Below I have attempted to compile a list of every known creature, myth and monster from folklore. If you see any mistakes or omissions please let me know.
| Name | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Plagg | Japan | |
| Alom-bag-winno-sis | Abenaki | - Little people and tricksters. |
| A-senee-ki-wakw | Abenaki | - Stone giant. |
| Ask-wee-da-eed | Abenaki | - Fire elemental and spectral fire. |
| Awa-hon-do | Abenaki | - Insect spirit. |
| Chibaiskweda | Abenaki | - Ghost of an improperly buried person |
| Do-gakw-ho-wad | Abenaki | - Little people |
| Dzee-dzee-bon-da | Abenaki | - Hideous monster |
| Kee-wakw | Abenaki | - Half-human half-animal cannibalistic giant |
| Ko-gok | Abenaki | - Hideous monster |
| Lo-lol | Abenaki | - Hideous monster |
| Nanom-keea-po-da | Abenaki | - Earthquake spirit |
| N-dam-keno-wet | Abenaki | - Fish-human hybrid |
| Pamola | Abenaki | - Weather spirit |
| Pim-skwa-wagen-owad | Abenaki | - Water spirit |
| Pita-skog | Abenaki | - Serpentine rain spirit |
| Pok-wejee-men | Abenaki | - Tree spirit |
| Tsi-noo | Abenaki | - Vampiric demon |
| Wana-games-ak | Abenaki | - Water spirits |
| Wassan-mon-ganeehla-ak | Abenaki | - Aurora spirits |
| Wa-won-dee-a-megw | Abenaki | - Shapeshifting snail spirit |
| Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os | Abenaki mythology | - Shapeshifting toad spirit |
| Metee-kolen-ol | Abenaki mythology | - Ice-hearted wizards |
| Inapertwa | Aboriginal | - Simple organisms, used by creator-gods to make everything else |
| Nephilim | Abrahamic mythology | - Gigantic sons of Grigori and human women |
| Werehyena | Africa | - Hyena-human shapeshifter |
| Rompo | Africa and India | - Skeletal creature with elements of a rabbit, badger, and bear |
| Mami Wata | Africa and the African diaspora | - Supernaturally beautiful water spirits |
| Abada | African | - big dog reported to live in the lands of the African Congo. |
| Hoopoe | African/Asian | - near passerine bird common |
| Akkorokamui | Ainu | - Sea monster. |
| Amemasu | Ainu | - Lake monster. |
| Koro-pok-guru | Ainu | - Little people |
| Aqrabuamelu | Akkadian | - Human-scorpion hybrid. |
| Ardat-Lili | Akkadian | - Disease demon. |
| Girtablilu | Akkadian | - Human-scorpion hybrid |
| Gud-elim | Akkadian | - Human-bull hybrid |
| Humbaba | Akkadian | - lion-faced giant |
| Labbu | Akkadian | - Sea snake |
| Rabisu | Akkadian | - Vampiric spirit that ambushes people |
| Sirrush | Akkadian | - Dragon with aquiline hind legs and feline forelegs |
| Utukku | Akkadian | - ″Underworld messenger spirit″ |
| Lamassu | Akkadian and Sumerian | - Protective spirit with the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion |
| Shedu | Akkadian and Sumerian | - Protective spirit who takes the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion |
| Baloz | Albanian | - Sea monster |
| Bardha | Albanian | - Mountain spirit |
| Bolla | Albanian | - Dragon |
| Djall | Albanian | - Devil |
| Drangue | Albanian | - Semi-human winged warriors |
| Katallan | Albanian | - Man eating giant |
| Kukudhi | Albanian | - Female demon who spreads sickness |
| Kulshedra | Albanian | - Drought-causing dragon |
| Ljubi | Albanian | - Demoness |
| Lugat | Albanian | - Vampire |
| Shtriga | Albanian | - Vampire witch that feeds on children |
| Stihi | Albanian | - Demonic dragon who guards a treasure |
| Xhindi | Albanian | - Elves |
| Zana e malit | Albanian | - Mountain Fairy who bless warriors |
| Elemental | Alchemy | - Personification of one of the Classical elements |
| Gnome | Alchemy | - Diminutive Earth elemental |
| Homunculus | Alchemy | - small animated construct |
| Salamander | Alchemy | - Fire elemental |
| Sylph | Alchemy | - Air elemental |
| Undine | Alchemy | - Water elemental |
| Water sprite | Alchemy | - Water elemental |
| Wendigo | Algonquian | - Anthropophagous spirit |
| Peryton | Allegedly Medieval folklore | - Deer-bird hybrid |
| Tatzelwurm - | Alpine Folklore | a lizard-like creature, often described as having the face of a cat, with a serpent-like body which may be slender or stubby, with four short legs or two forelegs. |
| Jackalope | American | - Rabbit with antlers |
| The Jersey Devil | American | - Demonic dragon or flying demon who was given birth to by an American living in New Jersey |
| Lava bear | American | - Miniature bear thought to inhabit the lava beds of south central Oregon |
| Shadow People | American | - Malevolent ghost |
| Squonk | American | - Ugly and lonely creature capable of evading capture by dissolving itself into a pool of tears |
| Beast of Bray Road | American Folklore | - Werewolf |
| Bigfoot | American Folklore | - Forest-dwelling hominid cryptid. |
| Boo Hag | American Folklore | - Vampire-like creature that steals energy from sleeping victims |
| Bunny Man | American Folklore | West Virginia Urban Legend - Spirit/Maniac that wears a bunny costume and wields an ax |
| Flatwoods Monster | American Folklore | |
| Gyascutus | American folklore | - Four-legged herbivore |
| Loveland frog | American Folklore | |
| Mothman | American Folklore | West Virginia Folklore - Large grey winged humanoid with glowing red eyes |
| Pope Lick Monster | American Folklore | Kentucky Urban Legend - Cryptid, a murderous creature that is part man, sheep, and goat |
| Raystown Ray | American Folklore | - Possible plesiosaur or serpent |
| Tailypo | American Folklore | |
| Sisiutl | American Indian | - Two-headed sea serpent |
| Skin-walker | American Indian | - Animal-human shapeshifter |
| Criosphinx | Ancient Egypt | - Ram-headed sphinx |
| Hieracosphinx | Ancient Egypt | - falcon-headed sphinx |
| Serpopard | Ancient Egypt | - Serpent-leopard hybrid |
| Ammit | Ancient Egyptian | - Female demon who was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile. |
| Androsphinx | Ancient Egyptian | - Human-headed sphinx. |
| Anubis | Ancient Egyptian | - God of the Underworld |
| Axex | Ancient Egyptian | - Falcon-lion hybrid. |
| The Swallower | Ancient Egyptian | - Crocodile-leopard-hippopotamus hybrid |
| Kishi | Angola | - Malevolent, two-faced seducer |
| Chalkydri | Apocryphal writings | - Angelic birds |
| Anqa | Arabian | - Legendary Huge Satanic Eagle with Human Face. sometimes can resurrect herself like phoenix did. |
| Bahamut | Arabian | - Giant fish |
| Ghoul | Arabian | - Cannibalistic shapeshifting desert genie often classified as undead. |
| Ifrit | Arabian | - Fire genie |
| Nasnas | Arabian | - Half-human, half-demon creature with half a body |
| Roc | Arabian and Persian | - Gigantic bird |
| Marid | Arabian mythology | - Jinn associated fortune tellers |
| Jinn | Arabian, Islamic | - Spiritual creatures; genii |
| Piatek | Armenian | - Large land animal |
| Al | Armenian and Persian | - Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women. |
| Questing Beast | Arthurian legend | - Serpent-leopard-lion-hart hybrid |
| Obayifo | Ashanti | - Vampiric possession spirit |
| Three-legged bird | Asia and Africa | - Solar bird |
| Alû | Assyrian | - Leprous demon. |
| La-bar-tu | Assyrian | - Disease demon |
| Lilitu | Assyrian | - Winged demon |
| Xana | Asturian | - Female water spirit |
| Cuélebre | Asturian and Cantabrian | - Dragon |
| Wati-kutjara | Australia Aboriginal | - Goanna spirits |
| Wondjina | Australia Aboriginal | - Weather spirit |
| Drop Bear | Australian | Large carnivorous koala that hunts by dropping on its prey from trees |
| Easter Bilby | Australian | - Anthropomorphic bilby. |
| Bunyip | Australian Aboriginal | - Horse-walrus hybrid lake monster |
| Dirawong | Australian Aboriginal | - Goanna spirit |
| Rainbow Serpent | Australian Aboriginal | - Snake |
| Yara-ma-yha-who | Australian Aboriginal | - Diminutive, sucker-fingered vampire |
| Yowie | Australian Aboriginal | - Nocturnal human-ape hybrid, also Yahoo |
| Mimi | Australian Aboriginal mythology | - Extremely elongated humanoid that has to live in rock crevasses to avoid blowing away |
| Minka Bird | Australian Aboriginal mythology | - Death spirit |
| Mokoi | Australian Aboriginal mythology | - Malevolent spirit that kills sorcerers |
| Muldjewangk | Australian Aboriginal mythology | - Water monster |
| Tepegoz | Azerbaijani | - Azerbaijani mythical creature similar to the cyclops Polyphemus |
| Ahuizotl | Aztec | - Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid. |
| Chaneque | Aztec | - Little people and nature spirits |
| Cihuateteo | Aztec | - Ghost of women that died in childbirth |
| Cipactli | Aztec | - Sea monster, crocodile-fish hybrid |
| Quetzalcoatl | Aztec | - Important Aztec god whose name means "feathered serpent"; he is not to be confused with the quetzal, a type of bird |
| Tzitzimitl | Aztec | - Skeletal star spirit |
| Xelhua | Aztec | - Giant |
| Xiuhcoatl | Aztec | - Drought spirit |
| Onza | Aztec and Latin American folklore | - Wild cat, possibly a subspecies of cougar |
| Chickcharney | Bahamian | - Bird-mammal hybrid |
| Barong | Balinese | - Tutelary spirit |
| Leyak | Balinese | - Anthropophagous flying head with entrails |
| Dhampir | Balkans | - Human/vampire hybrid |
| Lauma | Baltic | - Sky spirit |
| Žaltys | Baltic | - Serpentine fertility spirit |
| Aatxe | Basque | - Bull spirit. |
| Basajaun | Basque | - Ancestral, megalith-building race |
| Galtzagorriak | Basque | - Small demonic servants |
| Gaueko | Basque | - Wolf capable of walking upright |
| Herensuge | Basque | - dragon |
| Iratxoak | Basque | - Small demonic servants |
| Jentil | Basque | - Megalith-building giant |
| Lamiak | Basque | - Water spirit with bird feet |
| Odei | Basque | - Storm spirit |
| Tartalo | Basque | - One-eyed giant |
| Mairu | Basque mythology | - Megalith-building giant |
| Singa | Batak | - Feline animal |
| Aleya | Bengali | - Spirit of a dead fisherman. |
| Byangoma | Bengali | - Fortune-telling birds |
| Druk | Bhutanese | - Dragon |
| Chol | Biblical mythology | - Regenerative bird |
| Bestial beast | Brazilian | - Centauroid specter |
| Blue Crow | Brazilian | - Giant amazonian bird. |
| Boi-tatá | Brazilian | - Giant snake |
| Encantado | Brazilian | - Dolphin-human shapeshifter |
| Headless Mule | Brazilian | - fire-spewing, headless, spectral mule |
| Iara | Brazilian | - Female water spirit |
| Saci | Brazilian | - One-legged nature spirit |
