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.
Angels
- see list of angels
Artificial or mechanical creatures
This listing includes creatures that are man-made, mechanical or of alchemical origins.
Creatures associated with animals
Antelopes and deer
Arthropods
Bears
Birds
- The eagle tormentor of Prometheus, possibly known in one source as Aethon
- Alkonost
- Alectryon
- Bennu
- Big Bird
- Caladrius
- Cetan
- Chamrosh
- Cornish Owlman
- Devil Bird
- Feng Huang
- Gamayun
- Garuda
- Giant Penguin
- Griffon
- Harpy
- Hræsvelgr
- Hugin and Munin
- La chusa
- Oozlum bird
- Phoenix
- Rain Bird
- Roc
- Simurgh
- Sirin
- Strix (mythology)
- Stymphalian birds
- Tengu
- Three-legged bird
- Thunderbird
- Vermilion Bird
- Ziz
- Zu
Boars
- Calydonian Boar
- Erymanthian Boar
- Sæhrímnir
- Hildisvíni
- Gullinbursti
- Twytch-twyrth
- Varaha
Bovines
Canines
- Beast of Gévaudan
- Axehandle hound
- Barghest
- cerberus
- Chupacabra
- Cu Sith (or Cusith)
- Cynocephali
- Hellhound
- Hounds of Heaven
- Kitsune
- Salawa
- Shunka Warakin
- Tanuki
- Vulkodlak
- Werewolf
- Wendigo
Elephants
Equines
- El Caballo Diablo
- Centaur
- Chiron
- El Cavall
- Great White Horse
- Haizum
- Hippocampus (mythology)
- Hippogriff
- Ichthyocentaur
- Karkadann
- Kelpie or Bäckahästen or Each Uisge
- Nuckelavee
- Onocentaur
- Pegasus
- Pooka
- Sileni/Silenus
- Slepnir
- Tikbalang
- Unicorn
- Winged Horse
- White horse (mythology)
Felines
- Blue Mountains panther
- Bakeneko
- Bast
- Beast of Bodmin
- Cactus cat
- Cait Sith
- Chimera
- Griffin
- White Tiger
- Lamassu
- Manticore
- Narasimha
- Nekomata
- Nemean Lion
- Panther (legendary creature)
- Sphinx
- Surrey Puma
- Underwater panther
Fish and molluscs
- Abaia
- Akkorokamui
- Hippocampi
- Ika-Roa
- Isonade
- Kraken
- Mermaid / Merman
- Namazu
- Ningyo
- Kun
- Salmon of Wisdom
- Shachihoko
- Shen
- zaratan
- see also Category:Mythical fish
Goats
- Amalthea
- Capricornus
- Faun
- Heiðrún, a goat in Norse mythology, which produces mead for the einherjar
- Satyr
- Sidehill gouger
- Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, Thor's magical goats
Lizards and tortoises
Note: see Dragon
- Basilisk
- Black Tortoise
- Chessie
- Chinese Dragon
- Dragon
- Makara
- Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu
- Mokele Mbembe
- Ngoubou
- Kasai Rex
- Kongamato
- Kurma
- Sewer alligator
- Loch Ness Monster
- Taniwha
- Wyvern
Marsupials
Primates
Rodents
Serpents and worms
- Amphisbaena
- Amphithere
- Apep/Apophis
- Azhi Dahaka
- Basilisk
- Bakonawa
- Cockatrice
- Dragon
- Drake
- Echidna
- Fafnir
- Gorgons (including Medusa)
- Hoop snake
- Hydra
- Jaculus/Jaculi
- Jasconius
- Jörmungandr (the Midgård serpent)
- Lamia
- Lindorm
- Madame White Snake
- Naga
- Níðhöggr
- Rainbow Serpent
- orm
- Orochi
- Ouroboros
- Python
- Sea serpent
- Tarasque
- Tsuchinoko
- Wyvern
- Yamata no Orochi
Creatures associated with astronomical objects
Sun
Moon
Constellation
- Black Tortoise
- Azure Dragon
- White Tiger
- Vermilion Bird
- Yellow Dragon
