This list of legendary creatures from mythology, folklore and fairy tales is sorted by their classification or affiliation. Creatures from modern fantasy fiction and role-playing games are not included.

Animals, creatures associated with

Aquatic and marine mammals

• Bahamut (Arabic) – Whale monster whose body supports the earth. Word seems far more ancient than Islam and may be origin of the word Behemoth in modern Judeo-Christian lore. • Bake-kujira (Japanese) – Ghost whale • Cetus (Greek) – a monster with the head of a boar or a greyhound, the body of a whale or dolphin, and a divided, fan-like tail • Devil Whale (English) – Whale capable of swallowing ships • Encantado (Brazilian) – shapeshifting trickster dolphins • Glashtyn (Celtic) – Horse goblin from the sea • Gveleshapi (Gregorian) - snake whale monster associated with lakes, rivers and springs. Said to be causes of floods and other water related disasters. • Makara (Hindu mythology) – half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually of a fish, a seal, or a snake, though sometimes a peacock or even a floral tail is depicted) • Mug-wamp - (Canadian) giant sturgeon monster said to inhabit Lake Temiskaming in Ontario. Name is of Native origin. Monster may also be Native, but name was given from Native language by local whites & not the original name, if so. • Sea goat (Greek) – Half goat, half fish • Selkie (Scottish) – Shapeshifting seal people • Water bull (Scottish) – Nocturnal amphibious bull • Water Horse – General name for mythical water dwelling horses of many cultures • * Ceffyl Dŵr (Welsh) – Water horse • * Each-uisge (Scottish) – Malevolent shapeshifting oceanic water horse • * Enbarr (Irish) – Manann's horse, capable of traversing land and sea • * Hippocampus (Greek) – Horse with a fish tail • * Ichthyocentaurs (Greek) – Upper body of a man, the lower front of a horse, tail of a fish • * Kelpie (Scottish) – Water horse • * Morvarc'h (Breton) – Legendary horse that could gallop on the waves • * Nixie (Germanic) – Shapeshifting water being, known for appearing as horses • * Nuckelavee (Orcadian) – Skinless oceanic water horse with pestilent breath • * Nuggle (Scottish) – Mischievous male water horse • * Tangie (Scottish) – Shapeshifting sea water horse

Arthropods

• Anansi (West African) – Trickster spider • Arachne (Greek) – Weaver cursed into a spider • Carbuncle (Chilote) – one of its many descriptions is a greenish-red fiery light reminiscent of fireflies • Gold-digging ant (Greek) – Reported by Herodotus to live in either Ethiopia or Indian subcontinent • Iktomi - (Lakota) Name for a very narrowly believed in trickster spider. Also known in parts of the Rockies. • Jorōgumo (Japanese) – Ghost woman who shapeshifts into a spider • Karkinos (Greek) – Cancer the crab • Khepri (Ancient Egyptian) – Beetle who pushes the sun • Mothman (American cryptid) – Man with moth wings and features • Myrmecoleon (Christian) – Ant-lion • Myrmidons (Greek) – Warriors created from ants by Zeus • Pabilsag (Babylonian) – Sagittarius-like creature with scorpion tail • Scorpion man (Babylonian) – Protector of travellers • Selket (Ancient Egyptian) – Scorpion death/healing goddess • Tsuchigumo (Japanese) – Shapeshifting giant spider

