A: Below is an alphabetically sorted list of all mythic creatures I could find on Wikipedia. The names are (mostly) identical to the name that will bring up the wiki page.*
Above are alphabetically sorted lists that are more precise, such as regional lists and lists sorted by type.
Q: All mythic creatures on wikipedia???
A: There are a few omissions: I found there were too many lake monsters so those I didn't exhaustively include. Wikipedia has a lot more information about Greek individual figures than individual figures from other cultures (like Achilles or Glauce or Dioxippe or Ajax) and when those figures are members of a mythic group (amazons, nymphs, etc.) I included them in this list, but the list may skew in favour of Greek mythic women with fewer male figures. Also I have included some gods, goddesses and non-binary deities but just like with the lake monsters, did not include most of the Wiki pages on godheads of the world. But the list should be fairly exhaustive when it comes to heavenly beings (elves of alfheim, gandharvas, horae and so on) who serve the gods in their divine abodes.
Q: Why are hobbits on the list? Tolkien made those up, right?
A: Well technically there are lists of creatures from folklore and one of those lists, which Tolkien came across, lists hobbits. It doesn't explain what hobbits are and they aren't documented anywhere else, but that may be the origin of the word hobbit.
Q: Why are some of these not actual creatures?
A: folktales that make mention of unique mythic creatures have been included. For example "The Red Ettin" is a English folktale that features herds of two-headed bulls and cows. In other cases, Wikipedia has pages like "Aboriginal Australian Creatures" or "Abenaki & Mi'kmaq beings" which are worth looking at because they provide more mythic creatures that don't have individual pages.
Q: Why are some entries styled "Savanello - Salvanello" or "Dwarf - Dwarves"
A: one of the terms is the singular and the other the plural. The list is a bit peculiar, sorry.
Q: How would you recommend this list is used?
A: You can use it any way you like, just keep in mind that some beings on this list are sacred and ideally try to be culturally sensitive about that. For example, some Ojibwe people are not exactly happy that one of their unnameable spirits has been publicly named, misspelled, attached to anti-Native stereotypes (see also here) and then completely misrepresented and trivialized as a horror monster in pop culture and so the "wendigo" comes with all that baggage, as do many other creatures on this list.
Usually if a creature is from a Neolithic / Bronze Age / Iron Age culture like Egypt or North & South Mesopotamia (Akkadian, Assyrian & Sumerian, Babylonian) there is no one who is going to raise valid ethical concerns around the use of your creature.
Similarly, if something is a generic fantasyland creature (elf, dwarf, dragon, ghost, giant, mermaid etc.) or from Greek and Roman sources (sirens, minotaurs, catoblepas) or medieval bestiaries (hydrus, iaculus) you can flesh those out with more research, but I don't think you will run into ethical problems.
But with a lot of other creatures, outreach to that community has value, because otherwise its not just a fantasy work being authored, but also some serious inter-cultural tensions. Stephenie Meyer, who decided to add Qileute shapeshifters into Twilight but never consulted Qileute and doesn't support their community in any way, is a example. There is no need to follow it.
THE LIST
This wiki page mentions "a horde of tiny creatures the size of frogs that had spines" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_monster;
9 Mothers of Heimdallr;
