[Imp]] ([[Medieval folklore|Medieval]]) - Diminutive, demonic servant
* [[Impundulu]] ([[Southern Africa]]) - Avian, vampiric lightning spirit
* [[Korean dragon#Imoogi|Imugi]] ([[Korean mythology|Korean]]) - Flightless, dragon-like creatures (sometimes thought of as proto-dragons)
* [[Inapertwa]] ([[Aboriginal mythology|Aboriginal]]) - Simple organisms, used by creator-gods to make everything else
* [[Incubus (demon)|Incubus]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Male night-demon and rapist
* [[Indrik]] ([[Russian folklore|Russian]]) - One-horned horse-bull hybrid
* [[Inkanyamba]] ([[Zulu mythology|Zulu]]) - Horse-headed serpent
* [[Inugami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Dog spirit
* [[Ipotane]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Horse-human hybrid, two-legged (as opposed to the four-legged [[centaur]])
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#I|Ippon-datara]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - One-legged mountain spirit
* [[Iratxoak]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Diminutive, demonic servants
* [[Grigori|Irin]] ([[Judaism|Jewish]]) - Fallen angels
* [[Ishigaq]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]]
* [[Isonade]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Shark-like sea monster
* [[Ittan-momen]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Malevolent ghost
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#I|Iwana-bōzu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Salvelinus|Char]] which appeared as a Buddhist monk
==J==
[[Image:Jack-In-Irons.jpg|thumbnail|Artist sketch of [[Jack-In-Irons]].]]
* [[Jack-In-Irons]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Malevolent giant
* [[Jackalope]] ([[Western United States]])- Jack rabbit/Antelope cross
* [[Jaculus]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Winged serpent or small dragon
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#J|Jakotsu-babaa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Old woman who guards a snake mound
* [[Jann]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]]) - Oasis genie
* [[Jasconius]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Island-sized fish
* [[Jasy Jaterei]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Nature guardian and bogeyman
* [[Konjaku Hyakki Shūi#Second Volume - 霧|Jatai]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Obi (sash)|Obi]] which has transformed into a snake
* [[Drekavac#Similar creatures|Jaud]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Vampirised premature baby
* [[Jenglot]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Vampiric [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]
* [[Jengu]] ([[Sawa people|Sawa]]) - Water spirit
* [[Jentil]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Megalith-building giant
* [[Jenu]] ([[Mi'kmaq]]) - Anthropophagous giant
* [[Gulon|Jerff]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Swedish]]) - Gluttonous dog-cat-fox hybrid
* [[Chinese mythology#Mythical creatures|Jian]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - One-eyed, one-winged bird who requires a mate for survival
* [[Jiang Shi]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Life-draining, reanimated corpse
* [[Jiaolong]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Dragon
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#J|Jibakurei]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit that protects a specific place
* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Local and nature spirits|Jievaras]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - House spirit
* [[Jikininki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Corpse-eating ghost
* [[Nine-headed Bird|Jiu tou niao]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Nine-headed, demonic bird
* [[Jogah]] ([[Iroquois mythology|Iroquois]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] nature spirit
* [[Jörmungandr]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Sea serpent
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#J|Jorōgumo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spider spirit
* [[Tsukumogami#Types of tsukumogami|Jotai]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated folding screen cloth
* [[Jötunn]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Gigantic nature spirits
==K==
[[Image:Korrigan.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Depiction of a "[[Korrigan]]", small elf of the Celtic forests ]]
* [[Kabouter]] ([[Mythology of the Low Countries|Dutch]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] that live underground, in mushrooms, or as house spirits
* [[Kachina]] ([[Hopi mythology|Hopi]] and [[Puebloan peoples|Puebloan]]) - Nature spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kage-onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Shadow of a woman cast on the paper doors of a haunted house
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kahaku]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and water spirits
* [[Ysätters-Kajsa|Kajsa]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - Wind spirit
* [[Kalakeyas]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Descendents of Kala
* [[Kallikantzaroi]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Grotesque, malevolent spirit
* [[Kamaitachi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Wind spirit
* [[Kami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Nature spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kamikiri]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Hair-cutting spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kanbari-nyūdō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Bathroom spirit
* [[Hiderigami|Kanbo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Drought spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kanedama]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Money spirit
* [[Kappa (folklore)|Kappa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and water spirits
* [[Kapre]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Malevolent tree spirit
* [[Karakoncolos]] ([[Culture of Bulgaria|Bulgarian]] and [[Turkish folklore|Turkish]]) - Troublesome spirit
* [[Karakura]] ([[Turkish folklore|Turkish]]) - Male night-demon
* [[Tengu#Great and small demons|Karasu-tengu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Tengu]] with a bird's bill
* [[Karkadann]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - One-horned giant animal
* [[Karkinos]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Giant crab
* [[Karura]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Eagle-human hybrid
* [[Karzełek]] ([[Polish mythology|Polish]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and mine spirits
* [[Kasa-obake]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated parasol
* [[Kasha (folklore)|Kasha]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Cat-like demon which descends from the sky and carries away corpses
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kashanbo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Kappa (folklore)|Kappa]] who climb into the mountains for the winter
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Katawa-guruma]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Woman riding on a flaming wheel
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Katsura-otoko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Handsome man from the moon
* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Various lower beings|Kaukas]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Nature spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kawa-akago]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Infant monster that lurks near rivers and drowns people
* [[Gazu Hyakki Yakō|Kawa-uso]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Supernatural river otter
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kawa-zaru]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Smelly, cowardly water spirit
* [[Keelut]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Hairless dog
* [[Kee-wakw]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Anthropophagous giant
* [[Kekkai]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Amorphous afterbirth spirit
* [[Kelpie]] ([[Irish folklore|Irish]] and [[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Malevolent water horse
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kerakera-onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Giant, cackling woman who appears in the sky
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kesaran-pasaran]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Mysterious, white, fluffy creature
* [[Keukegen]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Disease spirit
