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List of legendary creatures by type


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.

Contents
Animals, creatures associated with
Antelopes and deer
Aquatic and marine mammals
Arthropods
Bats
Bears
Birds
Bovines
Camelids
Canids
Caprids
Equines
Felines
Fish
Hyenas
Marsupials
Molluscs
Musteloids, mongoose and civets
Pachyderms
Pangolins
Pigs and boars
Primates
Rabbits and hares
Reptiles, limbed
Rodents
Serpents and worms
Monotremes
Xenarthrans
Procyonids
Insectivores
Ungulates
Cryptid animals
Artificial creatures
Body parts, creatures associated with
Blood
Bone
Eye
Face
Hair
Head
Limbs
Mouth
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Skin
Tail
Neck
Torso
Concepts, creatures associated with
Evil eye
Immortality and death
Fertility and human sexuality
Birth and rebirth
Luck and wealth
Sound
Love and Romance
Dream and mind
Talk
Wisdom
Time and technology
Light
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
Savanna
Lake and river
Mountain and hill
Sea
Swamp and marsh
Volcano and lava
Polar, ice, and winter
Urban and house
Underworld and hell
Humanoids
Hybrids
Astronomical objects, creatures associated with
Sun
Moon
Constellation
World
Plants, creatures associated with

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Shapeshifters
Times, creatures associated with
Day and diurnal
Night and nocturnal
Undead
Corporeal
Miscellaneous
References

Animals, creatures associated with

Antelopes and deer

Ceryneian Hind (Greek) - Artemis' Keresh (Jewish) – giant deer of the


large, sacred golden hind forest of Bei Ilai
Deer Woman (Native American) - Qilin (Chinese) - East Asian chimerical
female human above the waist, deer good luck symbol
below Jackalope (North American) - jackrabbit
Gilled Antelope (Cambodian cryptid) - with antelope horns
water breathing deer White stag (worldwide) - magic white
Goldhorn (Slavic) - white antelope with deer
golden horns Peryton (?) - Stag with bird parts

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 Jorōgumo (Japanese) - ghost woman


Arachne (Greek) - weaver cursed into a who shapeshifts into a spider
spider Karkinos (Greek) - Cancer the crab
Khepri (Ancient Egyptian) - beetle who Mothman (American cryptid)
pushes the sun Pabilsag (Babylonian) - Sagittarius-like
Tsuchigumo (Japanese) - a creature with scorpion tail
shapeshifting giant spider Scorpion man (Babylonian) - protector
Myrmecoleon (Christian) - ant-lion of travellers
Myrmidons (Greek) - warriors created Selket (Ancient Egyptian) - scorpion
from ants by Zeus death/healing goddess

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Bats
Camazotz (Mayan bat-god)
Vampire (worldwide) - shapeshifting human undead that feed on the blood of the living.

Bears

Bugbear (Celtic) - child eating (http://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/05/2


hobgoblin 8/onikuma-demon-bear/)Onikuma
Callisto - A nymph who was turned into Demon-Bear - Demon bear, Steals
a bear by Hera. horses (Japanese)

Birds

Adarna - Has healing powers, put Nachtkrapp - (The Night Raven)


people to sleep, and turn people into Oozlum bird - (Australian and British
stone (Philippines) folk tales)
Aethon - eagle tormentor of Owlman - compared to America's
Prometheus Mothman (England)
Alkonost - Female with body of a bird Pamola - Bird/moose spirit who causes
(Russian) cold weather (Abenaki)
Alectryon - Rooster (Greek) Phoenix - (Greek)
Alicanto - Bird with luminescent Ra - Deity (Egypt)
feathers which feeds on gold or silver Rain Bird - Bird who brought rain
(Chilean) (Native American)
Bare-fronted Hoodwink Roc - (an enormous legendary bird of
Bennu - Self-creating deity, Phoenix prey)
(Egyptian) Sarimanok
Bird People Shangyang - A rainbird (Chinese)
Cockatrice Simurgh
Caladrius - White bird with healing Sirin - Birds with women heads, lured
powers (Roman) men to their death (Russia, Greek)
Cetan - A hawk spirit (Native American Strix - Owl that ate human flesh (Greek)
- Lakota tribe of North and South
Stymphalian birds - Man eating birds
Dakota)
(Greek)
Chamrosh - The body of a dog, head &
Tengu - Have human and bird
wings of a bird (Persian Myth)
characteristics, name means dog
Chol (Biblical mythology) - (Japan)
Regenerative bird
Three-legged bird (various cultures)
Cinnamon bird - Builds nests out of
Thunderbird - (Native American,
cinnamon (Arabia)
American Southwest, Great Lakes, and
Devil Bird - Shrieks predicting death, Great Plains)
like banshee (Sri Lankan)
Thoth - Deity (Egypt)
Feng Huang - Reigns over other birds
Turul - (mythological bird of prey)
(China)
Vermilion Bird - (Chinese)
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Gandaberunda - Two headed magical Vucub Caquix - (a bird demon )


