List Of Legendary Creatures

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 * A Bao A Qu (Malay) - An entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
 * Aatxe (Basque) - A spirit that takes the form of a bull.
 * Abaasy (Yakuts) - Demons that have teeth of iron.
 * Abada (African) - Small type of unicorn reported to live in the lands of the African Congo.
 * Abada (Tatar) - Forest spirit.
 * Abaia (Melanesia) - Huge magical eel.
 * Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) - Savage humanoid with backward feet.
 * Abath (Malay) - One-horned animal.
 * Abura-sumashi (Japanese) - Creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture.
 * Acephali (Greek) - Headless humanoids.
 * Acheri (Indian) - Disease-bringing ghost.
 * Achlis (Roman) - Curious elk.
 * Adar Llwch Gwin (Welsh) - Giant birds that understand human languages.
 * Adaro (Solomon Islands) - Malevolent merfolk.
 * Adhene (Manx) - Nature spirit.
 * Adlet (Inuit) - Vampiric dog-human hybrid
 * Adroanzi (Lugbara) - Nature spirit.
 * Adze (Ewe people) - An African vampiric-forest being.
 * Aerico (Greek) - Disease demon.
 * Afanc (Welsh) - Lake monster (exact lake varies by story).
 * Agni (Hindu) - God of fire and sacrifices.
 * Agathodaemon (Greek) - Spirit of vinefields and grainfields.
 * Agloolik (Inuit) - Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen.
 * Agogwe (East Africa) - Small, ape-like humanoid.
 * Ahkiyyini (Inuit) - Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.
 * Ahuizotl (Aztec) - Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid.
 * Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) - Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep.
 * Aigikampoi (Etruscan) - Fish-tailed goat.
 * Airavata (Hindu) - Divine Elephant.
 * Aitu (Polynesian) - Malevolent spirits or demons.
 * Aitvaras (Lithuanian) - Household spirit.
 * Ajatar (Finnish) - Dragon.
 * Akamataa (Japanese) - Snake spirit from Okinawa.
 * Akateko (Japanese) - Tree-dwelling monster.
 * Akhlut (Inuit) - Orca-wolf shapeshifter.
 * Akka (Finnish) - Female spirits or minor goddesses.
 * Akki (Japanese) - Large, grotesque humanoid.
 * Akkorokamui (Ainu) - Sea monster.
 * Akuma (Japanese) - Evil spirit.
 * Akupara (Hindu) - Giant turtle that supports the world.
 * Akurojin-no-hi (Japanese) - Ghostly flame which causes disease.
 * Al (Armenian and Persian) - Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women.
 * Ala (Slavic) - Bad weather demon.
 * Alal (Chaldean) - Demon.
 * Alan (Philippine) - Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.
 * Alce (Heraldic) - Wingless griffin.
 * Aleya (Bengali) - Spirit of a dead fisherman.
 * Alicanto (Chilean) - Bird that eats gold and silver.
 * Alicorn - A winged unicorn from the Latin "ala" (wing) and "corn" (horn).
 * Alkonost (Slavic) - Angelic bird with human head and breasts.
 * Allocamelus (Heraldic) - Ass-camel hybrid.
 * Almas (Mongolian) - Savage humanoid.
 * Al-mi'raj (Islamic) - One-horned rabbit.
 * Aloja (Catalan) - Female water spirit.
 * Alom-bag-winno-sis (Abenaki) - Little people and tricksters.
 * Alp (German) - Male night-demon.
 * Alphyn (Heraldic) - Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs.
 * Alp-luachra (Irish) - Parasitic fairy.
 * Al Rakim (Islamic) - Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers.
 * Alseid (Greek) - Grove nymph.
 * Alu (Assyrian) - Leprous demon.
 * Alux (Mayan) - Little people.
 * Amaburakosagi (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku.
 * Amala (Tsimshian) - Giant who holds up the world.
 * Amamehagi (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku.
 * Amanojaku (Japanese) - Small demon.
 * Amarok (Inuit) - Giant wolf.
 * Amarum (Quechua) - Water boa spirit.
 * Amazake-babaa (Japanese) - Disease-causing hag.
 * Amemasu (Ainu) - Lake monster.
 * Ammit (Ancient Egyptian) - Female demon with a body that was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile.
 * Amoronagu (Japanese) - Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima.
 * Amphiptere (Heraldic) - Winged serpent.
 * Amphisbaena (Greek) - Serpent with a head at each end.
 * Anakim (Jewish) - Giant.
 * Androsphinx (Ancient Egyptian) - Human-headed sphinx.
 * Angels (mainly Christian, Jewish, Islamic traditions) - From the Greek ángelos, divine beings of Heaven who act as mediators between God and humans; the counterparts of Demons.
 * Angha (Persian) - Dog-lion-peacock hybrid.
