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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 Animals, creatures associated with
2 Artificial creatures
3 Body parts, creatures associated with
- 3.1 Blood
- 3.2 Bone
- 3.3 Eye
- 3.4 Face
- 3.5 Hair
- 3.6 Head
- 3.7 Limb
- 3.8 Mouth
- 3.9 Skin
- 3.10 Tail
- 3.11 Neck
- 3.12 Torso
4 Concepts, creatures associated with
5 Demons
6 Elements, creatures associated with
7 Habitats, creatures associated with
8 Humanoids
9 Hybrids
10 Astronomical objects, creatures associated with
11 World
12 Plants, creatures associated with
13 Shapeshifters
14 Times, creatures associated with
- 14.1 Day and diurnal
- 14.2 Night and nocturnal
15 Undead
- 15.1 Corporeal
16 Miscellaneous

Animals, creatures associated with[edit]

Amphibians[edit]

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

Antelopes and deer[edit]

Ceryneian Hind (Greek) - Artemis' large, sacred golden hind
Deer Woman (Native American) - female human above the waist, deer below
Gilled Antelope (Cambodian cryptid) - water breathing deer
Goldhorn (Slavic) - white antelope with golden horns

Keresh (Jewish) – giant deer of the forest of Bei Ilai
Qilin (Chinese) - East Asian chimerical good luck symbol
Jackalope (North American) - jackrabbit with antelope horns
Vukodlak (Slavic) - undead vampire werewolf
White stag (worldwide) - magic white deer
Peryton (?) - Stag with bird parts

Aquatic and marine mammals[edit]

Bake-kujira (Japanese) - ghost sperm whale
Ceffyl Dŵr (Welsh) - water horse
Encantado (Brazil) - shapeshifting trickster dolphins
Kelpie (Scottish) - water horse
Selkie (Scottish) shapeshifting seal people

Arthropods[edit]

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 from 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

Bats[edit]

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

Bears[edit]

Bugbear (Celtic) - child eating hobgoblin
Callisto - A nymph who was turned into a bear by Hera.

Onikuma Demon-Bear - Demon bear, Steals horses (Japanese)

see also Category:Mythological bears

Birds[edit]

Adarna - Has healing powers, put people to sleep, and turn people into stone (Philippines)
Aethon - eagle tormentor of Prometheus
Alkonost - Female with body of a bird (Russian)
Alectryon - Rooster (Greek)
Bare-fronted Hoodwink
Bennu - Self-creating deity, Phoenix (Egyptian)
Bird People
Cockatrice
Caladrius - White bird with healing powers (Roman)
Cetan - A hawk spirit (Native American - Lakota tribe of North and South Dakota)
Chamrosh - The body of a dog, head & wings of a bird (Persian Myth)
Chol (Biblical mythology) - Regenerative bird
Cinnamon bird - Builds nests out of cinnamon (Arabia)
Devil Bird - Shrieks predicting death, like banshee (Sri Lankan)
Feng Huang - Reigns over other birds (China)
Gandaberunda - Two headed magical bird (Hindu)
Gamayun - Prophetic bird with woman's head(Russian)
Garuda - (Hindu, Buddhist)
Griffin - Guards treasure and priceless possessions (Greek)
Harpy - Ugly winged bird woman, steals food (Greek)
Hræsvelgr

Horus – Deity (Egypt)
Hugin and Munin - Two ravens that serve as messengers (Norse mythology)
Nachtkrapp
Oozlum bird - (Australian and British folk tales)
Owlman - compared to America's Mothman (England)
Phoenix - (Greek)
Ra - Deity (Egypt)
Roc
Sarimanok
Simurgh
Sirin - Birds with women heads, lured men to their death (Russia, Greek)
Strix - Owl that ate human flesh (Greek)
Stymphalian birds - Man eating birds (Greek)
Tengu - Have human and bird characteristics, name means dog (Japan)
Three-legged bird (various cultures)
Thunderbird - (Native American, American Southwest, Great Lakes, and Great Plains)
Thoth - Deity (Egypt)
Turul
Vermilion Bird - (Chinese)
Vucub Caquix
Ziz - Giant griffin (Jewish)
Zu

see also Category:Legendary birds

Bovines[edit]

see also Category:Mythological bovines

Camelids[edit]

Allocamelus - A donkey-headed camel.

Canines[edit]

Adlet
Amarok
Anubis - jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife (Egypt)
Aralez
Asena
Axehandle hound
Black dog, also known as Barghest, or Grim - associated with the Devil, Hellhound (Britain)
Beast of Gévaudan - man-eating wolf, terrorized the province of Gévaudan (France)
Cerberus - multi-headed dog, guards the gates of the Underworld, son/brother of Orthrus (Greek, Roman)
Chupacabra - sometimes thought to resemble, or mistaken for a hairless coyote
Cu Sith (or Cusith) - Hellhound, harbinger of death (Scotland, the Hebrides, Ireland)
Crocotta - mythical dog-wolf, related to the hyena (India, Ethiopia)
Cynocephaly - having the head of a dog or jackal
Fenrir - Monstrous wolf, father of the wolves (Norse)