bird (Hindu) Yatagarasu - (a three-legged crow)
Gamayun - Prophetic bird with woman's Ziz - Giant griffin (Jewish)
head (Russian) Zu - (a divine monster that's depicted
Garuda - (Hindu, Buddhist) as a lion-headed eagle)
Griffin - Guards treasure and priceless
possessions (Greek)
Harpy - Ugly winged bird woman, steals
food (Greek)
Hræsvelgr - (a giant who takes the form
of an eagle)
Horus – Deity (Egypt)
Hugin and Munin - Two ravens that
serve as messengers (Norse
mythology)

Bovines

Auðumbla Minotaur - monster with the head of a


Bai Ze bull and the body of a man (Greek).
Kujata Nandi
Bicorn and Chichevache Shedu
Tachash (Jewish)
Ushi-oni - (Japan)

Camelids
Allocamelus - A donkey-headed camel.

Canids

Adlet Hellhound - supernatural dog, bringers


Amarok of death (worldwide)
Anubis - jackal-headed god associated Huli jing or Kitsune or Kumiho - Fox
with mummification and the afterlife spirits, like Fairies (China, Japan,
(Egypt) Korea)
Aralez Kishi - cannibalistic two-faced demon,
Asena half-human half-hyena(Africa)
Axehandle hound Orthrus - a two headed dog,
father/brother of Cerberus (Greek)
Black dog, also known as Barghest, or
Grim - associated with the Devil, Penghou - a tree spirit that appears like
Hellhound (Britain) a black dog and tastes like dog-meat
(Chinese)
Beast of Gévaudan - man-eating wolf,
terrorized the province of Gévaudan Salawa - Egyptian Cryptid, possibly
(France) fennec Foxes
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Cerberus - multi-headed dog, guards Shug Monkey - A dog/monkey creature


the gates of the Underworld, found in Cambridgeshire (Britain)
son/brother of Orthrus (Greek, Roman) Shunka Warakin - Resembles a wolf, a
Chupacabra - sometimes thought to hyena, or both. (America)
resemble, or mistaken for a hairless Tanuki - Japanese raccoon dog,
coyote legends claim is a shapeshifting
Cu Sith (or Cusith) - Hellhound, trickster (Japan)
harbinger of death (Scotland, the Vǎrkolak, or "Vukodlak" (Slavic) -
Hebrides, Ireland) undead vampire werewolf
Crocotta - mythical dog-wolf, related to Werewolf - A human, shapeshifts to a
the hyena (India, Ethiopia) wolf because of an affliction,
Cynocephaly - having the head of a dog lycanthrope (Worldwide)
or jackal
Fenrir - Monstrous wolf, father of the
wolves (Norse)

Caprids

Amalthea Heiðrún, a goat in Norse mythology,


Aries which produces mead for the einherjar
Capricornus Khnum
Chimera Satyr
Faun Sidehill gouger
Goldhorn, also known as Zlatorog Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, Thor's
magical goats

