List of legendary creatures (A)


  1. Á Bao A Qu – Entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
  2. Aatxe – Bull spirit.
  3. Abaasy – Iron-toothed demons.
  4. Abada – Unicorn that inhabits the African Congo.
  5. Äbädä – Forest spirit.
  6. Abaia – Huge magical eel.
  7. Abarimon – Savage humanoid with backward feet.
  8. Abath – One-horned animal.
  9. Abumi-guchi – Furry creature from an animated stirrup, usually from a mounted soldier who fell in battle
  10. Abura-sumashi – Creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture.
  11. Abzar iyesi – Household spirit
  12. Acephali – Headless humanoids.
  13. Acheri – Disease-bringing ghost.
  14. Achiyalabopa – Huge bird god.
  15. Achlis – Curious elk.
  16. Adar Llwch Gwin – Giant birds that understand human languages.
  17. Adaro – Malevolent merfolk.
  18. Adhene – Nature spirit.
  19. Adlet – Vampiric dog-human hybrid
  20. Adroanzi – Nature spirit.
  21. Adze – African vampiric-forest being.
  22. Aerico – Disease demon.
  23. Æsir – Norse deities.
  24. Aeternae – Saw-horned monster.
  25. Afanc – Lake monster.
  26. Agni – God of fire and sacrifices.
  27. Agathodaemon – Spirit of vinefields and grainfields.
  28. Agloolik – Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen.
  29. Agogwe – Small, ape-like humanoid.
  30. Akhekh - Oryx-Bird hybrid that brings chaos.
  31. Ahkiyyini – Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.
  32. Ahuizotl – Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid.
  33. Ahura – Zoroastrian spirits.
  34. Aigamuxa – Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep.
  35. Aigikampoi – Fish-tailed goat.
  36. Airavata – Divine elephant.
  37. Aitu – Malevolent spirits or demons.
  38. Aitvaras – Household spirit.
  39. Ajatar – Dragon/snake female spirit, is said to spread diseases
  40. Akateko – Tree-dwelling monster.
  41. Akerbeltz – Billy goat spirit.
  42. Akhlut – Orca-wolf shapeshifter.
  43. Akka – Female spirits or minor goddesses.
  44. Akki – Large, grotesque humanoid.
  45. Akkorokamui – Sea monster.
  46. Akuma – Evil spirit or devil
  47. Akupara – Giant turtle that supports the world.
  48. Akurojin-no-hi – Ghostly flame which causes disease.
  49. Al – Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women.
  50. Ala – Bad weather demon.
  51. Alal – Queen of the full moon.
  52. Alan – Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.
  53. Al Ana – Female spirit that kidnaps human children and replaces them with her own.
  54. Alce – Wingless griffin.
  55. Aleya – Spirit of a dead fisherman.
  56. Alicanto – Bird that eats gold and silver.
  57. Alicorn – Winged unicorn.
  58. Alkonost – Angelic bird with human head and breasts.
  59. Allocamelus – Ass-camel hybrid.
  60. Almas – Savage humanoid.
  61. Al-mi'raj – One-horned rabbit.
  62. Aloja – Female water spirit.
  63. Alom-bag-winno-sis – Little people and tricksters.
  64. Alp – Male night-demon.
  65. Alphyn – Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs.
  66. Alp-luachra – Parasitic fairy.
  67. Al Rakim – Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers.
  68. Alseid – Grove nymph.
  69. Alû – Leprous demon.
  70. Alux – Little people.
  71. Amaburakosagi – Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku.
  72. Amala – Giant who holds up the world.
  73. Amamehagi – Ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku.
  74. Amanojaku – Small demon.
  75. Amarok – Giant wolf.
  76. Amarum – Water boa spirit.
  77. Amazake-babaa – Disease-causing hag.
  78. Amemasu – Lake monster.
  79. Amhuluk – Spotted creature with horns and hairless legs which drowns anything he sees into his lake.
  80. Amikuk – Shapeshifter that swims in water and land.
  81. Ammit – Female demon who was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile and devoured the souls of the wicked.
  82. Amorōnagu – Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima.
  83. Amphiptere – Winged serpent.
  84. Amphisbaena – Serpent with a head at each end.
  85. Anak – Giant.
  86. Andean wolf – Mountain wolf
  87. Androsphinx – Human-headed sphinx.
  88. Angel – Divine beings of Heaven who act as mediators between God and humans; the counterparts of Demons.
  89. Anqa – Giant mythical female bird similar to a phoenix.
  90. Ani Hyuntikwalaski – Lightning spirit.
  91. Ankou – Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and scythe.
  92. Anmo – Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture.
  93. Antaeus – Giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground.
  94. Anubis – God of funerals
  95. Antero Vipunen – Subterranean giant.
  96. Anthropomorphic Animals – Humanoid Animals
  97. Anzû – Divine storm bird
  98. Ao – Giant turtle.
  99. Ao Ao – Anthropophagous peccary or sheep.
  100. Aobōzu – Blue monk who kidnaps children.
  101. Apkallu – Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki.
  102. Apsaras – Female cloud spirit.
  103. Aqrabuamelu – Human-scorpion hybrid.
  104. Arachne - Centaurid, human-spider hybrid.
  105. Ardat-lilî – Disease demon.
  106. Aralez – The oldest gods in the Armenian pantheon
  107. Archura – Shapeshifting woodland spirit
  108. Argus Panoptes – Hundred-eyed giant.
  109. Arikura-no-baba – Old woman with magical powers.
  110. Arimaspi – One-eyed humanoid.
  111. Arion – Swift green-maned talking horse.
  112. Arkan Sonney – Fairy hedgehog.
  113. Asag – Hideous rock demon.
  114. Asakku – Demon.
  115. Asanbosam – Iron-toothed vampire.
  116. Asena – Blue-maned wolf.
  117. A-senee-ki-wakw – Stone giant.
  118. Ashi-magari – Invisible tendril that impedes movement.
  119. Asiman – Vampiric possession spirit.
  120. Askefrue – Female tree spirit.
  121. Ask-wee-da-eed – Fire elemental and spectral fire.
  122. Asobibi – Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture.
  123. Aspidochelone – Island-sized whale or sea turtle.
  124. Asrai – Water spirit.
  125. Astomi – Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food.
  126. Asura – Hindu malevolent divinities.
  127. Aswang – Carrion-eating humanoid.
  128. Atomy – Surprisingly small creature.
  129. Ato-oi-kozō – Invisible spirit that follows people.
  130. Atshen – Anthropophagous spirit.
  131. Augerino - Subterranean creature.
  132. Auvekoejak – Furry merman.
  133. Avalerion – King of the birds.
  134. Awa-hon-do – Insect spirit.
  135. Axex – Falcon-lion hybrid.
  136. Ayakashi – Sea serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil.
  137. Ayakashi-no-ayashibi – Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture.
  138. Azhdaha – Gigantic winged serpent, roughly equivalent to a dragon.
  139. Aziza – Little people that help hunters.
  140. Azukiarai/Azukitogi – Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.
  141. Azukibabaa – Bean-grinding hag who devours people.