* [[Griffin#Male griffin, alce or keythong|Keythong]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Wingless griffin
* [[Khalkotauroi]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Bronze-hoofed bulls
* [[Kigatilik]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Night-demon
* [[Ryukyuan religion#Magical creatures|Kijimunaa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Tree sprite from Okinawa
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kijo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - She-devil
* [[Kikimora]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Female house spirit
* [[Kinnara]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Human-bird hybrid
* [[Kishi (Folklore)|Kishi]] ([[Angola]]) - Malevolent, two-faced seducer
* [[Kitsune]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Fox spirit
* [[Kitsune#Kitsunetsuki|Kitsune-Tsuki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Person possessed by a fox spirit
* [[Kiyohime]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Woman who transformed into a serpent-demon out of the rage of unrequited love
* [[Klabautermann]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Ship spirit
* [[Knocker (folklore)]] ([[Cornish folklore|Cornish]] and [[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and mine spirits
* [[Knucker]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Water dragon
* [[Kobalos]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Shape-shifting thieves and tricksters
* [[Kobold]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and mine or house spirits
* [[Kodama (spirit)|Kodama]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Tree spirit
* [[Kofewalt]] ([[Germanic mythology|Germanic]]) - House spirit
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Ko-gok]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Hideous monster
* [[Ubume|Kokakuchō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ubume bird
* [[Shishi|Koma-inu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Protective animal
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Konaki-Jijii]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Infant that cries until it is picked up, then increases its weight and crushes its victim
* [[Kongamoto]] ([[Congo Basin|Congo]]) - Flying creature
* [[Tengu#Great and small demons|Konoha-tengu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Anthropomorphic bird
* [[Koro-pok-guru]] ([[Ainu people|Ainu]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]]
* [[Korrigan]] ([[Brittany|Breton]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and nature spirits
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kosode-no-te]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Short-sleeved kimono with its own hands
* [[Kraken]] ([[Scandinavian mythology|Scandinavian]]) - Sea monster
* [[Krasnoludek]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] nature spirits
* [[Kuarahy Jára]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Forest spirit
* [[Kubikajiri]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Headless ghost
* [[Kuchisake-Onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Vengeful ghost of a woman mutilated by her husband
* [[Kuda-gitsune]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Miniature fox spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kudan]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Human-faced calf which predicts a calamity and then dies
* [[Chinese mythology#Mythical creatures|Kui]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - One-legged monster
* [[Kulshedra]] ([[Albanian mythology|Albanian]]) - Drought-causing dragon
* [[Kumakatok]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Death spirits
* [[Kumiho]] ([[Korean mythology|Korean]]) - Fox spirit
* [[Peng (mythology)|Kun]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Giant fish
* [[Kupua]] ([[Hawaiian mythology|Hawaiian]]) - Shapeshifting tricksters
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kurabokko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Guardian spirit of a warehouse
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kurage-no-hinotama]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Jellyfish which floats through the air as a fireball
* [[Kurupi]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Wild man and fertility spirit
* [[Kushtaka]] ([[Tlingit]]) - Shapeshifting otter spirit
* [[Korean dragon#Korean cockatrice|Kye-ryong]] ([[Korean mythology|Korean]]) - Chicken-lizard hybrid
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kyōkotsu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost of a corpse discarded in a well
* [[Tsukumogami#Types of tsukumogami|Kyourinrin]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated scroll or paper
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kyūbi-no-kitsune]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Nine-tailed fox
* [[Kyūketsuki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Vampire
==L==
[[Image:Rangda statue.jpg|thumb|right|A statue of [[Rangda]], the queen of the [[Leyak]].]]
* [[Lilith#Lilitu demons|La-bar-tu]] ([[Assyrian mythology|Assyrian]]) - Disease demon
* [[Labbu]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Sea snake
* [[La chusa]] ([[Spanish mythology|Spanish]]) - Death spirit
* [[Lady midday]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Sunstroke spirit
* [[Lakanica]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Field spirit
* [[Lake monster]] (Worldwide) - Gigantic animals reputed to inhabit various lakes around the world
* [[La Llorona]] ([[Latin America]]) - Death spirit associated with drowning
* [[Lambton Worm]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Giant worm (possibly a dragon)
* [[Lamia (mythology)|Lamia]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Child-devouring monster
* [[Lamiak]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Water spirit with bird feet
* [[Lammasu]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]] and [[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Protective spirit with the form of a winged bull or lion with a human head
* [[Colombian folklore#Legendary creatures|La Mojana]] ([[Colombian folklore|Colombian]]) - Shapeshifting, female water spirit
* [[Lampades]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Underworld nymph
* [[Landvættir]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Nature spirits
* [[Lares]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - House spirit
* [[La Sayona]] ([[Venezuela]]) - Female ghost that punishes unfaithful husbands
* [[La Tunda]] ([[Colombian folklore|Colombian]]) - Nature spirit that seduces and kills men
* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Local and nature spirits|Laukų dvasios]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Field spirit
* [[Lauma]] ([[Baltic mythology|Baltic]]) - Sky spirit
* [[Lavellan]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Gigantic water rat
* [[Leanashe]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Possessing spirit or vampire
* [[Leimakids]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Meadow nymph
* [[Lenanshee]] ([[Celtic mythology|Celtic]]) - Fairy lover
* [[Hippocamp|Leokampoi]] ([[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]]) - Fish-tailed lion
* [[Leontophone]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Tiny animal poisonous to lions
* [[Leprechaun]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Cobbler spirit
* [[Leszi]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Tree spirit
* [[Leuce (mythology)|Leuce]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - White poplar tree nymph
* [[Leucrota]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Hybrid of a lion and crocotta
* [[Leviathan]] ([[Jewish folklore|Jewish]]) - Sea monster
* [[Leyak]] ([[Balinese mythology|Balinese]]) - Anthropophagous flying head with entrails
* [[Lidérc]] ([[Hungary]]) - Magical chicken that transforms into a humanoid
* [[Lightning Bird]] ([[Southern Africa]]) - Magical bird that can be found at sites of lightning strikes
* [[Likho]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - One-eyed hag or goblin
* [[Lilin]] ([[Jewish folklore|Jewish]]) - Night-demoness
* [[Lilith#Lilitu_demons|Lilitu]] ([[Assyrian mythology|Assyrian]]) - Winged demon
* [[Limnades]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Lake nymph
* [[Lindworm]] ([[Germanic mythology|Germanic]]) - Dragon
* [[Reptilian Humanoid#Mythological references to reptilian humanoids|Lizardman]] (Global) - Human-lizard hybrid
* [[Ljósálfar]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Sunlight spirit
* [[Water leaper|Llamhigyn Y Dwr]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Frog-bat-lizard hybrid