Equines

Arion - Talking immortal horse (Greek) Longma - a fabled winged horse with
Buraq - Al-Burāq, a steed from the dragon scales (China)
heavens that transported the prophets Nuckelavee - an evil elf, ruins crops,
(Islam, Persian Art) causes epidemics, and drought
Centaur - The head, arms, and torso of (Orkney islands, Scotland)
a human, the body and legs of a horse Onocentaur - part human, part donkey
(Greek) (Greek)
Cheval Gauvin - a horse which tries to Pegasus - White winged stallion
kill its rider (French/Swiss) (Greek)
Chiron - A centaur believed to be Pooka - spirits, or fairies who lived near
exceptional among his brethren (Greek) ancient stones, good or bad (Ireland)
Haizum - the horse of the archangel Sleipnir - Odin's eight-legged horse,
Gabriel (Islam) which he rode to Hel (location) (Norse)
Hippocamp - Sea-Horse (Greek) Simurgh - Like the Hippogriff with the
Hippogriff - Winged horse with the head head of a human (Persian)
and upper body of an eagle Tikbalang - a creature with the body of
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Ichthyocentaurs - the upper body of a horse, lurks in the mountains and


man, the lower front of a horse, tail of a forests (Philippines)
fish (Greek) Uchchaihshravas - a seven-headed all
Ipotane - half-horse, half-humans, white flying horse (Hindu)
original centaurs (Greek) Unicorn A horse-like creature with a
Karkadann - a monstrous, highly single horn, often symbolizing purity
aggressive unicorn (India, Persia) (Worldwide)
Kelpie or Bäckahästen or Each Uisge - White horse
Water-horse, sometimes vicious
(Scotland, Ireland)

Felines

Blue Mountains panther Manticore


Blue tiger Narasimha
Bakeneko (Japan) Nekomata (Japan)
Bast Nemean Lion (Greek)
Beast of Bodmin Panther
Cactus cat Phantom cat
Cait Sidhe Sekhmet (Egypian)
Chimera Sphinx (Egyptian)
Demon Cat Surrey Puma
Ennedi tiger Tigris – giant lion of the forest of Bei Ilai
Griffin (Europe) Underwater panther
Lamassu White Tiger

Fish

Fish People Abaia


Mermaid / Merman - Half-human, Hippocamp
half-fish(worldwide) Ika-Roa
water spirit - (worldwide) Isonade
Undine - Water nymphs, no souls Namazu
until they marry a human man and Ningyo
bear him a child.(German) Kun
Salmon of Wisdom
Shachihoko

Hyenas
Werehyena
Kishi

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Marsupials
Drop Bear
Gunni
Phantom kangaroo
Bunyip

Molluscs
Akkorokamui
Kraken squid monster (Worldwide)
Shen

Musteloids, mongoose and civets

Azeban Kamaitachi
Gef Mujina
Ichneumon Ramidreju
Raiju

Pachyderms

Abath Grootslang
Baku Sæhrímnir
Behemoth Taweret
See List of elephants in mythology and religion

Pangolins
Veo

Pigs and boars


Calydonian Boar
Erymanthian Boar
Zhu Bajie

Primates

Bigfoot or Sasquatch - Cryptid, animal Vanara


of the Northwest (America) Yeren - Man-Monkey, cryptid hominid,
Hibagon or Hinagon - Ape-like, similar resides in remote mountainous (China)
to Bigfoot, or the Yeti (Japan) Yeti - Abominable Snowman, ape-like
Jué yuán - Blue-furred man-sized cryptid similar to Bigfoot, that inhabits
rhesus monkey that abducts human the Himalayas (Nepal, Tibet)
women (China & Japan) Yowie - hominid said to live in the
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Satori - Mind-reading magical ape or to the Himalayan Yeti (Australia)


monkey (Japan)
Shug Monkey - A dog/monkey (Britain)
Sun Wukong - Powerful warrior-
magician in the form of a monkey who
hatched from a stone egg (China)

Rabbits and hares

Al-mi'raj - rabbit with unicorn horn Moon rabbit - a rabbit living on the
(Arabia) moon (Chinese)
Jackalope Skvader
Wolpertinger

