List of legendary creatures (A)

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The Egyptian Ammit, who eats the wicked dead in the afterlife, has the body of a lion and hippopotamus and the head of a crocodile.
  1. Malay) – Entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
  2. Aatxe (Basque) – Bull spirit.
  3. Abaasy (Yakuts) – Iron-toothed demons
    .
  4. African) – Unicorn
    that inhabits the African Congo.
  5. Tatar
    ) – Forest spirit.
  6. Abaia (Melanesia) – Huge magical eel.
  7. Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) – Savage humanoid with backward feet.
  8. Malay
    ) – One-horned animal.
  9. Abura-sumashi (Japanese) – Creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture.
  10. Acephali (Greek) – Headless humanoids.
  11. Acheri (Hindu
    ) – Disease-bringing ghost.
  12. Achiyalabopa (Pueblo) – Huge bird god.
  13. Achlis (Roman) – Curious elk.
  14. Adar Llwch Gwin (Welsh) – Giant birds that understand human languages.
  15. Adaro (Solomon Islands) – Malevolent merfolk.
  16. Adhene (Manx) – Nature spirit.
  17. Inuit
    ) – Vampiric dog-human hybrid
  18. Adroanzi (Lugbara) – Nature spirit.
  19. Adze (Ewe people) – African vampiric-forest being.
  20. Aerico (Greek) – Disease demon.
  21. Æsir (Norse) – Norse deities.
  22. Afanc (Welsh) – Lake monster (exact lake varies by story).
  23. Agni (Hindu) – God of fire and sacrifices.
  24. Agathodaemon (Greek) – Spirit of vinefields and grainfields.
  25. Inuit
    ) – Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen.
  26. Agogwe (East Africa) – Small, ape-like humanoid.
  27. Inuit
    ) – Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.
  28. Ahuizotl (Aztec) – Anthropophagous
    dog-monkey hybrid.
  29. Zoroastrianism
    ) – Zoroastrian spirits.
  30. Anthropophagous
    humanoid with eyes in its instep.
  31. Etruscan
    ) – Fish-tailed goat.
  32. Hindu
    ) – Divine elephant.
  33. Aitu (Polynesian) – Malevolent spirits or demons.
  34. Aitvaras (Lithuanian) – Household spirit.
  35. Ajatar (Finnish) – Dragon/snake female spirit, is said to spread diseases
  36. Akateko (Japanese) – Tree-dwelling monster.
  37. Inuit
    ) – Orca-wolf shapeshifter.
  38. Akka (Finnish
    ) – Female spirits or minor goddesses.
  39. Akki (Japanese
    ) – Large, grotesque humanoid.
  40. Ainu
    ) – Sea monster.
  41. Akuma (Japanese) – Evil spirit or devil
  42. Akupara (Hindu
    ) – Giant turtle that supports the world.
  43. Akurojin-no-hi (Japanese) – Ghostly flame which causes disease.
  44. Al (Armenian and Persian) – Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women.
  45. Slavic
    ) – Bad weather demon.
  46. Chaldean
    ) – Queen of the full moon.
  47. Alan (Philippine) – Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.
  48. Heraldic) – Wingless griffin
    .
  49. Aleya (Bengali
    ) – Spirit of a dead fisherman.
  50. Alicanto (Chilean) – Bird that eats gold and silver.
  51. Alicorn (Bestiario medieval) – Winged unicorn.
  52. Slavic
    ) – Angelic bird with human head and breasts.
  53. Heraldic
    ) – Ass-camel hybrid.
  54. Almas (Mongolian
    ) – Savage humanoid.
  55. Al-mi'raj (Islamic
    ) – One-horned rabbit.
  56. Catalan
    ) – Female water spirit.
  57. Alom-bag-winno-sis (Abenaki) – Little people and tricksters.
  58. Alp (German) – Male night-demon.
  59. Heraldic
    ) – Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs.
  60. Alp-luachra (Irish
    ) – Parasitic fairy.
  61. Al Rakim (Islamic) – Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers
    .
  62. Alseid (Greek) – Grove nymph.
  63. Assyrian) – Leprous
    demon.
  64. Mayan) – Little people
    .
  65. Amaburakosagi (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku
    .
  66. Amala (Tsimshian) – Giant who holds up the world.
  67. Amamehagi (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku
    .