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Lo-lol]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Hideous monster
* [[Chinese dragon|Lóng]] - [[Chinese mythology|Chinese]] dragon
* [[Chinese mythology#Mythical creatures|Long Ma]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Dragon-horse hybrid
* [[Loogaroo]] ([[French America]]) - Shapeshifting, female vampire
* [[Lou Carcolh]] ([[French mythology|French]]) - Snake-mollusk hybrid
* [[Lubber fiend]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - House spirit
* [[Luduan]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Truth-detecting animal
* [[Luison]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Death spirit
* [[Lutin]] ([[French mythology|French]]) - Amusing goblin
* [[Lynx (mythology)|Lynx]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Feline guide spirit
==M==
[[Image:Mami Wata poster.png|thumb|right|200px|Contemporary poster of a [[Mami Wata]], "serpent priestess" painted by Hamburg, German artist Schleisinger, ca. 1926, displayed in shrines as a popular image of Mami Wata in Africa and in the Diaspora. <ref>Jell-Bahlsen 1997, p. 105</ref><ref>Chesi 1997, p. 255)</ref>]]
* [[Maa-alused]] ([[Estonian mythology|Estonian]]) - Subterranean spirit
* [[Maal]] ([[Bangladesh]]) - Malevolent water spirit
* [[Colombian folklore#Legendary creatures|Madremonte]] ([[Colombian folklore|Colombian]]) - Nature guardian
* [[Maero]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Savage, arboreal humanoids
* [[Gog and Magog#Gog and Magog in Britain|Magog]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Giant protector of London
* [[Maha-pudma]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Giant elephant that holds up the world
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#M|Maikubi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Quarreling heads of three dead miscreants
* [[Mairu]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Megalith-building giant
* [[Latvian mythology#Spirits and demons|Mājas gari]] ([[Latvian mythology|Latvian]]) - Benevolent house spirit
* [[Majin]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Magical beings
* [[Makara]] ([[Indian mythology|Indian]]) - Aquatic beings
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#M|Makura-gaeshi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Pillow-moving spirit
* [[Mami Wata]] ([[Africa]] and the [[African diaspora]]) - Supernaturally beautiful water spirits
* [[Manananggal]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Vampires that sever their torsos from their legs to fly around
* [[Mandragora (demon)|Mandrake]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Diminutive, animated construct
* [[Manes]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - Ancestral spirits
* [[Mannegishi]] ([[Cree]]) -[[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] with six fingers and no noses
* [[Manticore]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Lion-human-scorpion hybrid
* [[Mapinguari]] ([[Brazilian mythology|Brazilian]]) - Giant sloth
* [[Mara (folklore)|Mara]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - Female night-demon
* [[Mareikura]] ([[Tuamotu]]) - Attendant of Kiho-tumu, the supreme god
* [[Mares of Diomedes]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Man-eating horses
* [[Marid]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]]) - Water genie
* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Demonic beings|Maro deivės]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Disease spirits
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Shapeshifting toad spirit
* [[Matagot]] ([[French mythology|French]]) - Spirit that takes animal form, usually a black cat
* [[Mayura]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Peacock spirit
* [[Mazikeen]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Invisible, malevolent spirit
* [[Mbói Tu'ĩ]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Snake-parrot hybrid
* [[Mbwiri]] ([[Central Africa]]) - Possessing demon
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#M|Mekurabe]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Multiplying skulls that menaced [[Taira no Kiyomori]] in his courtyard
* [[Meliae]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Ash tree nymph
* [[Melusine]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Female water spirit, with the form of a winged mermaid
* [[Menehune]] ([[Hawaiian mythology|Hawaiian]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and craftsmen
* [[Menninkäinen]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and nature spirits
* [[Mermaid|Merfolk]] (Worldwide) - Human-fish hybrid
* [[Merlion]] ([[Singapore]]) - Combination of a lion and a fish, the symbol of [[History of Singapore|Singapore]].
* [[Merrow]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]] and [[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Human-fish hybrid
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Metee-kolen-ol]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Ice-hearted wizards
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#M|Miage-nyūdō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit which grows as fast as you can look up at it
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#M|Mikoshi-nyūdō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit which grows as fast as you can look up at it
* [[Mimi (folklore)|Mimi]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australian Aboriginal]]) - Extremely elongated humanoid that has to live in rock crevasses to avoid blowing away
* [[Minka Bird]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australian Aboriginal]]) - Death spirit
* [[Minotaur]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-bull hybrid
* [[Underwater panther|Mishibizhiw]] ([[Ojibwa]]) - Feline water spirit
* [[Horned Serpent|Misi-ginebig]] ([[Ojibwa]]) - Serpentine rain spirit
* [[Horned Serpent|Misi-kinepikw]] ([[Cree]]) - Serpentine rain spirit
* [[Mizuchi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Water dragon
* [[Mohan (legendary)|Mohan]] ([[Latin American folklore|Latin America]]) - Nature spirit
* [[Mokoi]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australian Aboriginal]]) - Malevolent spirit that kills sorcerers
* [[Mokumokuren]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirits that live in torn [[shōji]]
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#M|Momonjii]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Old man that meets victims at the fork of every road
* [[Moñái]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Giant snake with antennae
* [[Monocerus]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - One-horned stag-horse-elephant-boar hybrid, sometimes treated as distinct from the [[unicorn]]
* [[Mono Grande]] ([[South America]]) - Giant monkey
* [[Monopod (creature)|Monopod]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Dwarf with one giant foot
* [[Mora (mythology)|Mora]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Disembodied spirit
* [[Morgens]] ([[Brittany|Breton]] and [[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Water spirits
* [[Tsukumogami#Types of tsukumogami|Morinji-no-okama]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated tea kettle
* [[Mormolykeia]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Underworld spirit
* [[Moroi]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Vampiric ghost
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#M|Mōryō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Long-eared, corpse-eating spirit
* [[Moss people]] ([[Germanic mythology|Germanic]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and tree spirits
* [[Mountain Giant]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Giant
* [[Mujina]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Shapeshifting badger spirit
* [[Colombian folklore#Legendary creatures|Mula Retinta]] ([[Colombian folklore|Colombian]]) - Malevolent storm spirit that takes the form of a mule
* [[Muldjewangk]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australian Aboriginal]]) - Water monster
* [[Muma Pădurii]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Forest-dwelling hag
* [[Muscaliet]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Extremely hot hare-squirrel-boar hybrid
* [[Muse]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Spirits that inspire artists
* [[Myling]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - Ghosts of unbaptized children
* [[Myōbu#Legends connecting kitsune to the title myōbu|Myōbu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Fox spirit
* [[Myrmecoleon]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Ant-lion hybrid
==N==
[[Image:Naga182.JPG|thumb|A [[Hoysala]] sculpture of a [[Naga]] couple. [[Halebidu]].]]