Bats

Birds

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Chickens

Eagles

Owls

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Carnivorans

Bears

Canines

• Adlet • Amarok • Anubis – jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife (Egypt) • Aralez • Asena • Axehandle hound – a dog-like beast that reputedly subsists on axe-handles left unattended (United States & Canada) • Black dog, also known as Barghest, Black Shuck, or Grim – associated with the Devil, Hellhound (Britain) • Beast of Gévaudan – man-eating wolf, terrorized the province of Gévaudan (France) • Carbuncle (Chilote) – one of its many descriptions is a luminescent small dog • Cerberus – multi-headed dog, guards the gates of the Underworld, son/brother of Orthrus (Greek, Roman) • Chupacabra (Latin American) – Alleged creature reputed to attack and drink the blood of livestock, occasionally described with bat-like features. 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 • Dogs of Actaeon – Hunting dogs that turned on Actaeon after he was turned into a deer • Fenrir – monstrous wolf, father of the wolves (Norse) • Gelert • Hellhound – supernatural dog, bringers of death (worldwide) • Huli jing or Kitsune or Kumiho – Fox spirits, like Fairies (China, Japan, Korea) • Huodou – a large black dog that can emit flames from its mouth (China) • Kludde - (Belgium) demon summoned from the ashes of witches taking the form of a black wolf with bat wings, a birds beak and bear claws. Has glowing eyes, shapeshifting abilities and great speed. • Orthrus – two headed dog, father/brother of Cerberus (Greek) • Penghou – tree spirit that appears like a black dog and tastes like dog-meat (Chinese) • Psoglav - (Bosnia) humanoid monster with dog's head, horse's legs, one eye and iron teeth. • Salawa – the "Typhonian Animal," a slender, vaguely canine-animal that is the totemic animal of Set • Sigbin – is a creature in Philippine mythology (Philippines) • Sky Fox (mythology), a celestial nine-tailed Fox Spirit that is 1,000 years old and has golden fur (Chinese) • Shug Monkey – dog/monkey creature found in Cambridgeshire (Britain) • Tanuki – Japanese raccoon dog, legends claim is a shapeshifting trickster (Japan) • Tulikettu (Finnish) - Fox with flaming fur, whose skin is said to be a safer alternative for lighting than fire. Catching on in a hunt will guarantee riches. Gives name to the northern lights. Translates to Firefox. • Vǎrkolak, or "Vukodlak" (Slavic) – undead vampire werewolf • Werewolf – human, shapeshifts to a wolf because of an affliction, lycanthrope (Worldwide)

Felines

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Hyenas

Musteloids, mongoose and civets

• Azeban • Gef • Ichneumon • Kamaitachi • Kushtaka (Tlingit) – shapeshifting "land otter man" • Mujina • Ramidreju • Raijū

Procyonids

Fish

• Fish People • * Mermaid / Merman – half-human, half-fish (worldwide) • * Water spirit – (worldwide) • * Undine – water elementals in the alchemical writings of Paracelsus • Abaia • Gurangatch • Hippocamp • Ika-Roa • Il Belliegha - (Malta) Eel like monster with a frog tongue and a hand on the tip of its tail that eats children who get too close to open wells. • Isonade • Namazu • Ningyo • Kun • Salmon of Wisdom • Shachihoko (Japanese) – a creature with the head of a tiger and the body of a carp

Insectivores

Marsupials

Molluscs

Primates

• Agropelter – a beast that amuses itself by hurling twigs and tree branches at passersby (United States & Canada) • Bigfoot or Sasquatch – Cryptid, animal of the Northwest (North 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) • Shōjō – anthropomorphic spirit, depicted as furred, somewhat confounded with orangutan (Japan) • Shug Monkey – dog/monkey (Britain) • Sun Wukong (proper name) – powerful warrior-magician in the form of a monkey who hatched from a stone egg (China) • Vanara – humanoid apes or monkeys (India, Hindu) • 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)

Rabbits and hares

• Al-Mi'raj – rabbit with unicorn horn (Arabia) • Jackalope – (North America) • Moon rabbit – a rabbit living on the moon (Chinese) • Skvader • Wisakedjak - (Native American) aka Whiskeyjack. One of several names for the rabbit trickster spirit believed in across the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains. • Wolpertinger

Reptiles, Limbed

• Agoa- (American) turtle monster of West Virginian lore centered around the Monongahela River. Name derived from Lenape language word for snake, but creature completely made up by whites. • Ammut – female demon, funerary deity and animal hybrid (Egypt) • Bakunawa – Serpent-like Dragon in Philippines (Philippines) • 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 • Chalkydri • 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) • Dungavenhooter – a crocodile creature with no mouth and huge nostrils using its tail to pound victims into a vapor, which it inhales for through its nose • Knucker – sea serpent like dragon • Kurma • Loch Ness Monster – sea monster cryptid (Scotland) • Loveland frog – Humanoid cryptid (The United States (Ohio)) • Makara • Mokele Mbembe • Moʻo (Hawaiian) class of shapeshifting lizard monsters • Morgawr (Cornish) – Crocodile-like sea serpent that affects fishing • Mungoon-Gali – a giant goanna (Australia) • Peluda • Reptilian humanoids • Sewer alligator • Sobek • Taniwha • Whowie – a giant frog-headed goanna with six legs (Australia) • Wyvern • Zaratan

