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This is a list of legendary creatures from mythology , folklore and fairy tales , sorted by their classification or affiliation. Creatures from modern fantasy fiction and role-playing games are not included.
Animals, creatures associated with
Aquatic and marine mammals
Bake-kujira (Japanese ) – ghost whale
Ceffyl Dŵr (Welsh ) – water horse
Encantado (Brazil) – shapeshifting trickster dolphins
Kelpie (Scottish ) – water horse
Selkie (Scottish ) shapeshifting seal people
Arthropods
Anansi (West African ) – trickster spider
Arachne (Greek ) – weaver cursed into a spider
Khepri (Ancient Egyptian ) – beetle who pushes the sun
Tsuchigumo (Japanese ) – shapeshifting giant spider
Myrmecoleon (Christian ) – ant-lion
Myrmidons (Greek ) – warriors created from ants by Zeus
Jorōgumo (Japanese ) – ghost woman who shapeshifts into a spider
Karkinos (Greek ) – Cancer the crab
Mothman (American cryptid ) – man with moth wings and features
Pabilsag (Babylonian ) – Sagittarius-like creature with scorpion tail
Scorpion man (Babylonian ) – protector of travellers
Selket (Ancient Egyptian ) – scorpion death/healing goddess
Gold-digging ant – reported by Herodotus to live in either Ethiopia or Indian subcontinent
Bats
Balayang (Australian)-
Camazotz (Mayan bat-god)
Leutogi (Polynesian)
Minyades (Greek)- Three sisters who refused to take part in the worship of Dionysus, and turned into bats by Hermes.
Tjinimin (Australian)
Vetala (Hindu)- Vampiric entity that takes over cadavers.
Birds
Ababil (mythology) – a miraculous bird
Adarna – has healing powers, put people to sleep, and turn people into stone (Philippines)
Aethon – eagle tormentor of Prometheus
Alkonost – female with body of a bird (Russian)
Alicanto – bird with luminescent feathers which feeds on gold or silver (Chilean)[1]
Anqa – large mysterious or fabulous female bird in Arabian mythology
Anzû – massive bird who can breathe fire and water (Sumerian)
Bare-fronted Hoodwink
Bennu – self-creating deity, Phoenix (Egyptian)
Bird People
Caladrius – white bird with healing powers (Roman)
Chalkydri – heavenly creatures of the Sun (apocryphal writings )
Chamrosh – body of a dog, head & wings of a bird (Persian Myth)
Chol (Biblical mythology ) – regenerative bird
Cinnamon bird – builds nests out of cinnamon (Arabia)
Devil Bird – shrieks predicting death (Sri Lankan)
Fenghuang – a phoenix who reigns over all other birds (China)
Gandabherunda – two-headed magical bird (Hindu)
Gamayun – prophetic bird with woman's head (Russian)
Garuda – known as the primordial bird and the progenitor of all birds; vehicle of Lord Vishnu (Hindu, Buddhist)
Griffin – guards treasure and priceless possessions (Greek)
Harpy – ugly winged bird woman, steals food (Greek)
Hippogriff – winged horse with the head and upper body of an eagle (French, England)
Hræsvelgr – giant who takes the form of an eagle (Norse mythology)
Hudhud (mythology) – Hoopoe
Horus – deity (Egypt)
Hugin and Munin – two ravens that serve as messengers (Norse mythology)
Itsumade – monstrous bird with a human face (Japan)
Jingwei - a bird who is determined to fill up the sea (China)
Kalavinka - a fantastical immortal creature in Buddhism, with a human head and a bird's torso and long flowing tail.
Luan (mythology) - a bird which carries a shield and tramples on snakes while wearing one on its breast (China)
Minokawa – Giant, Dragon-like bird in Philippines (Philippines)
Nachtkrapp – (The Night Raven)
Nine-headed Bird ;- a totem creature, predecessor to the Fenghuang (China)
Nyctimene (Roman)- Transformed into an owl by Minerva.