Hellhound - supernatural dog, bringers of death (worldwide)
Huli jing or Kitsune or Kumiho - Fox spirits, like Fairies (China, Japan, Korea)
Kishi - cannibalistic two-faced demon, half-human half-hyena(Africa)
Orthrus - a two headed dog, father/brother of Cerberus (Greek)
Penghou - a tree spirit that appears like a black dog and tastes like dog-meat (Chinese)
Salawa - Egyptian Cryptid, possibly fennec Foxes
Shug Monkey - A dog/monkey creature found in Cambridgeshire (Britain)
Shunka Warakin - Resembles a wolf, a hyena, or both. (America)
Tanuki - Japanese raccoon dog, legends claim is a shapeshifting trickster (Japan)
Vulkodlak
Werewolf - A human, shapeshifts to a wolf because of an affliction, lycanthrope (European)

see also Category:Mythological canines

Caprids[edit]

Amalthea
Aries
Capricornus
Chimera
Faun
Goldhorn, also known as Zlatorog

Heiðrún, a goat in Norse mythology, which produces mead for the einherjar
Khnum
Satyr
Sidehill gouger
Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, Thor's magical goats

see also Category:Mythological caprids

Cnidarians[edit]

Kurage-no-hinotama

Equines[edit]

Arion - Talking immortal horse (Greek)
Buraq - Al-Burāq, a steed from the heavens that transported the prophets (Islam, Persian Art)
Centaur - The head, arms, and torso of a human, the body and legs of a horse (Greek)
Cheval Gauvin - a horse which tries to kill its rider (French/Swiss)
Chiron - A centaur believed to be exceptional among his brethren (Greek)
Haizum - the horse of the archangel Gabriel (Islam)
Hippocamp - Sea-Horse (Greek)
Hippogriff - Winged horse with the head and upper body of an eagle (France)
Ichthyocentaurs - the upper body of a man, the lower front of a horse, tail of a fish (Greek)
Ipotane - half-horse, half-humans, original centaurs (Greek)
Karkadann - a monstrous, highly aggressive unicorn (India, Persia)
Kelpie or Bäckahästen or Each Uisge - Water-horse, sometimes vicious (Scotland, Ireland)

Longma - a fabled winged horse with dragon scales (China)
Nuckelavee - an evil elf, ruins crops, causes epidemics, and drought (Orkney islands, Scotland)
Onocentaur - part human, part donkey (Ancient Greek)
Pegasus - White winged stallion (Greek)
Pooka - spirits, or fairies who lived near ancient stones, good or bad (Ireland)
Sleipnir - Odin's eight-legged horse, which he rode to Hel (location) (Norse)
Simurgh - Like the Hippogriff with the head of a human (Persian)
Tikbalang - a creature with the body of a man and the head and hooves of a horse, lurks in the mountains and forests (Philippines)
Uchchaihshravas - a seven-headed all white flying horse (Hindu)
Unicorn A horse-like creature with a single horn, often symbolizing purity (Europe)
White horse

see also Category:Mythological horses

Felines[edit]

Manticore
Narasimha
Nekomata
Nemean Lion
Panther
Phantom cat
Sekhmet
Sphinx
Surrey Puma
Tigris – giant lion of the forest of Bei Ilai
Underwater panther
White Tiger

see also Category:Mythological felines

Fish[edit]

Fish People
- Mermaid / Merman - Half-human, half-fish(worldwide)
- water spirit - (worldwide)
- Siren - Women that lure men out to sea with their song to drown them (Greek)
- Undine - Water nymphs, no souls until they marry a human man and bear him a child.(German)

see also Category:Mythical fish

Hyenas[edit]

Werehyena

Marsupials[edit]

Molluscs[edit]

Musteloids, mongoose and Civets[edit]

Pachyderms[edit]

See List of elephants in mythology and religion

Pangolins[edit]

Veo

Pigs and Boars[edit]

Primates[edit]

Bigfoot or Sasquatch - Cryptid, animal of the Northwest (America)
Hibagon or Hinagon - Ape-like, similar to Bigfoot, or the Yeti (Japan)
Jué yuán - Blue-furred man-sized rhesus monkey that abducts human women (China & Japan)
Satori - Mind-reading magical ape or 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)

Vanara
Yeren - Man-Monkey, cryptid hominid, resides in remote mountainous (China)
Yeti - Abominable Snowman, ape-like cryptid similar to Bigfoot, that inhabits the Himalayas (Nepal, Tibet)
Yowie - hominid said to live in the Australian wilderness, a cryptid similar to the Himalayan Yeti (Australia)

see also Category:Mythological monkeys

Rabbits and hares[edit]

Al-mi'raj - rabbit with unicorn horn (Islam)
Jackalope

Moon rabbit - a rabbit living on the moon
Skvader
Wolpertinger

see also Category:Mythological rabbits and hares

Reptiles, limbed[edit]