 * Ani Hyuntikwalaski (Cherokee) - Lightning spirit.
 * Ankou (French) - Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and a scythe.
 * Anmo (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture.
 * Antaeus (Greek) - A giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground.
 * Antero Vipunen (Finnish) - Subterranean giant.
 * Ao Ao (Guaraní) - Anthropophagous peccary or sheep.
 * Aobozu (Japanese) - Blue monk who kidnaps children.
 * Apkallu (Sumerian) - Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki.
 * Apsaras (Buddhist and Hindu) - Female cloud spirit.
 * Aqrabuamelu (Akkadian Mythology) - Human-scorpion hybrid.
 * Ardat-Lili (Akkadian) - Disease demon.
 * Argus Panoptes (Greek Mythology) - Hundred-eyed giant.
 * Arikura-no-baba (Japanese Mythology) - Old woman with magical powers.
 * Arimaspi (Greek Mythology) - One-eyed humanoid.
 * Arion (Greek) - Extremely swift horse with a green mane and the power of speech.
 * Arkan Sonney ([[Manx) - Fairy hedgehog.
 * Asag (Sumerian) - Hideous rock demon.
 * Asakku (Sumerian Mythology) - Demon.
 * Asanbosam (West Africa Mythology) - Iron-toothed vampire.
 * Asena (Turkic) - Blue-maned wolf.
 * A-senee-ki-wakw (Abenaki) - Stone-giant.
 * Ashi-magari (Japanese) - Invisible tendril that impedes movement.
 * Asiman (Dahomey) - Vampiric possession spirit.
 * Askefrue (Germanic) - Female tree spirit.
 * Ask-wee-da-eed (Abenaki) - Fire elemental and spectral fire.
 * Asobibi (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture.
 * Aspidochelone (Medieval Bestiaries) - Island-sized whale or sea turtle.
 * Asrai (English) - Water spirit.
 * Astomi (Greek) - Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food.
 * Aswang (Philippine) - Carrion-eating humanoid.
 * Atomy (English) - Surprisingly small creature.
 * Ato-oi-kozo (Japanese) - Invisible spirit that follows people.
 * Atshen (Inuit) - Anthropophagous spirit.
 * Auloniad (Greek) - Pasture nymph.
 * Avalerion (Medieval Bestiary) - King of the birds.
 * Awa-hon-do (Abenaki)]] - Insect spirit.
 * Axex (Ancient Egyptian) - Falcon-lion hybrid.
 * Ayakashi (Japanese) - Sea-serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil.
 * Ayakashi-no-ayashibi (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture.
 * Aziza (Dahomey) - Little people that help hunters.
 * Azukiarai (Japanese) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.
 * Azukibabaa (Japanese) - Bean-grinding hag who devours people.
 * Azukitogi (Japanese) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.

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 * Ba (Egyptian) - Soul of the deceased, depicted as a bird or a human-headed bird.
 * Baba Yaga (Slavic) - Forest spirit and hag
 * Backoo (Guyanese) - Malevolent little people
 * Bagiennik (Slavic) - Malevolent water spirit
 * Bahamut (Arabian) - Giant fish
 * Bar Juchne (Abrahamic and Talmudic) - Bird
 * Bashe (Chinese) - Elephant-swallowing serpent
 * Bai Ze (Chinese) - Talking beast which handed down knowledge on harmful spirits.
 * Ba Jiao Gui (Chinese) - Banana tree spirit
 * Bake-kujira (Japanese) - Ghostly whale skeleton that drifts along the coastline of Shimane Prefecture.