Oozlum bird – (Australian and British folk tales)
Owlman – compared to America's Mothman (England)
Pamola – bird/moose spirit who causes cold weather (Abenaki )
Peng (mythology) ;- an enormous bird transformed from a giant fish which flies over the great oceans (China)
Phoenix – (Greek)
Piasa – Enormous bird outside of Alton Illinois, memorialized on rock painting; last reported sighting 1973 when the bird carried off two children.[2]
Qingniao ;- blue or green messenger birds of the Queen Mother of the West (China)
Ra – Deity (Egypt)
Rain Bird – bird who brought rain (Native American)
Roc – enormous legendary bird of prey
Shangyang ��� rainbird (Chinese)
Simurgh
Sirin – birds with women heads, lured men to their death (Russia, Greek)
Strix – owl that ate human flesh (Greek)
Stymphalian birds – man-eating birds (Greek)
Tengu – has human and bird characteristics, name means dog (Japan)
Three-legged bird (various cultures)
Thunderbird – (Native American, American Southwest, Great Lakes, and Great Plains)
Thoth – deity (Egypt)
Turul – mythological bird of prey
Vermilion Bird – (Chinese)
Vucub Caquix – bird demon
Yatagarasu – three-legged crow
Zhenniao – poisonous bird (Chinese)
Ziz – giant griffin (Jewish)
Zu – divine monster depicted as a lion-headed eagle
Chickens
Alectryon – rooster (Greek)
Basan , a fire-breathing chicken from Japanese mythology
Cockatrice , a chicken-headed dragon or serpent, visually similar to or confused with the Basilisk .
Gallic rooster , a symbolic rooster used as an allegory for France
Gullinkambi , a rooster who lives in Valhalla in Norse mythology
Rooster of Barcelos , a mythological rooster from Portugal
Sarimanok , a legendary chicken of the Maranao people who originate from Mindanao (Philippines)
Víðópnir , a rooster that sits atop Yggdrasil in Norse mythology
See also: Category:Legendary birds
Carnivorans
Bears
Bugbear (Celtic ) – child-eating hobgoblin
Callisto (Greek ) – A nymph who was turned into a bear by Hera.
See also: Category:Mythological bears
Canines
Adlet
Amarok
Anubis – jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife (Egypt)
Aralez
Asena
Axehandle hound – a dog-like beast that reputedly subsists on axe-handles left unattended (United States & Canada)
Black dog , also known as Barghest , Black Shuck , or Grim – associated with the Devil, Hellhound (Britain)
Beast of Gévaudan – man-eating wolf, terrorized the province of Gévaudan (France)
Carbunclo [3]
Cerberus – multi-headed dog, guards the gates of the Underworld, son/brother of Orthrus (Greek, Roman)
Chupacabra (Latin American)- Alleged creature reputed to attack and drink the blood of livestock, occasionally described with bat-like features. Sometimes thought to resemble, or mistaken for a hairless coyote.
Cu Sith (or Cusith) – Hellhound, harbinger of death (Scotland, the Hebrides, Ireland)
Crocotta – mythical dog-wolf, related to the hyena (India, Ethiopia)
Cynocephaly – having the head of a dog or jackal
Fenrir – monstrous wolf, father of the wolves (Norse)
Gelert
Hellhound – supernatural dog, bringers of death (worldwide)
Huli jing or Kitsune or Kumiho – Fox spirits, like Fairies (China, Japan, Korea)
Huodou ;- a large black dog that can emit flames from its mouth (China)
Orthrus – two headed dog, father/brother of Cerberus (Greek)
Penghou – tree spirit that appears like a black dog and tastes like dog-meat (Chinese)
Salawa – the "Typhonian Animal," a slender, vaguely canine-animal that is the totemic animal of Set
Sigbin – is a creature in Philippine mythology (Philippines)
Sky Fox (mythology) , a celestial nine-tailed Fox Spirit that is 1,000 years old and has golden fur (Chinese)