Reptiles, limbed
Note: see Dragon
Kongamato
Ammut - female demon, funerary deity Kurma
and animal hybrid (Egypt) Loch Ness Monster - sea monster
Basilisk - king of serpents, has the cryptid (Scotland)
power to cause death with a single Makara
glance (Europe) Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu
Black Tortoise - one of the four symbols Mokele Mbembe
of the Chinese constellations Ngoubou
Chinese Dragon - serpentine creature Reptilian humanoids
with four legs
Sewer alligator
Cipactli - sea monster, part crocodile,
Sobek
fish and toad. Always hungry,
thousands of mouths (Spanish, Aztec) Taniwha
Dragon - serpentine, reptilian traits Wyvern
(worldwide) Zaratan
Emela-ntouka

Rodents

Afanc Rat king - phenomena when a number


Giant Rat of rats become intertwined at their tails
Ratatoskr (Germany, France)
Wolpertinger

Serpents and worms

Amphisbaena Jasconius
Amphithere Jörmungandr (the Midgård serpent)
Apep/Apophis Lamia
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Azhi Dahaka Lindorm


Basilisk Madame White Snake
Bakonawa Meretseger
Cockatrice Mongolian Death Worm
Dragon Naga (Worldwide)
Níðhöggr
Drake
Orm
Echidna (Greek)
Ouroboros
Fafnir
Python
Feathered serpent
Rainbow serpent
Gorgon (including Medusa) (Greek)
Sea serpent
Hoop snake
Tarasque
Hydra (Greek)
Tsuchinoko
Jaculus/Jaculi
Wyvern
Yamata no Orochi

Monotremes
Peluda

Xenarthrans
Mapinguari

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.

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.

Ungulates

Cryptid animals

Artificial creatures
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Automaton (worldwide) - self-operating Tokeloshe (Zulu mythology) -


machine; most famous example is diminutive, hairy humanoid with various
Greek mythology's Talos magical powers
Blodeuwedd (Welsh) - wife of Lleu Llaw Tsukumogami (Japanese) - objects that
Gyffes come to life, of their own accord, after
Frankenstein's monster 100 years
Galatea (Greek) - ivory statue carved Tulpa (Tibetan Buddhism) - creature
by Pygmalion brought to life through meditation
Gingerbread man, from German folk Tupilaq (Inuit) - large statues brought to
tales life to serve witches and shamans
Golem (Jewish) - animated humanoid Ushabti (Egyptian) - Clay
construct guardians/assistants
Homunculus (Alchemy) - Diminutive, Various objects animated by gods,
animated construct demons and spirits in mythology,
Nephele (Greek) - nymph formed from legend and folklore
a cloud by Zeus to resemble the
goddess Hera
Shabti (Egyptian) - A clay model used
as workers

Body parts, creatures associated with

Blood
Note: see Vampires
Manananggal
Alan Mandurugo
Chupacabra Redcap
Dhampir Rokurokubi
Preta Sigbin
Golden Hind Vampire
Kappa Werewolf
Kekkai Yuki-onna
Lamia

Bone
Bloody Bones
Gashadokuro
Grim Reaper
Skeleton

Eye

Argus Panoptes Gorgon


Basilisk Hitotsume-kozou
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Catoblepas Lamia
Cockatrice Lynx
Cyclops Mokumokuren

Face
Asura
Deva / Devi
Noppera-bō

Hair
Futakuchi-onna
Harionago
Medusa

Head

Amphisbaena Nukekubi
Cerberus Rokurokubi
Chimera Orthrus
Chonchon Shesha
Double-headed eagle Penanggalan
Dullahan Wanyūdō
Hekatonkheires Xing Tian
Hydra Yacuruna
Lernaean Hydra Yamata no Orochi
Nine-headed Bird

Limbs

Asura(Indian) Kui
Deva / Devi(Indian) Sleipnir
Hekatonkheires Three-legged bird

Mouth
Futakuchi-onna
Kuchisake-onna

Skin
Selkie
Skin-walker
Swan maiden

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Tail
Bakeneko
Kitsune
Yamata no Orochi
Kumiho
Hulder

Neck
Serpopard
Rokurokubi
Vampire

Torso
Manananggal
Geryon[1]