- Centaur
- Pegasus
- Nemean lion
- Ladon
- Phoenix
- Capricorn
Creatures associated with the body
Blood
Note: see Vampires
- Alan
- Chupacabra
- Dhampir
- Gaki
- Golden Hind
- Kappa
- Kekkai
- Lamia
- Manananggal
- Redcap
- Rokurokubi
- Sigbin
- Vampire
- Vulkodlak
- Yuki-onna
Eye
- Argus/Panoptes
- Basilisk
- Catoblepas
- Cyclops
- Gorgon
- Hitotsume-kozou
- Lamia
- Lynx
Face
Head
- Amphisbaena
- Cerberus
- Chimera
- Chonchon
- Double-headed eagle
- Dullahan
- Hecatonchires
- Hydra
- Nine-headed Bird
- Rokurokubi
- Orthrus
- Penanggalan
- Xing Tian
- Yamata no Orochi
Limb
Tail
Creatures associated with concepts
Afterlife or underworld
- Cerberus - Greek three headed dog
- Demon
- Devil
- Deity -
- See also death deity, list of deities
- Garm - Norse dog
- Houri - Islamic 'pure being'
- Lampad
- Swan Maiden
Fertility and human sexuality
- Abatwa
- Alan
- Boto
- Faun
- German
- Incubus / Succubus
- Maenad
- Nymph
- Popobawa
- Satyr
- Sileni / Silenus
- Succubus
- Unicorn
Fortune and wealth
Sound
Dream and mind
Generalization
Wisdom
Creatures associated with elements
Air and weather
Earth
This listing also includes subterranean and cave-dwelling creatures.
- Bahamut
- Behemoth
- Bluecap
- Dvergr
- Dwarf
- Monopod
- Elemental
- Gargoyle
- Gnome
- Goblin
- Golem
- Kobold
- Kroni
- Nymph
- Oread
Fire
- Cherufe
- Djinn/Jinn/Jinni
- Dragon
- Efreet/Ifrit
- Elemental
- Firebird
- Kapre
- Kitsune
- Lampad
- Phoenix
- Salamander
- Surtur
- Will-o'-the-wisp
Ice and winter
Thunder and lightning
Water
- Afanc
- Amefurikozō
- Aspidochelone
- Bloody Bones
- Boto
- Buggane
- Bunyip
- Camenae
- Capricorn
- Charybdis
- Crinaeae
- Dragon
- Draug
- Each uisge
- Eachy
- Elemental
- Fur-bearing trout
- Grindylow
- Hippocampus
- Ichthyocentaur
- Jengu
- Kappa
- Kelpie
- Ketos
- Kraken
- Lake monster
- Lavellan
- Leviathan
- Loch Ness monster
- Lorelei
- Lusca
- Makara
- Melusine
- Mermaid/Merman
- Merrow
- Morgens
- Muc-sheilch
- Naiad
- Näkki
- Nereid
- Nix
- Nymph
- Pisces
- Potamus(river god)
- Ri
- Rusalka
- Samebito
- Sea monster
- Sea serpent
- Selkie
- Shen
- Siren
- Taniwha
- Tiamat
- Triton
- Undine
- Vodyanoy
- Water Leaper
- Water Sprite
- Zaratan
Creatures associated with plants
Demons
Dragons
Humanoids
- see Mythic humanoids
Hybrids
Shapeshifters
Human turn into an animal
Main article: Zoanthropy
Existent-nonhuman turn into a human
- Bakeneko(cat)
- Boto(river dolphin)
- Kitsune, Huli Jing and Kumiho(fox)
- Tanuki(racoon dog)
- Myrmidons(ant)
- Jorōgumo(spider)
- Pipa Jing(jade pipa)
- Selkie(seal)
- Lady White Snake
- Galatea(ivory sculpture)
- Toyotama-hime(crocodile or shark)
Other
- Ala
- Aswang
- Changeling
- Doppelgänger
- Empousa
- Lamia
- Manananggal
- Mangkukulam
- Rokurokubi
- Shen
- Skin-walker
- Spriggan
- Tengu
Undead
Incorporeal
- Apparition
- Aswang
- Einherjar
- Ghost
- Jikininki
- Phantom
- Poltergeist
- Preta
- Spectre
- Spirit
- Wili
- Will o' the wisp
- Wraith
- Yurei
Corporeal
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