Á Bao A Qu; A Hut on Chicken Legs; Aamon; Aana Marutha; Aani; Aatxe; Aayaase; Abaahy; Abaasy; Ababil; Ababinili; Abada; Äbädä; Abaddon; Abaia; Abarimon; Abarta; Abasy; Abath; Abcán; Abchanchu; Abenaki & Mi'kmaq beings; Abere; Abezethibou; Ba (personality); Baak; Baal Berith; Baba Yaga; Babay; Babi ngepet; Babys (a satyr's brother); Bacchae; Bacchantes; Baccoo; Badalisc; Badb; Bael; Bagany; Bahamut; Bahkauv; Bai Baianai; Bai Lung Ma; Bai Suzhen; Bai Ze; Bakasura; Bake-danuki; Bake-kujira; Bakemono; Bakeneko; Bakezōri; Baku; Bakunawa; Bakwas; Balaur; Bal-Bal; Baldanders; Ball-tailed cat; Baloma; Balor; Baloz; Bánánach; Banchō; Bannik; Banshee; Banyoles monster; Bao Si; Baobhan Sith; Baphomet; Bar Juchne; Bar yokni; Barabao; Barbarika; Barbatos; Bardha; Barghest; Barmanou; Barnacle Goose; Barometz; Barong; Barstuk; Barstukken; Baš Čelik; Basa-Andrée; Basadone; Basajaun; Basa-Juan; Basan; Bashe; Basilisco Chilote; Basilisk; Bašmu; Basnak Dau; Basty; Bathin; Batibat; Batraz; Baubo; Bauchan; Bauk; Baykok; Beaman Monster; Bean-nighe; Beansìth; Bear Lake Monster; Bearers of the Throne; Beast of Beinn a' Bheithir; Beast of Bladenboro; Beast of Busco; Beast of Dean; Beast of Gévaudan; Bebryces; Bedivere; Beelzebub; Beerwolf; Befana; Behemoth; Beings of Irkalla or Kur; Beithir; Beleth; Belial; Bell Witch; Belled buzzard; Belphegor; Belsnickel; Bendith y Mamau; Bengali myths; Bennu; Ben-Varrey; Benzaiten; Berbalang; Berberoka; Bergmanli; Bergmönch; Bergsrå; Bernardo Carpio; Berserker; Bessie; Bestial Beast; Betobeto-san; Betram de Shotts; Bhagadatta; Bhargava; Bhoma; Bhoota; Bhramari; Bhringi; Bi Fang bird; Biasd Bheulach; Bichura; Bicorn; Bieresel; Bies; Bifrons (demon); Big Ghoul (dragon); Bigfoot; Bilbze; Billy Blind; Bilwiss; Binbōgami; Binidica; Biróg; Biscione; Bishop Fish; Bisterne Dragon; Biwa-bokuboku; Bixi; Black Annis; Black Arab; Black Dog; Black Dwarfs; Black Hound; Black Panther; Black Shuck; Black Tortoise; Blafard; Blanquettes; Błędnica; Blemmyes; Blodeuwedd; Bloody Bones; Bloody Caps; Bloody Mary; Blud; Błudnik; Blue Ben; Blue Lady of Verdala Palace; Blue Men of the Minch; Blue Star Kachina; Bluecap; Blunderbore; Bobak; Böcke; Bockschitt; Bodach na Croibhe Moire; Bodach; Bodachan Sabhaill; Bogeyman; Boggart; Bogle; Böhlers-Männchen; Boiuna; Bonnacon; Bonnes Dames; Boo hag; Boobrie; Borda; Born Noz; Boroboroton; Boruta; Botis; Boto; Boto_and_Dolphin_Spirits; Bottom (Moerae); Boudiguets; Bøyg; Božalość; Božić; Brag; Bragmanni; Brahmahatya; Brahmarākṣasaḥ; Bramrachokh; Bran and Sceólang; Brazen Head; Bregostani; Bregosténe; Bremusa; Brendan the Navigator; Brenin Llwyd; Br'er Rabbit; Bres; British Wild Cats; Broichan; Brokkr; Brosno dragon; Brown Man of the Muirs; Brown Mountain Lights; Browney; Brownie - Brownies; Broxa; Bruja; Brunnmigi; Bubak; Bucca; Bucentaur; Buckriders; Buda; Buer; Buffardello; Bugbear; Buggane; Bugul Noz; Bukavac; Bukit Timah Monkey Man; Bulgae; Bull of Heaven; Bumba Meu Boi; Bune; Bungisngis; Bunyip; Bunzi; Buraq; Burrokeet; Burryman; Buru; Busaw; Buschgrossmutter; Buschweibchen; Bushyasta; Buso; Busós; Butatsch Cun Ilgs; Butter Sprite; Butzemann; Butzen; Buwch Frech; Bwbach; Bwciod; Byangoma; Byōbunozoki; Bysen;
Jack and the Beanstalk; Jack Frost; Jack in the Green; Jack o' Kent; Jack o' Legs; Jack o' the bowl; Jack o'Lanthorn; Jack the Giant Killer; Jackalope; Jack-In-Irons; Jacques St. Germain; Jaculus; Jahi; Jahnu; Janjanbi; Jann; Japanese Serpent; Jarita; Járnsaxa; Jashtesmé; Jasy Jatere; Jean de la Bolieta; Jean de l'Ours; Jeannot; Jenglot; Jengu; Jenny Haniver; Jentil; Jenu; Jersey Devil; Jetins; Jezinky; Jiangshi; Jiaolung; Jihaguk daejeok toechi seolhwa; Jikininki; Jimmy Squarefoot; Jin Chan; Jinmenju; Jinmenken; Jinn; Jinnalaluo; Jipijka'm; Jiutian Xuannü; Jiutou Zhiji Jing; Jiuweihu; Joan the Wad; Joan-in-the-Wad; Jogah; Joint Snake; Joint-eater; Jok; Jolabukkar; Jonathan Moulton; Jormungandr; Jörmungandr; Jorōgumo; Jötunn; Jubokko; Jüdel; Judys; Jué yuán; Jueyuan; Juggernaut; Julbuk; Jumbee; Jvarasura; Jwalamalini;