Shug Monkey – dog/monkey creature found in Cambridgeshire (Britain)
Tanuki – Japanese raccoon dog, legends claim is a shapeshifting trickster (Japan)
Vǎrkolak , or "Vukodlak" (Slavic ) – undead vampire werewolf
Werewolf – human, shapeshifts to a wolf because of an affliction, lycanthrope (Worldwide)
See also: Category:Mythological canines
Felines
Ball-tailed cat – a feline similar to a mountain lion, except with a long tail with a bulbous end used for striking its prey
Blue Mountains panther
Cactus cat – a feline of the American Southwest with hair-like thorns that intoxicates itself by the consumption of cactus water
Blue tiger
Bakeneko (Japan)
Bast
Beast of Bodmin
Cactus cat
Cait Sidhe
Cath Palug
Carbunclo [4]
Chimera
Demon Cat
Griffin (Europe)
Lamassu (Mesopotamian)
Odontotyrannos
Manticore
Manussiha (Myanmar) - statue with a human head and two lion hindquarters
Narasimha
Merlion (Singaporean) – a fish with a lion's head
Nekomata (Japan)
Nemean Lion (Greek)
Panther
Phantom cat
Pixiu - powerful, winged lions who protect Feng shui practitioners (China)
Sea-lion
Sekhmet (Egyptian goddess)
Sphinx (Egyptian)
Surrey Puma
Tigris – giant lion of the forest of Bei Ilai
Tyger
Underwater panther
White Tiger , a Guardian Of The West cardinal point (China)
See also: Category:Mythological felines
Hyenas
Werehyena
Kishi – cannibalistic two-faced demon, half-human half-hyena (Africa)
Musteloids, mongoose and civets
Procyonids
Azeban is a lower-level trickster spirit in Abenaki mythology. The traditional homeland of the Abenaki is Wobanakik (Place of the Dawn), what is now called northern New England and southern Quebec. Azeban (also spelled Azban, Asban or Azaban) is a raccoon, the Abenaki trickster figure. Pronounced ah-zuh-bahn. Azeban does many foolish and/or mischievous things in Abenaki folktales, but unlike animal tricksters in some other tribes, is not dangerous or malevolent.
Fish
Fish People
Mermaid / Merman – half-human, half-fish (worldwide)
Water spirit – (worldwide)
Undine – water elementals in the alchemical writings of Paracelsus
Abaia
Gurangatch
Hippocamp
Ika-Roa
Isonade
Namazu
Ningyo
Kun
Salmon of Wisdom
Shachihoko (Japanese) -a creature with the head of a tiger and the body of a carp
See also: Category:Mythical fish
Insectivores
Lavellan A Lavellan, làbh-allan, la-mhalan or la-bhallan etc. is a mythological creature from northern Scotland. It was generally considered to be a kind of rodent, and indeed the name "làbh-allan" is also used for a water shrew or water vole in Scottish Gaelic. It was however, reportedly larger than a rat, very noxious, and lived in deep pools in rivers. Its poisonous abilities were legendary, and it was said to be able to injure cattle over a hundred feet away.
Marsupials
Drop Bear
Bunyip (Australian Aboriginal)
Molluscs
Akkorokamui – octopus monster (Ainu, Japan)
Carbunclo – gemstone, gold or riches-associated creature described in some traditions as a bivalve [4] [3]
Kraken – squid monster (Worldwide)
Shen (China)
Primates
Agropelter – a beast that amuses itself by hurling twigs and tree branches at passersby (United States & Canada)
Bigfoot or Sasquatch – Cryptid , animal of the Northwest (North America)
Hibagon or Hinagon – ape-like, similar to Bigfoot , or the Yeti (Japan)
Jué yuán – blue-furred man-sized rhesus monkey that abducts human women (China & Japan)
Satori – mind-reading magical ape or monkey (Japan)
Shōjō – anthropomorphic spirit, depicted as furred, somewhat confounded with orangutan (Japan)
Shug Monkey – dog/monkey (Britain)
