List of hybrid creatures in folklore

Mythology

Head of one animal, body of another

Mammalian bipeds

• Anubis – The jackal-headed Egyptian God.
• Bastet – The cat-headed Egyptian Goddess.
• Cynocephalus – A dog-headed creature.
• Daksha – His head was replaced by a goat's head after a beheading.
• Ganesha – An elephant-headed God.
• Hayagriva – A horse-headed avatar.
• Horse-Face – A horse-headed guardian or type of guardian of the Underworld in Chinese mythology.
• Ipotane – A race of half-horse half-humans, usually depicted as the reverse of centaurs.
• Keibu Keioiba – A Meitei folkloric mythical creature having the head of a tiger and the remaining body of a human.
• Khnum – The ram-headed Egyptian God.
• Maahes, Pakhet, Sekhmet, and Tefnut – Each of these Egyptian Gods has the head of a lion.
• Minotaur – A creature that has the body of a human with the head, tail, and occasional hindquarters of a bull.
• Nandi – Some Puranas describe Nandi or Nandikeshvara as bull-faced, with a human body that resembles that of Shiva in proportion and aspect.
• Narasimha – A Hindu deity with a lion-like face.
• Ox-Head – An ox-headed guardian or type of guardian of the Underworld in Chinese mythology.
• Penghou – A Chinese tree spirit with the face of a human and the body of a dog.
• Pratyangira – A Hindu Goddess having the head of a lion.
• Set – The dog-headed Egyptian God.
• Tikbalang - A tall Filipino horse-headed man.
• Tumburu - A horse faced Hindu deity.
• Varaha – A boar-headed avatar.
• Zhu Bajie – A pig-headed major character of the novel Journey to the West.

  Other bipeds

• Alkonost – A creature from Russian folklore with the head of a woman with the body of a bird, said to make beautiful sounds that make anyone who hears them forget all that they know and not want anything more ever again.
• Bird goddess – Vinca figures of a woman with a bird head.
• Cuca - A creature from Brazilian folklore and female counterpart of the Coco that is depicted as a witch with the head of an alligator. It will catch and eat children that disobey their parents.
• Gamayun – A Russian creature portrayed with the head of a woman and the body of a bird.
• Heqet – The frog-headed Egyptian God.
• Horus, Monthu, Ra, and Seker – Each of these Egyptian Gods has the head of a falcon or hawk.
• Inmyeonjo – A human face with bird body creature in ancient Korean mythology.
• Karura – A divine creature of Japanese Hindu-Buddhist mythology with the head of a bird and the torso of a human.
• Kuk – Kuk's male form has a frog head while his female form has a snake head.
• Meretseger – The cobra-headed Egyptian Goddess.
• Sirin – Half-bird, half-human creature with the head and chest of a woman from Russian folklore; its bird half is generally that of an owl's body.
• Sobek – The crocodile-headed Egyptian God.
• Thoth – The ibis-headed Egyptian God.

  Quadrupeds

• Akhekh - A creature from Egyptian mythology with the body of an oryx and the wings and snout of a bird.
• Allocamelus – A Heraldic creature that has the head of a donkey and the body of a camel.
• Bai Ze – A creature from Chinese mythology with the head of a human and the body of a cow with six horns and nine eyes.
• Catoblepas - One version of the creature in Gustave Flaubert's The Temptation of Saint Anthony depicts it with the head of a wild boar and the body of a black African buffalo.
• Criosphinx – A Sphinx that has the head of a ram.
• Gajasimha – A creature with the head of an elephant and the body of a lion.
• Gye-lyong – A creature from Korean mythology with the head of a chicken and the body of a dragon.
• Hieracosphinx – A type of Sphinx that had a hawk head.
• Jinmenken - A Japanese creature with the face of a human and the body of a dog.
• Lampago - A creature with the head of a man and the body of a lion or a tiger.
• Kudan - A Japanese creature with the face of a human and the body of a cow
• Shug Monkey – A creature that is part-monkey and part-dog.

  Other

• Atargatis – Human face, fish body.
• Cetus – greyhound or boar headed and bodies dolphin or whale
• Draconcopedes – "Snake-feet are large and powerful serpents, with faces very like those of human maidens and necks ending in serpent bodies" as described by Vincent of Beauvais.
• Gajamina – A creature with the head of an elephant and body of a fish.
• Merlion – A creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish.
• Nure-onna – A creature with the head of a woman and the body of a snake.
• Tam Đầu Cửu Vĩ or Ông Lốt - is a divine beast with 3 human heads and a 9-tailed snake body, the mount of the god Ông Hoàng Bơ in Đạo Mẫu in Vietnamese folk religion.
• Ugajin - A harvest and fertility kami of Japanese mythology with the body of a snake and the head of a bearded man, for the masculine variant or the head of a woman, for the female variant.
• Ushi-oni – A Yōkai with the head of a bull and the body of a spider.
• Zhuyin – A creature with the face of a man and the body of a snake.