Ta'ai; Tahoe Tessie; Tailypo; Takam; Takaonna; Takarabune; Talamaur; Talos; Tam Lin; Tamamo-no-Mae; Tamangori; Tamil myth; Tan Noz; Tanabata; Tandava; Tangaroa; Tangie; Tangye; Tanin'iver; Taniwha; Tannin; Taoroinai; Taotao Mo'na; Taotie; Tapairu; Tapio; Tapire-iauara; Tarand; Tarasque; Taraxippus; Tariaksuq; Tarrasque; Tartalo; Tartaruchi; Tata Duende; Tatzelwurm; Taweret; Tawûsî Melek; Te Wheke-a-Muturangi; Teakettler; Tecmessa; Teju Jagua; Teka-her; Teke Teke; Tek-ko-kui; Telchines; Teleboans; Telemus; Ten Giant Warriors; Teng; Tenghuang; Tengu; Tenka; Tennin; Tenome; Ten-ten vilu; Tentōki and Ryūtōki; Tepegöz; Tepēyōllōtl; Teraphim; Termagant; Terrible Monster; Tesso; Tethra; Teumessian fox; Teutobochus; Teuz; Teyolía; Thalestris; Tharaka; Thardid Jimbo; Thayé; The Beast of the Earth; The Beast; The Black Dog of Newgate; The Cu Bird; The Devil Whale; The Elder Mother; The Elf Maiden; The Four Winds; The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body; The Goose Wife; The Governor of Nanke; The Great Snake; The Green Man of Knowledge; The Heavenly Maiden and the Woodcutter; The Hedley Kow; The Imp Prince; The King of the Cats; The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh; The Legend of Ero of Armenteira; The Lovers; The Mistress of Copper Mountain; The Morrígan; The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apples; The Nixie of the Mill-Pond; The Painted Skin; The Precious Scroll of the Immortal Maiden Equal to Heaven; The Prince Who Wanted to See the World; The Queen of Elfan's Nourice; The Sea Tsar and Vasilisa the Wise; The Silbón; The sixteen dreams of King Pasenadi; The Stinking Corpse (giant); The Swan Queen; The Voyage of Bran; The Voyage of Máel Dúin; The Voyage of the Uí Chorra; The Witch of Saratoga; The Woman of the Chatti; Theli (dragon); Theomachy; Theow; Thermodosa; Thetis Lake Monster; Thiasos; Thiasus; Thinan-malkia; Thiota; Thoe; Thomas Boudic; Þorbjörg lítilvölva; Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa; Thrasos; Three Witches; Three-legged crow; Thriae; Þrívaldi; Throne; Thrones; Thumblings; Thunderbird; Thunderdell; Þuríðr Sundafyllir; Thusser; Thyrsus (giant); Tiamat; Tianguo; Tianlung; Tianma; Tibetan myth; Tibicena; Tiddalik; Tiddy Mun; Tiddy Ones; Tigmamanukan; Tiʻitiʻi; Tikbalang; Tikokura; Tikoloshe; Tilberi; Tilla; Tinirau and Kae; Tinirau; Tintilinić; Tipua; Titania; Titanis; Titans; Titivillus; Tityos; Tiyanak; Tizheruk; Tjilpa; Tlachtga; Tlahuelpuchi; Tlanchana; Toell the Great; Tōfu-kozō; Toggeli; Toho (kachina); Tom Hickathrift; Tomtevätte; Tom-Tit; Tomtrå; Tontuu; Tooth Fairy; Topielec; Torngarsuk; Toyol; Toyotama-hime; Tragopodes; Trahlyta; Trailokyavijaya; Transformer; Trasgo; Trauco; Tree Elves; Tree Octopus; Tree of Jiva and Atman; Trenti; Trentren Vilu and Caicai Vilu; Tréo-Fall; Trickster - Tricksters; Triple-headed eagle; Tripurasura; Trishira; Triteia; Triton; Tritopatores; Troglodytae; Trois Marks (Moerae); Trojan Leaders; Trojan War characters; Troll Cat; Troll; Trow; Tsmok; Tsuchigumo; Tsuchinoko; Tsukumogami; Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto; Tsul 'Kalu; Tsurara-onna; Tsuru no Ongaeshi; Tsurubebi; Tsurube-otoshi; Tuatha dé Danaan; Tuatha; Tubo; Tuchulcha; Tudigong; Tu'er Shen; Tugarin; Tulevieja; Tulpa; Tulpar; Tumburu; Tunda; Tuometar; Tupilaq; Tur; Turoń; Türst; Turtle Lake Monster; Turul; Tuttle Bottoms Monster; Tutyr; Tuyul; Two-Toed Tom; Twrch Trwyth; Tyger; Tylwyth Teg; Typhon; Tzitzimitl;
Is there some sort of list for the creatures that dwell within the zoo?
