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.

Creatures associated with the afterlife or the underworld

• Cerberus - Greek three headed dog
• Deity -
  • See also death deity, list of deities
• Garm - Norse dog
• Houri - Islamic 'pure being'
• Lampad

Creatures associated with air and weather

This listing includes flying and weather-affecting creatures.

• Ala - Serbian and Bulgarian demon of hail and thunderstorm
• Anemoi - Greek gods of wind
• Ariel - Shakesperean sprite
• Arkan Sonney
• Boobrie - Scottish water birds
• Djinn
• Dragon - lizard-like creature, variably flying, winged and/or fire-breathing
• Elemental
• Erinyes
• Fenghuang
• Firebird - large bird with magically luminescent red- and yellow-hued feathers (sometimes used as a synonym of phoenix; see below)
• Gamayun
• Gargoyle
• Garuda
• German - Serbian and Bulgarian spirit associated with bringing rain and hail
• Griffin - body of a lion, head and wings of an eagle
• Harpy
• Nephele
• Nue
• Odin's ravens, Hugin and Munin
• Pegasus - winged horse
• Phoenix
• Raiju
• Roc - huge eagle-like bird
• Simurgh
• Sphinx
• Stymphalian Birds
• Sylph
• Yuki-onna
• See also list of fictional birds

Artificial creatures

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

• Blodeuwedd
• Familiar
• Galatea
• Golem
• Homunculus
• Talos

Bears

• Berserker
• Bugbear
• Callisto (mythology)
• Nandi Bear

Creatures associated with blood

• Alan
• Chupacabra
• Dhampir
• Gaki
• Golden Hind
• Kappa
• Kekkai
• Lamia
• Manananggal
• Redcap
• Rokurokubi
• Sigbin
• Vampire
• Yuki-onna

Birds

• The eagle tormentor of Prometheus, possibly known in one source as Aethon
• Alkonost
• Alectryon
• Bennu
• Big Bird
• Caladrius
• Cetan
• Chamrosh
• Cornish Owlman
• Devil Bird
• Feng Huang
• Gamayun
• Garuda
• Giant Penguin
• Harpy
• Hræsvelgr
• Hugin and Munin
• La chusa
• Oozlum bird (Ouzelum)
• Phoenix
• Rain Bird
• Roc
• Simurgh
• Sirin
• Strix (mythology)
• Stymphalian birds
• Tengu
• Three-legged bird
• Thunderbird (mythology)
• Thunderbird (cryptozoology)
• Ziz
• Zu (god)

Boars and pigs

• Arkan Sonney
• Calydonian Boar
• Erymanthian Boar

Bovines (bulls and cows)

• Auðumbla
• Bull of Heaven
• Kujata
• Minotaur
• Shedu
• Ushi-oni

Canines

• Beast of Gévaudan
• Axehandle hound
• Barghest
• Chupacabra
• Cu Sith (or Cusith)
• Hellhound
• Hounds of Heaven
• Kitsune
• Salawa
• Shunka Warakin
• Tanuki
• Werewolf
• wendigo
• see also Category:Mythological dogs, Legendary, mythical, and fairytale dogs

Deer, Stags and Antelope

• Golden Hind
• Kirin
• Gilled Antelope
• White Stag
• Unicorn

Demons

• see list of specific demons and types of demons

Dragons

• see List of dragons in mythology and folklore

Creatures associated with the earth

This listing also includes subterranean and cave-dwelling creatures.

• Bahamut
• Behemoth
• Dvergr
• Dwarf
• Monopod
• Elemental
• Gargoyle
• Gnome
• Goblin
• Golem
• Kobold
• Kroni
• Nymph
• Oread

Elephants

• See List of elephants in mythology and religion

Elves, fairies, nymphs, little people, and house spirits

• Arkan Sonney
• Bannik
• Boggart
• Brownie
• Bugbear
• Changeling
• Ciguapa
• Clurichaun
• Dark elf
• Diwata
• Domovoi
• Domowije
• Dryad
• Dwarf
• Ebu Gogo
• Elf
• Fairy
• Faun
• Gnome
• Goblin
• Gremlin
• Haltija
• Hamadryad
• Huldra
• Imp
• Kallikantzaroi
• Kikimora
• Klabauters (Klabautermannikin, Kaboutermannikin)
• Knocker
• Korrigan
• Lampad
• Lares
• Leprechaun
• Little people
• Makara
• Maenad
• Menehune
• Monopod
• Naiad
• Nephele
• Nereid
• Nix
• Norse dwarves
• Nuno
• Nymph
• Oberon (Fairy King)
• Oceanid
• Oread
• Pixie
• Poltergeist
• Potamus(river god)
• Pookha / Puck
• Redcap
• Satyr
• Seelie
• Sidhe
• Slavic fairies
• Spriggan
• Sprite
• Svartalfar
• Sylph
• Tennin
• Titania (Fairy Queen)
• Tomte
• Tonttu
• Totetsu
• Troll
• Vetter
• Vila (fairy)
• Xana

