List of legendary creatures (W)
- Waldgeist (German) - Forest spirit
- Wana-games-ak (Abenaki) - Water spirits
- Wani (Japanese) - Crocodilian water monster
- Wanyūdō (Japanese) - Demon in the form of a burning human-headed ox cart
- Warak ngendog (Indonesian Muslim) - Egg-laying bird
- Warg (English and Scandinavian O.N. vargr) - Giant, demonic wolf
- Warlock (Worldwide) - Man who practices magic
- Wassan-mon-ganeehla-ak (Abenaki) - Aurora spirits
- Water monkey (Chinese) - Water spirit
- Water sprite (Alchemy) - Water elemental
- Wati-kutjara (Australia Aboriginal) - Goanna spirits
- Wa-won-dee-a-megw (Abenaki) - Shapeshifting snail spirit
- Weisse Frauen (German) - Female spirit
- Wekufe (Mapuche) - Demon
- Wendigo (Algonquian) - Anthropophagous spirit
- Wentshukumishiteu (Inuit) - Water spirit
- Werecat (Worldwide) - Feline-human shapeshifter
- Werehyena (Africa) - Hyena-human shapeshifter
- Werewolf (Worldwide) - Wolf-human shapeshifter
- White Lady (Worldwide) - Ghost of a murdered or mistreated woman
- Wild man (European) - Hairy, bipedal, man-like creature
- Will-o'-the-Wisp (Worldwide) - Spectral fire
- Wirry-cow (Scottish) - Malevolent spirit
- Witch (Worldwide) - Person who practices magic
- Witte Wieven (Dutch) - Female, ancestral spirit
- Wolpertinger (German) - Forest animal comprised from various animal parts (similar to a Chimera)
- Wondjina (Australia Aboriginal) - Weather spirit
- Wraith (Scottish) - Water spirit or ghostly apparition
- Wulver (Scottish) - Wolf-headed humanoid spirit
- Wu Tou Gui (Chinese) - Beheaded ghost
- Wyrm - English dragon
- Wyvern (Germanic Heraldic) - Flying reptile, usually with two legs and two wings