There is! I have a google doc. I’ll link it here, and I’ll also make a pinned post with it. I’ll update this list as more cryptids come to the zoo. Thanks for asking!
Full alphabetical list of mythic creatures unsorted by type here.
Q: What is this?
A: This is a list of all Wikipedia articles that begin with the letter A and deal with a creature or person or group of people whose existence is found in accounts that don't neatly fit the modern scientific understanding of the world.
The purpose of this list is to be really open.
I want writers (artists, LARPers, performers, people with imaginations, people with fun hobbies) to have an overview of the information available on Wikipedia.
Q: Are the categories from Wikipedia? If not, how do they work?
A: The groupings are my own. Their purpose is to let you quickly find tropes. So if you look under "Habitat" and then "Forest" you find Wikipedia articles referencing stories set in the woods. This could be creatures whose literal habitat is the forest, but it can also be a creature that hunts in the forest. I hope that especially groupings like "Changeling", for example, which lists all Wikipedia articles where a creature exchanges infants for their own, helps writers and other artists find what they are looking for. To make things a bit easier I also add remarks like "(some accounts)" which indicates that only some sources portray a creature a certain way and I give a bit more info so that you, dear reader, can compare and contrast creatures in the same category -- in one culture, the Changeling myth might indicate an extremely ableist society, in another culture, the Changeling myth is so abstract it's hard to imagine. I try to give people those kinds of contrasts, although of course what qualities I contrast will reflect my biases.
Q: I noticed some creatures that start with A only mentioned once in this list and not under every appropriate category.
A: I'm winging it. Please let me know when you have spotted an oversight and I'll gladly correct it. :)
TLDR
The following Wikipedia articles were too long for my project and I skipped over them. I have been working on this project for months, so every now and then I just skip articles:
Angel, Angels (List), Angra Mainyu, Annunaki, Antichist, Aos Sí, Apophis, Apsara, Archon, Argus, Asha, Asmodeus, Aspidochelone, Atargatis, Aura, Azazel, Azrael.
I intend to eventually cover the above entries as well, but currently would rather like to complete this project for most mythic beings.
Supertype
Supertypes are not species or cultures or anything like that. They are my word for "belongs to a larger group".
(Anakim) Nephilim (historical sources speculated)
(Armaros) Grigori ("Watchers")
Anito
3 subcategories: bound (to a location); unbound ((Engkanto)); and Aswang
Asura
(Aghasura)
(Andhaka)
(Asura) (deva are asura by default, according to the Rig Veda; Deva become Deva by being virtuous, asura remain asura by being selfish, according to the Rig Veda)
(Asura Lords mentioned on asura page) multiple factions of asura, each with a lord
Aswang
(Amalanhig)
Aufhocker (Creature that jumps on someone's back, holding them down)
(Aufhocker)
Creature that sits on someone's chest, holding them down
(Alp) Sits on Sleeper's Chest (Rides/Mounts Sleeper); crush small farm animals (like geese) to death in pressing attack
(Alû) Sits on Sleeper's Chest (Rides/Mounts Sleeper)
Bloodsucker
(Alukah) dies without blood
(Asanbosam)
(Aswang) subtype: Bloodsucking Woman (example Mandurugo): slow bloodsucking
(Aes Sidhe)
(Al)
(Al Ana) (Wikipedia has lengthy descriptions of their characteristics, this is a clear extreme use of ableism in the changeling story)
(Alan) take drops of menstrual blood, miscarried fetuses, afterbirth, or other reproductive waste and transform them into human children, whom they then raise as their own.
(Asrai) (in oldest account by Robert Williams Buchanan)
Colour
(Aitvaras) White or Black Colour
(Akabeko) Red
(Akaname) Red
(Akerbeltz) Black
(Aketeko) Red
(Akugyo) Gold and Silver Scales
(Alicanto) Metallic, depends on ore it eats: golden wings from gold mine, silver wings from silver mine, copper-green / If spotted, turns off colours of its wings, going into dark
(Almas) black fur
(Aloja - Aloges) gold or red hair, emerald or deep blue eyes
(Alphito) White Hair
(Am Fear Liath Mòr) Dark Skin, Dark Hair
(Amaru) reddish snout
(Ambika) golden skin; (South Indian version) dark blue skin
(Amomongo) white hair
(Amphiptere) green snake, light coloured feathers
(Anchanchu) red
(Angak) black beard (up to mid-chest) --> represents trails of rain & for Hokywan Angak'china: red beard
(Anhangá) (Tupi-Guarani version) white deer
(Anito) pale skin
(Anito) omen birds, most commonly with green or blue iridescent feathers
(Anjana) white skin
(Anubis) Black Fur (symbol of Nile River soil, symbol of regeneration and life)
(Aoandon) Blue Skin
(Aobōzu) Blue Skin and/or Blue Clothes (Okayama Prefecture)
(Aonyōbō) Blue Skin (the source Wikipedia uses https://yokai.com/aonyoubou/ directly contradicts the idea that they have blue skin, instead saying that blue in Japanese is like "green" in English, a word for inexperience. For a more detailed explanation, see there.)