 * Bakeneko (Japanese) - Magical cat
 * Bakezori (Japanese) - Animated straw sandal
 * Bakhtak (Iranian) - Night demon
 * Baku (Japanese) - Dream-devouring, tapir-like creature
 * Bakunawa (Philippine) - Sea serpent that causes eclipses
 * Balaur (Romanian) - Multi-headed dragon
 * Bannik (Slavic) - Bathhouse spirit
 * Banshee (Irish) - Death spirit
 * Baobhan Sith (Celtic Mythology) - Beautiful vampiric seductresses who prey on young travelers by night
 * Barbegazi (Swiss) - Dwarf with giant, snowshoe-like feet
 * Bardi (Trabzon) - Shapechanging death spirit
 * Barghest - Yorkshire black dog
 * Bar Juchne (Jewish) - Gigantic bird
 * Barnacle Geese (Medieval folklore) - Geese which hatch from barnacles
 * Barong (Balinese) - Tutelary spirit
 * Basajaun (Basque) - Ancestral, megalith-building race
 * BasCelik (Serbian) - Powerful, evil winged man whose soul is not held by his body and can be subdued only by causing him to suffer dehydration
 * Basilisco Chilote (Chilota) - Chicken-serpent hybrid
 * Basilisk (Italian) - Multi-limbed, venomous lizard
 * Batibat (Philippine) - Female night-demon
 * Batsu (Chinese) - Drought spirit
 * Baubas (Lithuanian) - Malevolent spirit
 * Baykok (Ojibwa) - Flying skeleton
 * Bean Nighe (Irish) - Death spirit; a type of Banshee/Bean Sídhe)
 * Behemoth (Jewish) - Massive beast, possibly like a dinosaur or crocodile
 * Bendigeidfran (Welsh) - Giant king
 * Bennu (Egyptian) - Heron-like, regenerative bird, equivalent to (or inspiration for) the Phoenix
 * Berehynia (Slavic) - Water spirit
 * Bergrisar (Norse) - Mountain giants who live alongside the Hrimthursar (lit. "Rime-Giants") in Jotunheim
 * Bergsra (Norse) - Mountain spirit
 * Bestial Beast (Brazilian) - Centauroid specter
 * Betobeto-san (Japanese) - Invisible spirit which follows people at night, making the sound of footsteps
 * Bhuta (Buddhist and Hindu) - Ghost of someone killed by execution or suicide
 * Bi-blouk (Khoikhoi) - Female, anthropophagous, partially invisible monster
 * Bies (Slavic) - Demon
 * Bigfoot (American folklore) - Forest-dwelling apeman.
 * Binbogami (Japanese) - Spirit of poverty
 * Bishop-fish (Medieval Bestiaries) - Fish-like humanoid
 * Biwa-bokuboku (Japanese)- Animated biwa
 * Black Annis (English) - Blue-faced hag
 * Black Dog (British) - Canine death spirit
 * Black Shuck - Norfolk, Essex, and Suffolk black dog
 * Blemmyae (Medieval Bestiary) - Headless humanoid with face in torso
 * Bloody Bones (Irish) - Water bogeyman
 * Blue Crow (Brazilian) - a giant amazonian bird.
 * Bluecap (English) - Mine-dwelling fairy
 * Bodach (Scottish) - Malevolent spirit
 * Bogeyman (English) - Malevolent spirit
 * Boggart (English) - Malevolent household spirit
 * Boginki (Polish) - Nature spirit
 * Bogle (Scottish) - Malevolent spirit
 * Boi-tata (Brazilian) - Giant snake
 * Bolla (Albanian) - Dragon
 * Bonnacon (Medieval Bestiaries) - Bull-horse hybrid with flaming dung
 * Boo Hag (American Folklore) - Vampire-like creature that steals energy from sleeping victims
 * Boobrie (Scottish) - Roaring water bird
 * Bozaloshtsh (Slavic) - Death spirit
 * Brag (English) - Malevolent water horse
 * Brownie (English and Scottish) - Benevolent household spirit
 * Broxa (Jewish) - Nocturnal bird that drains goats of their milk
 * Bokkenrijders (Dutch) - bandits
 * Bugbear (English) - Bearlike goblin
 * Buggane (Manx) - Ogre-like humanoid
 * Bugul Noz (Celtic) - Extremely ugly, but kind, forest spirit
 * Bukavac (Serbia) - Six-legged lake monster
 * Bunyip (Australian Aboriginal) - Horse-walrus hybrid lake monster
 * Buraq (Islamic) - Human-headed, angelic horse
 * Bush Dai Dai (Guyanese) - Spirit that seduces and kills men
 * Byangoma (Bengali) - Fortune-telling birds
 * Bysen (Scandinavian) - Diminutive forest spirit

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 * Cabeiri (Greek) - Smith and wine spirit
 * Cacus (Roman) - Fire-breathing giant
 * Cadejo (Central America) - Cow-sized dog-goat hybrid in two varieties: benevolent and white; malevolent and black
 * Caipora (Tupi) - Fox-human hybrid and nature spirit
 * Caladrius (Medieval Bestiary) - White bird that can foretell if a sick person will recover or die
 * Calingi (Medieval Bestiary) - Humanoid with an eight-year lifespan
 * Callitrix (Medieval Bestiary) - Apes who always bear twins, one the mother loves, the other it hates
 * Calydonian Boar (Greek) - Giant, chthonic boar