* [[Nachzehrer]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Anthropophagous undead
* [[Nāga]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]] and [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Nature and water spirits, serpentine or human-serpent hybrids
* [[Naga fireballs]] ([[Thai people|Thai]]) - Spectral fire
* [[Nagual]] ([[Mesoamerica]]) - Human-animal shapeshifter
* [[Naiad]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Freshwater nymph
* [[Näkki]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Water spirit
* [[Namahage]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ritual disciplinary demon from the [[Oga Peninsula]]
* [[Namazu (Japanese mythology)|Namazu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Giant catfish whose thrashing causing earthquakes
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nando-baba]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Old woman who hides under the floor in abandoned storerooms
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Nanom-keea-po-da]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Earthquake spirit
* [[Napaeae]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Grotto nymph
* [[Narecnitsi]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Fate spirit
* [[Naree Pons]] ([[Thai people|Thai]]) - Pod people
* [[Nargun]] ([[Gunai]]) - Water monster
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Narikama]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Kettle spirit
* [[Nasnas]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]]) - Half-human, half-demon creature with half a body
* [[Nav']] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Ghost
* [[Nawao]] ([[Hawaiian mythology|Hawaiian]]) - Savage humanoid
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|N-dam-keno-wet]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Fish-human hybrid
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nebutori]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Mystical disease which causes women to grow fat and lethargic
* [[Negret]] ([[Catalan myths and legends|Catalan]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] that turn into coins
* [[Bakeneko|Nekomata]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Split-tailed magical cat
* [[Nekomusume]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Cat in the form of a girl
* [[Nemean Lion]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Lion with impenetrable skin
* [[Nephilim]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Giant
* [[Nereid]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Nymph daughters of [[Nereus]]
* [[Ngen]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Nature spirit
* [[Nguruvilu]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Fox-like water snake
* [[Nian]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Predatory animal
* [[Nightmarchers]] ([[Hawaiian mythology|Hawaiian]]) - Warrior ghosts
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nikusui]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Monster which appears as a young woman and sucks all of the flesh off of its victim's body
* [[Nimerigar]] ([[Shoshone]]) - Aggressive [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]
* [[Ningyo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Monkey-fish hybrid
* [[Ninki Nanka]] ([[Western Africa]]) - Large reptile, possibly a dragon
* [[Tomte|Nisse]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - House spirit
* [[Níðhöggr]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Dragon
* [[Nivatakavachas]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Ocean demon
* [[Nix]] ([[Germanic mythology|Germanic]]) - Female water spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nobusuma]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Supernatural wall. Also a monstrous flying squirrel
* [[Nocnitsa]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Nightmare spirit
* [[Noppera-bō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Faceless ghost
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nozuchi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Small sea serpent
* [[Nuckelavee]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Malevolent human-horse-fish hybrid
* [[Nue]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Monkey-[[raccoon dog]]-tiger-snake hybrid
* [[Nukekubi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Disembodied, flying head that attacks people
* [[Nuku-mai-tore]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Forest spirit
* [[Numen]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - Tutelary spirit
* [[Nuno]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Malevolent [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nuppefuhofu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated lump of decaying human flesh
* [[Nuppeppo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated chuck of dead flesh
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nurarihyon]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Creature who sneaks into houses on busy evenings
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nure-onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Female monster who appears on the beach
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nuribotoke]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated corpse with blackened flesh and dangling eyeballs
* [[Nurikabe (folklore)|Nurikabe]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit that manifests as an endless wall
* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Various lower beings|Nykštukas]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Cavern spirit
* [[Nymph]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Nature spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nyūbachibō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Mortar spirit
==O==
[[Image:ouroboros.png|thumb|right|250px|'''1478''' drawing by [[Theodoros Pelecanos]] of an [[Ouroboros]], in [[alchemical]] tract titled ''[[Synosius]]''.]]
* [[Obake]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Shapeshifting spirits
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#O|Obariyon]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spook which rides piggyback on a human victim and becomes unbearably heavy
* [[Obayifo]] ([[Ashanti mythology|Ashanti]]) - Vampiric possession spirit
* [[Obia (folklore)|Obia]] ([[West Africa]]) - Gigantic animal that serves witches
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#O|Oboro-guruma]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghostly oxcart with the face of its driver
* [[Oceanid]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Nymph daughters of [[Oceanus]]
* [[Odei]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Storm spirit
* [[Odmience]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Changeling
* [[Og]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Giant king of the Amorites
* [[Ogre]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Large, grotesque humanoid
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#O|Ohaguro-bettari]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Female ghost lacking all facial features save for a large, black-toothed smile
* [[Yotsuya Kaidan|Oiwa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost of a woman with a distorted face who was murdered by her husband
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#O|Ōkamuro]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Giant face which appears at the door
* [[Banchō Sarayashiki|Okiku]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Plate-counting ghost of a servant girl
* [[Ōkubi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Death spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#O|Okuri-inu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Dog or wolf that follows travelers at night. Similar to the [[Black dog (ghost)|Black dog]] of English folklore
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#O|Ōmukade]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Giant, human-eating centipede that lives in the mountains
* [[Oni (folklore)|Oni]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Large, grotesque humanoid
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#O|Onibi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spectral fire
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#O|Onikuma]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Monstrous bear
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#O|Onmoraki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Bird-demon created from the spirits of freshly-dead corpses
* [[Onocentaur]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Human-donkey hybrid
* [[Onoskelis]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Shapeshifting demon
* [[Onryō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Vengeful ghost that manifests in physical (rather than spectral) form
* [[Onza]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]] and [[Latin American folklore]]) - Wild cat, possibly a subspecies of [[cougar]]
* [[Oozlum bird]] (Unknown origin) - Bird that flies backwards
* [[Ophiotaurus]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Bull-serpent hybrid
* [[Griffin#Opinicus|Opinicus]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Lion-eagle hybrid, similar to a griffin, but with leonine forelimbs
* [[Orang Bunian]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Forest spirit
* [[Orang Minyak]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Spectral rapist
* [[Ördög]] ([[Hungarian mythology|Hungarian]]) - Shapeshifting demon
* [[Oread]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Mountain nymph
* [[Ork (folklore)|Ork]] ([[Tyrol]]ean) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and house spirits
* [[Orobas]] (European) - [[Horse]]-headed, honest oracle classed as a [[demon]]
* [[Orphan Bird]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Peacock-eagle-swan-crane hybrid
* [[Orthrus]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Two-headed dog
* [[Otoroshi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Hairy creature that perches on the gates to shrines and temples
* [[Otso]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Bear spirit
* [[Ouroboros]] (Worldwide) - Mystic serpent/dragon that eats its own tail
* [[Ovinnik]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Malevolent threshing house spirit
==P==
[[Image:Piasa Bird May06.jpg|thumb|300px|A modern painting of the "[[Piasa Bird]]", on the bluffs of the Mississippi River in Alton. Wings were not present in the original painting.]]
