List of legendary creatures by type
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This is a list of legendary creatures from mythology, folklore and fairy tales, sorted by their classification or affiliation. Creatures from modern fantasy fiction and role-playing games are not included.
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Angels
- see list of angels
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Artificial or mechanical creatures
This listing includes creatures that are man-made, mechanical or of alchemical origins.
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Creatures associated with animals
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Antelopes and deer
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Arthropods
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Bears
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Birds
- The eagle tormentor of Prometheus, possibly known in one source as Aethon
- Alkonost
- Alectryon
- Bennu
- Big Bird
- Caladrius
- Cetan
- Chamrosh
- Cornish Owlman
- Devil Bird
- Feng Huang
- Gamayun
- Garuda
- Giant Penguin
- Harpy
- Hræsvelgr
- Hugin and Munin
- La chusa
- Oozlum bird
- Phoenix
- Rain Bird
- Roc
- Simurgh
- Sirin
- Strix (mythology)
- Stymphalian birds
- Tengu
- Three-legged bird
- Thunderbird
- Vermilion Bird
- Ziz
- Zu
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Boars
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Bovines
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Canines
- Beast of Gévaudan
- Axehandle hound
- Barghest
- Chupacabra
- Cu Sith (or Cusith)
- Hellhound
- Hounds of Heaven
- Kitsune
- Salawa
- Shunka Warakin
- Tanuki
- Werewolf
- wendigo
- see also Category:Mythological dogs, Legendary, mythical, and fairytale dogs
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Elephants
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Equines
- El Caballo Diablo
- Centaur
- Chiron
- El Cavall
- Great White Horse
- Haizum
- Hippocampus (mythology)
- Hippogriff
- Ichthyocentaur
- Karkadann
- Kelpie or Bäckahästen or Each Uisge
- Nuckelavee
- Onocentaur
- Pegasus
- Pooka
- Sileni/Silenus
- Slepnir
- Tikbalang
- Unicorn
- Winged Horse
- White horse (mythology)
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Felines
- Blue Mountains panther
- Bakeneko
- Bast
- Beast of Bodmin
- Cactus cat
- Cait Sith
- Chimera
- Griffin
- White Tiger
- Lamassu
- Manticore
- Narasimha
- Nekomata
- Nemean Lion
- Panther (legendary creature)
- Sphinx
- Surrey Puma
- Underwater panther
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Fish and molluscs
- Abaia
- Akkorokamui
- Hippocamp
- Ika-Roa
- Isonade
- Kraken
- Mermaid / Merman
- Namazu
- Ningyo
- Kun
- Salmon of Wisdom
- Shachihoko
- Shen
- see also Category:Mythical fish
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Goats
- Amalthea
- Capricornus
- Faun
- Heiðrún, a goat in Norse mythology, which produces mead for the einherjar
- Satyr
- Sidehill gouger
- Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, Thor's magical goats
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Lizards and tortoises
Note: see Dragon
- Basilisk
- Black Tortoise
- Chessie
- Chinese Dragon
- Dragon
- Makara
- Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu
- Mokele Mbembe
- Ngoubou
- Kasai Rex
- Kongamato
- Kurma
- Sewer alligator
- Loch Ness Monster
- Taniwha
- Wyvern
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Marsupials
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Primates
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Rodents
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Serpents and worms
- Amphisbaena
- Apep/Apophis
- Azhi Dahaka
- Basilisk
- Bakonawa
- Cockatrice
- Dragon
- Drake
- Echidna
- Fafnir
- Gorgons (including Medusa)
- Hoop snake
- Hydra
- Jaculus/Jaculi
- Jasconius
- Jörmungandr (the Midgård serpent)
- Lamia
- Madame White Snake
- Naga
- Níðhöggr
- Rainbow Serpent
- Orochi
- Ouroboros
- Python
- Sea serpent
- Tarasque
- Tsuchinoko
- Wyvern
- Yamata no Orochi
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Creatures associated with astronomical objects
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Sun
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Moon
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Constellation
- Black Tortoise
- Azure Dragon
- White Tiger
- Vermilion Bird
- Yellow Dragon
- Centaur
- Pegasus
- Nemean lion
- Ladon
- Phoenix
- Capricorn
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Creatures associated with the body
