List of legendary creatures (S)


  1. Saci – One-legged nature spirit
  2. Sack Man
  3. Sagari – Horse head that dangles from trees on Kyūshū
  4. Sakabashira – Haunted pillar, installed upside-down
  5. Salamander – Fire elemental
  6. Samebito – Shark-man servant of the dragon king of the sea
  7. Samodiva – Nature spirit
  8. Sampati – The demigod Jatayu's brother
  9. Sandman – Nursery spirit that induces sleep in children
  10. Sango – Yoruba king of arts, music, dance and entertainment
  11. Santelmo – Spirits in the form of fireballs that roam around the forest
  12. Santa Claus – Elderly man who delivers gifts to well-behaved children on the night of Christmas Eve
  13. Sânziană – Nature spirit
  14. Sarimanok – Bird of good fortune
  15. Sarngika – Bird spirit
  16. Sarugami – Wicked monkey spirit who was defeated by a dog
  17. Satori – Mind-reading humanoid
  18. Satan – Ruler of Hell
  19. Satyr – Human-goat hybrid and fertility spirit
  20. Satyrus – Apes who always bear twins, one the mother loves, the other it hates
  22. Sazae-oni – Shapeshifting turban snail spirit
  23. Sceadugenga – Shapeshifting undead
  24. Scitalis – Snake which mesmerizes its prey
  25. Scorpion Man – Human-scorpion hybrid
  27. Scylla – Human-snake hybrid with a snake's tail, twelve legs, and six long-necked snake heads
  28. Sea-bee – Fish-tailed bee
  29. Sea-lion
  30. Sea monk – Fish-like humanoid
  31. Sea monster – Giant, marine animals
  32. Sea serpent – Serpentine sea monster
  33. Sea-Wyvern – Fish-tailed wyvern
  34. Seko – Water spirit which can be heard making merry at night
  35. Selkie – Human-seal shapeshifter
  36. Senbiki Okami - Wolf spirits
  37. Senpoku-Kanpoku – Human-faced frog which guides newly deceased souls to the graveyard
  38. Seps – Snake with corrosive venom
  39. Serpent – Snake spirit
  40. Serpopard – Serpent-leopard hybrid
  41. Shachihoko – Tiger-carp hybrid
  42. Shade – Spiritual imprint
  43. Shadow People – Malevolent ghost
  44. Shahbaz – Giant eagle or hawk
  45. Shaitan – Islamic version of the Devil from the Bible
  46. Shang-Yang – Rain bird
  47. Shapeshifter
  48. Shedim – Chicken-legged demon
  49. Shedu – Protective spirit who takes the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion
  50. Shellycoat – Water spirit
  51. Shen – Shapeshifing sea monster
  52. Shenlong – Weather dragon
  53. Shibaten – Water spirit from Shikoku
  54. Shikigami – Servant spirit
  55. Shiki-ōji – Child-sized servant spirit
  56. Shikome – Underworld hag
  57. Shinigami – "Death god"
  58. Shiro-bōzu – White, faceless spirit
  59. Shirouneri – Animated mosquito netting or dust cloth
  60. Shiryō – Spirit of a dead person
  61. Shisa – Lion-dog hybrid
  62. Shishi – Protective animal
  63. Shōjō – Red-haired sea-sprites who love alcohol
  64. Shōkera – Creature that peers in through skylights
  65. Shtriga – Vampire witch that feeds on children
  66. Shui Gui – Drowned ghost
  67. Shug Monkey – Dog/monkey
  68. Shunoban – Red-faced ghoul
  69. Shuten-dōji – Ruler of the Oni
  70. Sídhe – – Ancestral or nature spirit
  71. Sigbin – Goat-like vampire
  72. Sihuanaba
  73. Sileni – Bald, fat, thick-lipped, and flat-nosed followers of Dionysus
  74. Simargl – Winged dog
  75. Simurgh – Dog-lion-peacock hybrid
  76. Singa – Feline animal
  77. Sint Holo – Serpentine rain spirit
  78. Siren – Human-bird hybrid
  79. Sirin – Demonic human-headed bird
  80. Sirrush – Dragon with aquiline hind legs and feline forelegs
  81. Sisiutl – Two-headed sea serpent
  82. Si-Te-Cah – Red-haired giants
  83. Sjörå – Freshwater spirit
  84. Šišiga
  85. Sjövættir – Sea spirit
  86. Skin-walker – Animal-human shapeshifter
  87. Skogsrå – Forest spirit
  88. Sköll – Wolf that chases the Sun
  89. Skookum – Hairy giant
  90. Skeleton – Living skeletons
  91. Skrzak – Household spirit
  92. Sky Women – Weather spirit
  93. Slavic dragon
  94. Sleipnir – Eight-legged horse
  95. Sluagh – Restless ghost
  96. Snow Lion – Celestial animal
  97. Sodehiki-kozō – Invisible spirit which pulls on sleeves
  98. Sōgenbi – Fiery ghost of an oil-stealing monk
  99. Soragami – Ritual disciplinary demon
  100. Soraki-gaeshi – Sound of trees being cut down, when later none seem to have been cut
  101. Sorobanbōzu – Ghost with an abacus
  102. Sōtangitsune – Fox spirit from Kyoto
  103. Soucouyant – Vampiric hag who takes the form of a fireball at night
  104. Spearfinger – Sharp-fingered hag
  105. Spectre – Terrifying ghost
  106. Sphinx – Winged woman-headed lion
  107. Spiriduş – Little people
  108. Spirit – Ghosts
  109. Spriggan – Guardians of graveyards and ruins
  110. Sprite – little people, ghosts or elves
  111. Squonk – Ugly and lonely creature capable of evading capture by dissolving itself into a pool of tears
  112. Stihi – Demonic dragon who guards a treasure
  113. Strigoi – Vampire
  114. Strix – Vampiric bird
  115. Struthopodes – Humanoid whose males have enormous feet, and females have tiny feet
  116. Strzyga – Vampiric undead
  117. Stuhać – Malevolent mountain spirit
  118. Stymphalian Bird – Metallic bird
  119. Suangi – Cannibalistic sorcerer
  120. Succubus – Female night-demon and seductress
  121. Sudice – Fortune spirit
  122. Sunakake-baba – Sand-throwing hag
  123. Sundel Bolong - ghost of a woman with beautiful long black hair and a long white dress known for a large hole on its back.
  124. Sunekosuri – Small dog- or cat-like creature that rubs against a person's legs at night
  125. Sun Wukong
  127. Supernatural beings in Slavic religion
  128. Surma – Hellhound
  129. Suzaku – Japanese version of the Chinese Vermillion Bird
  130. Svaðilfari – Unnatural strong horse, father of Sleipnir
  131. Svartálfar – Cavern spirits; the Black Elves
  132. The Swallower – Crocodile-leopard-hippopotamus hybrid
  133. Swan maiden – Swan-human shapeshifter
  134. Sylph – Air elemental
  135. Sylvan – Forest spirit
  136. Syrbotae – African giant
  137. Syrictæ – Reptilian humanoid