* [[Paasselkä devils]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Spectral fire
* [[Pamola]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Weather spirit
* [[Pan (mythology)|Panes]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-goat hybrids descended from the god Pan
* [[Panis]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Demons with herds of stolen cows
* [[Panlong]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Water dragon
* [[Panotti]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Humanoid with gigantic ears
* [[Panther (legendary creature)|Panther]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Feline with sweet breath
* [[Parandrus]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Shapeshifting animal whose natural form was a large [[ruminant]]
* [[Pard (legendary creature)|Pard]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Fast, spotted feline believed to mate with [[lions]] to produce [[leopards]]
* [[Hippocamp|Pardalokampoi]] ([[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]]) - Fish-tailed panther
* [[Patagon]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Giant race reputed to live in the area of [[Patagonia]]
* [[Patasola]] ([[Latin American folklore|Latin America]]) - Anthropophagous, one-legged humanoid
* [[Patupairehe]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - White-skinned nature spirits
* [[Pech (mythology)|Pech]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Strong [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]
* [[Pegaeae]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Spring nymph
* [[Pelesit]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Servant spirit
* [[Peluda]] ([[Mythology in France|French]]) - Dragon
* [[Penanggalan]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Vampires that sever their heads from their bodies to fly around, usually with their intestines or other internal organs trailing behind
* [[Peng (mythology)|Peng]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Giant bird
* [[Penghou]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Tree spirit
* [[Peri]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Winged humanoid
* [[Peryton]] (Allegedly [[Medieval folklore]]) - Deer-bird hybrid
* [[Pesanta]] ([[Catalan myths and legends|Catalan]]) - Nightmare demon in the form of a cat or dog
* [[Peuchen]] ([[Chilota mythology|Chilota]] and [[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Vampiric, flying, shapeshifting serpent
* [[Phoenix (mythology)|Phoenix]] ([[Phoenicia]]n) - Regenerative bird
* [[Piasa]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Winged, antlered feline
* [[Piatek]] ([[Armenian mythology|Armenian]]) - Large land animal
* [[Pictish Beast]] ([[Pictish stones]]) - Stylistic animal, possibly a dragon
* [[Pillan]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Nature spirit
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Pim-skwa-wagen-owad]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Water spirit
* [[Piru (spirit)|Piru]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Minor demon
* [[Pishacha]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Carrion-eating demon
* [[Horned Serpent|Pita-skog]] ([[Abenaki]]) - Serpentine rain spirit
* [[Pixie]] ([[Cornish folklore|Cornish]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and nature spirits
* [[Pixiu]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Winged lion
* [[Pi yao]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Horned, dragon-lion hybrid
* [[Drekavac#Similar_creatures|Plakavac]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Vampire created when a mother strangles her child
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Pok-wejee-men]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Tree spirit
* [[Polevik]] ([[Polish mythology|Polish]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and field spirits
* [[Colombian folklore#Legendary creatures|Pollo Maligno]] ([[Colombian folklore|Colombian]]) - Canibbalistic chicken spirit
* [[Polong]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Invisible servant spirit
* [[Poltergeist]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Ghost that moves objects
* [[Pombero]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Wild man and nature spirit
* [[Ponaturi]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Grotesque, malevolent humanoid
* [[Pontianak (folklore)|Pontianak]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Undead, vampiric women who died in childbirth
* [[Poukai]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Giant bird
* [[Preta]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]], [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]], and [[Jainist]]) - Ghosts of especially greedy people
* [[Pricolici]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Undead wolf
* [[Psoglav]] ([[Serbian mythology|Serbia]]) - Dog-headed monster
* [[Psotnik]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Mischievous spirit
* [[Pegasus|Pterippus]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Winged horse
* [[Púca]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Shapeshifting animal spirit
* [[Puck (mythology)|Puck]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - House spirit
* [[Pugot]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Headless humanoid
* [[Latvian mythology#Spirits and demons| Pūķis]] ([[Latvian mythology|Latvian]]) - Malevolent house spirit
* [[Pygmy (Greek mythology)|Pygmy]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]]
* [[Pyrausta]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Insect-dragon hybrid
* [[Python (mythology)|Python]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Serpentine dragon
==Q==
[[Image:QingQilin.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A [[qilin]] of the [[Qing dynasty]] in Beijing's [[Summer Palace]]]]
* [[Qareen]] ([[Islamic mythology|Islamic]]) - Personal demon
* [[Qilin]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Dragon-ox-deer hybrid
* [[Qiqirn]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Large, bald dog spirit
* [[Qliphoth]] ([[Judaism|Jewish]]) - Evil spirits
* [[Questing Beast]] ([[Arthurian legend]]) - Serpent-leopard-lion-hart hybrid
* [[Quinotaur]] ([[Frankish mythology|Frankish]]) - Five-horned bull
==R==
[[Image:RainbowSerpent.jpg|thumb|300px|Australian Aboriginal rock painting of the "[[Rainbow Serpent]]".]]
* [[Rå]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Spirit that protects a specific place
* [[Rabisu]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Vampiric spirit that ambushes people
* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Demonic beings|Ragana]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Malevolent wizard
* [[Raiju]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Lightning spirit
* [[Rain Bird (legend)|Rain Bird]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Rain spirit
* [[Rainbow crow]] ([[Lenape mythology|Lenape]]) - Crow spirit
* [[The rainbow fish|Rainbow Fish]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Whale-sized, multi-colored fish
* [[Rainbow Serpent]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australian Aboriginal]]) - Dragon
* [[Rakshasa]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]] and [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Shapeshifting demons
* [[Ramidreju]] ([[Spanish mythology|Spanish]]) - Extremely long, weasel-like animal
* [[Raróg]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Whirlwind spirit
* [[Raven Mocker]] ([[Cherokee mythology|Cherokee]]) - Life-draining spirit
* [[Raven Spirit]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]], [[Norse mythology|Norse]], and [[Shamanism in Siberia|Siberian]]) - Trickster spirit
* [[Redcap]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Malevolent, grotesque humanoid
* [[Re’em]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Gigantic land animal
* [[Rephaite]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Giant
* [[Revenant (folklore)|Revenant]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Reanimated dead
* [[Roc (mythology)|Roc]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]] and [[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Gigantic bird
* [[Rokurokubi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Long-necked, humanoid tricksters
* [[Rompo]] ([[Africa]] and [[Indian mythology|India]]) - Skeletal creature with elements of a rabbit, badger, and bear
* [[Vietnamese dragon|Rồng]] - ([[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]]) Dragon
* [[Rougarou]] ([[French America]]) - Human-wolf shapeshifter
* [[Rusalka]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Female water spirit
* [[Japanese dragon|Ryū]] - [[Japanese mythology|Japanese]] dragon
==S==
[[Image:Saci perere.jpg|thumb|[[Saci]] Pererê]]
* [[Saci (Brazilian folklore)|Saci]] ([[Brazilian mythology|Brazilian]]) - One-legged nature-spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sagari]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Horse's head that dangles from trees on [[Kyūshū]]
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sakabashira]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Haunted pillar, installed upside-down
* [[Salamander (legendary creature)|Salamander]] ([[Alchemy]]) - Fire [[elemental]]
* [[Samebito]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Shark]] demon
* [[Samodiva]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Nature spirit
* [[Sandwalker]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]]) - Camel-stealing, giant arthropod
* [[Sânziană]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Nature spirit
* [[Sarimanok]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Bird of good fortune
* [[Jarita|Sarngika]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Bird spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sarugami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Wicked monkey spirit which was defeated by a dog
* [[Satori (folklore)|Satori]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Mind-reading humanoid
* [[Satyr]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-goat hybrid and fertility spirit
* [[Sazae-oni]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Shapeshifting turban snail spirit
* [[Sceadugenga]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Shapeshifting undead
* [[Scitalis]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Snake which mesmerizes its prey
* [[Scorpion Man]] ([[Mayan mythology|Mayan]] and [[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Human-scorpion hybrid
* [[Scylla]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-snake-wolf hybrid with a snake's tail, twelve wolf legs, and six long-necked wolf heads
* [[Sea-bee]] ([[Heraldry|Heraldic]]) - Fish-tailed bee
* [[Sea monk]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Fish-like humanoid