| Mapinguari | Brazilian mythology | - Giant sloth |
| Iannic-ann-ôd | Breton | - Ghost of a drowned person |
| Korrigan | Breton | - Little people and nature spirits |
| Morgens | Breton and Welsh mythology | - Water spirits |
| Black Dog | British | - Canine death spirit |
| Apsaras | Buddhist and Hindu | - Female cloud spirit. |
| Bhūta | Buddhist and Hindu | - Ghost of someone killed by execution or suicide |
| Nāga | Buddhist and Hindu | - Nature and water spirits, serpentine or human-serpent hybrids |
| Rakshasa | Buddhist and Hindu | - Shapeshifting demon |
| Hamsa | Buddhist, Hindu and Jainism | - mystic bird |
| Preta | Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain | - Ghosts of especially greedy people |
| Yaksha | Buddhist, Hindu, and Jainism | - Male nature spirit |
| Yakshini | Buddhist, Hindu, and Jainism | - Female nature spirit |
| Karakoncolos | Bulgarian and Turkish | , also in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia known as Karanđoloz - Troublesome spirit |
| Chinthe | Burmese | - Temple-guarding feline, similar to Chinese Shi and Japanese Shisa |
| Ogopogo | Canadian | Canadian Lake Monster |
| Tibicena | Canarian | - Evil Dog |
| Cuegle | Cantabrian | - Monstrous, three-armed humanoid |
| Fish-man | Cantabrian | - Amphibious, scaled humanoid |
| Ojáncanu | Cantabrian | - Giant cyclops who embodies evil. |
| Ramidreju | Cantabrian | - Extremely long, weasel-like animal |
| Trenti | Cantabrian | - Diminutive demon |
| Aloja | Catalan | - Female water spirit. |
| Dip | Catalan | - Demonic and vampiric dog |
| Drac | Catalan | - Lion or bull-faced dragon |
| Negret | Catalan | - Little people that turn into coins |
| Pesanta | Catalan | - Nightmare demon in the form of a cat or dog |
| Víbria | Catalan | - Dragon with breasts and an eagle's beak |
| Bugul Noz | Celtic | - Extremely ugly, but kind, forest spirit |
| Fuath | Celtic | - Malevolent water spirit |
| Leanan sidhe | Celtic | - Fairy lover |
| Baobhan Sith | Celtic Mythology | - Beautiful vampiric seductresses who prey on young travelers |
| Eloko | Central Africa | - Little people and malevolent nature spirits |
| Mbwiri | Central Africa | - Possessing demon |
| Cadejo | Central America | - Cow-sized dog-goat hybrid |
| Alal | Chaldean | - Queen of the full moon. |
| Ani Hyuntikwalaski | Cherokee | - Lightning spirit. |
| Ewah | Cherokee | - Human-cougar hybrid |
| Raven Mocker | Cherokee | - Life-draining spirit |
| Spearfinger | Cherokee | - Sharp-fingered hag |
| Tsul 'Kalu | Cherokee | - Giant nature spirit |
| Alicanto | Chilean | - Bird that eats gold and silver. |
| Basilisco Chilote | Chilota | - Chicken-serpent hybrid |
| Camahueto | Chilota | - One-horned calf |
| Trauco | Chilota | - Fertility spirit |
| Peuchen | Chilota and Mapuche | - Vampiric, flying, shapeshifting serpent |
| Bai Ze | Chinese | - Talking beast which handed down knowledge on harmful spirits |
| Ba Jiao Gui | Chinese | - Banana tree spirit |
| Bashe | Chinese | - Elephant-swallowing serpent |
| Batsu | Chinese | - Drought spirit |
| Diao Si Gui | Chinese | - Hanged ghost |
| Dilong | Chinese | - Earth dragon |
| Dragon turtle | Chinese | - Giant turtle with dragon-like head |
| Er Gui | Chinese | - Hungry ghost |
| Fei Lian | Chinese | - Chinese wind god |
| Fenghuang | Chinese | - Chinese Phoenix, female in marriage symbol |
| Fucanglong | Chinese | - Underworld dragon |
| Gui Po | Chinese | - Ghost that manifests as an old woman |
| Gui Shu | Chinese | - Ghostly tree that confuses travelers by moving |
| Huli jing | Chinese | - nine-tailed fox spirit |
| Hundun | Chinese | - chaos spirit |
| Jian | Chinese | - One-eyed, one-winged bird who requires a mate for survival |
| Jiangshi | Chinese | - Life-draining, reanimated corpse |
| Jiaolong | Chinese | - Dragon |
| Jiufeng | Chinese | - Nine-headed bird worshiped by ancient natives in Hubei Province. |
| Jiu tou niao | Chinese | - Nine-headed, demonic bird |
| Kui | Chinese | - One-legged monster |
| Kun | Chinese | - Giant fish |
| Long Ma | Chinese | - Dragon-horse hybrid |
| Luduan | Chinese | - Truth-detecting animal |
| Nian | Chinese | - Predatory animal |
| Nü Gui | Chinese | - Vengeful female ghost |
| Panlong | Chinese | - Water dragon |
| Peng | Chinese | - Giant bird |
| Penghou | Chinese | - Tree spirit |
| Pixiu | Chinese | - Winged lion |
| Pi yao | Chinese | - Horned, dragon-lion hybrid |
| Qilin | Chinese | - Dragon-ox-deer hybrid |
| Shang-Yang | Chinese | - Rain bird |
| Shen | Chinese | - Shapeshifing sea monster |
| Shenlong | Chinese | - Weather dragon |
| Shishi | Chinese | - Protective animal |
| Shui Gui | Chinese | - Drowned ghost |
| Taotie | Chinese | - Greed spirit |
| Tiangou | Chinese | - Meteoric dog |
| Tianlong | Chinese | - Celestial dragon |
| Water monkey | Chinese | - Water spirit |
| Wu Tou Gui | Chinese | - Beheaded ghost |
| Xigxag | Chinese | - Purple-striped wild cat with horns |
| Xing Tian | Chinese | - Headless giant |
| Yaoguai | Chinese | - Animalistic demon or fallen gods |
| You Hun Ye Gui | Chinese | - Wandering ghost |
| Yuan Gui | Chinese | - Distressed ghost |
| Zhulong | Chinese | - Pig-headed dragon |
| Zhū Què | Chinese | - Fire elemental bird |
| Mogwai | Chinese mythology | - Vengeful ghost or demon |
| Skookum | Chinook Jargon | - Hairy giant |
| Sint Holo | Choctaw | - Serpentine rain spirit |
| Tartaruchi | Christian | - Demonic punisher |
| Guardian angel | Christian, Jewish, and Islamic belief | - Subclassification of angels that guard and protect a specific person or living being |
| Grigori | Christian, Jewish, and Islamic mythology | - Fallen angels, father of Nephilim |
| Easter Bunny | Christianity | - Anthropomorphic lagomorph. |
| Ke'lets | Chukchi | - ogre or evil spirit |
| Věri Şělen | Chuvash | - Dragon |
| Candileja | Colombian | - Spectral, fiery hag |
| Hombre Caiman | Colombian | - human-alligator hybrid |
| La Mojana | Colombian | - Shapeshifting, female water spirit |
| La Tunda | Colombian | - Nature spirit that seduces and kills men |
| Pollo Maligno | Colombian | - Man-eating chicken spirit |
| Viruñas | Colombian | - Handsome demon |
| Madremonte | Colombian folklore | - Nature guardian |
| Mokèlé-mbèmbé | Congo | - Water-dwelling creature |
| Moss people | Continental Germanic mythology | - Little people and tree spirits |
| Bucca | Cornish | - A male sea-spirit, a merman, that inhabited mines and coastal communities as a hobgoblin during storms. |
| Pixie | Cornish | - Little people and nature spirits |
| Spriggan | Cornish | - Guardians of graveyards and ruins |
| Mannegishi | Cree | - Little people with six fingers and no noses |
| Misi-kinepikw | Cree | - Serpentine rain spirit |
| Asiman | Dahomey | - Vampiric possession spirit. |
| Aziza | Dahomey | - Little people that help hunters. |
| Valravn | Danish | - Supernatural raven |
| Ciguapa | Dominican Republic | - Malevolent seductress |
| Bokkenrijders | Dutch | - Ghosts/devils riding flying goats; co-opted by bandits to instil fear during raids |
| Kabouter | Dutch | - Little people that live underground, in mushrooms, or as house spirits |
| Witte Wieven | Dutch | - Female, ancestral spirit |
| Agogwe | East Africa | - Small, ape-like humanoid. |
| Ba | Egyptian | - Soul of the deceased, depicted as a bird or a human-headed bird. |
| Bennu | Egyptian | - Heron-like, regenerative bird, equivalent to |
| Geb | Egyptian | - God of the Earth, married to Nut |
| Mummy | Egyptian | - Undead creature who revives |
| Asrai | English | - Water spirit. |
| Atomy | English | - Surprisingly small creature. |
| Barghest | English | - Yorkshire black dog |
| Black Annis | English | - Blue-faced hag |
| Black Shuck | English | - Black dog |
| Bluecap | English | - Mine-dwelling fairy |
| Bogeyman | English | - Malevolent spirit |
| Boggart | English | - Malevolent household spirit |
| Brag | English | - Malevolent water horse |
| Bugbear | English | - Bearlike goblin |
| Cofgod | English | - Cove god |
| Duergar | English | - Malevolent little people |
| Ettin | English | - Three-headed giant |
| Familiar | English | - Animal servant |
| Freybug | English | - Black dog |
| Gog | English | - Giant protector of London |
| Grindylow | English | - Malevolent water spirit |
| Hob | English | - house spirit |
| Hobbididance | English | - malevolent spirit |
| Jack-In-Irons | English | - Malevolent giant |
| Knucker | English | - Water dragon |
| Lambton Worm | English | - Giant worm |
| Lubber fiend | English | - House spirit |
| Puck | English | - House spirit |
| Redcap | English | - Evil, ugly humanoid |
| Sceadugenga | English | - Shapeshifting undead |
| Shug Monkey | English | - Dog/monkey |
| Tiddy Mun | English | - Bog spirit |
| Wyrm | English | - Dragon |
| Yallery-Brown | English | - Nature spirit |
| Yeth hound | English | - Headless dog |
| Grim | English and Scandinavian | - Tutelary spirits of churches |
| Warg | English and Scandinavian O.N. vargr | - Giant, demonic wolf |
| Brownie | English and Scottish | - Benevolent household spirit |
| Killmoulis | English and Scottish | - Ugly, mischievous mill spirit |
| Magog | English folklore | - Giant protector of London |
| Merlin | English mythology | - An elderly wizard |
| Shellycoat | English, Scottish and German, as schellenrocc | - Water spirit |
| Maa-alused | Estonian mythology | - Subterranean spirit |
| Aigikampoi | Etruscan | - Fish-tailed goat. |
| Leokampoi | Etruscan | - Fish-tailed lion |
| Pardalokampoi | Etruscan | - Fish-tailed leopard |
| Taurokampoi | Etruscan | - Fish-tailed bull |
| Hippocamp | Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician | - horse-fish hybrid |
| Changeling | European | - Humanoid child |
| Chichevache | European | - Human-faced cow that feeds on good women |
| Headless Horseman | European | - humanoid spirit who haunts or kills |
| Orobas | European | - Horse-headed, honest oracle classed as a demon |
| Wild man | European | - Hairy, bipedal, man-like creature |
| Adze | Ewe people | - African vampiric-forest being. |
| Selkie | Faroese, Icelandic, Irish, and Scottish | - Human-seal shapeshifter |
| Ajatar | Finnish | - Dragon/snake female spirit, is said to spread diseases |
| Akka | Finnish | - Female spirits or minor goddesses. |