Reptiles, serpents and worms

• Alicante • Amphisbaena • Amphithere • Apep/Apophis • Azhi Dahaka • Basilisk • Bakonawa • Biscione • Cockatrice • Dragon • Drake • Echidna (Greek) • Fáfnir • Feathered serpent • Garafena (Russian) • Gorgon (including Medusa) (Greek) • Hoop snake • Indus worm • Hydra (Greek) • Jaculus/Jaculi • Jasconius • Jörmungandr (the Midgård serpent) • Lamia • Lindworm • Madame White Snake • Meretseger • Mongolian Death Worm • Naga (Worldwide) • Níðhöggr • Orm • Ouroboros • Python • Rainbow serpent • Sea serpent • Tarasque • Tsuchinoko • Typhon • Ur • Wyvern • Yamata no Orochi • Zilant

Rodents

• Afanc • Ratatoskr • Rat king; phenomena when a number of rats become intertwined at their tails (Germany, France) • Wolpertinger

Ungulates

Antelopes and deer

• Actaeon (Greek) – a hunter turned into a deer and tore apart by his dogs. • Ceryneian Hind (Greek) – Artemis' large, sacred golden hind • Deer Woman (Native American) – female human above the waist, deer below. Male version is Elk Man. • Eikþyrnir (Norse mythology) – stag which stands upon Valhalla • Goldhorn (Slavic) – white golden-horned antelope • Jackalope (North American) – jackrabbit with antelope horns • Keresh (Jewish) – giant deer of the forest of Bei Ilai • Peryton (Argentina) – Stag with bird parts • Qilin (Chinese) – East Asian chimerical good luck symbol • Tarand (European) also Parandrus. Antelope or deer like creature said to be found in Ethiopia who can change the color of their fur at will to camouflage. • White stag (worldwide) – magic white deer • Xeglun (Tungusic mythology) – celestial elk

Bovines

• Auðumbla • Bai Ze • Kujata(Arabic) – Cosmic bull part of supporting the earth. Has 40,000 eyes, horns, and limbs. • Bicorn and Chichevache • Bonnacon • Hodag (American) - monster born of the cremated remains of an abused bull. • Minotaur – monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man (Greek). • Nandi • Sarangay – a bull with a huge muscular body and a jewel attached to its ears (Philippines) • Shedu • Ushi-oni – (Japan)

Camelids

Caprids

• Amalthea • Aries • Barometz • Capricornus • Chimera • Dahu • Faun – a Roman version of satyr. It has a human head and torso and a goat waist and legs. • Goldhorn – also known as Zlatorog • Heiðrún – goat in Norse mythology, which produces mead for the einherjar • Khnum • Satyr – a goat legged human that is associated to the deity Dionysus. Known to be drunk partiers. • Sidehill gouger • Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr – Thor's magical goats • Chrysomallos – a sheep with golden fleece from Greek mythology

