List of legendary creatures (M)


  1. Maa-alused – Subterranean spirit
  2. Machlyes – Hermaphroditic humanoid
  3. Macrocephali – Giant-headed humanoid
  4. Madam Koi Koi – Female ghost
  5. Madremonte – Nature guardian
  6. Maenad
  7. Maero – Savage, arboreal humanoids
  8. Magog – Giant protector of London
  9. Mahaha – Undead humanoids with long, claw-like fingernails
  10. Maha-pudma – Giant elephant that holds up the world
  11. Mahuika - Māori fire goddess
  12. Mairu – Megalith-building giant
  13. Mājas gari – Benevolent house spirit
  14. Majitu – in Swahili mythology, shape-shifting spirits that can pass as humans
  15. Makara – Aquatic beings
  16. Makura-gaeshi – Pillow-moving spirit
  17. Mallt-y-Nos – Spirit of the hunt
  18. Mami Wata – Supernaturally beautiful water spirits
  19. Mamuna – Demoness or fairy
  20. Manananggal – Vampires that sever their torsos from their legs to fly around
  21. Mandi – Humanoid with a forty-year lifespan
  22. Mandrake – Diminutive humanoid plant
  23. Manes – Ancestral spirits
  24. Mannegishi – Little people with six fingers and no noses
  25. Manticore – Lion-human-scorpion hybrid
  26. Mapinguari – Giant sloth
  27. Mara – Female night-demon
  28. Marabbecca – Malevolent water spirit
  29. Mare – Malicious entity which causes or appears in bad dreams
  30. Mareikura – Attendant of Kiho-tumu, the supreme god
  31. Mares of Diomedes – Man-eating horses
  32. Marid – Jinn-associated fortune tellers
  33. Marmennill – Mermen with prophetic abilities
  34. Maro deivės – Disease spirits
  35. Marozi – Lion-leopard hybrid
  36. Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os – Shapeshifting toad spirit
  37. Matagot – Spirit that takes animal form, usually that of a black cat
  38. Matsya – First Avatar of Vishnu in the form of a half-fish and half-man
  39. Mavka – Female forest spirit
  40. Mayura – Peacock spirit
  41. Mazzikin – Invisible, malevolent spirit
  42. Mbói Tu'ĩ – Snake-parrot hybrid
  43. Mbwiri – Possessing demon
  44. Medusa – Female human-serpent hybrid with numerous snake heads
  45. Melek Taus – Divine bird
  46. Meliae – Ash tree nymph
  47. Melusine – Female water spirit, with the form of a winged mermaid or serpent
  48. Menehune – Little people and craftsmen
  49. Menninkäinen – Little people and nature spirits
  50. Menreiki – Spiritual creature formed from 66 gigaku masks
  51. Mephistopheles – Demon or devil
  52. Merlion – Lion-fish hybrid; the symbol of Singapore
  53. Mermaid/Merman – Human-fish hybrid
  54. Merlin – Elderly wizard
  55. Merrow – Human-fish hybrid
  56. Metee-kolen-ol – Ice-hearted wizards
  57. Mimi – Extremely elongated humanoid that has to live in rock crevasses to avoid blowing away
  58. Minka Bird – Death spirit
  59. Minokawa – Giant swallow
  60. Min Min Light – Mysterious light phenomenon
  61. Minotaur – Human-bull hybrid
  62. Mintuci – Water spirit
  63. Mishibizhiw – Feline water spirit
  64. Misi-ginebig – Serpentine rain spirit
  65. Misi-kinepikw – Serpentine rain spirit
  66. Mizuchi – Water dragon
  67. Mogwai – Vengeful ghost or demon
  68. Mohan – Nature spirit
  69. Moirai – Three fates
  70. Mokèlé-mbèmbé – Water-dwelling creature
  71. Mokoi – Malevolent spirit that kills sorcerers
  72. Mokorea – Amphibious humanoid living in the spirit world
  73. Moñái – Giant snake with antennae
  74. Mondao – Mermaids/water spirits with long black hair, blood-red eyes, pale skin, and sharp teeth
  75. Monocerus – One-horned stag-horse-elephant-boar hybrid, sometimes treated as distinct from the unicorn
  76. Mono Grande – Giant monkey
  77. Monopod – Dwarf with one giant foot
  78. Mooinjer veggey – Nature spirit
  79. Moon rabbit – Legendary animal
  80. Mora – Disembodied spirit
  81. Morena – Winter spirit
  82. Morgens – Water spirits
  83. Morinji-no-okama – Animated tea kettle
  84. Mormolykeia – Underworld spirit
  85. Moroi – Vampiric ghost
  86. Mo-sin-a – Mountain demon
  87. Moss people – Little people and tree spirits
  88. Mothman – Large grey winged humanoid with glowing red eyes
  89. Mugwump – Fish-like lake monster
  90. Mujina – Shapeshifting badger spirit
  91. Muldjewangk – Water monster
  92. Multo – Spirit of a deceased person seeking justice or with unfinished business
  93. Mummy – Undead creature who revives
  94. Muma Pădurii – Forest-dwelling hag
  95. Mungoon-Gali – Giant goanna
  96. Muscaliet – Hare-squirrel-boar hybrid that has an intense body heat
  97. Muse – Spirits that inspire artists
  98. Mushusshu – Hybrid beast with long neck and eagle talons
  99. Musimon – Sheep-goat hybrid
  100. Myling – Ghosts of unbaptized children
  101. Myrmecoleon – Ant-lion hybrid