List of legendary creatures by type


List of legendary creatures by type


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.

Animals, creatures associated with

Aquatic and marine mammals

Arthropods

Bats

  • Balayang (Australian Aboriginal) – Bat-god and brother to Bunjil
  • Camazotz (Mayan) – Bat spirit and servant of the lords of the underworld
  • Leutogi (Polynesian) – Samoan princess rescued by bats
  • Minyades (Greek) – Three sisters who refused to take part in the worship of Dionysus, and turned into bats by Hermes.
  • Tjinimin (Australian Aboriginal) – Ancestor of the Australian people
  • Vetala (Hindu) – Vampiric entity that takes over cadavers.

Birds

Carnivorans

Bears

  • Bugbear (Celtic) – child-eating hobgoblin
  • Callisto (Greek) – A nymph who was turned into a bear by Hera.
  • Stiff-Legged Bear- (Iroquois) giant, hairless bear monster. Colonial interpretations also turned it into a pig monster, with tusks or tried to associate it with the Mammoth or Mastodon, during a time when colonial settlers believed such animals likely still existed somewhere in the continent.

Canines

Felines

Hyenas

  • Werehyena
  • Kishi – cannibalistic two-faced demon, half-human half-hyena (Africa)

Musteloids, mongoose and civets

Procyonids

  • Azeban is a lower-level trickster spirit in Abenaki mythology. The traditional homeland of the Abenaki is Wobanakik (Place of the Dawn), what is now called northern New England and southern Quebec. Azeban (also spelled Azban, Asban or Azaban) is a raccoon, the Abenaki trickster figure. Pronounced ah-zuh-bahn. Azeban does many foolish and/or mischievous things in Abenaki folktales, but unlike animal tricksters in some other tribes, is not dangerous or malevolent.

Fish

Insectivores

  • Lavellan A Lavellan, làbh-allan, la-mhalan or la-bhallan etc. is a mythological creature from northern Scotland. It was generally considered to be a kind of rodent, and indeed the name "làbh-allan" is also used for a water shrew or water vole in Scottish Gaelic. It was however, reportedly larger than a rat, very noxious, and lived in deep pools in rivers. Its poisonous abilities were legendary, and it was said to be able to injure cattle over a hundred feet away.

Marsupials

  • Drop bear
  • Bunyip (Australian Aboriginal)

Molluscs

  • Akkorokamui – octopus monster (Ainu, Japan)
  • Carbuncle (Chilote) – one of its many descriptions is a luminescent bivalve
  • Lou Carcolh – A giant, man-eating snail with fur and tentacles (France)
  • Kraken – squid monster (Worldwide)
  • Shen – A clam-dragon that creates mirages and fata morgana at sea (China)

Primates

Rabbits and hares

Reptiles, Limbed

Reptiles, Serpents and Worms

Rodents

Ungulates

Antelopes and deer

Bovines

Camelids

  • Allocamelus – A donkey-headed camel.
  • Heavenly Llama

Caprids

Equines

Pachyderms

See List of elephants in mythology and religion

Pigs and boars

  • Calydonian Boar
  • Erymanthian Boar
  • Zhu Bajie

Xenarthrans

  • Mapinguari

Megafauna

See List of megafauna in mythology and folklore

Giants

See List of giants in mythology and folklore

Artificial creatures

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

Body parts, creatures associated with

Blood

Bone

  • Bloody Bones
  • Gashadokuro
  • Grim Reaper
  • Skeleton

Eye

One-eyed

Face

  • Asura
  • Deva / Devi
  • Noppera-bō

Hair

  • Futakuchi-onna
  • Harionago
  • Mavka
  • Medusa

Head

Limbs

Mouth

  • Futakuchi-onna
  • Kuchisake-onna

Skin

  • Selkie
  • Skin-walker
  • Swan maiden

Tail

  • Bakeneko
  • Kitsune
  • Yamata no Orochi
  • Kumiho
  • Hulder
  • Nguruvilu

Neck

  • Serpopard
  • Rokurokubi
  • Vampire

Torso

  • Manananggal
  • Geryon

Abdomen

  • Pixiu

Concepts, creatures associated with

Battle, Vengeance, Violence, and War

Birth and Rebirth

  • Phoenix
  • Ubume

Death and Immortality

Dream, the Mind, and Sleep

Evil Eye and Sight

Fertility and Human Sexuality

Fortune, Luck, and Wealth

Light

  • Angel
  • Chalkydri
  • Deity
  • Lampetia
  • Will-o'-the-wisp
  • Dragon

Love and Romance

Sound

  • Banshee
  • Encantado
  • Fenghuang
  • Fossegrim
  • Mermaid
  • Nue
  • Siren

Speech

Note: see Talking animal

  • Gef
  • Satan

Time and Technology

  • Chronos
  • Father Time
  • Gremlin

Wisdom

  • Baba Yaga
  • Bai Ze
  • Griffin
  • Salmon of Wisdom
  • Sphinx
  • Valravn

Demons

  • See list of theological demons

Elements, creatures associated with

Aether

Air and wind

  • Ala
  • Elemental
  • Feldgeister
  • Zduhać

See also: List of flying mythological creatures

Darkness

Earth and subterranean

Fire

Light and rainbow

Metal and gold

Thunder and lightning

Water

Habitats, creatures associated with

Cave and underground

Celestial and heaven

Desert

Temperate forest and woodland

Tropical forest and jungle

Temperate grassland and garden

  • Fairy
  • Gnome

Savanna

  • Ennedi tiger
  • Werehyena

Lake and river

Mountain and hill

Sea

Swamp and marsh

Volcano and lava

  • Cherufe
  • Phoenix
  • Salamander

Polar, ice, and winter

Urban and house

Underworld and hell

Humanoids

See Mythic humanoids

Hybrids

See List of hybrid creatures

Astronomical objects, creatures associated with

Sun

  • Chalkydri beings from the Second Book of Enoch
  • Kua Fu a giant in China
  • Three-legged bird in China, Korea, and Japan
  • Phoenix in Greek Mythology

Moon

  • Jade rabbit
  • Werewolf
  • Werejaguar
  • Alien

Constellation

World

  • World Elephant
  • World Tree
  • World Turtle

See also: List of mythological places

Creatures associated with Plants

Shapeshifters

See List of shapeshifters

Creatures associated with Times

Day and diurnal

Night and nocturnal

Undead

See also: Category:Ghosts, and Ghosts in Hindu Mythology – Bhoot, Baital & Pishacha

Corporeal

Miscellaneous

References


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