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.

Contents

1 Angels
2 Artificial creatures
3 Creatures associated with animals
4 Creatures associated with astronomical objects
5 Creatures associated with the body
- 5.1 Blood
- 5.2 Bone
- 5.3 Eye
- 5.4 Face
- 5.5 Hair
- 5.6 Head
- 5.7 Limb
- 5.8 Mouth
- 5.9 Tail
6 Creatures associated with habitats
7 Creatures associated with objects
8 Creatures associated with concepts
9 Creatures associated with elements
10 Creatures associated with times
- 10.1 Day and diurnal
- 10.2 Night and nocturnal
11 Creatures associated with plants
12 Demons
13 Dragons
14 Humanoids
15 Hybrids
16 Shapeshifters
17 Undead
- 17.1 Incorporeal
- 17.2 Corporeal

[edit] Angels

see list of angels

[edit] Artificial creatures

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

Automaton (worldwide) - self-operating machine
Blodeuwedd (Welsh) - wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes
Familiar (Christian) - assist witches with magic
Galatea (Greek) - ivory statue carved by Pygmalion

Golem (Jewish) - animated humanoid construct
Homunculus (Alchemy) - Diminutive, animated construct
Talos (Greek) - Winged giant made of bronze
Ushabti (Egyptian) - Clay guardians/assistants

[edit] Creatures associated with animals

[edit] Amphibians

Heqet (Ancient Egyptian) - fertility Goddess
Loveland Frog (American cryptid) - frog faced humanoid

Salamander (Alchemy) - Fire elemental
Llamhigyn Y Dwr (Welsh) - Frog-bat-lizard hybrid

[edit] Antelopes and deer

Ceryneian Hind (Greek) -Artemis' large, sacred golden hind
Kirin (Chinese) - East Asian chimerical good luck symbol
Gilled Antelope (Cambodian cryptid) - water breathing deer
Goldhorn (Slavic) - white antelope with golden horns

Unicorn (Greek cryptid)- one horned horse
Vulkodlak (Slavic) - undead vampire horse wolf
White stag (worldwide) - magic white deer
Jackalope

[edit] Aquatic mammals and marine mammals

Ceffyl Dŵr (Welsh) - water horse
Encantado (Brazil) - shapeshifting trickster dolphins
Giglioli's Whale (Chile cryptid) - whale with 2 dorsal fins

Kelpie (Scottish) - water horse
Selkie (Scottish) shapeshifting seal people

[edit] Arthropods

Anansi (West African) trickster spider
Arachne (Greek) - weaver cursed into a spider
Khepri (Ancient Egyptian) - beetle who pushes the sun
Tsuchigumo (Japanese) - spider limbed dwarf
Myrmecoleon (Christian) - ant-lion
Myrmidons (Greek) - warrior descendants of ant form Zeus

Jorōgumo (Japanese) - ghost woman who shapeshifts into a spider
Karkinos (Greek) - Cancer the crab
Mothman (American cryptid)
Pabilsag (Babylonian) - Sagittarius-like creature with scorpion tail
Scorpion man (Babylonian) - protector of travellers
Selket (Ancient Egyptian) - scorpion death/healing goddess

[edit] Bats

Ahool (Indonesian cryptid) cat sized bat
Camazotz

Olitiau (Central African cryptid) dog sized bat
Vampire (worldwide) - shapeshifting human undead that eats the living

[edit] Bears

Berserker (Old Norse) human warriors who fight in a trance of rage
Bugbear (Celtic) child eating hobgoblin
Callisto (mythology)

see also Category:Mythological bears

[edit] Birds

see also Category:Legendary birds

[edit] Bovines

see also Category:Mythological bovines

[edit] Camelids

Allocamelus

[edit] Canines and hyenas

see also Category:Mythological canines

[edit] Elephants

See List of elephants in mythology and religion

[edit] Equines

see also Category:Mythological horses

[edit] Felines

see also Category:Mythological felines

[edit] Fish

see also Category:Mythical fish

[edit] Caprids

Amalthea
Aries
Capricornus
Faun
Goldhorn, also known as Zlatorog
Heiðrún, a goat in Norse mythology, which produces mead for the einherjar

