List of legendary creatures by type
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Creatures associated with air and weather
This listing includes birds and other flying creatures.- Ariel
- Boobrie
- Djinn
- Dragon
- Elemental
- Erinyes
- Fenghuang
- Firebird
- Gargoyle
- Garuda
- Griffin
- Harpy
- Nue
- Odin's ravens, Hugin and Munin
- Pegasus
- Phoenix
- Raiju
- Roc
- Simurgh
- Sphinx
- Stymphalian Birds
- Sylph
- Tzafrir
- Yuki-onna
- Zephyr
Artificial creatures
This listing includes creatures that are man-made, mechanical or of alchemical origins.Bears
Creatures associated with blood
Boars and pigs
Bovines (bulls and cows)
Canines
- Barghest
- Black Shuck
- Cerberus
- Chupacabra
- Cwn Annwn
- Dobhar-chu
- Fenris
- Garm
- Kitsune
- Orthrus
- Tanuki
- Werewolf
Deer, Stags and Antelope
Demons
Dragons
- see List of dragons
Creatures associated with the earth
This listing also includes subterranean and cave-dwelling creatures.- Bahamut
- Behemoth
- Dvergr
- Dwarf
- Elemental
- Gargoyle
- Gnome
- Goblin
- Golem
- Human
- Kobold
- Nymph
- Tommy Knockers
Elves, Fairies, Nymphs, little people, and house spirits
- Bannik
- Boggart
- Brownie
- Bugbear
- Changeling
- Dark elf
- Domovoi
- Domowije
- Dryad
- Dwarf
- Ebu Gogo
- Elf
- Fairy
- Gnome
- Goblin
- Gremlin
- Imp
- Haltija
- Huldra
- Kallikantzaroi
- Kikimora
- Klabauters (Klabautermannikin, Kaboutermannikin)
- Knocker
- Korrigan
- Leprechaun
- Menehune
- Naiad
- Nereid
- Nix
- Norse dwarves
- Nymph
- Oceanid
- Pixie
- Poltersprite
- Pookha / Puck
- Redcap
- Satyr
- Seelie
- Sidhe
- Slavic fairies
- Spriggan
- Sprite
- Svartalfar
- Sylph
- Tennin
- Titania
- Tomte
- Tonttu
- Troll
- Vetter
- Vila
Creatures assocociated with the eyes
- Argus/Panoptes
- Catoblepas
- Cyclopes
- Hitotsume-kozou
- Lamia
- Lynx
Felines
Creatures associated with fertility and human sexuality
Creatures associated with fire
Creatures associated with fortune, wealth and wishes
Giants
Goats
- Amalthea
- Capricorn
- Satyr
- Sidehill Gouger
- Thor's magical goats, Tanngnjóstr and Tanngrisnir
Horses
This listing also includes ponies, mules and other equestrians.- Centaur
- Chiron
- El Cavall
- Haizum
- Hippocampus
- Hippogriff
- Karkadann
- Kelpie
- Pegasus
- Sileni/Silenus
- Slepnir
- Unicorn
- Bäckahästen
Humanoids and monstrous humans
- Abarimon
- Abatwa
- Baba Yaga
- Bestia
- Bigfoot
- Bogeyman
- Bunyip
- Caliban
- Cyclopes
- Ghoul
- Giant / Giantess
- Gigantes
- Grendel
- Hag
- Hitotsume-kozou
- Jotuns
- Nukekubi
- Ogre / Ogress
- Oni
- Rokurokubi
- Samebito
- Titan
- Troll
- Trowe
- Vampire
- Wendigo
- Yama-uba
- Yeti
- Yowie
- Yuki-onna
Hybrids (part-human)
Hybrids (non-human)
Creatures associated with ice and winter
- Frost giant (Hrímþurs)
- Ymir
- Yuki-onna
Insects, arachnids and arthropods
Otherworldly and spiritual creatures
- Angel
- Cerberus
- Charon
- Daemon
- Demon
- Deva
- Devil
- Elemental
- Genius
- Geryon
- God/deity
- see also list of deities
- Houri
- Loa
- Mara
- Nahual
- Orisha
- Psychopomp
- Spirit
- Tennin
- Totem
- Youkai
- Yuki-onna
Plants and fungi
Rabbits
Serpents, snakes and worms
- Amphisbaena
- Apep/Apophis
- Azhi Dahaka
- Basilisk
- Cockatrice
- Dragon
- see also List of dragons
- Drake
- Echidna
- Fafnir
- Gorgons
- Hoopsnake
- Hydra
- Jaculus/Jaculi
- Jasconius
- Jormungand
- Lamia
- Medusa
- Naga
- Nidhogg
- Ouroboros
- Python
- Sea serpent
- Tarasque
- Wyvern
Shapeshifters
Undead creatures
- Banshee
- Gaki
- Ghost
- Jikininki
- Mummy
- Myling
- Nukekubi
- Phantom
- Poltergeist
- Rusalka
- Sluagh
- Spectre
- Spirit
- Vampire
- Wili
- Will o' the wisp
- Wraith
- Yuurei
- Zombie