| Antero Vipunen | Finnish | - Subterranean giant. |
| Haltija | Finnish | - spirit that protects a specific place |
| Hiisi | Finnish | - nature guardian |
| Iku-Turso | Finnish | - Sea monster |
| Näkki | Finnish | - Water spirit |
| Otso | Finnish | - Bear spirit |
| Paasselkä devils | Finnish | - Spectral fire |
| Piru | Finnish | - Minor demon |
| Surma | Finnish | - Hellhound |
| Etiäinen | Finnish mythology | - Spirit being of a living person |
| Menninkäinen | Finnish mythology | - Little people and nature spirits |
| Ebu Gogo | Flores | - Diminutive humanoids, possibly inspired by Homo floresiensis |
| Gremlin | Folklore | - Creatures that sabotage airplanes |
| Dahu | France, Switzerland and the north of Italy | - Like a deer or ibex with legs on one side of its body are shorter than on the other side |
| Quinotaur | Frankish | - Five-horned bull |
| Ankou | French | - Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and scythe. |
| Cheval Mallet | French | - Evil horse who runs away with travelers |
| Cheval Gauvin | French | - Evil horse who drowns riders, similar to kelpie |
| Drac | French | - Winged sea serpent |
| Farfadet | French | - Small |
| Gargouille | French | - Water dragon |
| Lou Carcolh | French | - Snake-mollusk hybrid |
| Loup-garou | French | - Werewolf |
| Lutin | French | - Amusing goblin |
| Peluda | French | - Dragon |
| Tarasque | French | - Dragon with leonine, turtle, bear, and human attributes |
| Loogaroo | French America | - Shapeshifting, female vampire |
| Rougarou | French America | - Human-wolf shapeshifter |
| Matagot | French mythology | - Spirit that takes animal form; usually that of a black cat |
| Puk | Frisian | - House spirit |
| Alp | German | - Male night-demon. |
| Doppelgänger | German | - Ghostly double |
| Drude | German | - Possessing demon |
| Erlking | German | - Death spirit |
| Heinzelmännchen | German | - household spirit |
| Klabautermann | German | - Ship spirit |
| Kobold | German | - Little people and mine or house spirits |
| Nachzehrer | German | - Anthropophagous undead |
| Poltergeist | German | - Ghost that moves objects |
| Putz | German | - House spirit |
| Vielfras | German | - Gluttonous dog-cat-fox hybrid |
| Waldgeist | German | - Forest spirit |
| Weisse Frauen | German | - Female spirit |
| Wolpertinger | German | - Forest animal comprised from various animal parts |
| Askefrue | Germanic | - Female tree spirit. |
| Dwarf | Germanic | - Little people nature spirits |
| Elf | Germanic | - Nature and fertility spirit |
| Firedrake | Germanic | - Dragon |
| Gulon | Germanic | - Gluttonous dog-cat-fox hybrid |
| Kofewalt | Germanic | - House spirit |
| Lindworm | Germanic | - Dragon |
| Nix | Germanic | - Female water spirit |
| Wyvern | Germanic Heraldic | - Flying reptile, usually with two legs and two wings |
| Fafnir | Germanic mythology | - Dwarf who was cursed and turned into a dragon. He was later slain by Sigurd in the Saga of Nibelung. |
| Neck | Germanic mythology | - Female water spirit |
| Krampus | Germany | - A Christmas Devil who punishes bad-behaved children |
| Deity | Global | - Preternatural or supernatural possibly immortal being |
| Demigod | Global | - Half human, half god |
| Reptilian humanoid | Global | - Human-lizard hybrid |
| Di sma undar jordi | Gotland | - Little people and nature spirits |
| Acephali | Greek | - Headless humanoids. |
| Aerico | Greek | - Disease demon. |
| Agathodaemon | Greek | - Spirit of vinefields and grainfields. |
| Alseid | Greek | - Grove nymph. |
| Amphisbaena | Greek | - Serpent with a head at each end. |
| Antaeus | Greek | - Giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground. |
| Argus Panoptes | Greek | - Hundred-eyed giant. |
| Arimaspi | Greek | - One-eyed humanoid. |
| Arion | Greek | - Swift green-maned talking horse. |
| Astomi | Greek | - Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food. |
| Auloniad | Greek | - Pasture nymph. |
| Cabeiri | Greek | - Smith and wine spirit |
| Calydonian Boar | Greek | - Giant, chthonic boar |
| Campe | Greek | - Dragon-human-scorpion hybrid |
| Centaur | Greek | - Human-horse hybrid |
| Cerastes | Greek | - Extremely flexible, horned snake |
| Cerberus | Greek | - Three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld |
| Cercopes | Greek | - Mischievous forest spirit |
| Ceryneian Hind | Greek | - Hind with golden antlers and bronze or brass hooves |
| Charybdis | Greek | - Sea monster in the form of a giant mouth |
| Chimaera | Greek | - Lion-goat-snake hybrid |
| Chrysaor | Greek | - The giant son of the gorgon Medusa. |
| Corycian nymphs | Greek | - Nymph of the Corycian Cave |
| Cretan Bull | Greek | - Monstrous bull |
| Crinaeae | Greek | - Fountain nymph |
| Cyclops | Greek | - One-eyed giant |
| Dactyl | Greek | - Little people and smith and healing spirits |
| Daemon | Greek | - Incorporeal spirit |
| Daphnaie | Greek | - Laurel tree nymph |
| Drakon | Greek | - Greek dragons |
| Drakaina | Greek | - Dragons depicted with female characteristics |
| Dryad | Greek | - Tree nymph |
| Echidna | Greek | |
| Eleionomae | Greek | - Marsh nymph |
| Empusa | Greek | - Female demon that waylays travelers and seduces and kills men |
| Epimeliad | Greek | - Apple tree nymph |
| Erinyes | Greek | - Winged spirits of vengeance or justice, also known as Furies |
| Erymanthian Boar | Greek | - Giant boar |
| Eurynomos | Greek | - Blue-black, carrion-eater in the underworld |
| The Fates | Greek | - Three time-controlling sisters |
| Gegenees | Greek | - Six-armed giant |
| Geryon | Greek | - Three-headed six-armed giant with three torsos and |
| Gigantes | Greek | - Race of giants that fought the Olympian gods, sometimes depicted with snake-legs |
| Gorgon | Greek | - Fanged, snake-haired humanoids that turn anyone who sees them into stone |
| Hades | Greek | - Ruler of the Underworld |
| Hamadryad | Greek | - oak tree nymph |
| Harpy | Greek | - birdlike human-headed death spirit |
| Hecatonchires | Greek | - primordial giants with 100 hands and fifty heads |
| Helead | Greek | - fen nymph |
| Heracles | Greek | - gatekeeper of Olympus |
| Hesperides | Greek | - nymph daughters of Atlas |
| hippalectryon | Greek | |
| Hydra | Greek | - multi-headed water serpent/dragon |
| Ichthyocentaur | Greek | - Human-fish-horse hybrid |
| Ipotane | Greek | - Two-legged horse-human hybrid, |
| Kallikantzaroi | Greek | - Grotesque, malevolent spirit |
| Karkinos | Greek | - Giant crab |
| Ker | Greek | - Female death spirit |
| Colchis bull | Greek | - Bronze-hoofed bulls |
| Kobalos | Greek | - Goblin like thieves and tricksters |
| Ladon | Greek | - Dragon guarding the golden apples of the Hesperides |
| Laelaps | Greek | - Enchanted dog that always caught his prey |
| Laestrygonians | Greek | - Anthropophagic giants |
| Lamia | Greek | - Child-devouring monster |
| Lampades | Greek | - Underworld nymph |
| Leimakids | Greek | - Meadow nymph |
| Leuce | Greek | - White poplar tree nymph |
| Limnades | Greek | - Lake nymph |
| Lycanthrope | Greek | - Werewolf |
| Mormolykeia | Greek | - Underworld spirit |
| Naiad | Greek | - Freshwater nymph |
| Napaeae | Greek | - Grotto nymph |
| Nemean Lion | Greek | - Lion with impenetrable skin |
| Nereid | Greek | - Nymph daughters of Nereus |
| Nymph | Greek | - Nature spirit |
| Oceanid | Greek | - Nymph daughters of Oceanus |
| Onoskelis | Greek | - Shapeshifting demon |
| Ophiotaurus | Greek | - Bull-serpent hybrid |
| Oread | Greek | - Mountain nymph |
| Orthrus | Greek | - Two-headed dog |
| Panes | Greek | - Human-goat hybrids descended from the god Pan |
| Pegaeae | Greek | - Spring nymph |
| Pegasus | Greek | - Winged horse |
| Pegacorn - Pegasus | Greek | -unicorn hybrid |
| Psychai | Greek | - Butterfly-winged nymphs, daughters of Psyche |
| Psychopomp | Greek | - Creatures, spirits, angels, or deities in many religions who escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife |
| Pygmy | Greek | - Little people |
| Pyrausta | Greek | - Insect-dragon hybrid |
| Python | Greek | - Serpentine dragon |
| Satyr | Greek | - Human-goat hybrid and fertility spirit |
| Scylla | Greek | - Human-snake hybrid with a snake's tail, twelve legs, and six long-necked snake heads |
| Sileni | Greek | - Bald, fat, thick-lipped, and flat-nosed followers of Dionysus |
| Siren | Greek | - Human-bird hybrid |
| Sphinx | Greek | - Winged woman-headed lion |
| Stymphalian Bird | Greek | - Metallic bird |
| Talos | Greek | - Giant made of bronze |
| Teumessian Fox | Greek | - Gigantic fox |
| Titan | Greek | - Primeval god |
| Tritons | Greek | - Male human-fish hybrid |
| Typhon | Greek | - Winged, snake-legged giant |
| Vrykolakas | Greek | - Undead wolf-human hybrid |
| Zeus | Greek | - God of lightning and storms |
| Chrysomallus | Greek mythology | - Golden winged ram |
| Mares of Diomedes | Greek mythology | - Man-eating horses |
| Medusa | Greek mythology | - Serpent-female hybrid |
| Meliae | Greek mythology | - Ash tree nymph |
| Minotaur | Greek mythology | - Human-bull hybrid |
| Muse | Greek mythology | - Spirits that inspire artists |
| Ao Ao | Guaraní | - Anthropophagous peccary or sheep. |
| Jasy Jaterei | Guaraní | - Nature guardian and bogeyman |
| Kuarahy Jára | Guaraní | - Forest spirit |
| Kurupi | Guaraní | - Wild man and fertility spirit |
| Luison | Guaraní | - Werewolf | Cadaver-eating dog |
| Pombero | Guaraní | - Wild man and nature spirit |
| Teju Jagua | Guaraní | - Lizard with seven dog heads |
| Mbói Tu'ĩ | Guaraní mythology | - Snake-parrot hybrid |
| Moñái | Guaraní mythology | - Giant snake with antennae |
| Nargun | Gunai | - Water monster |
| Backoo | Guyanese | - Malevolent little people |
| Bush Dai Dai | Guyanese | - Spirit that seduces and kills men |
| Canaima | Guyanese | - Were-jaguar |
| Choorile | Guyanese | - Ghost of a woman that died in childbirth |
| Jumbee | Guyanese | - Malevolent spirit |
| Ole-Higue | Guyanese | - Vampiric hag who takes the form of a fireball at night |
| ‘Elepaio | Hawaiian | - Monarch flycatcher spirit that guides canoe-builders to the proper trees |
| Kupua | Hawaiian | - Shapeshifting tricksters |
| Nawao | Hawaiian | - Savage humanoid |
| Nightmarchers | Hawaiian | - Warrior ghosts |
| Menehune | Hawaiian mythology | - Little people and craftsmen |