Concepts, creatures associated with

Evil eye

Basilisk Gorgon - A woman with hair made of


Balor of the Evil Eye - king of the living, venomous snakes, and eyes that
Fomorians, a race of giants, and a turned men to stone (Greek):
cyclops (Irish) Medusa - Once a human, Medusa
Catoblepas and her sisters were cursed to be
Cockatrice terrible monsters by Athena (Greek)
Euryale - the second eldest of the
three vicious Gorgon sisters
(Greek)
Stheno - the eldest of the Gorgon
Sisters (Greek)

Immortality and death

Ammit Grim Reaper


Banshee Ox-Head and Horse-Face
Demon Phoenix
Devil Undead
Dullahan Valkyrie
Ghost Vampire

Fertility and human sexuality

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Abatwa Nymph
Alan Pombero
Boto Popobawa
Faun Satyr
German Sileni / Silenus
Incubus / Succubus Unicorn
Maenad Zemyna / Zemepatis
Simurgh

Birth and rebirth


Phoenix
Ubume

Luck and wealth

Dwarf Sigbin
Genie Yaksha / Yakshini
Leprechaun Sarimanok

Sound

Banshee Mermaid
Fenghuang Nue
Siren

Love and Romance

Cupid / Eros / Cherub Melusine


Swan maiden Tennin
Madame White Snake Undine

Dream and mind

Baku Nightmare
Carbuncle Nue
Devil Oni
Incubus / Succubus Sandman
Mermaid Satori

Talk
Note: see Talking animal

Gef

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Satan

Wisdom
Bai Ze
Salmon of Wisdom
Sphinx
Baba Yaga
Griffin

Time and technology


Father Time
Gremlin

Light
Angel
Deity
Lampetia
Will-o'-the-wisp
Dragon

Demons
see list of theological demons

Elements, creatures associated with

Aether

Deity
Elemental
Spirit
Angel
Demon
Devil
Yokai
Nymph
Elf
Fairy

Air and wind


see List of flying mythological creatures

Darkness
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Black dog Shadow People


Bogeyman Vampire
Ghost Werewolf
Grim Reaper Oni
Wendigo Gashadokuro
Camazotz
Wild Hunt
Hell Hound

Earth and subterranean

Bluecap Goblin
Dvergr Golem
Dwarf Monopod
Earth Dragon Nymph
Gargoyle Ogre
Giant Oread
Gnome Troll

Fire

Cherufe Hellhound
Dragon Lampad
Ifrit Phoenix
Salamander

Light and rainbow

Angel Rainbow crow


Light Elf Rainbow Serpent

Metal and gold

Cyclops Gnome
Griffin Leprechaun

Thunder and lightning

Chinese dragon Raijū


Cyclops Thunderbird
Kitsune Valkyrie

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Water

Afanc Lorelei
Amefurikozō Lusca
Aspidochelone Makara
Bloody Bones Melusine
Buggane Mermaid / Merman
Bunyip Merrow
Camenae Morgens
Capricorn Muc-sheilch
Cetus Naiad
Charybdis Näkki
Chinese Dragon Nereid
Crinaeae Nix
Davy Jones' Locker Nymph
Draug Pisces
Each uisge Ponaturi
Eachy Potamus
Elemental Rusalka
Fish People Samebito
Fur-bearing trout Sea monster
Gargouille Sea serpent
Grindylow Selkie
Haetae Shen
Hippocamp Siren
Hydra Taniwha
Ichthyocentaur Tiamat
Jasconius Triton
Jengu Ondine
Kappa Vodyanoy
Kelpie Water Dragon
Kraken Water Leaper
Lake monster Water Sprite
Lavellan Yacuruna
Leviathan Zaratan
Loch Ness monster

Habitats, creatures associated with

Cave and underground

Dwarf Golem
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European dragon Grootslang


Gnome Leprechaun
Goblin Troll
Yaoguai

Celestial and heaven

Angel Grim Reaper


Asteriae Swan Maiden
Deva / Devi Tennin
Feathered serpent Three-legged bird
Pegasus Valkyrie