(Cŵn Annwn mentioned on Arawn page) White Hounds with Red Ears
(Archura) Green Hair (made of living grass), Green Beard (made of living grass)
(Arkan sonney) white skin, red eyes (some accounts), red ears (some accounts)
(Arzhang Div) blue skin
(Asag) dark skin
(Asanbosam) pink skin, red hair
(Asi) deep-blue colour as personified form
(Asrai) pale skin (in oldest account by Robert Williams Buchanan)
(Aswang) Subtype: Manananggal light skin by day
(Augenbrand)
(Auriaria) red hair
(Azukiarai) yellow eyes
(Āṭavaka) blue skin, black skin, red skin
(Átahsaia) black and white scales cover arms
(Almops) Poseidon and half-nymph
(Amykos)
(Arjuna)
(Auriaria)
Demi-Goddess
(Alcippe) (one Alcippe in Greek myth)
Diminutive
(Afanc)
(Agogwe)
(Akaname)
(Aloja - Aloges)
(Alux - Aluxo'ob)
(Anchanchu)
(Anjana) tiny (15 cm = 0.5")
(Aobōzu) (Yamaguchi Prefecture Version) in other accounts, giant
(Asrai) 2-4"
(Awes-kon-wa)
(Aziza)
(Azukiarai)
Disembodied Organ
(Aketeko) hand
(Aswang) subtype: Manananggal disembodied head (by night)
Div
(Akvan Div)
Doghead
(Anubis) (Egyptian gods don't really have animal heads, they are personalities)
(Anubis) brother Wepwawet (Egyptian gods don't really have animal heads, they are personalities)
(Anubis) female counterpart Anput (Egyptian gods don't really have animal heads, they are personalities)
Dragon
(Amaru) could be called a dragon; 2 heads; 2 Amarus destroy the land while fighting each other; horns of a taruka, a type of huemul deer; wings; lives in underworld and associated with water; scales
Dvergr
(Alberich) beard / smith
Elemental
(Aitvaras) fire tail (like meteor)
(Akuma) flaming eyes, fiery head
(Alara) butterfly wings made of light; formed from love tears of 1,000 women
(Giant Black Dog mentioned in Almamula or Mulánima) teeth of fire, transformed into this state
(Tsé’nagahi on Anaye page) monstrous rock, crushes passersby to death
(Anhangá) (Tupi-Guarani version) white deer with fiery eyes
(Augenbrand) fire eyes
(Azhdaha) flaming eyes
(Āṭavaka) enveloped by flame
Elf Clothes
(Archura) left shoe on right foot
Fairy (Petty Fairy, Winged Little Sprite)
(Alara) hovers over lake
(Mmoatia the Fairy on the Anansi page) what is the Akan word for the type of being that Mmoatia is?
(Iambana on the Anito page) No tiny winged beings like fairies ("petty fairies") in precolonial native Filipino folklore, but lambana are fairies in modern Filipino folklore
(Awes-kon-wa)
(Aziza) (sometimes & possibly European influence)
Familiar
(Alloces) grants familiars
(Amy) grants familiars
Figment / Personification
(Alke) Courage / Battle-Strength spirit
(Aloadae) Ephialtes is a Nightmare
(Amalur) the Earth itself
(Amanozako) originated when Susanoo let his own ferocious spirit (his Aramitama) build up inside him until he vomited her out
(Andaokut) born from tears of a grieving mother
(Aonyōbō) appears as an ancient court noblewoman, living in a now abandoned house of fallen nobles and ruined families, constantly fixing her hair and applying makeup, expecting possible guests who never show up (e.g. a lover who lost their interest or a husband who abandoned his wife)
(Asi) asi is a sword, but has a personified form
(Ask-wee-da-eed) personified fire / embodies fire (associated with comets, meteors)
(Awelo) embodies the essence of the Tigua people and their customs and morality, monitors their conduct and punishes those who don't behave properly
(Azone) universal commonalities of humans, united in worship
(Azure Lóng) represents springtime
(Aufhocker) Emotional Burdens weighing on one's shoulders (old woman haunted by memories)
Face on Back of Head
(Akerbeltz) (Christian Version)
Fallen Angel
(Agaliarept)
(Agares)
(Alloces)
(Amaymon)
(Amy)
(Archdemon) rather short Wikipedia page that simply mentions various archdemons by name, often the sin they are associated with or the cardinal direction they preside over / different archdemons in different religious traditions