| Satan | Heaven--Abrahamic mythology | - Ruler of Hell |
| Osiris | Hellenized | - God of the dead and the judge of the underworld |
| Alce | Heraldic | - Wingless griffin. |
| Allocamelus | Heraldic | - Ass-camel hybrid. |
| Alphyn | Heraldic | - Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs. |
| Amphiptere | Heraldic | - Winged serpent. |
| Calygreyhound | Heraldic | - Wildcat-deer/antelope-eagle-ox-lion hybrid |
| Enfield | Heraldic | - Fox-greyhound-lion-wolf-eagle hybrid |
| Ged | Heraldic | - The fish pike |
| Griffin | Heraldic | - Lion-eagle hybrid |
| Keythong | Heraldic | - Wingless griffin |
| Musimon | Heraldic | - Sheep-goat hybrid |
| Opinicus | Heraldic | - Lion-eagle hybrid, similar to a griffin, but with leonine forelimbs |
| Reichsadler | Heraldic | - Eagle, sometimes depicted with two heads |
| Sea-bee | Heraldic | - Fish-tailed bee |
| Sea-Wyvern | Heraldic | - Fish-tailed wyvern |
| Ypotryll | Heraldic | - Boar-camel-ox-serpent hybrid |
| Tyger | Heraldry | - Like a real tiger, but lacks stripes. It has the tufted tail of a lion and a thick mane along the neck like a horse |
| Yeti | Himalayan | - Mountain bigfoot |
| Agni | Hindu | - God of fire and sacrifices. |
| Airavata | Hindu | - Divine elephant. |
| Akupara | Hindu | - Giant turtle that supports the world. |
| Asura | Hindu | - Hindu malevolent divinities. |
| Chakora | Hindu | - Lunar bird |
| Chukwa | Hindu | - Giant turtle that supports the world |
| Churel | Hindu | - Vampiric, female ghost |
| Daitya | Hindu | - Giant |
| Danava | Hindu | - Water demon |
| Gana | Hindu | - Attendants of Shiva |
| Gandabherunda | Hindu | - Double-headed bird |
| Gandharva | Hindu | - Male nature spirits, often depicted as part human, part animal |
| Garuda | Hindu | - Human-eagle hybrid |
| Ichchhadhari Nag | Hindu | - Shapeshifting venomous snakes |
| Kalakeyas | Hindu | - Descendants of Kala |
| Kinnara | Hindu | - Human-bird hybrid |
| Nivatakavachas | Hindu | - Ocean demon |
| Panis | Hindu | - Demons with herds of stolen cows |
| Pishacha | Hindu | - Carrion-eating demon |
| Rainbow Fish | Hindu | - Whale-sized, multi-colored fish |
| Sampati | Hindu | - The demigod Jatayu's brother |
| Sarngika | Hindu | - Bird spirit |
| Timingila | Hindu | - Sea monster |
| Tripurasura | Hindu | - Demonic inhabitants of Tripura |
| Vahana | Hindu | - Divine mounts |
| Vanara | Hindu | - Human-ape hybrid |
| Vetala | Hindu | - Corpses possessed by vampiric spirits |
| Jatayu | Hindu mythology | - Vulture demigod |
| Kurma | Hindu mythology | - Second avatar of Vishnu in the form of a Turtle |
| Maha-pudma | Hindu mythology | - Giant elephant that holds up the world |
| Matsya | Hindu mythology | - First Avatar of Vishnu in the form of a half-fish and half-man |
| Mayura | Hindu mythology | - Peacock spirit |
| Narasimha | Hindu mythology | - Avatar of Vishnu in the form of half-man/half-lion |
| Varaha | Hindu mythology | - Third Avatar of Vishnu in the form of a boar |
| Kachina | Hopi and Puebloan | - Nature spirit |
| Ördög | Hungarian | - Shapeshifting demon |
| Turul | Hungarian | - Giant falcon that helped shape the origins of the Magyars |
| Lidérc | Hungary | - Magical chicken that transforms into a humanoid |
| Púki | Icelandic | - Malevolent little person |
| Huldufólk | Icelandic/Faroese | - secret mound/rock dwelling elves |
| Centicore | Indian | - Horse-Antelope-Lion-Bear hybrid |
| Vaibhavi | Indian | - Deadly snake |
| Acheri | Indian Folklore | - Disease-bringing ghost. |
| Makara | Indian mythology | - Aquatic beings |
| Yacuruna | Indigenous people of the Amazon | - Mythical water people, with backwards heads and feet |
| Warak ngendog | Indonesian Muslim | - Egg-laying bird |
| Adlet | Inuit | - Vampiric dog-human hybrid |
| Agloolik | Inuit | - Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen. |
| Ahkiyyini | Inuit | - Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks. |
| Akhlut | Inuit | - Orca-wolf shapeshifter. |
| Amarok | Inuit | - Giant wolf. |
| Atshen | Inuit | - Anthropophagous spirit. |
| Ijiraq | Inuit | - Spirit that kidnaps children |
| Ishigaq | Inuit | - Little people |
| Keelut | Inuit | - Hairless dog |
| Kigatilik | Inuit | - Night-demon |
| Qiqirn | Inuit | - Large, bald dog spirit |
| Tizheruk | Inuit | - Sea serpent |
| Tupilaq | Inuit | - Animated construct |
| Wentshukumishiteu | Inuit | - Water spirit |
| Qalupalik | Inuit mythology | - Aquatic human abductor |
| Bakhtak | Iranian | - Night demon |
| Alp-luachra | Irish | - Parasitic fairy. |
| Banshee | Irish | - Screaming death spirit |
| Bean Nighe | Irish | - Death spirit; a type of Banshee/Bean Sídhe |
| Bloody Bones | Irish | - Water bogeyman |
| Dobhar-chu | Irish | - King otter |
| Dullahan | Irish | - Headless death spirit |
| Far darrig | Irish | - Little people that constantly play pranks |
| Fear gorta | Irish | - Hunger ghost |
| Fetch | Irish | - Double or doppelgänger |
| Fir Bolg | Irish | - Ancestral race |
| Fomorian | Irish | - Goat-headed giant |
| Gancanagh | Irish | - Male fairy that seduces human women |
| Leanashe | Irish | - Possessing spirit or vampire |
| Leprechaun | Irish | - Cobbler spirit |
| Fachen | Irish and Scottish | - Monster with half a body |
| Kelpie | Irish and Scottish | - Malevolent water horse |
| Sídhe - | Irish and Scottish | - Ancestral or nature spirit |
| Sluagh | Irish and Scottish | - Restless ghost |
| Merrow | Irish mythology and Scottish | - Human-fish hybrid |
| Jogah | Iroquois | - Little people nature spirit |
| Shaitan | Islam | - Islamic version of the Devil |
| Al-mi'raj | Islamic | - One-horned rabbit. |
| Al Rakim | Islamic | - Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers. |
| Dead Sea Apes | Islamic | - Human tribe turned into apes for ignoring Moses' message |
| Houri | Islamic | - heavenly beings |
| Badalisc | Italian | - Goat-like creature from the southern central Alps |
| Basilisk | Italian | - Multi-limbed, venomous lizard |
| Longana | Italian | - Female human-goat hybrid and water spirit |
| Marabbecca | Italian folklore | - Malevolent water spirit |
| Abura-sumashi | Japanese | - Creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture. |
| Akateko | Japanese | - Tree-dwelling monster. |
| Akki | Japanese | - Large, grotesque humanoid. |
| Akuma | Japanese | - Evil spirit or devil |
| Akurojin-no-hi | Japanese | - Ghostly flame which causes disease. |
| Amaburakosagi | Japanese | - Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku. |
| Amamehagi | Japanese | - Ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku. |
| Amanojaku | Japanese | - Small demon. |
| Amazake-babaa | Japanese | - Disease-causing hag. |
| Amorōnagu | Japanese | - Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima. |
| Anmo | Japanese | - Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture. |
| Aobōzu | Japanese | - Blue monk who kidnaps children. |
| Arikura-no-baba | Japanese | - Old woman with magical powers. |
| Ashi-magari | Japanese | - Invisible tendril that impedes movement. |
| Asobibi | Japanese | - Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture. |
| Ato-oi-kozō | Japanese | - Invisible spirit that follows people. |
| Ayakashi | Japanese | - Sea serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil. |
| Ayakashi-no-ayashibi | Japanese | - Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture. |
| Azukiarai/Azukitogi | Japanese | - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides. |
| Azukibabaa | Japanese | - Bean-grinding hag who devours people. |
| Bake-kujira | Japanese | - Ghostly whale skeleton that drifts along the coastline of Shimane Prefecture |
| Bakeneko | Japanese | - Magical cat |
| Bakezōri | Japanese | - Animated straw sandal |
| Baku | Japanese | - Dream-devouring, tapir-like creature |
| Betobeto-san | Japanese | - Invisible spirit which follows people at night, making the sound of footsteps |
| Binbōgami | Japanese | - Spirit of poverty |
| Biwa-bokuboku | Japanese | - Animated biwa |
| Chōchinobake | Japanese | - Animated paper lantern |
| Daidarabotchi | Japanese | - Giant responsible for creating many geographical features in Japan |
| Daitengu | Japanese | - Most powerful class of tengu, each of whom lives on a separate mountain |
| Datsue-ba | Japanese | - Old woman who steals clothes from the souls of the dead |
| Enkō | Japanese | - Kappa of Shikoku and western Honshū |
| Funayūrei | Japanese | - Ghosts of people who drowned at sea |
| Furu-utsubo | Japanese | - Animated jar |
| Futakuchi-onna | Japanese | - Woman with a second mouth on the back of her head |
| Gaki | Japanese | - Ghosts of especially greedy people |
| Gashadokuro | Japanese | - Giant malevolent skeletons |
| Goryō | Japanese | - Vengeful ghosts, usually of martyrs |
| Guhin | Japanese | - Anthropomorphic bird |
| Gyūki | Japanese | - Bull-headed monster |
| Hakutaku | Japanese | - talking beast which handed down knowledge on harmful spirits |
| Harionago | Japanese | - humanoid female with barbed, prehensile hair |
| Heikegani | Japanese | - crabs with human-faced shells, the spirits of warriors killed in the Battle of Dan-no-ura |
| Hiderigami | Japanese | - drought spirit |
| Hihi | Japanese | - baboon monster |
| Hitodama | Japanese | - ghosts of the newly dead, which take the form of fireballs |
| Hitotsume-kozō | Japanese | - one-eyed childlike spirit |
| Hōkō | Japanese | - dog-like Chinese tree spirit |
| Hō-ō | Japanese | - rooster-swallow-fowl-snake-goose-tortoise-stag-fish hybrid |
| Hotoke | Japanese | - deceased person |
| Hyakume | Japanese | - hundred-eyes creature |
| Hyōsube | Japanese | - hair-covered kappa |
| Ichimoku-nyūdō | Japanese | - One-eyed kappa from Sado Island |
| Ichiren-Bozu | Japanese | - Animated prayer beads |
| Ikiryō | Japanese | - Can be considered a 'living ghost', as it is a person's spirit outside their body |
| Ikuchi | Japanese | - Sea serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil |
| Inugami | Japanese | - Dog spirit |
| Ippon-datara | Japanese | - One-legged mountain spirit |
| Isonade | Japanese | - Shark-like sea monster |
| Ittan-momen | Japanese | - Ghostly aerial phenomenon that attacks people |
| Iwana-bōzu | Japanese | - Char which appeared as a Buddhist monk |