Satyr
Sidehill gouger
Khnum
Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, Thor's magical goats

see also Category:Mythological caprids

[edit] Hippos and rhinos

[edit] Limbed reptiles

Note: see Dragon

see also Category:Legendary reptiles

[edit] Marsupials

[edit] Molluscs

[edit] Musteloids and mongooses

[edit] Apes and monkeys

Bigfoot or Sasquatch
Hibagon
Sun Wukong

Vanara
Yeti

see also Category:Mythological monkeys

[edit] Glires

see also Category:Mythological rodents、Category:Mythological rabbits and hares

[edit] Serpents and worms

Amphisbaena
Amphithere
Apep/Apophis
Azhi Dahaka
Basilisk
Bakonawa
Cockatrice
Dragon
- see also List of dragons in mythology and folklore
Drake
Echidna
Fafnir
Feathered serpent
Gorgon (including Medusa)
Hoop snake
Hydra
Jaculus/Jaculi
Jasconius

see also Category:Legendary serpents

[edit] Tapirs

Baku

[edit] Xenarthrans

Mapinguari

[edit] Creatures associated with astronomical objects

[edit] Sun

[edit] Moon

[edit] Constellation

[edit] Creatures associated with the body

[edit] Blood

Note: see Vampires

[edit] Bone

[edit] Eye

[edit] Face

[edit] Hair

[edit] Head

[edit] Limb

[edit] Mouth

[edit] Tail

[edit] Creatures associated with habitats

[edit] Cave and underground

[edit] Celestial and heaven

[edit] Desert

[edit] Temperate forest and woodland

[edit] Tropical forest and jungle

[edit] Temperate grassland and garden

Fairy
Gnome

[edit] Savanna

[edit] Lake and river

[edit] Mountain and hill

[edit] Sea

[edit] Swamp and marsh

[edit] Volcano and lava

[edit] Polar

[edit] Urban and house

[edit] Underworld and hell

[edit] World

[edit] Creatures associated with objects

Note: see Tsukumogami

[edit] Creatures associated with concepts

[edit] Evil eye

[edit] Immortal and dead

Ghost

see also List of ghosts

[edit] Fertility and human sexuality

[edit] Birth and rebirth

[edit] Luck and wealth

[edit] Sound

Mermaid
Nue

[edit] Love and romance

[edit] Dream and mind

[edit] Generalization

[edit] Talk

Note: see Talking animal

[edit] Wisdom

[edit] Creatures associated with elements

[edit] Air and wind

see List of flying mythological creatures

[edit] Darkness

[edit] Earth

This listing also includes subterranean and cave-dwelling creatures.

[edit] Fire

Phoenix (mythology)

[edit] Light and rainbow

[edit] Ice and winter

[edit] Metal and gold (metalsmith and treasure)

[edit] Thunder and lightning

[edit] Water

see also Category:Mythological water creatures

[edit] Creatures associated with times

[edit] Day and diurnal

[edit] Night and nocturnal

[edit] Creatures associated with plants

see also Category:Mythological plants

[edit] Demons

see list of theological demons

[edit] Dragons

see List of dragons in mythology and folklore

[edit] Humanoids

see Mythic humanoids

[edit] Hybrids

see List of hybrid creatures

[edit] Shapeshifters

see List of shapeshifters

[edit] Undead

[edit] Incorporeal

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

[edit] Corporeal

Draugr
Fext
Ghoul
Manananggal
Mummy (modern interpretation)
Myling
Nukekubi

Pontianak
Lich
Jiang Shi
Skeleton
Vampire
- see also List of vampires in folklore and mythology
Zombie

see also Category:Corporeal undead

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