Creatures associated with the eyes

• Argus/Panoptes
• Basilisk
• Catoblepas
• Cyclopes
• Gorgon
• Hitotsume-kozou
• Lamia
• Lynx

Felines

• Blue Mountains panther
• Bakeneko
• Bast
• Beast of Bodmin
• Cactus cat
• Cait Sith
• Chimera
• Griffin
• Kirin
• Lamassu
• Manticore
• Nekomata
• Nemean Lion
• Panther (legendary creature)
• Sphinx
• Surrey Puma

Creatures associated with fertility and/or human sexuality

• Abatwa
• Alan
• Boto
• Faun
• German
• Incubus
• Maenad
• Nymph
• Popobawa
• Satyr
• Sileni/Silenus
• Succubus
• Unicorn

Creatures associated with fire

• Cherufe
• Dragon
• Efreet/Ifrit
• Elemental
• Firebird
• Kapre
• Kitsune
• Lampad
• Phoenix
• Salamander
• Surtur

Creatures associated with fortune, wealth and wishes

• Baku
• Carbuncle
• Diwata
• Djinn, Jinni, Genie
• Jengu
• Kapre
• Leprechaun
• Mermaid
• Nue
• Oni
• Sigbin

Giants

• see list of giants in folklore and mythology

Goats

• Amalthea
• Capricornus
• Faun
• Heiðrún, a goat in Norse mythology, which produces mead for the einherjar
• Satyr
• Sileni/Silenus
• Sidehill gouger
• Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, Thor's magical goats

Horses

This listing also includes ponies, mules and other equines.

• El Caballo Diablo
• Centaur
• Chiron
• El Cavall
• Great White Horse
• Haizum
• Hippocampus (mythology)
• Hippogriff
• Ichthyocentaur
• Karkadann
• Kelpie or Bäckahästen or Each Uisge
• Nuckelavee
• Onocentaur
• Pegasus
• Pooka
• Sileni/Silenus
• Slepnir
• Tikbalang
• Unicorn
• Winged Horse

Hybrids

Further information: Mythological hybrid

Partly human

upper part human

• Centauroid (human torso on four-legged animal body)
  • Shedu
  • Centaur (human-horse)
  • Onocentaur (human-donkey)
  • Sphinx, Manticore (human-lion)
  • Buraq (Persian iconography)
• Faun, Pan, Satyr, Sileni/Silenus, Devil (in Christian iconography) (human-goat)
• Lilitu, Harpy, Siren (bird-woman): see also Bird goddess
• Ichthyocentaur (human-fish)
  • Mermaid/Merman, Triton
  • Cecaelia (human-squid)
  • Jengu
• human-snake
  • Lamia (serpent-woman)
  • Naga

human with animal head

Main article: Theriocephaly

• Anubis (jackal-headed)
• Amunet (cobra-headed)
• Sekhmet (lion-headed)
• Asterius/Minotaur (bull-headed)
• Cynocephali (dog-headed)
• Ganesha (elephant-headed)

human with some animal parts

• winged
  • winged genie
  • Chayot
  • Seraphim
  • Talos
  • Cupid
  • angel (Christian iconography)
  • Fairy (moth wings)
  • Mothman
• Gorgon (snake hair, wings, boar-tusks)
• Adlet (human-dog)
• Tikbalang (human-horse)

shape-shifting

• Weretiger
• Werewolf

non-human

• Allocamelus -- donkey, camel
• Amphisbaena
• Baku -- tapir, bear, tiger, elephant, ox, rhinoceros, goat
• Basilisk
• Chimera -- goat, snake, dragon, lion
• Cockatrice
• Dragon
• Griffin -- lion, eagle
• Hippocampus (mythology) -- horse, fish
• Hippogriff -- horse, griffin
• Lamashtu -- lioness, bird, donkey, pig, dog, snakes
• Nue -- monkey, tanuki, tiger, snake
• Ophiotaurus -- bull, serpent
• Pegasus -- horse, bird
• Peryton -- stag, bird
• Qilin -- dragon, lion
• Questing Beast -- serpent, leopard, lion, hart
• Wyvern -- bird, reptilian
• Yali
• Ypotryll -- boar, camel, ox, goat, serpent.