| Jibakurei | Japanese | - Spirit that protects a specific place |
| Jikininki | Japanese | - Corpse-eating ghost |
| Jorōgumo | Japanese | - Spider woman |
| Jotai | Japanese | - Animated folding screen cloth |
| Kahaku | Japanese | - Little people and water spirits |
| Kamaitachi | Japanese | - Wind spirit |
| Kami | Japanese | - Nature spirit |
| Kamikiri | Japanese | - Hair-cutting spirit |
| Kanbari-nyūdō | Japanese | - Bathroom spirit |
| Kanbo | Japanese | - Drought spirit |
| Kanedama | Japanese | - Money spirit |
| Kappa | Japanese | - Little people and water spirit |
| Karasu-tengu | Japanese | - Tengu with a bird's bill |
| Karura | Japanese | - Eagle-human hybrid |
| Kasa-obake | Japanese | - Animated parasol |
| Kasha | Japanese | - Cat-like demon which descends from the sky and carries away corpses |
| Kashanbo | Japanese | - Kappa who climb into the mountains for the winter |
| Katawa-guruma | Japanese | - Woman riding on a flaming wheel |
| Katsura-otoko | Japanese | - Handsome man from the moon |
| Kawa-uso | Japanese | - Supernatural river otter |
| Kawa-zaru | Japanese | - Smelly, cowardly water spirit |
| Kekkai | Japanese | - Amorphous afterbirth spirit |
| Kesaran-pasaran | Japanese | - Mysterious, white, fluffy creature |
| Keukegen | Japanese | - Disease spirit |
| Kijimunaa | Japanese | - Tree sprite from Okinawa |
| Kijo | Japanese | - She-devil |
| Kin-u | Japanese | - Bird |
| Kirin | Japanese | - Japanese Unicorn |
| Kitsune | Japanese | - Fox spirit |
| Kitsune-Tsuki | Japanese | - Person possessed by a fox spirit |
| Kiyohime | Japanese | - Woman who transformed into a serpentine demon out of the rage of unrequited love |
| Kodama | Japanese | - Tree spirit |
| Kokakuchō | Japanese | - Ubume bird |
| Komainu | Japanese | - Protective animal |
| Konaki-Jijii | Japanese | - Infant that cries until it is picked up, then increases its weight and crushes its victim |
| Konoha-tengu | Japanese | - Bird-like creature |
| Kubikajiri | Japanese | - Female corpse-chewing graveyard spirit |
| Kuchisake-onna | Japanese | - Vengeful ghost of a woman mutilated by her husband |
| Kuda-gitsune | Japanese | - Miniature fox spirit |
| Kudan | Japanese | - Human-faced calf which predicts a calamity before dying |
| Kurabokko | Japanese | - Guardian spirit of a warehouse |
| Kurage-no-hinotama | Japanese | - Jellyfish which floats through the air as a fireball |
| Kyourinrin | Japanese | - Animated scroll or paper |
| Kyūbi-no-kitsune | Japanese | - Nine-tailed fox |
| Kyūketsuki | Japanese | - Vampire |
| Namahage | Japanese | - Ritual disciplinary demon from the Oga Peninsula |
| Namazu | Japanese | - Giant catfish whose thrashing causing earthquakes |
| Nando-baba | Japanese | - Old woman who hides under the floor in abandoned storerooms |
| Nekomata | Japanese | - Split-tailed magical cat |
| Nekomusume | Japanese | - Cat in the form of a girl |
| Nikusui | Japanese | - Monster which appears as a young woman and sucks all of the flesh off of its victim's body |
| Ningyo | Japanese | - Monkey-fish hybrid |
| Nobusuma | Japanese | - Supernatural wall, also a monstrous flying squirrel |
| Noppera-bō | Japanese | - Faceless ghost |
| Nozuchi | Japanese | - Small sea serpent |
| Nue | Japanese | - Monkey-raccoon dog-tiger-snake hybrid |
| Nukekubi | Japanese | - Disembodied, flying head that attacks people |
| Nuppeppo | Japanese | - Animated chunk of dead flesh |
| Nurarihyon | Japanese | - Head-sized ball-like creature that floats in the sea and teases sailors |
| Nure-onna | Japanese | - Female monster who appears on the beach |
| Nurikabe | Japanese | - Spirit that manifests as an impassable, invisible wall |
| Obake | Japanese | - Shapeshifting spirits |
| Obariyon | Japanese | - Spook which rides piggyback on a human victim and becomes unbearably heavy |
| Oiwa | Japanese | - Ghost of a woman with a distorted face who was murdered by her husband |
| Okiku | Japanese | - Spirit of a plate-counting servant girl, associated with the "Okiku-Mushi" worm |
| Ōkubi | Japanese | - Death spirit |
| Okuri-inu | Japanese | - Dog or wolf that follows travelers at night, similar to the Black dog of English folklore |
| Ōmukade | Japanese | - Giant, human-eating centipede that lives in the mountains |
| Oni | Japanese | - Large, grotesque humanoid demon, usually having red skin and horns |
| Onibi | Japanese | - Spectral fire |
| Onmoraki | Japanese | - Bird-demon created from the spirits of freshly dead corpses |
| Onryō | Japanese | - Vengeful ghost that manifests in a physical rather than a spectral form |
| Raijū | Japanese | - Lightning spirit |
| Rokurokubi | Japanese | - Long-necked, humanoid trickster |
| Ryū | Japanese | - Dragon |
| Sagari | Japanese | - Horse head that dangles from trees on Kyūshū |
| Sakabashira | Japanese | - Haunted pillar, installed upside-down |
| Samebito | Japanese | - Shark-man servant of the dragon king of the sea |
| Sarugami | Japanese | - Wicked monkey spirit who was defeated by a dog |
| Satori | Japanese | - Mind-reading humanoid |
| Sazae-oni | Japanese | - Shapeshifting turban snail spirit |
| Seko | Japanese | - Water spirit which can be heard making merry at night |
| Senpoku-Kanpoku | Japanese | - Human-faced frog which guides newly deceased souls to the graveyard |
| Shachihoko | Japanese | - Tiger-carp hybrid |
| Shibaten | Japanese | - Water spirit from Shikoku |
| Shikigami | Japanese | - Servant spirit |
| Shiki-ōji | Japanese | - Child-sized servant spirit |
| Shikome | Japanese | - Underworld hag |
| Shinigami | Japanese | - "Death god" |
| Shiro-bōzu | Japanese | - White, faceless spirit |
| Shirouneri | Japanese | - Animated mosquito netting or dust cloth |
| Shiryō | Japanese | - Spirit of a dead person |
| Shisa | Japanese | - Lion-dog hybrid |
| Shōjō | Japanese | - Red-haired sea-sprites who love alcohol |
| Shōkera | Japanese | - Creature that peers in through skylights |
| Shunoban | Japanese | - Red-faced ghoul |
| Shuten-dōji | Japanese | - Ruler of the Oni |
| Sodehiki-kozō | Japanese | - Invisible spirit which pulls on sleeves |
| Sōgenbi | Japanese | - Fiery ghost of an oil-stealing monk |
| Soragami | Japanese | - Ritual disciplinary demon |
| Soraki-gaeshi | Japanese | - Sound of trees being cut down, when later none seem to have been cut |
| Sorobanbōzu | Japanese | - Ghost with an abacus |
| Sōtangitsune | Japanese | - Fox spirit from Kyoto |
| Sunakake-baba | Japanese | - Sand-throwing hag |
| Sunekosuri | Japanese | - Small dog- or cat-like creature that rubs against a person's legs at night |
| Suzaku | Japanese | - Japanese version of the Chinese Vermillion Bird |
| Taimatsumaru | Japanese | - Tengu surrounded in demonic fire |
| Taka-onna | Japanese | - Female spirit which can stretch itself to peer into the second story of a building |
| Tantankororin | Japanese | - Unharvested persimmon which becomes a monster |
| Tanuki | Japanese | - Shapeshifting raccoon dog |
| Tatami-tataki | Japanese | - Poltergeist that hits the tatami mats at night |
| Tengu | Japanese | - Anthropomorphic bird |
| Tennin | Japanese | - Angelic humanoid |
| Te-no-me | Japanese | - Ghost of a blind man, with his eyes on his hands |
| Tōfu-kozō | Japanese | - Spirit child carrying a block of tofu |
| Toire-no-Hanakosan | Japanese | - Ghost who lurks in grade school restroom stalls |
| Tōtetsu | Japanese | - Greed spirit |
| Tsuchigumo | Japanese | - Shapeshifting, giant spider |
| Tsuchinoko | Japanese | - Plump snake-like creature |
| Tsukumogami | Japanese | - Inanimate object that becomes animated after existing for 100 years |
| Tsurara-onna | Japanese | - Icicle woman |
| Tsurube-otoshi | Japanese | - Monster which drops or lowers a bucket from the top of a tree to catch people |
| Ubume | Japanese | - Ghosts of women who died in childbirth |
| Uma-no-ashi | Japanese | - Horse's leg which dangles from a tree and kicks passersby |
| Umibōzu | Japanese | - Ghost of drowned priest |
| Umi-nyōbō | Japanese | - Female sea monster who steals fish |
| Ushi-oni | Japanese | - Bull-headed monster |
| Uwan | Japanese | - Spirit that shouts to surprise people |
| Wani | Japanese | - Crocodilian water monster |
| Wanyūdō | Japanese | - Demon in the form of a burning human-headed ox cart |
| Yadōkai | Japanese | - Malevolent, nocturnal spirit |
| Yagyō-san | Japanese | - Demon who rides through the night on a headless horse |
| Yakubyō-gami | Japanese | - Disease and misfortune spirit |
| Yama-biko | Japanese | - Echo spirit |
| Yama-bito | Japanese | - Savage, mountain-dwelling humanoid |
| Yama-chichi | Japanese | - Monkey-like mountain spirit |
| Yama-inu | Japanese | - Dog-like mountain spirit |
| Yama-otoko | Japanese | - Mountain giant |
| Yamata no Orochi | Japanese | - Gigantic, eight-headed serpent |
| Yama-uba | Japanese | - Malevolent, mountain-dwelling hag |
| Yama-waro | Japanese | - Hairy, one-eyed spirit |
| Yanari | Japanese | - Spirit which causes strange noises |
| Yatagarasu | Japanese | - Three-legged crow of Amaterasu |
| Yato-no-kami | Japanese | - Serpent spirits |
| Yobuko | Japanese | - Mountain dwelling spirit |
| Yōkai | Japanese | - Supernatural monster |
| Yomotsu-shikome | Japanese | - Underworld hag |
| Yōsei | Japanese | - Fairy |
| Yosuzume | Japanese | - Mysterious bird that sings at night, sometimes indicating that the okuri-inu is near |
| Yukinko | Japanese | - Childlike snow spirit |
| Yuki-onna | Japanese | - Female snow spirit |
| Yūrei | Japanese | - Ghost |
| Zashiki-warashi | Japanese | - House spirit |
| Zennyo Ryūō | Japanese | - Rain-making dragon |
| Zorigami | Japanese | - Animated clock |
| Zuijin | Japanese | - Tutelary spirit |
| Zunbera-bō | Japanese | - Faceless ghost |
| Makura-gaeshi | Japanese mythology | - Pillow-moving spirit |
| Mizuchi | Japanese mythology | - Water dragon |
| Morinji-no-okama | Japanese mythology | - Animated tea kettle |
| Mujina | Japanese mythology | - Shapeshifting badger spirit |
| Jenglot | Java | - Vampiric little people |
| Anak | Jewish | - Giant. |
| Bar Juchne | Jewish | - Gigantic bird |
| Behemoth | Jewish | - Massive beast, possibly like a dinosaur or crocodile |
| Broxa | Jewish | - Nocturnal bird that drains goats of their milk |
| Dybbuk | Jewish | - Spirit |
| Emim | Jewish | - Giant |