Equines

• Anggitay – is a creature with the upper body of a female human and the lower body of a horse from waist down (Philippines) • Arion – Talking immortal horse (Greek) • Balius and Xanthus Greek – offspring of harpies, immortal • Buraq – Al-Burāq, steed from the heavens that transported the prophets (Islam, Persian Art) • Centaur – head, arms, and torso of a human, the body and legs of a horse (Greek) • Cheval Gauvin – horse which tries to kill its rider (French/Swiss) • Cheval Mallet; horse that tempts and kidnaps weary travelers (French) • Chiron – centaur believed to be exceptional among his brethren (Greek) • Chollima – a winged horse too swift to be mounted by any mortal (Chinese) • Drapé - (France) Ghostly horse monster who finds and spirits away children wandering at night to an unknown location, never to be seen again. • Gytrash- (english) shapeshifting spirit usually taking the form of a horse, mule or other animal. Opposite of a will o the wisp, as it appears to the lost and leads people back to where they want to be. Believed to be the same thing as the Shagfoal, Skriker, Padfoot and Barguest. • Haizum – horse of the archangel Gabriel (Islam) • Hippogriff – winged horse with the head and upper body of an eagle (French, England) • Ipotane – half-horse, half-humans, original centaurs (Greek) • Karkadann – monstrous, highly aggressive unicorn (India, Persia) • Kotobuki (Japanese) – Yokai with traits of all members of the Chinese zodiac • Longma – fabled winged horse with dragon scales (China) • Mankayia- (Kiowa) tornado spirit in the form of a horse. • Onocentaur – part human, part donkey (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) • Sihuanaba – a shapeshifting spirit that typically takes the form of an attractive, long haired woman seen from behind, before revealing her face to be that of a horse • Tikbalang – creature with the body of a man and the head and hooves of a horse, lurks in the mountains and forests (Philippines) • Uchchaihshravas – seven-headed all white flying horse (Hindu) • Unicorn – horse-like creature with a single horn, often symbolizing purity (Worldwide) • * Winged unicorn • Water Horse – General name for mythical water dwelling horses of many cultures • * Ceffyl Dŵr (Welsh) – water horse • * Each-uisge (Scottish) – Malevolent shapeshifting oceanic water horse • * Enbarr (Irish) – Manann's horse, capable of traversing land and sea • * Hippocampus (Greek) – Horse with a fish tail • * Ichthyocentaurs – upper body of a man, the lower front of a horse, tail of a fish (Greek) • * Kelpie (Scottish) – water horse • * Morvarc'h (Breton) – Legendary horse that could gallop on the waves • * Nixie (Germanic) – Shapeshifting water being, known for appearing as horses • * Nuckelavee (Orcadian) – Skinless oceanic water horse with pestilent breath • * Nuggle (Scottish) – Mischievous male water horse • * Tangie (Scottish) – shapeshifting sea water horse • White horse

Pachyderms

• Abath • Baku • Behemoth • Quugaarpak - (Inuit) Explanation for Mammoths & other Ice Age remains washing out of riversides. Underworld monsters who dig their way up to the human world, but die upon breathing our air. • Taweret See List of elephants in mythology and religion

Pigs and boars

Xenarthrans

Megafauna

Giants

Artificial creatures

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 • Brazen head (Medieval legends) – living head of brass purported to be able to answer any question given to it • Doll Woman- (Lenape) lifelike doll spirit. Must stay properly appeased, or will cause mischief in the home. • 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) – clay model used as workers • Tokeloshe (Zulu mythology) – diminutive, hairy humanoid with various magical powers • Tilberi (Iceland) – creations of witches from a rib bone and wool for the purpose of stealing milk • Tsukumogami (Japanese) – objects that come to life, of their own accord, after 100 years • Tulpa (Tibetan Buddhism) – creature brought to life through meditation • 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

Blood

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

Bone

Eye

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

One-eyed

Face

Hair

Head

• Amphisbaena • Cerberus • Chimera • Chonchon • Double-headed eagle • Dullahan • Hekatonkheires • Hydra • Lernaean Hydra • Nine-headed Bird • Nukekubi • Rokurokubi • Orthrus • Shesha • Penanggalan • Wanyūdō • Xing Tian • Yacuruna • Yamata no Orochi

Limbs

• Asura (Indian) • Deva / Devi (Indian) • Hekatonkheires • Hinkypunk - (English) variation on Will o the wisp. A single, incorporeal leg hopping around bogs with a lantern. • Kui • O'nya:ten (Iroquoian) aka Dry Fingers. Mummified hand. Appears and leaps out at people after certain transgressions, such as speaking ill of the dead, or butting into other people's personal business. • Sleipnir • Three-legged bird

Mouth

Skin

Tail

Neck

Torso

Abdomen

Concepts, creatures associated with

Battle, Vengeance, Violence, and War

• Androktasiai • Erinyes • Hipag • Hysminai • Keres • Lemures • Makhai • Onryō • Phonoi • Valkyrie • Vengeful ghost

Birth and Rebirth

Death and immortality

• Ammit • Banshee • Demon • Devil • Dullahan • Ghost • Grim Reaper • Ox-Head and Horse-Face • Phoenix • Undead • Valkyrie • Vampire

Dream, the mind, and sleep

• Alp • Baku • Carbuncle • Devil • Drude • Incubus / Succubus • Mermaid • Nightmare • Nue • Oni • Sandman • Satori • Zduhać

Evil Eye and Sight

• Basilisk • Balor of the Evil Eye – king of the Fomorians, a race of giants, and a cyclops (Irish) • Catoblepas • Cockatrice • Gorgon – 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 – second eldest of the three vicious Gorgon sisters (Greek) • * Stheno – eldest of the Gorgon Sisters (Greek)