Sun Wukong (proper name) – powerful warrior-magician in the form of a monkey who hatched from a stone egg (China)
Vanara – humanoid apes or monkeys (India, Hindu)
Yeren – man-monkey, cryptid hominid , resides in remote mountainous (China)
Yeti – Abominable Snowman, ape-like cryptid similar to Bigfoot , that inhabits the Himalayas (Nepal, Tibet)
Yowie – hominid said to live in the Australian wilderness, a cryptid similar to the Himalayan Yeti (Australia)
See also: Category:Mythological monkeys
Rabbits and hares
Al-mi'raj – rabbit with unicorn horn (Arabia)
Jackalope – (North America)
Moon rabbit – a rabbit living on the moon (Chinese)
Skvader
Wolpertinger
See also: Category:Mythological Leporidae
Reptiles, Limbed
Ammut – female demon , funerary deity and animal hybrid (Egypt)
Bakunawa – Serpent-like Dragon in Philippines (Philippines)
Basilisk – king of serpents, has the power to cause death with a single glance (Europe)
Black Tortoise – one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations
Chalkydri
Chinese Dragon – serpentine creature with four legs
Cipactli – sea monster , part crocodile, fish and toad. Always hungry, thousands of mouths (Spanish, Aztec)
Dragon – serpentine, reptilian traits (worldwide)
Dungavenhooter – a crocodile creature with no mouth and huge nostrils using its tail to pound victims into a vapor, which it inhales for through its nose
Knucker – sea serpent like dragon
Kurma
Loch Ness Monster – sea monster cryptid (Scotland)
Loveland frog – Humanoid cryptid (The United States (Ohio))
Makara
Mokele Mbembe
Mungoon-Gali - a giant goanna (Australia)
Peluda
Reptilian humanoids
Sewer alligator
Sobek
Taniwha
Whowie - a giant frog-headed goanna with six legs (Australia)
Wyvern
Zaratan
See also: Category:Legendary reptiles
Reptiles, Serpents and Worms
Amphisbaena
Amphithere
Apep/Apophis
Azhi Dahaka
Basilisk
Bakonawa
Biscione
Cockatrice
Dragon
See also: List of dragons in mythology and folklore
Jasconius
Jörmungandr (the Midgård serpent)
Lamia
Lindworm
Madame White Snake
Meretseger
Mongolian Death Worm
Naga (Worldwide)
Níðhöggr
Orm
Ouroboros
Python
Rainbow serpent
Sea serpent
Tarasque
Tsuchinoko
Typhon
Ur
Wyvern
Yamata no Orochi
Zilant
See also: Category:Legendary serpents
See also: Snakes in the Bible
Rodents
Rat king ; phenomena when a number of rats become intertwined at their tails (Germany, France)
Wolpertinger
See also: Category:Mythological rodents
Ungulates
Antelopes and deer
Ceryneian Hind (Greek ) – Artemis ' large, sacred golden hind
Deer Woman (Native American) – female human above the waist, deer below
Eikþyrnir (Norse mythology) – stag which stands upon Valhalla
Gilled Antelope (Cambodian cryptid ) – water breathing deer
Goldhorn (Slavic ) – white golden-horned antelope
Keresh (Jewish) – giant deer of the forest of Bei Ilai
Qilin (Chinese ) – East Asian chimerical good luck symbol
Jackalope (North American) – jackrabbit with antelope horns
White stag (worldwide) – magic white deer
Peryton (Argentina) – Stag with bird parts
See also: Category:Mythological deer
Bovines
Minotaur – monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man (Greek).
Nandi
Sarangay – a bull with a huge muscular body and a jewel attached to its ears (Philippines)
Shedu
Ushi-oni – (Japan)
See also: Category:Mythological bovines
Camelids
Caprids
Amalthea
Aries
Capricornus
Chimera
Dahu
Faun -a Roman version of satyr. It has a human head and torso and a goat waist and legs.
Goldhorn – also known as Zlatorog
Heiðrún – goat in Norse mythology, which produces mead for the einherjar
Khnum
Satyr -a goat legged human that is associated to the deity Dionysus. Known to be drunk partiers.
