List of legendary creatures 254257 225526695 2008-07-14T04:01:22Z Zerokitsune 2709306 /* J */ remove unsourced creature (no wikipedia article and not found in Google) of suspicious description [[Image:J.F.Bertuch-Fabelwesen2.JPG|thumb|250px|right|J.F. Bertuch, Kinderbuch Fabelwesen 2, Anno 1806]] 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. {{CompactTOC}} ==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]] ==External links== {{commonscat|legendary creatures}} *[http://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastalphashort.htm Medieval Bestiary] *[http://www.theoi.com/Bestiary.html Ancient Greek & Roman Bestiary] [[Category:Lists of legendary creatures]] [[Category:Mythology-related lists]] [[Category:Public domain characters]] [[Category:Legendary creatures]] [[Category:Incomplete lists]] [[da:Fabeldyr]] [[de:Liste von Fabelwesen]] [[es:Animal mitológico]] [[fa:موجودات افسانه‌ای]] [[fr:Liste de créatures légendaires]] [[ko:요괴]] [[id:Daftar makhluk dalam legenda]] [[it:Elenco di creature leggendarie]] [[he:מפלצות וחיות מיתולוגיות]] [[nl:Lijst van fabeldieren]] [[ja:伝説の生物一覧]] [[pt:Anexo:Lista de criaturas lendárias]] [[ru:Вымышленные существа:Недостающие статьи]] [[sv:Sagodjur]] [[zh:传说生物]]