* [[Sea monster]] (Worldwide) - Giant, marine animals
* [[Sea serpent]] (Worldwide) - Serpentine sea monster
* [[Wyvern|Sea-Wyvern]] ([[Heraldry|Heraldic]]) - Fish-tailed wyvern
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Seko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Water spirit which can be heard making merry at night
* [[Selkie]] ([[Faroe islands|Faroese]], [[Icelandic folklore|Icelandic]], [[Irish mythology|Irish]], and [[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Human-seal shapeshifter
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Senpoku-Kanpoku]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Human-faced frog which guides the souls of the newly deceased to the graveyard
* [[Seps (legendary creature)|Seps]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Snake with highly corrosive venom
* [[Serpent (symbolism)|Serpent]] (Worldwide) - Snake spirit
* [[Serpopard]] ([[Egyptian mythology|Ancient Egypt]]) - Serpent-leopard hybrid
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Setotaishō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Warrior composed of discarded earthenware
* [[Shachihoko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Tiger-carp hybrid
* [[Shade (mythology)| Shade]] (Worldwide) - Spiritual imprint
* [[Shahbaz]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Giant eagle or hawk
* [[Chinese mythology#Mythical creatures|Shang-Yang]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Rain bird
* [[Shedim]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Chicken-legged demon
* [[Shedu]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]] and [[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Protective spirit with the form of a winged bull or lion with a human head
* [[Shellycoat]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Water spirit
* [[Shenlong]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Weather dragon
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shibaten]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Water spirit from [[Shikoku]]
* [[Shikigami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Child-sized servant spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shiki-ōji]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Child-sized servant spirit
* [[Shikome]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Underworld hag
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shin]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Giant clam which creates mirages
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shiro-bōzu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - White, faceless spirit
* [[Tsukumogami#Types of tsukumogami|Shirouneri]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated mosquito netting or dust cloth
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shiryō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit of a dead person
* [[Shisa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Lion-dog hybrid
* [[Shishi]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Protective animal
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shōjō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Red-haired sea-sprites who love alcohol
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shōkera]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Creature that peers in through skylights
* [[Shtriga]] ([[Albanian]]) - An evil or dangerous witch
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shunoban]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Red-faced ghoul
* [[Shuten-dōji]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Oni
* [[Aos Sí|Sídhe]] - ([[Irish mythology|Irish]] and [[Scottish mythology|Scottish]]) - Ancestral or nature spirit
* [[Sigbin]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Goat-like vampire
* [[Silenus|Silenoi]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Bald, fat, thick-lipped, and flat-nosed followers of [[Dionysus]]
* [[Simargl]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Winged dog
* [[Simurgh]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Dog-lion-peacock hybrid
* [[Singa (mythology)|Singa]] ([[Batak (Indonesia)|Batak]]) - Feline animal
* [[Horned Serpent|Sint Holo]] ([[Choctaw mythology|Choctaw]]) - Serpentine rain spirit
* [[Siren]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-headed bird
* [[Sirin]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Demonic human-headed bird
* [[Sirrush]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Dragon with aquiline hind legs and feline forelegs
* [[Sisiutl]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Two-headed sea serpent
* [[Si-Te-Cah]] ([[Paiute]]) - Red-haired giants
* [[Rå|Sjörå]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Freshwater spirit
* [[Vættir|Sjövættir]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Sea spirit
* [[Skin-walker]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]] and [[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Animal-human shapeshifter
* [[Huldra|Skogsrå]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - Forest spirit
* [[Skookum]] ([[Chinook Jargon]]) - Hairy giant
* [[Skrzak]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Flying imp
* [[Slavic fairies#Sky Women|Sky Women]] ([[Polish mythology|Polish]]) - Weather spirit
* [[Sluagh]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]] and [[Scottish mythology|Scottish]]) - Restless ghost
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sodehiki-kozō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Invisible spirit which pulls on sleeves
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sōgenbi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Fiery ghost of an oil-stealing monk
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Soragami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ritual disciplinary demon
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Soraki-gaeshi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Sound of trees being cut down, when later none seem to have been cut
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sorobanbōzu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost with an [[abacus]]
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sōtangitsune]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Fox spirit from Kyoto
* [[Soucouyant]] ([[Trinidad and Tobago]]) - Vampiric hag who takes the form of a fireball at night
* [[Spectre]] (Worldwide) - Terrifying ghost
* [[Sphinx]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Winged lion with a woman's head
* [[Spiriduş]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]]
* [[Spriggan]] ([[Cornish folklore|Cornish]]) - Guardians of graveyards and ruins
* [[Sprite (creature)|Sprite]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Winged [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]
* [[Strigoi]] ([[Romanian mythology|Romanian]]) - Vampire
* [[Strix (mythology)|Strix]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - Vampiric bird
* [[Strzyga]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Vampiric undead
* [[Stuhać]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Malevolent mountain spirit
* [[Stymphalian birds|Stymphalian Bird]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Metallic bird
* [[Suangi]] ([[New Guinea]]) - Anthropophagous sorcerer
* [[Succubus]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Female night-demon
* [[Sudice (mythology)|Sudice]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Fortune spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sunakake-baba]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Sand-throwing hag
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sunekosuri]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Small dog- or cat-like creature that rubs against a person's legs at night
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Suppon-no-yūrei]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost with a face like a soft-shelled turtle
* [[Surma (Finnish mythology)|Surma]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Hellhound
* [[Svartálfar]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Cavern spirit
* [[The Swallower]] ([[Egyptian mythology|Ancient Egyptian]]) - Crocodile-leopard-hippopotamus hybrid
* [[Swan maiden]] (Worldwide) - Swan-human shapeshifter
* [[Sylph]] ([[Alchemy]]) - Air [[elemental]]
==T==
[[Image:Tikbalang The Philippine Demon Horse Commons.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Tikbalang]]]]
* [[Tachash]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Large land animal
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Taimatsumaru]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Tengu]] surrounded in demon fire
* [[Takam]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Nature spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Taka-onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Female spirit which can stretch itself to peer into the second story of a building
* [[Talos]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Winged giant made of bronze
* [[Tangie]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Shapeshifting water spirit
* [[Taniwha]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Water spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Tankororin]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Unharvested [[persimmon]] which becomes a monster
* [[Tanuki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Shapeshifting Raccoon dog
* [[Taotie]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Greed spirit
* [[Tapairu]] ([[Mangaia]]) - Nature spirit
* [[Tarasque]] ([[Mythology in France|French]]) - Dragon with leonine, turtle, bear, and human attributes
* [[Tartalo]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - One-eyed giant
* [[Tartaruchi]] ([[Christianity|Christian]]) - Demonic punisher
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Tatami-tataki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Poltergeist that hits the [[tatami]] mats at night
* [[Japanese dragon|Tatsu]] - [[Japanese mythology|Japanese]] dragon
* [[Hippocamp|Taurokampoi]] ([[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]]) - Fish-tailed bull
* [[Tavara]] ([[Turkish mythology|Trabzon]]) - Night-demon
* [[Teju Jagua]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Lizard with seven dog heads
* [[Tengu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Anthropomorphic bird
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Tenjōname]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ceiling-licking spirit
* [[Tennin]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Angelic humanoid
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Te-no-me]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost of a blind man, with his eyes on his hands