| Golem | Jewish | - Animated construct |
| Irin | Jewish | - Fallen angels |
| Leviathan | Jewish | - Sea monster seen in Job 41 |
| Lilin | Jewish | - Night-demoness |
| Og | Jewish | - Giant king of the Amorites |
| Qliphoth | Jewish | - Evil spirits |
| Re’em | Jewish | - Gigantic land animal |
| Rephaite | Jewish | - Giant |
| Shedim | Jewish | - Chicken-legged demon |
| Tachash | Jewish | - Large land animal |
| Terrible Monster | Jewish | - Lion-eagle-scorpion hybrid made from the blood of murder victims |
| Tigris | Jewish | - Giant lion |
| Zamzummim | Jewish | - Giant |
| Ziz | Jewish | - Giant bird |
| Mazzikin | Jewish mythology | - Invisible, malevolent spirit |
| Yakshi | Keralite | - Vampire |
| Aigamuxa | Khoikhoi | - Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep. |
| Bi-blouk | Khoikhoi | - Female, cannibalistic, partially invisible monster |
| Hai-uri | Khoikhoi | - male cannibalistic partially invisible monster |
| Chollima | Korean | - Supernaturally fast horse |
| Dokkaebi | Korean | - Grotesque, horned humanoids |
| Haetae | Korean | - dog-lion hybrid |
| Imugi | Korean | - Flightless, dragon-like creatures |
| Jujak | Korean | - Bird |
| Kumiho | Korean | - Fox spirit |
| Kye-ryong | Korean | - Chicken-lizard hybrid |
| Gumiho | Korean mythology | - Demonic fox with thousands of tails believed to possess an army of spirits and magic in its tails |
| Hokhokw | Kwakiutl | - bird |
| Dzunukwa | Kwakwaka'wakw | - Child-eating hag |
| Canotila | Lakota | - Little people and tree spirits |
| Čhápa | Lakota | - Beaver spirit |
| Cetan | Lakota | - Hawk spirit |
| Unhcegila | Lakota | - Dragon |
| Unktehi | Lakota | - Serpentine rain spirit |
| Unktehila | Lakota | - Reptilian water monster |
| Carbuncle | Latin America | - Small creature with a jewel on its head |
| Chupacabra | Latin America | - Cryptid beast named for its habit of sucking the blood of livestock |
| Cuco | Latin America | - Bogeyman |
| Cucuy | Latin America | - Malevolent spirit |
| Hombre Gato | Latin America | - human-cat hybrid |
| La Llorona | Latin America | - Death spirit associated with drowning |
| Patasola | Latin America | - Anthropophagous, one-legged humanoid |
| Mohan | Latin American folklore | - Nature spirit |
| Pūķis | Latvian | - Dragon |
| Vadātājs | Latvian | - Spirit that misleads people |
| Veļi | Latvian | - Ghost, shade, formed after a death of a human |
| Vilkacis | Latvian | - Animalistic, werewolf-like monster |
| Mājas gari | Latvian mythology | - Benevolent house spirit |
| Rainbow crow | Lenape | - Crow spirit |
| Gytrash | Lincolnshire and Yorkshire | - Black dog |
| Aitvaras | Lithuanian | - Household spirit. |
| Baubas | Lithuanian | - Malevolent spirit |
| Ežerinis | Lithuanian | - Lake spirit |
| Jievaras | Lithuanian | - House spirit |
| Kaukas | Lithuanian | - Nature spirit |
| Laukų dvasios | Lithuanian | - Field spirit |
| Nykštukas | Lithuanian | - Cavern spirit |
| Ragana | Lithuanian | - Malevolent witch |
| Upinis | Lithuanian | - River spirit |
| Žiburinis | Lithuanian | - Forest spirit in the form of a glowing skeleton |
| Maro deivės | Lithuanian mythology | - Disease spirits |
| Adroanzi | Lugbara | - Nature spirit. |
| Angel | mainly Christian, Jewish, Islamic traditions | - Divine beings of Heaven who act as mediators between God and humans; the counterparts of Demons. |
| Á Bao A Qu | Malay | - Entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor. |
| Abath | Malay | - One-horned animal. |
| Hantu Air | Malay | - shapeshifting water spirit |
| Hantu Raya | Malay | - demonic servant |
| Orang Bunian | Malay | - Forest spirit |
| Orang Minyak | Malay | - Spectral rapist |
| Pelesit | Malay | - Servant spirit |
| Penanggalan | Malay | - Vampires that sever their heads from their bodies to fly around, usually with their intestines or other internal organs trailing behind |
| Polong | Malay | - Invisible servant spirit |
| Pontianak | Malay | - Undead, vampiric women who died in childbirth |
| Toyol | Malay | - Servant spirit |
| Il-Belliegħa | Maltese | - Malevolent well spirit |
| Tapairu | Mangaia | - Nature spirit |
| Chareng | Manipuri | -Semi-hornbill, semi-human creature |
| Helloi | Manipuri mythology | -Celestial maidens, daughters of the Sky God Soraren |
| Kangla Sha | Manipuri mythology | - Great Dragon in the Kangla Palace. |
| Langmeidong | Manipuri mythology | - Semi human, semi hornbill creature |
| Uchek Langmeidong | Manipuri mythology | - Semi human, semi hornbill creature |
| Adhene | Manx | - Nature spirit. |
| Arkan Sonney | Manx | - Fairy hedgehog. |
| Buggane | Manx | - Ogre-like humanoid |
| Fenodyree | Manx | - House spirit |
| Glashtyn | Manx | - Malevolent water horse |
| Mooinjer veggey | Manx folklore | - Nature spirit |
| Dragon | Many cultures worldwide | - Fire-breathing and |
| Eagle Spirit | Many cultures worldwide | - Leadership or guidance totem |
| Fire Bird | Many cultures worldwide | - Regenerative solar bird |
| Hag | Many cultures worldwide | - wise old woman who is usually a malevolent spirit or a disguised goddess |
| Hellhound | Many cultures worldwide | - underworld dog |
| Fairy | Many cultures worldwide--[esp. Germanic mythology/folklore] | - Nature spirits |
| Hākuturi | Māori | - nature guardian |
| Maero | Māori | - Savage, arboreal humanoids |
| Nuku-mai-tore | Māori | - Forest spirit |
| Patupairehe | Māori | - White-skinned nature spirits |
| Ponaturi | Māori | - Grotesque, malevolent humanoid |
| Poukai | Māori | - Giant bird |
| Taniwha | Māori | - Water spirit |
| Tipua | Māori | - Spirit that protects a specific place |
| Turehu | Māori | - Pale spirit |
| Cherufe | Mapuche | - Volcano-dwelling monster |
| Chonchon | Mapuche | - Disembodied, flying head |
| Colo Colo | Mapuche | - Rat-bird hybrid that can shapeshift into a serpent |
| Gualichu | Mapuche | - Malevolent spirit |
| Ngen | Mapuche | - Nature spirit |
| Nguruvilu | Mapuche | - Fox-like water snake |
| Pillan | Mapuche | - Nature spirit |
| Wekufe | Mapuche | - Demon |
| Taotao Mona | Mariana Islands | - Ancestral spirits |
| Alux | Mayan | - Little people. |
| Camulatz | Mayan | - Bird that ate the heads of the first men |
| Huaychivo | Mayan | - human-deer hybrid |
| Tecumbalam | Mayan | - Bird |
| Vision Serpent | Mayan | - Mystical dragon |
| Xecotcovach | Mayan | - Bird |
| Goblin | Medieval | - Grotesque, mischievous little people |
| Hobgoblin | Medieval | - friendly or amusing goblin |
| Imp | Medieval | - Small demonic servant |
| Abarimon | Medieval Bestiaries | - Savage humanoid with backward feet. |
| Aspidochelone | Medieval Bestiaries | - Island-sized whale or sea turtle. |
| Bishop-fish | Medieval Bestiaries | - Fish-like humanoid |
| Bonnacon | Medieval Bestiaries | - Bull-horse hybrid with flaming dung |
| Cinnamon bird | Medieval Bestiaries | - Giant bird that makes its nest out of cinnamon |
| Cockatrice | Medieval Bestiaries | - Chicken-lizard hybrid |
| Crocotta | Medieval Bestiaries | - Monstrous dog-wolf |
| Cynocephalus | Medieval Bestiaries | - Dog-headed humanoid |
| Dipsa | Medieval Bestiaries | - Extremely venomous snake |
| Echeneis | Medieval Bestiaries | - Remora, said to attach to ships to slow them down |
| Ethiopian Pegasus | Medieval Bestiaries | - Horned, winged horse |
| Forest Bull | Medieval Bestiaries | - Giant horned red cattle |
| Gold-digging ant | Medieval Bestiaries | - Dog-sized ant that digs for gold in sandy areas |
| Hercinia | Medieval Bestiaries | - glowing bird |
| Hippogriff | Medieval Bestiaries | - hybrid of a griffin and horse; a lion-eagle-horse hybrid |
| Ichneumon | Medieval Bestiaries | - Dragon-killing animal |
| Indus Worm | Medieval Bestiaries | - Giant, white, carnivorous worm |
| Island Satyr | Medieval Bestiaries | - Savage human-goat hybrid from a remote island chain |
| Jaculus | Medieval Bestiaries | - Winged serpent or small dragon |
| Libyan Aegipanes | Medieval Bestiaries | - Human-horse hybrid |
| Libyan Satyr | Medieval Bestiaries | - Human-goat hybrid |
| Lynx | Medieval Bestiaries | - Feline guide spirit |
| Machlyes | Medieval bestiaries | - Hermaphroditic humanoid |
| Macrocephali | Medieval bestiaries | - Giant-headed humanoid |
| Mandi | Medieval bestiaries | - Humanoid with a forty-year lifespan |
| Monocerus | Medieval bestiaries | - One-horned stag-horse-elephant-boar hybrid, sometimes treated as distinct from the unicorn |
| Monopod | Medieval bestiaries | - Dwarf with one giant foot |
| Muscaliet | Medieval bestiaries | - Hare-squirrel-boar hybrid that has an intense body heat |
| Myrmecoleon | Medieval bestiaries | - Ant-lion hybrid |
| Onocentaur | Medieval Bestiaries | - Human-donkey hybrid |
| Orphan Bird | Medieval Bestiaries | - Peacock-eagle-swan-crane hybrid |
| Panotti | Medieval Bestiaries | - Humanoid with gigantic ears |
| Panther | Medieval Bestiaries | - Feline with sweet breath |
| Parandrus | Medieval Bestiaries | - Shapeshifting animal whose natural form was a large ruminant |
| Pard | Medieval Bestiaries | - Fast, spotted feline believed to mate with lions to produce leopards |
| Scitalis | Medieval Bestiaries | - Snake which mesmerizes its prey |
| Seps | Medieval Bestiaries | - Snake with corrosive venom |
| Struthopodes | Medieval Bestiaries | - Humanoid whose males have enormous feet, and females have tiny feet |
| Syrbotae | Medieval Bestiaries | - African giant |
| Syrictæ | Medieval Bestiaries | - Reptilian humanoid |
| Unicorn | Medieval Bestiaries | - Horse-like creature with the legs of an antelope, the tail of a lion and a single magical healing horn. |
| Yale | Medieval Bestiaries | - Antelope- or goat-like animal with swiveling horns |
| Avalerion | Medieval Bestiary | - King of the birds. |
| Blemmyae | Medieval Bestiary | - Headless humanoid with face in torso |
| 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 |
| Catoblepas | Medieval Bestiary | - Scaled buffalo-hog hybrid |
| Cericopithicus | Medieval Bestiary | - Apes who always bear twins, one the mother loves, the other it hates |
| Chromandi | Medieval Bestiary | - Hairy savage with dog teeth |
| Gorgades | Medieval Bestiary | - Hairy humanoid |
| Hippopodes | Medieval Bestiary | - horse-hoofed humanoid |
| Hircocervus | Medieval Bestiary | - deer-goat hybrid |