Desert

Amphisbaena Mongolian Death Worm


Basilisk Sphinx
Cockatrice
Ghoul

Temperate forest and woodland

Ajatar Owlman
Bigfoot Unicorn
Dryad Satyr
Elf Waldgeist
Leshy
Green Man

Tropical forest and jungle

Ahool Man-eating tree


Curupira Manticore
Dingonek Saci
Mapinguari Umdhlebi

Temperate grassland and garden


Fairy
Gnome

Savanna
Emela-ntouka

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Ennedi tiger
Werehyena

Lake and river

Ahuitzotl Naiad
Bunyip Nixie
Chinese dragon Ogopogo
Encantado Ondine
Grootslang Rainbow serpent
Iara Rusalka
Jiaolong Ryujin
Kappa Shellycoat
Kelpie Warlock
Lake monster Yacuruna
Hydra
Loch Ness Monster
Mizuchi

Mountain and hill

Dwarf Patupaiarehe
Fenghuang Satyr
Griffin Tengu
Hippogriff Yeti
Mountain Giant
Olitiau
Oread

Sea

Bishop-fish Sea monk


Charybdis Sea monster
Dragon King Sea serpent
Fish People Selkie
Hippocamp Shen
Leviathan Siren
Jormungand Tritons
Kraken Umibōzu
Mermaid / Merman Water Dragon
Nereid Yacuruna

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Swamp and marsh

Bunyip Mokele-mbembe
Grootslang Swamp monster
Lernaean Hydra Will-o'-the-wisp
Honey island swamp monster

Volcano and lava


Cherufe
Phoenix
Salamander

Polar, ice, and winter

Akhlut Qiqirn
Amarok Saumen Kar
Barbegazi Tizheruk
Hrimthurs Wendigo
Ijiraq Yeti
Jotun Ymir
Yuki-onna

Urban and house

Banshee Jinn
Boggart Kobold
Brownie Tomte
Domovoi (Slavic house spirit) Vampire
Dvorovoi (Slavic yard spirit) Zashiki-warashi
Duende

Underworld and hell

Cerberus

Ammit Garm
Cerberus Hekatonkheires
Cyclops Hellhound
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Demon Ifrit
Devil Ox-Head and Horse-Face
Earth Dragon Preta

Humanoids
see Mythic humanoids

Hybrids
see List of hybrid creatures

Astronomical objects, creatures associated with

Sun
Kua Fu a giant in China
Three-legged bird in China, Japan
Phoenix in Greek Mythology

Moon
Jade rabbit
Werewolf
Werecoyote
Werejaguar

Constellation

Azure Dragon Pegasus


Black Tortoise Phoenix
Capricorn Vermilion Bird
Centaur Yellow Dragon
Ladon White Tiger
Nemean Lion

World
World Elephant
World Turtle
See List of mythological places

Plants, creatures associated with


Dryad Mandrake
Ghillie Dhu Man-eating tree
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Green Man Penghou


Hamadryad Spriggan
Jubokko Umdhlebi
Kodama Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
Leshy

Shapeshifters
see List of shapeshifters

Times, creatures associated with

Day and diurnal

Griffin Unicorn (rather resembles the moon)


Jackalope Wolpertinger

Night and nocturnal

Amarok Ghoul
Bigfoot Owlman
Ennedi tiger Werewolf
Vampire

Undead
Aswang Spirit - (Worldwide)
Banshee - (Scottish, Gaelic, Irish) Vampire
Ghost - (Worldwide) Wewe Gombel
Jikininki Wili
Kuchisake-onna Will o' the wisp - Jack o lantern
Poltergeist - (Worldwide) (English)
Preta Wraith
Yurei
see also Category:Ghosts and Ghosts in Hindu Mythology - Bhoot, Baital & Pishacha

Corporeal

Draugr Pontianak
Fext Skeleton
Ghoul Undead
Jiangshi Vampire
Lich
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Manananggal Zombie
Mummy (undead) (modern
interpretation)
Myling
Nukekubi

Miscellaneous
Daemon Monster
Demon Sprite
Fairy Yōkai
Familiar
Genie - or Jinn, Djinn

References
1. "Geryon" (http://www.theoi.com/Gigante/GiganteGeryon.html). Theoi. Retrieved 10 February 2017. "a three-
bodied, four-winged giant"

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