* [[Teumessian fox|Teumessian Fox]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Gigantic fox
* [[Theriocephaly| Theriocephalus]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Animal-headed humanoid
* [[Three-legged bird]] ([[Asia]] and [[Africa]]) - Solar bird
* [[Thunderbird (mythology)|Thunderbird]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Avian lightning spirit, bird
* [[Tiangou]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Meteoric dog
* [[Tianlong]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Celestial dragon
* [[Tibicena]] ([[Guanches|Canarian]]) - Evil Dog
* [[Tiddy Mun]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Bog spirit
* [[Tikbalang]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Anthropomorphic horse
* [[Tikoloshe]] ([[Zulu mythology|Zulu]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and water spirit
* [[Timingila]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Sea monster
* [[Tipua]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Spirit that protects a specific place
* [[Titan (mythology)|Titan]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - giant half gods who ruled the universe before the gods did
* [[Tiyanak]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Malevolent spirit in the form of a human infant
* [[Tizheruk]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Sea serpent
* [[Tlahuelpuchi]] ([[Tlaxcaltec|Tlaxcalan]]) - Shapeshifting vampire
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Tōfu-kozō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit child carrying a block of [[tofu]]
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Toire-no-Hanakosan]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost who lurks in grade school restroom stalls
* [[Tomte]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - House spirit
* [[Topielec]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Water spirit
* [[Taotie|Tōtetsu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Greed spirit
* [[Toyol]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Servant spirit
* [[Trauco]] ([[Chilota mythology|Chilota]]) - Fertility spirit
* [[Trenti]] ([[Cantabrian mythology|Cantabrian]]) - Diminutive demon
* [[Tripurasura]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Demonic inhabitants of [[Tripura]]
* [[Tritons]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-fish hybrid
* [[Troll]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Nature spirit
* [[Trow (folklore)|Trow]] ([[Orkney islands|Orkney]] and [[Shetland islands|Shetland]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and nature spirits
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Tsi-noo]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Vampiric demon
* [[Tsuchigumo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Shapeshifting, giant spider
* [[Tsuchinoko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Small sea serpent
* [[Tsukumogami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Inanimate object that becomes animated after existing for 100 years
* [[Tsul 'Kalu]] ([[Cherokee mythology|Cherokee]]) - Giant nature spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Tsurara-onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Icicle woman
* [[Tsurube-otoshi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ambush predator
* [[Tugarin Zmeyevich]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Evil shapeshifter
* [[Tupilaq]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Animated construct
* [[Turehu]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Pale spirit
* [[Turul]] ([[Hungarian mythology|Hungarian]]) - Giant bird
* [[Typhon]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Winged, snake-legged giant
* [[Tzitzimitl]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]]) - Skeletal star spirit
==U==
[[Image:Urmahlullu.jpg|right|thumb|''[[Centauroid creature|Urmahlullu]]'' relief from a bathroom in the palace of [[Assurbanipal]] in [[Ninevah]]]]
* [[Ubume]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghosts of women who died in childbirth
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#U|Uma-no-ashi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Horse's leg which dangles from a tree and kicks passersby
* [[Umibōzu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost of drowned priest
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#U|Umi-nyōbō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Female sea monster who steals fish
* [[Undead]] (Worldwide) - Dead that behave as if alive
* [[Underwater panther]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Feline water spirit
* [[Ondine (mythology)|Undine]] ([[Alchemy]]) - Water [[elemental]]
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#U|Ungaikyō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Mirror monster which can display assorted wonders in its surface
* [[Unhcegila]] ([[Lakota mythology|Lakota]]) - Dragon
* [[Unicorn]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - One-horned goat-lion-stag-horse hybrid
* [[Horned Serpent|Unktehi]] ([[Lakota mythology|Lakota]]) - Serpentine rain spirit
* [[Unktehila]] ([[Lakota mythology|Lakota]]) - Reptilian water monster
* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Local and nature spirits|Upinis]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - River spirit
* [[Urayuli]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Hairy giant
* [[Uriaş]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Giant
* [[Centauroid creature|Urmahlullu]] ([[Mesopotamian mythology|Mespotamian]]) - Lion-human hybrid guardian spirit
* [[Ushi-oni]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Bull-headed monster
* [[Utukku]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Underworld messenger spirit
* [[Uwan]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit named for the sound it shouts when surprising people
==V==
[[Image:YaxchilanDivineSerpent.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A [[Vision Serpent]], detail of Lintel 15 at the Classic Maya site of [[Yaxchilan]]]]
* [[Latvian mythology#Spirits and demons|Vadātājs]] ([[Latvian mythology|Latvian]]) - Spirit that misleads people
* [[Vættir]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Nature spirit
* [[Valkyrie]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Female spirit that leads souls of dead warriors to Valhalla
* [[Vâlvă]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Female nature spirit
* [[Vampire]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Re-animated corpse that subsists on blood
* [[Vanara]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Human-ape hybrid
* [[Vântoase]] ([[Romanian mythology|Romanian]]) - Female weather spirit
* [[Vârcolac]] ([[Romanian mythology|Romanian]]) - Vampire or werewolf
* [[Vardøger]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - Ghostly double
* [[Latvian mythology#Spirits and demons|Veļi]] ([[Latvian mythology|Latvian]]) - Ghost
* [[Chuvash dragon|Věri Şělen]] - [[Chuvash people|Chuvash]] dragon
* [[Vetala]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Corpses possessed by vampiric spirits
* [[European_dragon#Catalan_mythology|Víbria]] ([[Catalan myths and legends|Catalan]]) - Dragon with breasts and an eagle's beak
* [[Gulon|Vielfras]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Gluttonous dog-cat-fox hybrid
* [[Slavic fairies#Vila|Vila]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Weather spirit
* [[Latvian mythology#Spirits and demons|Vilkacis]] ([[Latvian mythology|Latvian]]) - Animalistic monster
* [[Colombian folklore#Legendary creatures|Viruñas]] ([[Colombian folklore|Colombian]]) - Handsome demon
* [[Vision Serpent]] ([[Mayan mythology|Mayan]]) - Mystical dragon
* [[Vodyanoy]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Male water spirit
* [[Vrykolakas]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Undead wolf-human hybrid
==W==
[[Image:GermanWoodcut1722.jpg|300px||thumb|right|A German woodcut of a [[Werewolf]] from 1722]]
* [[Waldgeist]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Forest spirit
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Wana-games-ak]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Water spirits
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#W|Wani]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]])- A [[crocodilian]] water monster
* [[Wanyūdō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Demon in the form of a burning ox cart with a human head
* [[Warak ngendog]] ([[Islam in Indonesia|Indonesian Muslim]]) - Egg laying bird
* [[Warg]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Giant, demonic wolf
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Wassan-mon-ganeehla-ak]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - [[Aurora (astronomy)|Aurora]] spirits
* [[Water monkey]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Water spirit
* [[Water sprite]] ([[Alchemy]]) - Water [[elemental]]
* [[Wati-kutjara]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australia Aboriginal]]) - Iguana spirit
* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Wa-won-dee-a-megw]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Shapeshifting snail spirit
* [[Weisse Frauen]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Female sun spirit
* [[Wekufe]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Demon
* [[Wendigo]] ([[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]]) - Anthropophagous spirit
* [[Wentshukumishiteu]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Water spirit
* [[Werecat]] (Worldwide) - Feline-human shapeshifter
* [[Werewolf]] (Worldwide) - Wolf-human shapeshifter
* [[Will-o'-the-Wisp]] (Worldwide) - Spectral fire
* [[Wirry-cow]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Malevolent spirit
* [[Witte Wieven]] ([[Mythology of the Low Countries|Dutch]]) - Female, ancestral spirit
* [[Wondjina]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australia Aboriginal]]) - Weather spirit
* [[Woodwose]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Savage humanoid
* [[Wraith]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Water spirit or ghostly apparition
* [[Wulver]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Wolf-headed human
* [[European dragon#Dragons in English mythology|Wyrm]] - [[English folklore|English]] dragon
* [[Wyvern]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Flying reptile, usually with two legs and two wings
==X==
* [[Xana]] ([[Asturias|Asturian]]) - Female water spirit
* [[Xelhua]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]]) - Giant
* [[Chinese mythology#Mythical creatures|Xing Tian]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Headless giant
* [[Xiuhcoatl]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]]) - Drought spirit
==Y==
[[Image:Yale salient.gif|thumb|150px|right|Heraldic image of a [[Yale]].]]