| Hydros | Medieval Bestiary | - snake whose poison causes the victim to swell up |
| Hydrus | Medieval Bestiary | - snake from the Nile River that would kill crocodiles from the inside |
| Hypnalis | Medieval Bestiary | - snake that kills its victims in their sleep |
| Leontophone | Medieval Bestiary | - Tiny animal poisonous to lions |
| Leucrota | Medieval Bestiary | - Crocotta-lion hybrid |
| Nuli | Medieval Bestiary | - Humanoid with backwards, eight-toed feet |
| Pandi | Medieval Bestiary | - White-haired humanoid with giant ears and eight fingers and toes |
| Satyrus | Medieval Bestiary | - Apes who always bear twins, one the mother loves, the other it hates |
| Barnacle Geese | Medieval folklore | - Geese which hatch from barnacles |
| Cambion | Medieval folklore | - Offspring of a human and an incubus or succubus |
| Incubus | Medieval folklore | - Male night-demon and seducer |
| Jack-o'-lantern | Medieval folklore | - Vegetal lantern |
| Jasconius | Medieval folklore | - Island-sized fish |
| Mandrake | Medieval folklore | - Diminutive, animated construct |
| Melusine | Medieval folklore | - Female water spirit, with the form of a winged mermaid or serpent |
| Ogre | Medieval folklore | - Large, grotesque humanoid |
| Patagon | Medieval folklore | - Giant race reputed to live in the area of Patagonia |
| Revenant | Medieval folklore | - Reanimated dead |
| Sea monk | Medieval folklore | - Fish-like humanoid |
| Skeleton | Medieval folklore | - Living skeletons |
| Sprite | Medieval folklore | - little people, ghosts or elves |
| Succubus | Medieval folklore | - Female night-demon |
| Sylvan | Medieval folklore | - Forest spirit |
| Theriocephalus | Medieval folklore | - Animal-headed humanoid |
| Abaia | Melanesia | - Huge magical eel. |
| Nagual | Mesoamerica | - Human-animal shapeshifter |
| Feathered Serpent | Mesoamerican | - Dragon |
| Gallu | Mesopotamian | - Underworld demons |
| Urmahlullu | Mesopotamian | - Lion-human hybrid guardian spirit |
| Mushusshu | Mesopotamian mythology | |
| The Cu Bird | Mexican | - El Pájaro Cu; a bird. |
| Jenu | Mi'kmaq | - Anthropophagous giant |
| Almas | Mongolian | - Savage humanoid. |
| Ghost | Multiple | - Disembodied spirits of those that have died |
| Hoop snake | Multiple | - snake which rolls by taking its tail in its mouth |
| Knocker | Multiple | |
| Spirit | Multiple | - Ghosts |
| Trickster | Multiple | - Character in a story which exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge, and uses it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and conventional behaviour |
| Mermaid/Merman | multiple cultures | - Human-fish hybrid |
| Hudhud | mythology | – Hoopoe |
| Xiao | mythology | |
| Chepi | Narragansett | - Ancestral spirit that instructs tribe members |
| Deer Woman | Native American | - Human-deer hybrid |
| Hodag | Native American | - frog-mammoth-lizard hybrid |
| Horned Serpent | Native American | - serpentine rain spirit |
| Rain Bird | Native American | - Rain spirit |
| Thunderbird | Native American | - Avian lightning bird spirit |
| Underwater panther | Native American | - Feline water spirit |
| Urayuli | Native American | - Hairy giant |
| Piasa | Native American mythology | - Winged, antlered feline-like dragon |
| Puckwudgie | Native American mythology | - Troll-like gray-skinned being |
| Raven Spirit | Native American, Norse, and Siberian | - Trickster spirit |
| Chindi | Navajo | - Vengeful ghost that causes dust devils |
| Gurumapa | Nepalese | - Child-eating demon |
| Khyah | Nepalese | - Fat, hairy ape-like creature |
| Lakhey | Nepalese | - Demon with fangs |
| Suangi | New Guinea | - Cannibalistic sorcerer |
| Ogun | Nigeria | - Iron god for the Yoruba people |
| Oshun | Nigeria | - God of love and fertility |
| Æsir | Norse | - Norse deities. |
| Bergrisar | Norse | - Mountain giants who live alongside the Hrimthursar |
| Bergsrå | Norse | - Mountain spirit |
| Dökkálfar | Norse | - Male ancestral spirits; the Dark Elves |
| Draugr | Norse | - Undead |
| Dvergr | Norse | - Subterranean little people smiths |
| Eikthyrnir | Norse | |
| Einherjar | Norse | - Spirits of brave warriors |
| Eldjötnar | Norse | - Fire Giants who reside in Muspelheim, with Surtr as their leader |
| Fenrir | Norse | - Gigantic, ravenous wolf |
| Garmr | Norse | - Giant, ravenous hound |
| Habrok | Norse | - listed as the "best" hawk |
| Half-elf | Norse | - human-elf hybrid |
| Haugbui | Norse | - undead being who cannot leave its burial mound |
| Havsrå | Norse | - saltwater spirit |
| Hraesvelg | Norse | - giant, who in eagle form, creates the wind by beating his wings |
| Hrímþursar | Norse | - frost giants who are the main inhabitants of either Jotunheim or Niflheim |
| Huginn and Muninn | Norse | - pair of ravens associated with the Norse god Odin whose names mean Thought and Memory. |
| Jörmungandr | Norse | - Sea serpent |
| Jötunn | Norse | - Gigantic nature spirits |
| Landvættir | Norse | - Nature spirits |
| Ljósálfar | Norse | - Sunlight spirits; the Light Elves |
| Níðhöggr | Norse | - Dragon |
| Rå | Norse | - Spirit that protects a specific place |
| Ratatoskr | Norse | - Squirrel spirit |
| Sjörå | Norse | - Freshwater spirit |
| Sjövættir | Norse | - Sea spirit |
| Sköll | Norse | - Wolf that chases the Sun |
| Sleipnir | Norse | - Eight-legged horse |
| Svaðilfari | Norse | - Unnatural strong horse, father of Sleipnir |
| Svartálfar | Norse | - Cavern spirits; the Black Elves |
| Troll | Norse | - Nature spirit |
| Valkyrie | Norse | - Female spirit that leads souls of dead warriors to Valhalla |
| Vedrfolnir | Norse | - Hawk sitting between the eyes of an eagle in the crown of the World Tree Yggdrasil |
| Víðópnir, | Norse | - Rooster that sits atop the tree |
| Vættir | Norse | - Nature spirit |
| Loki | Norse mythology | - God of night |
| Marmennill | Norse mythology | - mermen with prophetic abilities |
| Odin | Norse mythology | - King of Asgard |
| Thor | Norse mythology | - God of thunder and storm |
| Santa Claus | North Pole--European folklore | - An elderly man who delivers gifts to well-behaved children on the night of Christmas Eve |
| Sandman | Northern Europe | - Nursery spirit that induces sleep in children |
| Haietlik | Nuu-chah-nulth | - water serpent |
| Grassman | Ohio, USA | - Ape-like cryptid |
| Baykok | Ojibwa | - Flying skeleton |
| Elbow Witch | Ojibwa | - Hags with awls in their elbows |
| Gichi-anami'e-bizhiw | Ojibwa | - Bison-snake-bird-cougar hybrid water spirit |
| Mishibizhiw | Ojibwa | - Feline water spirit |
| Misi-ginebig | Ojibwa | - Serpentine rain spirit |
| Finfolk | Orkney | - Fish-human hybrid that kidnaps humans for servants |
| Trow | Orkney and Shetland | - Little people and nature spirits |
| Si-Te-Cah | Paiute | - Red-haired giants |
| Chamrosh | Persian | - Dog-bird hybrid |
| Hadhayosh | Persian | - gigantic land animal |
| Homa | Persian | - eagle-lion hybrid, similar to a griffin |
| Huma | Persian | - regenerative fire bird |
| Karkadann | Persian | - One-horned giant animal |
| Peri | Persian | - Winged humanoid |
| Shahbaz | Persian | - Giant eagle or hawk |
| Simurgh | Persian | - Dog-lion-peacock hybrid |
| Takam | Persian | - Nature spirit |
| Zahhak | Persian | - Dragon |
| Manticore | Persian mythology | - Lion-human-scorpion hybrid |
| Pishtaco | Peru | - Monster man that steals its victim's body fat for cannibalistic purposes |
| Alan | Philippine | - Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children. |
| Aswang | Philippine | - Carrion-eating humanoid. |
| Bakunawa | Philippine | - Sea serpent that causes eclipses |
| Bathala | Philippine | - Primordial god of creation |
| Batibat | Philippine | - Female night-demon |
| Diwata | Philippine | - Tree spirit |
| Duwende | Philippine | - Little people, some are house spirits, others nature spirits |
| Ekek | Philippine | - Flesh-eating, winged humanoids |
| Engkanto | Philippine | - Neutral nature spirit |
| Hantu Demon | Philippine | - demon |
| Ibong Adarna | Philippine | - Bird that changes color when it finishes a song |
| Kamatayan | Philippine | - Philippine counterpart of Death |
| Kapre | Philippine | - Malevolent tree spirit |
| Kumakatok | Philippine | - Death spirits |
| Minokawa | Philippine | - Giant swallow |
| Nuno | Philippine | - Malevolent little people |
| Pugot | Philippine | - Headless humanoid |
| Santelmo | Philippine | - Spirits in the form of fireballs that roam around the forest |
| Sarimanok | Philippine | - Bird of good fortune |
| Sigbin | Philippine | - Goat-like vampire |
| Tigmamanukan | Philippine | - Asian fairy bluebird |
| Tikbalang | Philippine | - Anthropomorphic horse |
| Tiyanak | Philippine | - Demons that are souls of dead unbaptized babies |
| Manananggal | Philippine mythology | - Vampires that sever their torsos from their legs to fly around |
| Multo | Philippine mythology | - Spirit of a deceased person seeking justice or has unfinished business |
| Phoenix | Phoenician | - Regenerative bird reborn from its own ashes |
| Pictish Beast | Pictish stones | - Stylistic animal, possibly a dragon |
| Karzełek | Polish | - Little people and mine spirits |
| Polevik | Polish | - Little people and field spirits |
| Sky Women | Polish | - Weather spirit |
| Aitu | Polynesian | - Malevolent spirits or demons. |
| Enchanted Moor | Portuguese | - Enchanted princesses |
| Amarum | Quechua | - Water boa spirit. |
| Hanau epe | Rapa Nui | - long-eared humanoid |
| Achlis | Roman | - Curious elk. |
| Cacus | Roman | - Fire-breathing giant |
| Di Penates | Roman | - House spirit |
| Faun | Roman | - Human-goat hybrid nature spirit |
| Genius loci | Roman | - Spirit that protects a specific place |
| Lares | Roman | - House spirit |
| Numen | Roman | - Tutelary spirit |
| Strix | Roman | - Vampiric bird |
| Manes | Roman mythology | - Ancestral spirits |
| Neptune | Roman mythology | - God of freshwater and sea |
| Balaur | Romanian | - Multi-headed dragon |
| Căpcăun | Romanian | - Large, monstrous humanoid |
| Iele | Romanian | - Female nature spirits |
| Ior | Romanian | - Giant creature, with good spirit |
| Moroi | Romanian | - Vampiric ghost |
| Sânziană | Romanian | - Nature spirit |
| Spiriduş | Romanian | - Little people |
| Strigoi | Romanian | - Vampire |
| Uriaș | Romanian | - Giant |