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Blood
Note: see Vampires
- Alan
- Chupacabra
- Dhampir
- Gaki
- Golden Hind
- Kappa
- Kekkai
- Lamia
- Manananggal
- Redcap
- Rokurokubi
- Sigbin
- Vampire
- Yuki-onna
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Eye
- Argus/Panoptes
- Basilisk
- Catoblepas
- Cyclops
- Gorgon
- Hitotsume-kozou
- Lamia
- Lynx
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Face
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Head
- Cerberus
- Chonchon
- Double-headed eagle
- Dullahan
- Hecatonchires
- Hydra
- Nine-headed Bird
- Rokurokubi
- Orthrus
- Penanggalan
- Xing Tian
- Yamata no Orochi
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Limb
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Tail
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Creatures associated with concepts
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Afterlife or underworld
- Cerberus - Greek three headed dog
- Demon
- Devil
- Deity -
- See also death deity, list of deities
- Garm - Norse dog
- Houri - Islamic 'pure being'
- Lampad
- Swan Maiden
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Fertility and human sexuality
- Abatwa
- Alan
- Boto
- Faun
- German
- Incubus / Succubus
- Maenad
- Nymph
- Popobawa
- Satyr
- Sileni / Silenus
- Succubus
- Unicorn
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Fortune and wealth
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Sound
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Dream and mind
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Generalization
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Wisdom
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Creatures associated with elements
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Air and weather
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Earth
This listing also includes subterranean and cave-dwelling creatures.
- Bahamut
- Behemoth
- Dvergr
- Dwarf
- Monopod
- Elemental
- Gargoyle
- Gnome
- Goblin
- Golem
- Kobold
- Kroni
- Nymph
- Oread
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Fire
- Cherufe
- Djinn/Jinn/Jinni
- Dragon
- Efreet/Ifrit
- Elemental
- Firebird
- Kapre
- Kitsune
- Lampad
- Phoenix
- Salamander
- Surtur
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Ice and winter
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Thunder and lightning
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Water
- Afanc
- Amefurikozō
- Aspidochelone
- Bloody Bones
- Boto
- Buggane
- Bunyip
- Camenae
- Capricorn
- Charybdis
- Crinaeae
- Dragon
- Draug
- Each uisge
- Eachy
- Elemental
- Fur-bearing trout
- Grindylow
- Hippocampus
- Ichthyocentaur
- Jengu
- Kappa
- Kelpie
- Ketos
- Kraken
- Lake monster
- Lavellan
- Leviathan
- Loch Ness monster
- Lorelei
- Lusca
- Makara
- Melusine
- Mermaid/Merman
- Merrow
- Morgens
- Muc-sheilch
- Naiad
- Näkki
- Nereid
- Nix
- Nymph
- Pisces
- Potamus(river god)
- Ri
- Rusalka
- Samebito
- Sea monster
- Sea serpent
- Selkie
- Shen
- Siren
- Taniwha
- Tiamat
- Triton
- Undine
- Vodyanoy
- Water Leaper
- Water Sprite
- Zaratan
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Creatures associated with plants
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Demons
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Dragons
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Humanoids
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Hybrids
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Shapeshifters
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Human turn into an animal
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Existent-nonhuman turn into a human
- Bakeneko(cat)
- Boto(river dolphin)
- Kitsune, Huli Jing and Kumiho(fox)
- Tanuki(racoon dog)
- Myrmidons(ant)
- Jorōgumo(spider)
- Pipa Jing(jade pipa)
- Selkie(seal)
- Lady White Snake
- Galatea(ivory sculpture)
- Toyotama-hime(crocodile or shark)
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- Ala
- Aswang
- Changeling
- Doppelgänger
- Empusa
- Lamia
- Manananggal
- Mangkukulam
- Rokurokubi
- Shen
- Skin-walker
- Spriggan
- Tengu
[edit]Undead
[edit]Incorporeal
- Apparition
- Aswang
- Einherjar
- Ghost
- Jikininki
- Phantom
- Poltergeist
- Preta
- Spectre
- Spirit
- Wili
- Will o' the wisp
- Wraith
- Yurei
[edit]Corporeal
- Draugr
- Ghoul
- Manananggal
- Mummy (modern interpretation)
- Myling
- Nukekubi
- Pontianak
- Lich
- Jiang Shi
- Skeleton
- Vampire
- Zombie
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