* [[Yacumama]] ([[South America]]) - Sea monster
* [[Yadōkai]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Malevolent, nocturnal spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yagyō-san]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Demon who rides through the night on a headless horse
* [[Yaksha]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]], [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]], and [[Jainism]]) - Male nature spirit
* [[Yakshini#Yakshis in Kerala|Yakshi]] ([[Keralite]]) - Vampire
* [[Yakshini]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]], [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]], and [[Jainism]]) - Female nature spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yakubyō-gami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Disease and misfortune spirit
* [[Yale (mythical creature)|Yale]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Antelope- or goat-like animal with swiveling horns
* [[Yallery-Brown]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Nature spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yamaarashi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Porcupine]] spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yama-biko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Echo spirit
* [[Yama-bito]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Savage, mountain-dwelling humanoid
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yama-chichi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Monkey-like mountain spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yama-inu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Dog-like mountain spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yama-oroshi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - a Radish-grater spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yama-otoko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Mountain giant
* [[Yamata no Orochi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Gigantic, eight-headed serpent
* [[Yama-uba]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Malevolent, mountain-dwelling hag
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yama-waro]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Hairy, one-eyed spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yanari]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit which causes strange noises
* [[Yaoguai]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animalistic demon
* [[Yara-ma-yha-who]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australian Aboriginal]]) - Diminutive, sucker-fingered vampire
* [[Three-legged bird|Yatagarasu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Three-legged crow of Amaterasu
* [[Yato-no-kami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Serpent spirits
* [[Yeth hound]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Headless dog
* [[Yilbegän]] ([[Turkish mythology|Turkic]]) - Either a dragon or a giant
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yobuko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Mountain dwelling spirit
* [[Yofune-nushi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Sea monster
* [[Yōkai]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Demon
* [[Yomotsu-shikome]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Underworld hag
* [[Korean dragon|Yong]] - [[Korean mythology|Korean]] dragon
* [[Yōsei]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Nature spirit
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yosuzume]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Mysterious bird that sings at night, sometimes indicating that the ''[[okuri-inu]]'' is near
* [[Yowie (cryptid)|Yowie]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australian Aboriginal]]) - Nocturnal human-ape hybrid, also Yahoo
* [[Ypotryll]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Boar-camel-ox-serpent hybrid
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yukinko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Child-like snow-spirit
* [[Yuki-onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Snow spirit
* [[Yūrei]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost
* [[Yuxa]] ([[Turkish mythology|Tatar]]) - 100 year-old snake that transforms into a beautiful human
==Z==
[[Image:Zilant Metro.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Zilant]]. [[Kazan Metro]] station]]
* [[Zahhak]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Dragon
* [[Žaltys]] ([[Baltic mythology|Baltic]]) - Serpentine fertility spirit
* [[Zamzummim]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Giant
* [[Zână]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Nature spirit
* [[Zashiki-warashi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - House spirit
* [[Zduhać]] ([[Slavic mythology]]) - Disembodied, heroic spirit
* [[Zennyo Ryūō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Rain-making dragon
* [[Firebird (Russian folklore)|Zhar-Ptitsa]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Glowing bird
* [[Pig dragon|Zhulong]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Pig-headed dragon
* [[Vermilion Bird|Zhū Què]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Fire elemental bird
* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Demonic beings|Žiburinis]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Forest spirit in the form of a glowing skeleton
* [[Zilant]] ([[Turkish mythology|Tatar]]) - Flying reptile with chicken legs
* [[Zin]] ([[West Africa]]) - Water spirits
* [[Ziz]] ([[Jewish folklore|Jewish]]) - Giant Bird
* [[Zlatorog]] ([[Slovenia]]) - White deer with golden horns
* [[Zmeu]] ([[Romanian folklore]]) - Giant with a habit of kidnapping young girls
* [[Slavic dragon|Zmiy]] - [[Slavic mythology|Slavic]] dragon
* [[Zombie]] ([[Vodou]]) - Re-animated corpse
* [[Tsukumogami#Types of tsukumogami|Zorigami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated clock
* [[Zuijin]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Tutelary spirit
* [[Zunbera-bō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Faceless ghost
== See also ==
* [[Bestiary]]
* [[Book of Imaginary Beings]]
* [[Centauroid creature]]
* [[Chinese mythology#Mythical creatures|Chinese mythical creatures]]
* [[Cryptozoology]]
* [[Heraldry]]
* [[Legendary creature]]
* [[Legendary creatures of the Argentine Northwest region]]
* [[List of angels]]
* [[List of cryptids]]
* [[List of demons]]
* [[List of dragons in mythology and folklore]]
* [[List of fictional species]]
* [[List of giants in mythology and folklore]]
* [[List of Greek mythological creatures]]
* [[List of legendary creatures by type]]
* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan]]
* [[List of vampires in folklore and mythology]]
* [[Monster]]
* [[Mythic Humanoids]]
* [[Philippine mythical creatures]]
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