Flying Head
(Aswang) Subtype: Manananggal hides lower half during nighttime
Green Hair and/or Green Beard
(Archura) made of living grass
(Asrai) long green hair (account by Ruth Tongue)
Giant
(Aghasura) Giant Animal
(Aido Hwedo) Giant Animal
(Akkorokamui) Giant Animal
(Akugyo) Giant Animal
(Ala - Ale) huge ears
(Albruna)
(Alcyoneus) a gigantes, NOT ALWAYS a giant, hurls rocks, hurls 12 chariots, hurls 24 heroes, uses mountain as weapon (some accounts)
(Alfred Bulltop Stormalong) giant baby, giant adult
(Almops)
(Aloadae) 16.4592m = 9 fathoms tall at age 9
(Alpos) body reaches the clouds, touches the sun, pulls back the moon; hurl rocks, hurl hills; uses rock as shoulder shield
(Am Fear Liath Mòr) over 10" tall
(Endriago on Amadís de Gaula page)
(Amala) supports the world
(Amarok)
(Amemasu) Giant Animal
(Anakim)
(Anathan)
(Sasnalkáhi on Anaye page)
(Teelget on Anaye page)
(Tsetahotsiltali on Anaye page) massive legs (perhaps not a conventional giant, just really long legs)
(Yeitso on Anaye page) colossal (but speaks and asks questions when trying to find victims); drinks lake in four gulps; travels across horizon in one step; scalp becomes a peak
(Andaokut)
(Angalo)
(Anguiped) (some examples)
(Antaboga) Giant Animal
(Antaeus) giant bones entombed within a tumulus
(Antero Vipunen)
(Anzû)
(Ao) Giant Animal
(Aobōzu)
(Apotamkin) Giant Animal
(Apukohai)
(Prabu Niwatakawaca (Javanese) on Arjuna page)
(Asag)
(Asanbosam) 20" wings (not a conventional giant, just huge wingspan)
(Ascapart) 30" tall (smallest giant of his land)
(Pelucan on Ascapart page)
(Ashinaga-tenaga) 3m, 6m, 9m legs (some accounts) (not a conventional giant, just long legs or arms)
(Asi) personified form may not be giant, but is described as tall
(Athos) crushed under a mountain, died in a fight with a god who hurled rocks at him
(Atosis) Giant Animal
(Augerino) Giant Animal
(Azhdaha) 30 gazes (~30m); Giant Animal
(Átahsaia) (Wikipedia page has descriptive size comparisons)
Gigantes
(Alcippe) one Alcippe is daughter of a Gigantes (Alcyoneus) but she may not be
(Alcyoneus)
[Aloadae]
(Alpos)
(Antaeus)
(Athos)
Glutton
(Ala - Ale)
(Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) possessed by ala: huge hunger
(Alfred Bulltop Stormalong)
Griffon
(Akhekh)
Haunt
(Alseid)
(Am Fear Liath Mòr) presence
Human
(Angalo) the first human (he is also a giant)
[Arikura-no-baba]
(Atlantes)
Hybrid: Object-Creature
(Akaname) pebble head
(Al) clay nose, copper claw, iron teeth
(Al Basty) (Armenian Version) iron teeth, brass fingernails
(Amaru) crystalline eyes
(Anaye) resemble objects (human mothers fornicated with objects)
(Tsé’nagahi on Anaye page) monstrous rock, crushes passersby to death
(Asanbosam) iron teeth, iron hook feet
(Axehandle hound) axeblade-shaped head, axehandle shaped body, stubby legs, eats abandoned axehandles, travels logging camps looking for next meal
Island Turtle
(Ao) Carries the three islands of the eight immortals (Penglai, Fangzhang, Yingzhou)
(Alicanto) eyes emit lights
(Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) glowing eyes
(Aosaginohi) gives off iridescent blue light; releases golden powder into the air that forms heat-less fiery light that eventually dissipates in the wind
Man-Eater
(Afanc)
(Agnen)
(Ahuizotl)
(Aigamuxa)
(Akashita) swallows evildoers
(Akerbeltz) (Christian Version organizes lunches with witches and elves where human meat is served)
(Aku-aku)
(Amanesaku mentioned in Akubōzu)
(Akugyo)
(Ala - Ale) huge mouth, carries spoon, eats at home, home full of children's bones and spilt blood, smells humans
(Alpos)
(Amai-te-rangi)
(Amanojaku)
(Amarok)
(Amikuk)
(Ammit)
(Tsenahale on Anaye page) feed people to hatchlings
(Anhangá) (Anhang - Anhangá (Spirit) in Mawé culture)
(Ao Ao) humans are its only source of food (eats them with clothes)
(Ao Ao)'s children, see Ao Ao
(Aonyōbō) devours those who trespass in the abandoned house she now occupies