Fertility and Human Sexuality

• Abatwa • Alan • Boto • Faun • Gancanagh • German • Incubus / Succubus • Maenad • Nymph • Pombero • Popobawa • Satyr • Sileni / Silenus • Unicorn • Zemyna / Zemepatis • Simurgh

Fortune, Luck, and Wealth

• Carbuncle (Chilote) – said to be the "guardian of the metals" • Dwarf • Egbere • Genie • Leib-Olmai • Leprechaun • Matagot • Pixiu • Sarimanok • Sigbin • Yaksha / Yakshini

Light

Love and Romance

• Cupid / Eros / Cherub • Gancanagh • Selkie • Swan maiden • Madame White Snake • Melusine • Tennin • Undine

Sound

Speech

Note: see Talking animal

Time and Technology

Wisdom

Demons

Elements, creatures associated with

Aether

• Chalkydri • Deity • Elemental • Spirit • Angel • Demon • Devil • Yokai • Nymph • Elf • Fairy

Air and wind

Darkness

• Black dog • Bogeyman • Ghost • Grim Reaper • Wechuge • Wendigo • Shadow People • Vampire • Werewolf • Oni • Gashadokuro • Camazotz • Wild Hunt • Hell Hound

Earth and subterranean

• Asag • Bluecap • Elemental • Dwarf • Earth Dragon • Gargoyle • Giant • Gnome • Goblin • Golem • Knocker (folklore) • Monopod • Nymph • Ogre • Oread • Ten Ten-Vilu • Troll

Fire

• Basan • Bluecap • Cherufe • Chimera • Dragon • Elemental • Ifrit • Hellhound • Lampad • Phoenix • Salamander

Light and rainbow

• Angel • Chalkydri • Light Elf • Rainbow crow • Rainbow Serpent

Metal and gold

• Alicanto • Pixiu • Carbunclo • Chrysomallos • Cyclopes • Griffin • Gnome • Leprechaun • Bulgasari

Thunder and lightning

• Chinese dragon • Cyclopes • Feldgeister • Kitsune • Raijū • Thunderbird • Valkyrie

Water

• Afanc • Amefurikozō • Aspidochelone • Bloody Bones • Buggane • Bunyip • Camenae • Capricorn • Cetus • Charybdis • Chinese Dragon • Cai Cai-Vilu • Crinaeae • Davy Jones' Locker • Draug • Each uisge • Elemental • Fish People • Fossegrim • Fur-bearing trout • Gargouille • Grindylow • Haetae • Hippocamp • Hydra • Ichthyocentaur • Jasconius • Jengu • Kappa • Kelpie • Kraken • Lake monster • Lavellan • Leviathan • Loch Ness monster • Lorelei • Lusca • Makara • Melusine • Mami Wata • Mermaid / Merman • Merrow • Morgens • Muc-sheilch • Naiad • Näkki • Nereid • Nix • Nymph • Pisces • Ponaturi • Potamus • Rusalka • Samebito • Sea monster • Sea serpent • Selkie • Shen • Siren • Taniwha • Tiamat • Triton • Ondine • Vodyanoy • Water dragon • Water leaper • Water sprite • Yacuruna • Zaratan

Habitats, creatures associated with

Cave and underground

• Dwarf • European dragon • Gnome • Goblin • Golem • Grootslang • Leprechaun • Troll • Yaoguai

Celestial and heaven

• Angel • Asteriae • Chalkydri • Deva / Devi • Feathered serpent • Heavenly Llama • Pegasus • Grim Reaper • Swan Maiden • Tennin • Three-legged bird • Valkyrie

Desert

• Amphisbaena • Basilisk • Cockatrice • Ghoul • Mongolian Death Worm • Sphinx

Temperate forest and woodland

• Ajatar • Bigfoot • Dryad • Elf • Green Man • Irrwurz • Leshy • Lindworm • Mavka • Moss people • Owlman • Satyr • Unicorn

Tropical forest and jungle

• Curupira • Dingonek • Mapinguari • Manticore • Saci

Temperate grassland and garden

Savanna

Lake and river

• Ahuitzotl • Bak • Bunyip • Chinese dragon • Dobhar-chú • Encantado • Grootslang • Iara • Jiaolong • Kappa • Kelpie • Lake monster • Hydra • Loch Ness Monster • Mizuchi • Mugwump • Naiad • Nixie • Ogopogo • Ondine • Rainbow serpent • Rusalka • Ryujin • Shellycoat • Warlock • Yacuruna