Creatures associated with ice and winter

• Barbegazi
• Frost giant (Hrímþurs)
• Yeti
• Ymir
• Yuki-onna

Insects, arachnids and arthropods

• Anansi
• Arachne
• Tsuchigumo

Mammals

Note: see Horses, Elephants, Felines, Canines, Rabbits, Monkeys and Apes, Goats, Boar and pigs, Bovines (bulls and cows), Deer, Stags and Antelope, Rodents, Marsupials, Bears.

Marsupials

• Drop Bear
• Phantom Kangaroo

Monkeys and Apes

• Bigfoot
• Hibagon
• Sun Wukong
• Vanara
• Yeti

Monstrous humanoids and Goblins

Note: see also #Elves, Fairies, Nymphs, little people, and house spirits, #Giants, #Hybrids (part-human) and #Shapeshifters.

• Abarimon
• Abatwa
• Ala
• Aswang
• Baba Yaga
• Bestia
• Bigfoot
• Blemmyes
• Boogeyman
• Bunyip
• Caliban
• Cyclopes
• Ghoul
• Giant / Giantess
  • see also List of giants in mythology and folklore
• Gigantes
• Goblins
• Gremlins
• Grendel
• Hag
• Hibagon
• Hitotsume-kozou
• Hobgoblins
• Manananggal
• Mangkukulam
• Magician (witch, warlock, etc.)
• Nukekubi
• Orcs
• Ogre / Ogress
• Oni
• Pugot
• Rokurokubi
• Samebito
• Symbol of Saros
• Titan
• Troll
• Trow
• Vampire
• Wendigo
• Yama-uba
• Yeti
• Yowie
• Yuki-onna

Plants and fungi

• Barnacle tree
• Dryad
• Ghillie Dhu
• Green Man
• Hamadryad
• Kodama
• Leshy
• Mandrake
• Vegetable Lamb of Tartary

Rabbits

• Al-mi'raj
• Jackalope
• Skvader
• Wolpertinger

Reptiles

• Basilisk
• Dragon
• Chinese Dragon
• Makara
• Rainbow Serpent
• Sea Serpent
• Sewer alligator
• Wyvern
• Loch Ness Monster
• Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu
• Mokele Mbembe
• Kasai Rex
• Kongamato
• Chessie
• Ngoubou
• Taniwha

Rodents

• Giant Rat

Serpents, snakes and worms

• Amphisbaena
• Apep/Apophis
• Azhi Dahaka
• Basilisk
• Bakonawa
• Cockatrice
• Dragon
  • see also List of dragons in mythology and folklore
• Drake
• Echidna
• Fafnir
• Gorgons (including Medusa)
• Hoop snake
• Hydra
• Jaculus/Jaculi
• Jasconius
• Jormungand
• Lamia
• Naga
• Níðhöggr
• Orochi
• Ouroboros
• Python
• Sea serpent
• Tarasque
• Tsuchinoko
• Wyvern
• Yamata no Orochi

Shapeshifters

• Ala
• Aswang
• Boto
• Changeling
• Doppelgänger
• Empusa
• Kitsune
• Lamia
• Lycanthrope
• Manananggal
• Mangkukulam
• Rokurokubi
• Shen
• Skin-walker
• Spriggan
• Tengu
• Werewolf

Undead creatures

• Aswang
• Banshee
• Draugr
• Gaki
• Ghoul
• Ghost
• Jikininki
• Manananggal
• Mummy (modern interpretation)
• Myling
• Nukekubi
• Phantom
• Poltergeist
• Pontianak
• Pugot
• Rusalka
• Sluagh
• Spectre
• Spirit
• Vampire
• Wili
• Will o' the wisp
• Wraith
• Yuurei
• Zombie

Vampires

• see List of vampires in folklore and mythology

Creatures associated with water

This listing includes fish, whales, turtles, frogs and other aquatic and amphibious creatures

• Afanc
• Aspidochelone
• Bloody Bones
• Boto
• Buggane
• Bunyip
• Camenae
• Capricorn
• Charybdis
• Crinaeae
• Dragon
• Draug
• Each uisge
• Eachy
• Elemental
• Fur-bearing trout
• Grindylow
• Hippocampus (mythology)
• Ichthyocentaur
• Jengu
• Kappa
• Kelpie
• Kraken
• Lake monster
• Lavellan
• Leviathan
• Loch Ness monster
• Lorelei
• Lusca
• Melusine
• Mermaid/Merman
• Merrow
• Morgens
• Muc-sheilch
• Naiad
• Näkki
• Nereid
• Nix
• Nymph
• Pisces
• Potamus(river god)
• Ri
• Rusalka
• Samebito
• Sea monster
• Sea serpent
• Selkie
• Shen
• Siren
• Taniwha
• Tiamat
• Triton
• Undine
• Vodyanoy
• Water Leaper
• Water Sprite
• Zaratan