(Apotamkin)
(Asanbosam)
(Aswang) subtype: Silagan: tears out human liver and eats it
(Aswang) subtype: Manananggal eats internal organs; eats phlegmatic discharge of the sick, eats fetuses within the womb
[Ato-sees] forces humans to find the materials with which he would cook them
(Atosis)
(Atshen)
[Azukiarai]
(Azukibabaa) (swallow into bright light) (Gunma Prefecture)
(Āṭavaka)
(Átahsaia)
(Aswang) subtype: Weredog favours pregnant people travelling roads at night
Child Harmer (Boogeyman)
(Maria Enganxa from Aloja - Aloges) takes children (with hook)
(Alphito)
(Amanojaku) child eater, kidnaps children
(Ao Ao) child eater
(Aobōzu) (Shizuoka Prefecture Version) kidnaps children
(Apotamkin) child eater
(Azukibabaa) (Kawagoe City Version) children who fall behind their parents, scoops up people in basket; (Kanagawa Prefecture Version) child eater
Mermaid
(Akugyo)
(Amabie) mermaid, merman
Mortal
(Aku-aku)
(Arzhang Div)
Multiple Organs
(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) 3 heads; 2 headed snake form
(Alpos) many arms
(Amabie) 3 Tail Fins ("3 Legs")
(Amabiko on Amabie page) 3 legs, 4 legs, 5 legs, 7 legs
(Yamawarawa on Amabie page) 3 legs
(Amaru) 2 heads
(Ambika) 4 arms
(Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) head at each end
(Andhaka) 1,000 heads, 1,000-2,000 arms, 2,000 legs (some accounts), 1,000-2,000 eyes
(Anpao) 2 faces
(Anqa) 8 wings (4 pairs of wings)
(Asag) 3 legs, 3 arms, several eyes across body
(Ayahos) 2 heads (in snake form)
(Āṭavaka) 1 head, 4 heads, 6 heads, 17 heads, 4 arms, 8 arms, 36 arms
Missing Organs
(Alû) no ears, no lips, no mouth
(Amabie) no torso
(Amikiri) no hindlegs
(Binaye Ahani (Eye Killers) on Anaye page) no limbs
(Asag) no neck
(Astomi) no mouths (some accounts)
Naga
(Apalala)
Nat
(Akathaso)
Nymph
(Agave) Nereid
(Alseid)
(Anthousai)
(Auloniad)
Omen
(Akashita) Bad Luck
(Akuma) Misfortune
(Anito) omen birds (either a diwata's true form, a diwata's shapeshifted form or servant of a diwata)
(Arkan sonney) good omen
One-Eyed
(Amefurikozō) (some accounts)
(Arimaspi)
One-Legged
(Aziza) (if sole being of its type)
Oni
(Amanojaku) appearance of a small oni
Pendulous Breasts
(Ajatar) long breasts maybe not pendulous
(Al) long breasts (sagging)
(Al Ana) large breasts
(Anguane) long breasts
Pendulous Breasts Hung Over Shoulder (this category exists because there's a lot of creatures that fit this trope and it will be expanded once we get beyond the letter A.)
(Anguane) throw breasts over backs; carry children in baskets on backs
Psychopomp
(Anubis) guide the dead to the underworld
Rainbow Snake
(Aido Hwedo)
Santa
(Ayaz Ata)
Snakehair
(Al Basty) (Armenian Version)
(Alpos) vipers
Tanuki
(Ashi-magari) (some accounts) a trick by tanuki
(Azukiarai) (some accounts) a trick by tanuki
Tennin / Tennyo
(Amorōnagu)
Tsukumogami
(Azhdaha) snake reaches 100 years of age and grows to 30 Gazes (~30m in length!)
Tuatha
(Aillen)
Undead
(Aes Sidhe) (sometimes the hosts ("sluaghs"), which are a type of sidhe, are counted as undead)
(Ahkiyyini) skeleton
(Aitu)
(Aku-aku)
(Al Ana) (Wikipedia describes all the at-risk groups of women who may return from the dead as Al Ana)
(Alp) (in some stories, e.g. stillborn infant)
[Alû] Wikipedia calls it a vengeful spirit, so does that mean it's undead?
(Amalanhig)
(Akhu mentioned on Ammit page)
(Anchimayen) created from corpses of children
(Ankou) skeleton, black robe, hat conceals face, shadow, scythe
(Ankou) first person to die that year (some accounts), last person to die that year (some accounts)
(Ankou mentioned on French Mythic Creatures and Saints page) female skeleton (??)
(Lil a subtype of Ardat-lilî mentioned on that page) ghosts of young people who died sexually unfulfilled
The "animal" section lists animal traits of these beings. If a creature has a goat head, a snake foot, the whole body of a dog etc. it may be listed under that entry.