| Vâlvă | Romanian | - Female nature spirit |
| Vântoase | Romanian | - Female weather spirit |
| Vârcolac | Romanian | - Vampire or werewolf |
| Zână | Romanian | - Nature spirit |
| Zburator | Romanian | - Wolf-headed dragon |
| Pricolici | Romanian - Roman | - Undead wolf |
| Muma Pădurii | Romanian folklore | - Forest-dwelling hag |
| Zmeu | Romanian folklore | - Giant with a habit of kidnapping young girls |
| Ded Moroz | Russia | - A winter spirit who delivers gifts to children on New Year's Eve |
| Gagana | Russian | - Iron-beaked bird with copper talons |
| Gamayun | Russian | - Prophetic human-headed bird |
| Indrik | Russian | - One-horned horse-bull hybrid |
| Erchitu | Sardinia | - Ox-human, wereox |
| Jengu | Sawa | - Water spirit |
| Bysen | Scandinavian | - Diminutive forest spirit |
| Fylgja | Scandinavian | - Animal familiar |
| Gjenganger | Scandinavian | - Corporeal ghost |
| Hamingja | Scandinavian | - personal protection spirit |
| Huldra | Scandinavian | - forest spirit |
| Kajsa | Scandinavian | - Wind spirit |
| Kraken | Scandinavian | - Sea monster |
| Nisse | Scandinavian | - House spirit |
| Skogsrå | Scandinavian | - Forest spirit |
| Tomte | Scandinavian | - House spirit |
| Vardøger | Scandinavian | - Ghostly double |
| Mara | Scandinavian folklore | - Female night-demon |
| Myling | Scandinavian folklore | - Ghosts of unbaptized children |
| Bodach | Scottish | - Malevolent spirit |
| Bogle | Scottish | - Malevolent spirit |
| Boobrie | Scottish | - Roaring water bird |
| Cailleach | Scottish | - Divine creator and weather deity hag |
| Caoineag | Scottish | - Death spirit |
| Cat Sidhe | Scottish | - Fairy cat |
| Ceasg | Scottish | |
| Cirein cròin | Scottish | - Sea serpent |
| Cu Sith | Scottish | - Gigantic fairy dog |
| Drow | Scottish | - Cavern spirit |
| Each Uisge | Scottish | - Malevolent water horse |
| Ghillie Dhu | Scottish | - Tree guardian |
| Gigelorum | Scottish | - Smallest animal |
| Glaistig | Scottish | - Human-goat hybrid |
| Lavellan | Scottish | - Gigantic water rat |
| Loch Ness Monster | Scottish | - Serpentine sea monster |
| Nuckelavee | Scottish | - Malevolent human-horse-fish hybrid |
| Pech | Scottish | - Strong little people |
| Tangie | Scottish | - Shapeshifting water spirit |
| Wirry-cow | Scottish | - Malevolent spirit |
| Wraith | Scottish | - Water spirit or ghostly apparition |
| Wulver | Scottish | - Wolf-headed humanoid spirit |
| Gaasyendietha | Seneca | - Dragon |
| Bukavac | Serbia | - Six-legged lake monster |
| Psoglav | Serbia | - Dog-headed monster |
| 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 |
| Cikavac | Serbian | - Bird that serves its owner |
| Nimerigar | Shoshone | - Aggressive little people |
| Merlion | Singapore | - Combination of a lion and a fish, the symbol of Singapore |
| Ala | Slavic | - Bad weather demon. |
| Alkonost | Slavic | - Angelic bird with human head and breasts. |
| Baba Yaga | Slavic | - Forest spirit and hag |
| Bagiennik | Slavic | - Malevolent water spirit |
| Bannik | Slavic | - Bathhouse spirit |
| Berehynia | Slavic | - Water spirit |
| Bies | Slavic | - Demon |
| Błudnik | Slavic | - Mischievous gnome |
| Boginki | Slavic | - Nature spirit |
| Bozaloshtsh | Slavic | - Death spirit |
| Dola | Slavic | - Tutelary and fate spirit |
| Domovoi | Slavic | - House spirit |
| Drekavac | Slavic | - Restless ghost of an unbaptised child |
| Dvorovoi | Slavic | - Courtyard spirit |
| Fext | Slavic | - Undead |
| German | Slavic | - Male spirit associated with bringing rain and hail |
| Jaud | Slavic | - Vampirised premature baby |
| Kikimora | Slavic | - Female house spirit |
| Krasnoludek | Slavic | - Little people nature spirits |
| Lady midday | Slavic | - Sunstroke spirit |
| Lakanica | Slavic | - Field spirit |
| Leszi | Slavic | - Tree spirit |
| Likho | Slavic | - One-eyed hag or goblin |
| Narecnitsi | Slavic | - Fate spirit |
| Nav' | Slavic | - Ghost |
| Nocnitsa | Slavic | - Nightmare spirit |
| Odmience | Slavic | - Changeling |
| Ovinnik | Slavic | - Malevolent threshing house spirit |
| Plakavac | Slavic | - Vampire created when a mother strangles her child |
| Psotnik | Slavic | - Mischievous spirit |
| Raróg | Slavic | - Whirlwind spirit |
| Rusalka | Slavic | - Female water spirit |
| Samodiva | Slavic | - Nature spirit |
| Simargl | Slavic | - Winged dog |
| Sirin | Slavic | - Demonic human-headed bird |
| Skrzak | Slavic | - Flying imp |
| Strzyga | Slavic | - Vampiric undead |
| Stuhać | Slavic | - Malevolent mountain spirit |
| Sudice | Slavic | - Fortune spirit |
| Topielec | Slavic | - Water spirit |
| Tugarin Zmeyevich | Slavic | - Evil shapeshifter |
| Vampire | Slavic | - Reanimated corpse that feeds on blood |
| Vila | Slavic | - Weather spirit |
| Vodyanoy | Slavic | - Male water spirit |
| Zhar-Ptitsa | Slavic | - Glowing bird |
| Zmiy | Slavic | - Dragon |
| Mora | Slavic mythology | - Disembodied spirit |
| Zduhać | Slavic mythology | - Disembodied, heroic spirit |
| Zlatorog | Slovenia | - White golden-horned deer |
| Adaro | Solomon Islands | - Malevolent merfolk. |
| Kholomodumo | Sotho | - gluttonous monster that was one of the first beasts of creation |
| Mono Grande | South America | - Giant monkey |
| Yacumama | South America | - Sea monster |
| Sango | South Western Nigeria | - Yoruba king of arts, music, dance and entertainment |
| Krasue | Southeast Asian | - Vampiric, floating head |
| Impundulu | Southern Africa | - Avian, vampiric lightning spirit |
| Lightning Bird | Southern Africa | - Magical bird found at sites of lightning strikes |
| Duende | Spanish and Portuguese | - Little people and forest spirits |
| Trasgo | Spanish and Portuguese | - Grotesque, mischievous little people |
| Anzû | Sumerian | - Divine storm bird |
| Apkallu | Sumerian | - Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki. |
| Asag | Sumerian | - Hideous rock demon. |
| Asakku | Sumerian | - Demon. |
| Edimmu | Sumerian | - Ghosts of those not buried properly |
| Gidim | Sumerian | - Ghost |
| Scorpion Man | Sumerian | - Human-scorpion hybrid |
| Majitu | Swahili | - shape-shifting spirits that can pass as humans |
| Jerff | Swedish | - Gluttonous dog-cat-fox hybrid |
| Radande | Swedish | - Tree spirit |
| Barbegazi | Swiss | - Dwarf with giant, snowshoe-like feet |
| Türst | Swiss | - legendary figure who turns people into dogs |
| Hupia | Taíno | - nocturnal ghost |
| Yazhi | Tamil | - Lion-like beast |
| Äbädä | Tatar | - Forest spirit. |
| Yuxa | Tatar | - 100-year-old snake that transforms into a beautiful human |
| Zilant | Tatar | - Flying chicken-legged reptile |
| Naga fireballs | Thai | - Spectral fire |
| Nang Takian | Thai | - Tree spirit |
| Nariphon | Thai | - Pod people |
| Phi Tai Hong | Thai | - Ghost of a person who has died suddenly of a violent or cruel death |
| Tlahuelpuchi | Tlaxcalan | - Shapeshifting vampire |
| Kushtaka | Tlingit | - Shapeshifting "land otter man" |
| Nyami Nyami | Tonga | |
| Bardi | Trabzon | - Shapechanging death spirit |
| Tavara | Trabzon | - Night-demon |
| Soucouyant | Trinidad and Tobago | - Vampiric hag who takes the form of a fireball at night |
| Amala | Tsimshian | - Giant who holds up the world. |
| Mareikura | Tuamotu | - Attendant of Kiho-tumu, the supreme god |
| Caipora | Tupi | - Fox-human hybrid and nature spirit |
| Curupira | Tupi | - Nature spirit |
| Asena | Turkic | - Blue-maned wolf. |
| Yilbegän | Turkic | - Either a dragon or a giant |
| Karakura | Turkish | - Male night-demon |
| Ork | Tyrolean | - Little people and house spirits |
| Blafard | United States | - Imaginary Creature |
| Hidebehind | United States | - nocturnal forest creature |
| Oozlum bird | Unknown origin | - Bird that flies backwards |
| La Sayona | Venezuela | - Female ghost that punishes unfaithful husbands |
| Rồng - | Vietnamese | dragon |
| Zombie | Vodou/Worldwide | - Re-animated corpse |
| Adar Llwch Gwin | Welsh | - Giant birds that understand human languages. |
| Afanc | Welsh | - Lake monster |
| Bendigeidfran | Welsh | - Giant king |
| Ceffyl Dŵr | Welsh | - Malevolent water horse |
| Coblynau | Welsh | - Little people and mine spirits |
| Cŵn Annwn | Welsh | - Underworld hunting dog |
| Cyhyraeth | Welsh | - Death spirit |
| Gwyllgi | Welsh | - Black dog |
| Gwyllion | Welsh | - Malevolent spirit |
| Llamhigyn Y Dwr | Welsh | - Frog-bat-lizard hybrid |
| Púca | Welsh | - Shapeshifting animal spirit |
| Tylwyth Teg | Welsh | - Nature spirit |
| Mallt-y-Nos | Welsh mythology | - Spirit of the hunt |
| Asanbosam | West Africa | - Iron-toothed vampire. |
| Obia | West Africa | - Gigantic animal that serves witches |
| Zin | West Africa | - Water spirits |
| Ninki Nanka | Western Africa | - Large reptile, possibly a dragon |
| Giant | Worldwide | - Immensely large and strong humanoids |
| Giant animal | Worldwide | - Unusually large beasts |
| Grim Reaper | Worldwide | - Death angel often thought to be God's/Satan's assistant |
| Lake monster | Worldwide | - Gigantic animals reported to inhabit various lakes around the world |
| Ouroboros | Worldwide | - Mystic serpent/dragon that eats its own tail |
| Sea monster | Worldwide | - Giant, marine animals |
| Sea serpent | Worldwide | - Serpentine sea monster |
| Serpent | Worldwide | - Snake spirit |
| Shade | Worldwide | - Spiritual imprint |
| Spectre | Worldwide | - Terrifying ghost |
| Swan maiden | Worldwide | - Swan-human shapeshifter |
| Undead | Worldwide | - Dead that behave as if alive |
| Warlock | Worldwide | - Male witch |
| Werecat | Worldwide | - Feline-human shapeshifter |
| Werewolf | Worldwide | - Wolf-human shapeshifter |
| White Lady | Worldwide | - Ghost of a murdered or mistreated woman |
| Will-o'-the-Wisp | Worldwide | - Spectral fire |
| Witch | Worldwide | - Person who practices magic |
| Ent | worldwide/fantasy | -Living tree that is said to live for years |
| Abaasy | Yakuts | - Iron-toothed demons. |
| Yama | Yama | |
| Egbere | Yoruba | - Humanoid that carries a magical mat |
| Emere | Yoruba | - Child that can move back and forth between the material world and the afterlife at will |
| Ahura | Zoroastrianism | - Zoroastrian spirits. |
| Chitauli | Zulu | - Human-lizard hybrid |
| Inkanyamba | Zulu | - Horse-headed serpent |
| Tikoloshe | Zulu | - Little people and water spirit |