Mountain and hill

• Alp • Dwarf • Fenghuang • Griffin • Hippogriff • Mountain Giant • Kamaitachi • Mavka • Oread • Patupaiarehe • Rübezahl • Satyr • Tengu • Yeti

Sea

• Aspidochelone • Bishop-fish • Charybdis • Cai Cai-Vilu • Dragon King • Fish People • Hippocamp • Leviathan • Jormungand • Kraken • Mermaid / Merman • Nereid • Sea monk • Sea monster • Sea serpent • Selkie • Shen • Siren • Tritons • Umibōzu • Water Dragon • Yacuruna

Swamp and marsh

• Błudnik • Bunyip • Grootslang • Lernaean Hydra • Honey Island Swamp monster • Mokele-mbembe • Swamp monster • Will-o'-the-wisp

Volcano and lava

Polar, ice, and winter

• Akhlut • Amarok • Hrimthurs • Ijiraq • Jotun • Qiqirn • Saumen Kar • Tizheruk • Wechuge • Wendigo • Yeti • Ymir • Yuki-onna

Urban and house

• Banshee • Boggart • Brownie • Domovoi Slavic house spirit • Dvorovoi Slavic yard spirit • Duende • Jinn • Kobold • Tomte • Vampire • Zashiki-warashi

Underworld and hell

• Ammit • Cerberus • Cyclopes • Demon • Devil • Earth Dragon • Garm • Hekatonkheires • Hellhound • Ifrit • Ox-Head and Horse-Face • Preta

Humanoids

Hybrids

Astronomical objects, creatures associated with

Sun

Moon

Constellation

• Azure Dragon • Black Tortoise • Capricorn • Centaur • Heavenly Llama • Ladon • Nemean Lion • Pegasus • Phoenix • Vermilion Bird • Yellow Dragon • White Tiger

World

Creatures associated with plants

• Alraune • Dryad • Ghillie Dhu • Green Man • Hamadryad • Jubokko • Kodama • Leshy • Mandrake • Penghou • Snake Tree- (Lakota) Tree brought to life by a witch. Lashes out at anything that comes close with branches covered in poisonous thorns that paralyze the victim. • Spriggan • Tree of life • Vegetable Lamb of Tartary • Zaqqum • See Trees in mythology

Shapeshifters

Creatures associated with times

Day and diurnal

• Griffin • Jackalope • Unicorn (rather resembles the moon) • Wolpertinger

Night and nocturnal

• Amarok • Bigfoot • Ennedi tiger • Ghoul • Owlman • Werewolf • Vampire

Undead

• Aswang • Banshee – (Scottish, Gaelic, Irish) • Chindi - (Navajo) The dark side of the soul which has the ability to remain behind in the earth after death and become a sort of dark spirit. • Drekavac (Croatia) Name used for several distinct undead monsters. • Ghost – (Worldwide) • Inipi- (California Native) shapeshifting ghosts • Jikininki • Kuchisake-onna • Lugat (Albanian) • Poltergeist – (Worldwide) • Preta • Revenant • Sluagh • Spirit – (Worldwide) • Tei Pai Wanka - (Wampanoag) Term for swamp lights in Algonquian lore. Enslaved souls of people taken by the Little People who are used to scare people who've done wrong or lure them to their deaths. • Vampire • Wanagi- (Lakota) Lakota name for Siouan shadow people. Essentially ghosts. • Wewe Gombel • Wili • Will o' the wisp – Jack o lantern (English) • Wraith • Yurei

Corporeal

• Draugr • Fext • Ghoul • Jiangshi • Lich • Manananggal • Mummy (undead) (modern interpretation) • Myling • Nukekubi • Pontianak • Skeleton • Undead • Vampire • Zombie

Miscellaneous

• Anaye - (Navajo) various monsters that take the forms of animals, living objects and other things. Derived from a time where men and women bet on who would last the longest without the other sex and the women pleasuring themselves with whatever random things they thought would do the job, which caused their chosen toys to father them monstrous, man-eating children. • Daimon • Demon • Fairy • Familiar • Genie – or Jinn, Djinn • Monster • Sprite • Yōkai