Note: see Dragon

Ammut - female demon, funerary deity and animal hybrid (Egypt)
Basilisk - king of serpents, has the power to cause death with a single glance (Europe)
Black Tortoise - one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations
Chinese Dragon - serpentine creature with four legs
Cipactli - sea monster, part crocodile, fish and toad. Always hungry, thousands of mouths (Spanish, Aztec)
Dragon - serpentine, reptilian traits (worldwide)
Emela-ntouka
Kasai Rex - cryptid, living dinosaur (Congo)

Kongamato
Kurma
Loch Ness Monster - sea monster cryptid (Scotland)
Makara
Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu
Mokele Mbembe
Ngoubou
Reptilian humanoids
Sewer alligator
Sobek
Taniwha
Wyvern
Zaratan

see also Category:Legendary reptiles

Rodents[edit]

Rat king - phenomena when a number of rats become intertwined at their tails (Germany, France)
Wolpertinger

see also Category:Mythological rodents

Serpents and worms[edit]

see also List of dragons in mythology and folklore

see also Category:Legendary serpents

Monotremes[edit]

Peluda

Xenarthrans[edit]

Mapinguari

Procyonids[edit]

Azeban

Insectivores[edit]

Lavellan

Ungulates[edit]

Cryptid animals[edit]

See a list of cryptids

Artificial creatures[edit]

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

Automaton (worldwide) - self-operating machine; most famous example is Greek mythology's Talos
Blodeuwedd (Welsh) - wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes
Frankenstein's monster
Galatea (Greek) - ivory statue carved by Pygmalion
Gingerbread man, from German folk tales
Golem (Jewish) - animated humanoid construct
Homunculus (Alchemy) - Diminutive, animated construct
Nephele (Greek) - nymph formed from a cloud by Zeus to resemble the goddess Hera
Shabti (Egyptian) - A clay model used as workers

Tokeloshe (Zulu mythology)- diminutive, hairy humanoid with various magical powers
Tsukumogami (Japanese)- objects that come to life, of their own accord, after 100 years
Tupilaq (Inuit)- large statues brought to life to serve witches and shamans
Ushabti (Egyptian) - Clay guardians/assistants
Various objects animated by gods, demons and spirits in mythology, legend and folklore

Body parts, creatures associated with[edit]

Blood[edit]

Note: see Vampires

Bone[edit]

Eye[edit]

Face[edit]

Hair[edit]

Head[edit]

Limb[edit]

Asura(Indian)
Deva / Devi(Indian)
Hekatonkheires

Mouth[edit]

Skin[edit]

Tail[edit]

Neck[edit]

Torso[edit]

Manananggal

Concepts, creatures associated with[edit]

Evil eye[edit]

Basilisk
Balor of the Evil Eye - king of the Fomorians, a race of giants, and a cyclops (Irish)
Catoblepas
Cockatrice

Gorgon - A woman with hair made of living, venomous snakes, and eyes that turned men to stone (Greek):
- Medusa - Once a human, Medusa and her sisters were cursed to be 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[edit]

Fertility and human sexuality[edit]

Birth and rebirth[edit]

Luck and wealth[edit]

Sound[edit]

Love and romance[edit]

Dream and mind[edit]

Talk[edit]

Note: see Talking animal

Wisdom[edit]

Time and Technology[edit]

Light[edit]

Demons[edit]

see list of theological demons

Elements, creatures associated with[edit]

Aether[edit]

Air and wind[edit]

see List of flying mythological creatures

Darkness[edit]

Earth[edit]

This listing also includes subterranean and cave-dwelling creatures:

Fire[edit]

Light and rainbow[edit]

Metal and gold (metalsmith and treasure)[edit]

Thunder and lightning[edit]

Water[edit]

see also Category:Mythological water creatures

Habitats, creatures associated with[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[edit]

Fairy
Gnome

Savanna[edit]

Lake and river[edit]

Mountain and hill[edit]

Sea[edit]

Swamp and marsh[edit]

Volcano and lava[edit]

Polar, ice, and Winter[edit]

Urban and house[edit]

Underworld and hell[edit]

Humanoids[edit]

see Mythic humanoids

Hybrids[edit]

see List of hybrid creatures

Astronomical objects, creatures associated with[edit]

Sun[edit]

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

Moon[edit]

Constellation[edit]

World[edit]

Plants, creatures associated with[edit]

Shapeshifters[edit]

see List of shapeshifters

Times, creatures associated with[edit]

Day and diurnal[edit]

Unicorn(rather resembles the moon)
Wolpertinger

Night and nocturnal[edit]

Undead[edit]

Aswang
Banshee - (Scottish, Gaelic, Irish)
Ghost - (Worldwide)
Jikininki
Kuchisake-onna
Poltergeist - (Worldwide)
Preta

Spirit - (Worldwide)
Vampire
Wewe Gombel
Wili
Will o' the wisp - Jack o lantern (English)
Wraith
Yurei

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

Corporeal[edit]

Draugr
Fext
Ghoul
Jiangshi
Lich
Manananggal
Mummy (modern interpretation)
Myling
Nukekubi

Pontianak
Skeleton
Undead
Vampire
- see also List of vampires in folklore and mythology
Zombie

see also Category:Corporeal undead

Miscellaneous[edit]

Daemon
Demon
Fairy
Familiar
Genie - or Jinn, Djinn

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