Sidehill gouger
Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr – Thor's magical goats
Chrysomallos , a sheep with golden fleece from Greek mythology
See also: Category:Mythological caprids
Equines
Anggitay – is a creature with the upper body of a female human and the lower body of a horse from waist down (Philippines)
Arion – Talking immortal horse (Greek)
Buraq – Al-Burāq, steed from the heavens that transported the prophets (Islam, Persian Art)
Centaur – head, arms, and torso of a human, the body and legs of a horse (Greek)
Cheval Gauvin – horse which tries to kill its rider (French/Swiss)
Cheval Mallet ; horse that tempts and kidnaps weary travelers (French)
Chiron – centaur believed to be exceptional among his brethren (Greek)
Chollima ; a winged horse too swift to be mounted by any mortal (Chinese)
Haizum – horse of the archangel Gabriel (Islam)
Hippocamp – Sea-Horse (Greek)
Hippogriff – winged horse with the head and upper body of an eagle (French, England)
Ichthyocentaurs – upper body of a man, the lower front of a horse, tail of a fish (Greek)
Ipotane – half-horse, half-humans, original centaurs (Greek)
Karkadann – monstrous, highly aggressive unicorn (India, Persia)
Kelpie or Bäckahästen or Each Uisge – water-horse, sometimes vicious (Scotland, Ireland)
Longma – fabled winged horse with dragon scales (China)
Nuckelavee – evil elf, ruins crops, causes epidemics, and drought (Orkney islands, Scotland)
Onocentaur – part human, part donkey (Greek)
Pegasus – white winged stallion (Greek)
Pooka – spirits, or fairies who lived near ancient stones, good or bad (Ireland)
Sleipnir – Odin's eight-legged horse, which he rode to Hel (location) (Norse)
Simurgh – like the Hippogriff with the head of a human (Persian)
Tikbalang – creature with the body of a man and the head and hooves of a horse, lurks in the mountains and forests (Philippines)
Uchchaihshravas – seven-headed all white flying horse (Hindu)
Unicorn – horse-like creature with a single horn, often symbolizing purity (Worldwide)
White horse
See also: Category:Mythological horses
Pachyderms
Pigs and boars
Calydonian Boar
Erymanthian Boar
Zhu Bajie
See also: Category:Mythological pigs
Xenarthrans
Megafauna
Giants
Artificial creatures
This listing includes creatures that are man-made, mechanical or of alchemical origins.
Automaton (worldwide) – self-operating machine; most famous example is Greek mythology 's Talos
Blodeuwedd (Welsh ) – wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes
Brazen head (Medieval legends ) – living head of brass purported to be able to answer any question given to it
Frankenstein's monster
Galatea (Greek ) – ivory statue carved by Pygmalion
Gingerbread man – from German folk tales
Golem (Jewish ) – animated humanoid construct
Homunculus (Alchemy ) – diminutive, animated construct
Nephele (Greek) – nymph formed from a cloud by Zeus to resemble the goddess Hera
Shabti (Egyptian) – clay model used as workers
Tokeloshe (Zulu mythology ) – diminutive, hairy humanoid with various magical powers
Tilberi (Iceland – creations of witches from a rib bone and wool for the purpose of stealing milk
Tsukumogami (Japanese ) – objects that come to life, of their own accord, after 100 years
Tulpa (Tibetan Buddhism ) – creature brought to life through meditation
