List of legendary creatures (P)


  1. Paasselkä devils – Spectral fire
  2. Pakhangba – Serpentine dragon, ruler of the universe
  3. Pamola – Weather spirit
  4. Panes – Human-goat hybrids descended from the god Pan
  5. Pandi – White-haired humanoid with giant ears and eight fingers and toes
  6. Panis – Demons with herds of stolen cows
  7. Panlong – Water dragon
  8. Panotti – Humanoid with gigantic ears
  9. Panther – Feline with sweet breath
  10. Parandrus – Shapeshifting animal whose natural form was a large ruminant
  11. Pard – Fast, spotted feline believed to mate with lions to produce leopards
  12. Pardalokampoi – Fish-tailed leopard
  13. Patagon – Giant race reputed to live in the area of Patagonia
  14. Patasola – Anthropophagous, one-legged humanoid
  15. Patupairehe – White-skinned nature spirits
  16. Pech – Strong little people
  17. Pegaeae – Spring nymph
  18. Pegasus – Winged horse
  19. Pegacorn – Pegasus-unicorn hybrid
  20. Pelesit – Servant spirit
  21. Peluda – Dragon
  22. Penanggalan – Vampires that sever their heads from their bodies to fly around, usually with their intestines or other internal organs trailing behind
  23. Peng – Giant bird
  24. Penghou – Tree spirit
  25. Perchta
  26. Peri – Winged humanoid
  27. Peryton – Deer-bird hybrid
  28. Pesanta – Nightmare demon in the form of a cat or dog
  29. Peuchen – Vampiric, flying, shapeshifting serpent
  30. Phi Tai Hong – Ghost of a person who has died suddenly of a violent or cruel death
  31. Phoenix – Regenerative bird reborn from its own ashes
  32. Piasa – Winged, antlered feline-like dragon
  33. Piatek – Large land animal
  34. Pictish Beast – Stylistic animal, possibly a dragon
  35. Pillan – Nature spirit
  36. Pim-skwa-wagen-owad – Water spirit
  37. Piru – Minor demon
  38. Pishacha – Carrion-eating demon
  39. Pishtaco – Monster man that steals its victim's body fat for cannibalistic purposes
  40. Pita-skog – Serpentine rain spirit
  41. Pixie – Little people and nature spirits
  42. Pixiu – Winged lion
  43. Pi yao – Horned, dragon-lion hybrid
  44. Plague Maiden
  45. Plakavac – Vampire created when a mother strangles her child
  46. Plivnik
  47. Pok-wejee-men – Tree spirit
  48. Polevik – Little people and field spirits
  49. Pollo Maligno – Man-eating chicken spirit
  50. Polong – Invisible servant spirit
  51. Poltergeist – Ghost that moves objects
  52. Pombero – Wild man and nature spirit
  53. Ponaturi – Grotesque, malevolent humanoid
  54. Pontianak – Undead, vampiric women who died in childbirth
  56. Pope Lick Monster Kentucky Urban Legend – Cryptid, a murderous creature that is part man, sheep, and goat
  57. Popobawa – One-eyed creatures bat-like
  58. Poubi Lai – Evil dragon python from the Loktak lake
  59. Pouākai – Giant bird
  60. Poroniec
  61. Povitrulya
  62. Praznec
  63. Preta – Ghosts of especially greedy people
  64. Pricolici – Undead wolf
  65. Psoglav – Dog-headed monster
  66. Psotnik – Mischievous spirit
  67. Psychai – Butterfly-winged nymphs, daughters of Psyche
  68. Psychic vampire
  69. Psychopomp – Creatures, spirits, angels, or deities in many religions who escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife
  70. Púca – Shapeshifting animal spirit
  71. Púki – Malevolent little person
  72. Puck – House spirit
  73. Putz – House spirit
  74. Pugot – Headless humanoid
  75. Puk – House spirit
  76. Pūķis – Dragon
  77. Puckwudgie – Troll-like gray-skinned being
  78. Pygmy – Little people
  79. Pyrausta – Insect-dragon hybrid
  80. Python – Serpentine dragon