  Front of one animal, rear of another

• Echidna – A half-woman and half-snake monster that lives inside a cave.
• Fu Xi – A god said to have been made by Nu Wa.
• Glaistig – A Scottish fairy or ghost who can take the form of a goat-human hybrid.
• Griffin – A creature with the front quarters of an eagle and the hind quarters of a lion. Some depictions also depict it as having a snake-headed tail.
• Harpy – A half-bird, half-woman creature of Greek mythology, portrayed sometimes as a woman with bird wings and legs.
• Hippalectryon – A creature with the front half of a horse and the rear half has a rooster's wings, tail, and legs.
• Hippocampus – A Greek mythological creature that is half-horse half-fish.
• Hippogriff – A creature with the front quarters of an eagle and hind quarters of a horse.
• Jengu – A water spirit with the tail of a fish.
• Ketu – An Asura who has the lower parts of a snake and said to have four arms.
• Lamia – A female with the lower body like that of a snake and is also spelled as Lamiai. This should not be confused with the Greco-Roman Lamia.
• Matsya – An avatar of Lord Vishnu that is half-man half-fish.
• Merfolk – A race of half-human, half-fish creatures. The males are called Mermen and the females are called Mermaids.
• * Auvekoejak – A merman from Inuit folklore of Greenland and northern Canada that has fur on its fish tail instead of scales.
• * Ceasg – A Scottish mermaid.
• * Sirena – A mermaid from Philippine folklore.
• * Siyokoy – Mermen with scaled bodies from Philippine folklore. It is the male counterpart of the Sirena.
• Nü Wa – A woman with the lower body of a serpent in Chinese folklore.
• Nāga – A term referring to human/snake mixes of all kinds.
• Onocentaur – A creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a donkey and is often portrayed with only two legs.
• Ophiotaurus – A creature that has the upper body of a bull and the lower body of a snake.
• Peryton – A deer with the wings of a bird.
• Sea goat – A creature that is half-goat half-fish.
• Sea-griffin – A griffin variant with the hindquarters of a fish.
• Sea-lion – A creature with the head and upper body of a lion and the tail of a fish.
• Siren – Half-bird, half-woman creature of Greek mythology, who lured sailors to their deaths with their singing voices.
• Skvader – A Swedish creature with the forequarters and hind-legs of a hare and the back, wings and tail of a female wood grouse.
• Tatzelwurm – A creature with the face of a cat and a serpentine body.
• Tlanchana – An aquatic deity that is part woman and part snake.
• Triton – A Greek God and the son of Poseidon who has the same description as the Merman. Some depictions have him with two fish tails.
• Valravn – A Danish creature that in some description is half-raven half-wolf.

  Body of one animal as head of another

• Anggitay – A strictly-female creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a horse.
• Centaur – A creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a horse.
• Khepri – The dung beetle-headed Egyptian God.
• Kinnara – Half-human, half-bird in later Indian mythology.
• Kurma – Upper-half human, lower-half tortoise.
• Ichthyocentaurs – Creatures that have the torsos of a man or woman, the front legs of a horse, and the tails of a fish.
• Scorpion man – Half-man half-scorpion.
• Serpopard – A creature that is part-snake and part-African leopard.

  Animals with extra parts

• Angel – Humanoid creatures who are generally depicted with bird-like wings. In Abrahamic mythology and Zoroastrianism mythology, angels are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as messengers between God and humans.
• Aralez - An Armenian winged dog-like creatures or spirits
• Bat – An Egyptian goddess with the horns and ears of a cow.
• Cernunnos – An ancient Gaulish/Celtic God with the antlers of a deer.
• Fairy – A humanoid with insect-like wings.
• Hathor – An Egyptian goddess with cow horns.
• Horned God – A god with horns.
• Jackalope – A jackrabbit with the horns of a whitetail deer.
• Satyr – Originally an ancient Greek nature spirit with the body of a man, but the long tail and pointed ears of a horse. From the beginning, satyrs were inextricably associated with drunkenness and ribaldry, known for their love of wine, music, and women. By the Hellenistic Period, satyrs gradually began to be depicted as unattractive men with the horns and legs of goats, likely due to conflation with Pan. They were eventually conflated with the Roman fauns and, since roughly the second century AD, they have been indistinguishable from each other.
• * Silenos - A tutor to Dionysus who is virtually identical to satyrs and normally indistinguishable, although sometimes depicted as more elderly.
• Seraph – An elite angel with multiple wings.
• Winged cat – A cat with the wings of a bird.
• Winged genie – A humanoid with bird wings.
• Winged horse – A horse with the wings of a bird.
• * Pegasus - A particular winged horse from Greek mythology. Sometimes the lowercase spelling is used as a metonym for winged horses in general.
• * Tulpar - A winged horse from Turkic mythology, though not capable of flight.
• Winged lion – A lion with the wings of a bird.