Tupilaq (Inuit ) – large statues brought to life to serve witches and shamans
Ushabti (Egyptian ) – clay guardians/assistants
Various objects animated by gods , demons and spirits in mythology , legend and folklore
Body parts, creatures associated with
Blood
Alan
Chupacabra
Dhampir
Preta
Golden Hind
Kappa
Kekkai
Lamia
Bone
Eye
Gorgon
Hitotsume-kozou
Lamia
Lynx
Mokumokuren
Face
Hair
Futakuchi-onna
Harionago
Medusa
Head
Amphisbaena
Cerberus
Chimera
Chonchon
Double-headed eagle
Dullahan
Hekatonkheires
Hydra
Lernaean Hydra
Nine-headed Bird
Limbs
Asura (Indian)
Deva / Devi (Indian)
Hekatonkheires
Kui
Sleipnir
Three-legged bird
Mouth
Futakuchi-onna
Kuchisake-onna
Skin
Selkie
Skin-walker
Swan maiden
Tail
Bakeneko
Kitsune
Yamata no Orochi
Kumiho
Hulder
Nguruvilu
Neck
Serpopard
Rokurokubi
Vampire
Torso
Abdomen
Concepts, creatures associated with
Battle, Vengeance, Violence, and War
Androktasiai
Erinyes
Hipag
Hysminai
Keres
Lemures
Makhai
Onryō
Phonoi
Valkyrie
Vengeful ghost
Birth and Rebirth
Death and Immortality
Ammit
Banshee
Demon
Devil
Dullahan
Ghost
See also: List of ghosts
Grim Reaper
Ox-Head and Horse-Face
Phoenix
Undead
Valkyrie
Vampire
Dream, the Mind, and Sleep
Baku
Carbuncle
Devil
Incubus / Succubus
Mermaid
Nightmare
Nue
Oni
Sandman
Satori
Evil Eye and Sight
Basilisk
Balor of the Evil Eye – king of the Fomorians , a race of giants, and a cyclops (Irish)
Catoblepas
Cockatrice
Gorgon – woman with hair made of living, venomous snakes, and eyes that turned men to stone (Greek):
Medusa – once a human, Medusa and her sisters were cursed to be terrible monsters by Athena (Greek)
Euryale – second eldest of the three vicious Gorgon sisters (Greek)
Stheno – eldest of the Gorgon Sisters (Greek)
Fertility and Human Sexuality
Abatwa
Alan
Boto
Faun
German
Incubus / Succubus
Maenad
Nymph
Pombero
Popobawa
Satyr
Sileni / Silenus
Unicorn
Zemyna / Zemepatis
Simurgh
Fortune, Luck, and Wealth
Carbunclo [4]
Dwarf
Genie
Leib-Olmai
Leprechaun
Sigbin
Yaksha / Yakshini
Sarimanok
Light
Love and Romance
Cupid / Eros / Cherub
Swan maiden
Madame White Snake
Sound
Banshee
Fenghuang
Mermaid
Nue
Siren
Speech
Note: see Talking animal
Time and Technology
Chronos
Father Time
Gremlin
Wisdom
Bai Ze
Salmon of Wisdom
Sphinx
Baba Yaga
Griffin
Demons
Elements, creatures associated with
Aether
Chalkydri
Deity
Elemental
Spirit
Angel
Demon
Devil
Yokai
Nymph
Elf
Fairy
Air and wind
Darkness
Black dog
Bogeyman
Ghost
Grim Reaper
Wechuge
Wendigo
Shadow People
Vampire
Werewolf
Oni
Gashadokuro
Camazotz
Wild Hunt
Hell Hound
Earth and subterranean
Bluecap
Elemental
Dvergr
Dwarf
Earth Dragon
Gargoyle
Giant
Gnome
Fire
Hellhound
Lampad
Phoenix
Salamander
Light and rainbow
Rainbow crow
Rainbow Serpent
Metal and gold
Thunder and lightning
Chinese dragon
Cyclopes
Kitsune
Raijū
Thunderbird
Valkyrie
Water
Lorelei
Lusca
Makara
Melusine
Mermaid / Merman
Merrow
Morgens
Muc-sheilch
Naiad
Näkki
Nereid
Nix
Nymph
Pisces
Ponaturi
Potamus
Rusalka
Samebito
Sea monster
Sea serpent
Selkie
Shen
Siren
Taniwha
Tiamat
Triton
Ondine
Vodyanoy
Water dragon
Water leaper
Water sprite
Yacuruna
Zaratan
See also: Category:Mythological water creatures
Habitats, creatures associated with
Cave and underground
Dwarf
European dragon
Gnome
Goblin
Golem
Grootslang
Leprechaun
Troll
Yaoguai
