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List of legendary creatures by type

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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

Arthropods

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

Carnivorans

Bears

Canines

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

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

Rabbits and hares

Reptiles, Limbed

Reptiles, Serpents and Worms

Rodents

Ungulates

Antelopes and deer

Bovines

Camelids

Caprids

Equines

Pachyderms

Pigs and boars

  • Calydonian Boar
  • Erymanthian Boar
  • Zhu Bajie

Xenarthrans

Megafauna

Giants

Artificial creatures

This listing includes creatures that are man-made, mechanical or of alchemical origins.

Body parts, creatures associated with

Blood

Bone

Eye

Face

Hair

  • Futakuchi-onna
  • Harionago
  • Medusa

Head

Limbs

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

  • Pixiu

Concepts, creatures associated with

Battle, Vengeance, Violence, and War

Birth and Rebirth

  • Phoenix
  • Ubume

Death and Immortality

Dream, the Mind, and Sleep

Evil Eye and Sight

Fertility and Human Sexuality

Fortune, Luck, and Wealth

Light

Love and Romance

Sound

  • Banshee
  • Fenghuang
  • Mermaid
  • Nue
  • Siren

Speech

Note: see Talking animal

  • Gef
  • Satan

Time and Technology

  • Chronos
  • Father Time
  • Gremlin

Wisdom

  • Bai Ze
  • Salmon of Wisdom
  • Sphinx
  • Baba Yaga
  • Griffin

Demons

Elements, creatures associated with

Aether

Air and wind

Darkness

Earth and subterranean

Fire

Light and rainbow

Metal and gold

Thunder and lightning

Water

Habitats, creatures associated with

Cave and underground

Celestial and heaven

Desert

Temperate forest and woodland

Tropical forest and jungle

Temperate grassland and garden

  • Fairy
  • Gnome

Savanna

Lake and river

Mountain and hill

Sea

Swamp and marsh

Volcano and lava

Polar, ice, and winter

Urban and house

Underworld and hell

Cerberus

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

World

Creatures associated with Plants

Shapeshifters

see List of shapeshifters

Creatures associated with Times

Day and diurnal

Night and nocturnal

Undead

  • see also Category:Ghosts and Ghosts in Hindu Mythology – Bhoot, Baital & Pishacha

Corporeal

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Illinois, Reboot (30 October 2014). "5 Illinois Monster Stories That Will Make You Want to Check Under the Bed". HuffPost. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b Quintana Mansilla, Bernardo. "El Carbunco". Chiloé mitológico (in Spanish).
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Geryon". Theoi. Retrieved 10 February 2017. a three-bodied, four-winged giant
  7. ^ 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
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