  68. Amanojaku (Japanese) – Small demon.
  69. Inuit
    ) – Giant wolf.
  70. Quechua
    ) – Water boa spirit.
  71. Amazake-babaa (Japanese) – Disease-causing hag.
  72. Ainu
    ) – Lake monster.
  73. Ammit (Ancient Egyptian) – Female demon who was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile and devoured the souls of the wicked.
  74. Amorōnagu (Japanese) – Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima.
  75. Heraldic
    ) – Winged serpent.
  76. Amphisbaena (Greek) – Serpent with a head at each end.
  77. Anak (Jewish) – Giant.
  78. Andean wolf (Argentina) – Mountain wolf
  79. Androsphinx (Ancient Egyptian) – Human-headed sphinx
    .
  80. Islamic traditions) – Divine beings of Heaven who act as mediators between God and humans; the counterparts of Demons
    .
  81. Arabian) – Giant mythical female bird similar to a phoenix
    .
  82. Cherokee
    ) – Lightning spirit.
  83. Ankou (French) – Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and scythe.
  84. Anmo (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture
    .
  85. Antaeus (Greek) – Giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground.
  86. Anubis (Ancient Egyptian) – God of funerals
  87. Antero Vipunen (Finnish) – Subterranean giant.
  88. Anzû (Sumerian) – Divine storm bird
  89. Guaraní
    ) – Anthropophagous peccary or sheep.
  90. Aobōzu (Japanese) – Blue monk who kidnaps children.
  91. Apkallu (Sumerian) – Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki.
  92. Apsaras (Buddhist and Hindu
    ) – Female cloud spirit.
  93. Aqrabuamelu (Akkadian
    ) – Human-scorpion hybrid.
  94. Arachne (Greek mythology) - Centaurid, human-spider hybrid.
  95. Ardat-lilî (Akkadian) – Disease demon.
  96. Aralez (Armenian) – The oldest gods in the Armenian pantheon
  97. Argus Panoptes (Greek) – Hundred-eyed giant.
  98. Arikura-no-baba (Japanese) – Old woman with magical powers.
  99. Arimaspi (Greek) – One-eyed humanoid.
  100. Arion (Greek
    ) – Swift green-maned talking horse.
  101. Arkan Sonney (Manx
    ) – Fairy hedgehog.
  102. Asag (Sumerian) – Hideous rock demon.
  103. Asakku (Sumerian
    ) – Demon.
  104. Asanbosam (West Africa) – Iron-toothed vampire.
  105. Turkic
    ) – Blue-maned wolf.
  106. A-senee-ki-wakw (Abenaki
    ) – Stone giant.
  107. Ashi-magari (Japanese) – Invisible tendril that impedes movement.
  108. Dahomey
    ) – Vampiric possession spirit.
  109. Askefrue (Germanic
    ) – Female tree spirit.
  110. Ask-wee-da-eed (Abenaki) – Fire elemental and spectral fire.
  111. Asobibi (Japanese) – Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture.
  112. Aspidochelone (Medieval Bestiaries) – Island-sized whale or sea turtle.
  113. Asrai (English) – Water spirit.
  114. Astomi (Greek) – Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food.
  115. Asura (Hindu) – Hindu malevolent divinities.
  116. Aswang (Philippine) – Carrion-eating humanoid.
  117. Atomy (English
    ) – Surprisingly small creature.
  118. Ato-oi-kozō (Japanese) – Invisible spirit that follows people.
  119. Inuit
    ) – Anthropophagous spirit.
  120. American
    ) - Subterranean creature.
  121. Auloniad (Greek) – Pasture nymph.
  122. Inuit
    ) – Furry merman.
  123. Avalerion (Medieval Bestiary
    ) – King of the birds.
  124. Awa-hon-do (Abenaki) – Insect spirit.
  125. Axex (Ancient Egyptian) – Falcon-lion hybrid.
  126. Ayakashi (Japanese) – Sea serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil.
  127. Ayakashi-no-ayashibi (Japanese) – Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture.
  128. Dahomey) – Little people
    that help hunters.
  129. Azukitogi (Japanese
    ) – Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.
  130. Azukibabaa (Japanese) – Bean-grinding hag who devours people.
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