Celestial and heaven
Angel
Asteriae
Chalkydri
Deva / Devi
Feathered serpent
[5]
Pegasus
Grim Reaper
Swan Maiden
Tennin
Three-legged bird
Valkyrie
Desert
Mongolian Death Worm
Sphinx
Temperate forest and woodland
Ajatar
Bigfoot
Dryad
Elf
Green Man
Leshy
Owlman
Satyr
Unicorn
Tropical forest and jungle
Temperate grassland and garden
Savanna
Lake and river
Ahuitzotl
Bak
Bunyip
Chinese dragon
Dobhar-chú
Encantado
Grootslang
Iara
Jiaolong
Kappa
Kelpie
Lake monster
Hydra
Loch Ness Monster
Mizuchi
Mugwump
Naiad
Nixie
Ogopogo
Ondine
Rainbow serpent
Rusalka
Ryujin
Shellycoat
Warlock
Yacuruna
Mountain and hill
Sea
Aspidochelone
Bishop-fish
Charybdis
Cai Cai-Vilu
Dragon King
Fish People
Hippocamp
Leviathan
Jormungand
Kraken
Mermaid / Merman
Nereid
Swamp and marsh
Błudnik
Bunyip
Grootslang
Lernaean Hydra
Volcano and lava
Polar, ice, and winter
Qiqirn
Saumen Kar
Tizheruk
Wechuge
Wendigo
Yeti
Ymir
Yuki-onna
Urban and house
Banshee
Boggart
Brownie
Domovoi (Slavic house spirit)
Dvorovoi (Slavic yard spirit)
Duende
Jinn
Kobold
Tomte
Vampire
Zashiki-warashi
Underworld and hell
Ammit
Cerberus
Cyclopes
Demon
Devil
Earth Dragon
Garm
Hekatonkheires
Hellhound
Ifrit
Ox-Head and Horse-Face
Preta
Humanoids
see Mythic humanoids
Hybrids
see List of hybrid creatures
Astronomical objects, creatures associated with
Sun
Chalkydri beings from the Second Book of Enoch [7]
Kua Fu a giant in China
Three-legged bird in China, Japan
Phoenix in Greek Mythology
Moon
Constellation
Azure Dragon
Black Tortoise
Capricorn
Centaur
[5]
Ladon
Nemean Lion
Pegasus
Phoenix
Vermilion Bird
Yellow Dragon
White Tiger
World
Creatures associated with Plants
Dryad
Ghillie Dhu
Green Man
Hamadryad
Jubokko
Kodama
Leshy
Shapeshifters
see List of shapeshifters
Creatures associated with Times
Day and diurnal
Unicorn (rather resembles the moon)
Wolpertinger
Night and nocturnal
Amarok
Bigfoot
Ennedi tiger
Ghoul
Owlman
Werewolf
Vampire
Undead
Aswang
Banshee – (Scottish, Gaelic, Irish)
Ghost – (Worldwide)
Jikininki
Kuchisake-onna
Poltergeist – (Worldwide)
Preta
see also Category:Ghosts and Ghosts in Hindu Mythology – Bhoot , Baital & Pishacha
Corporeal
Pontianak
Skeleton
Undead
Vampire
See also: List of vampires in folklore and mythology
See also: Category:Corporeal undead
Miscellaneous
Daemon
Demon
Fairy
Familiar
Genie – or Jinn, Djinn
References
^ a b Montecino Aguirre, Sonia (2015). "Alicanto". Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos (in Spanish). Catalonia . p. 47–48. ISBN 978-956-324-375-8 .
^ Illinois, Reboot (30 October 2014). "5 Illinois Monster Stories That Will Make You Want to Check Under the Bed" . HuffPost . Retrieved 21 June 2020 .
^ a b Quintana Mansilla, Bernardo . "El Carbunco" . Chiloé mitológico (in Spanish).
^ a b c d Montecino Aguirre, Sonia (2015). "Carbunclo". Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos (in Spanish). Catalonia . p. 130. ISBN 978-956-324-375-8 .
^ a b c Montecino Aguirre, Sonia (2015). "Llamas". Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos (in Spanish). Catalonia . p. 415. ISBN 978-956-324-375-8 .
^ "Geryon" . Theoi. Retrieved 10 February 2017 . a three-bodied, four-winged giant
^ Platt, Rutherford (1926). The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden . Entry: The Book of the Secrets of Enoch chapter XII