 * Calygreyhound (Heraldic) - Wildcat-deer/antelope-eagle-ox-lion hybrid
 * Camahueto (Chilota) - One-horned calf
 * Cambion (Medieval folklore) - Offspring of a human and an incubus or succubus; general term for any kind of human/demon hybrid
 * Campe (Greek) - Dragon-human-scorpion hybrid
 * Camulatz (Mayan) - Bird that ate the heads of the first men
 * Candileja (Colombian) - Spectral, fiery hag
 * Canaima (Guyanese) - Were-jaguar
 * Canotila (Lakota) - Little people and tree spirits
 * Caoineag (Scottish) - Death spirit (a particular type of Banshee/Bean Sídhe)
 * Chapa (Lakota) - Beaver spirit
 * Capcaun (Romanian) - Large, monstrous humanoid
 * Carbuncle (Latin America) - Small creature with a jewel on its head
 * Catoblepas (Medieval Bestiary) - Scaled buffalo-hog hybrid
 * Cat Sidhe (Scottish) - Fairy cat
 * Ceffyl Dwr (Welsh) - Malevolent water horse
 * Centaur (Greek) - Human-horse hybrid
 * Centicore Indian mythology Indian- Horse-Antelope-Lion-Bear hybrid
 * Cerastes (Greek) - Extremely flexible, horned snake
 * Cerberus (Greek) - Three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld
 * Cercopes (Greek) - Mischievous forest spirit
 * Cericopithicus (Medieval Bestiary) - Apes who always bear twins, one the mother loves, the other it hates
 * Ceryneian Hind (Greek) - Hind with golden antlers and bronze or brass hooves
 * Cetan (Lakota) - Hawk spirit
 * Chakora (Hindu) - Lunar bird
 * Chamrosh (Persian) - Dog-bird hybrid
 * Chaneque (Aztec) - Little people and nature spirits
 * Changeling (European) - Humanoid child (fairy, elf, troll, etc.) substituted for a kidnapped human child
 * Charybdis (Greek) - Sea monster in the form of a giant mouth
 * Chepi (Narragansett) - Ancestral spirit that instructs tribe members
 * Cherufe (Mapuche) - Volcano-dwelling monster
 * Chibaiskweda (Abenaki) - Ghost of an improperly buried person
 * Chichevache (Medieval folklore) - Human-faced cow that feeds on good women
 * Chickcharney (Bahamian) - Bird-mammal hybrid
 * Chimbwe (hyena) in Tumbuka (an ethnic group living in Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania) mythology
 * Chimaera (Greek) - Lion-goat-snake hybrid
 * Chindi (Navajo) - Vengeful ghost that causes dust devils
 * Chinthe (Burmese) - Temple-guarding feline, similar to Chinese Shi and Japanese Shisa
 * Chitauli (Zulu) - Human-lizard hybrid
 * Chochinobake (Japanese) - Animated paper lantern
 * Chollima (Korean) - Supernaturally fast horse
 * Chonchon (Mapuche) - Disembodied, flying head
 * Choorile (Guyanese) - Ghost of a woman that died in childbirth
 * Chromandi (Medieval Bestiary) - Hairy savage with dog teeth
 * Chrysaor (Greek) - Son of the gorgon Medusa, imaged as a giant or a winged boar
 * Chrysomallus (Greek mythology) - Golden haired winged ram
 * Chukwa (Hindu) - Giant turtle that supports the world
 * Chupacabra (Latin America) - Cryptid beast, named for its habit of sucking the blood of goats and other livestock
 * Churel (Hindu) - Vampiric, female ghost
 * Ciguapa (Dominican Republic) - Malevolent seductress
 * Cihuateteo (Aztec) - Ghost of women that died in childbirth
 * Cikavac (Serbian) - Bird that serves its owner
 * Cinnamon Bird (Medieval Bestiaries) - Giant bird that makes its nest out of cinnamon
 * Cipactli (Aztec) - Sea monster, crocodile-fish hybrid
 * Cirein croin (Scottish) - Sea serpent
 * Cluricaun (Irish) - Leprechaun-like Little people that are permanently drunk
 * Coblynau (Welsh) - Little people and mine spirits
 * Cockatrice (Medieval Bestiaries) - Chicken-lizard hybrid
 * Cofgod (English) - Cove god
 * Colo Colo (Mapuche) - Rat-bird hybrid that can shapeshift into a serpent
 * Corycian nymphs (Greek) - Nymph of the Corycian Cave
 * Cretan Bull (Greek) - Monstrous bull
 * Crinaeae (Greek) - Fountain nymph
 * Criosphinx (Ancient Egypt) - Ram-headed sphinx
 * Crocotta (Medieval Bestiaries) - Monstrous dog-wolf
 * The Cu Bird (Mexican) - El Pájaro Cu; a bird.
 * Cuco (Latin America) - Bogeyman
 * Cucuy (Latin America) - Malevolent spirit
 * Cuegle (Cantabrian) - Monstrous, three-armed humanoid
 * Cuelebre (Asturian and Cantabrian) - Dragon
 * Curupira (Tupi) - Nature spirit
 * Cu Sith (Scottish) - Gigantic fairy dog
 * Cwn Annwn (Welsh) - Underworld hunting dog
 * Cyclops (Greek) - One-eyed giant
 * Cyhyraeth (Welsh) - Death spirit
 * Cynocephalus (Medieval Bestiaries) - Dog-headed humanoid