Some animal features are listed not under the "Animal" section here but instead under the Power section, specifically the "Shapeshift - Animal" section. This means that the being is able to shapeshift into an animal.
Antelope
(Antelope (Real Animal)) Linnaeus didn't think antelopes were real: see Animalia Paradoxa page
Ape
(Aegipan)
(Agropelter)
(Amabiko on Amabie page)
(Amomongo)
Bat
(Amphiptere) wings
(Asanbosam) wings, body parts, feet point both ways
Bear
(Sasnalkáhi on Anaye page)
Beaver
(Afanc)
Bird
(Akhekh) wings
(Alal) claws
(Alerion) no beak, no claws
(Alicanto) flightless (too heavy from ore)
(Alkonost) woman's head
(Alphyn) claw forelegs
(Amabie) beak
(Amabie) parts
(Amaru) condor head (one of its heads)
(Amaru) feet, wings
(Amikiri) beak
(Amphiptere) wings, beak
(Anito) omen birds, most commonly with green or blue iridescent feathers
(Anqa) long neck, human face
(Anzû)
(Aosaginohi) (Blue-Crowned Night Heron)
Bison
(Átahsaia) hair on scalp like a bison mane
Butterfly
(Alara) wings made of light
Camel
(Aisha Qandicha) hoofs
(Allocamelus) camel body, donkey head
Cat
(Aswang) subtype "Weredog" (sometimes transforms into cat)
(Akerbeltz) (Christian Version)
(Alal) ears
(Almamula or Mulánima's Victim) transformed into giant black dog
(Ammit) body (some accounts)
(Anchanchu)
(Aralez)
(Cŵn Annwn mentioned on Arawn page) White Hounds with Red Ears
(Pelucan on Ascapart page) giant with dog parts
(Augenbrand)
(Axehandle hound)
(Aswang) subtype Weredog
(Airavata) 4 tusks, 7 trunks, pastel white skin
(Erawan see Airavata) 3 heads or 33 heads
(Aka Manah) elephant head --> mouth filled with tusks instead of teeth
Fangs / Teeth / Tusks
(Al) sharp fangs
(Amanozako) large fangs
(Amphiptere) snake fangs
(Ao Ao) massive fangs
(Ao Ao)'s children, see Ao Ao
(Aoandon) sharp teeth
(Apotamkin)
(Arzhang Div) (maybe tusks?)
(Asi) sharp teeth as personified form
(Azhdaha) many teeth
(Átahsaia) yellow tusks
(Aswang) subtype "Ghoul": sharp teeth
(Aegipan)
(Akugyo)
(Amabiko on Amabie page) parts
(Amaru) fish tail
(Amemasu)
(Asrai) fish tail (account by Rosalind Kerven)
(Avatea) left body half is fish
Fox
(Amaru) fox muzzle on the llama head (one of its heads)
Goat
(Aegipan)
(Aisha Qandicha) hoofs
(Akerbeltz)
Hairy
(Almas) black fur
(Amomongo) white hair
(Asanbosam) long red hair
(Astomi)
(Auvekoejak) furry merman (has no Wikipedia page, may be hoax)
(Akugyo)
(Al-Mi'raj) 1 or 2 horns
(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) huge horns
(Amaru) of a taruka, a type of huemul deer
(Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) (Medieval Version)
(Teelget on Anaye page) thick antlers
(Anggitay) 1 horn (some accounts)
(Aoandon) twin horns
(Archura) (some accounts)
(Asanbosam)
(Awanyu)
Horse
(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) horse head (on snake body)
(Alal) mane
(Apaosha) black horse, black ears, black tail
(Arion (Horse))
Human
(Akaname) child form
(Anansi) human face; human with 8 legs (or other spider features)
(Anqa) human face, long neck
(Apsonsi) woman upper body
(Arimaspi)
(Ashinaga-tenaga)
(Astomi)
(Ato-sees) half human
(Avatea) right body half is human
Insect
Leech
(Alukah)
Leopard
(Ammit) forelegs
(Aq Bars) snow leopard with wings
Lion
(Alal) head
(Alloces) head
(Alphyn) hindlegs; thick mane
(Ammit) (some accounts) mane, forelegs
(Anzû) head (some accounts)
(Apsonsi) biped with lion hindlegs
Lizard
(Azhdaha) (some accounts)
Llama
(Amaru) one of the heads (has a fox muzzle)
Mule
(Almamula or Mulánima's Victim) transformed into mule
Octopus
(Akkorokamui)
Orca
(Akhlut) orca parts
Oryx
(Akhekh) with bird wings and snake tail
Peccary
(Ao Ao) (some accounts)
(Ao Ao)'s children, see Ao Ao
Pig
(Al) boar tusks
(Ala - Ale) shapeshift form
(Otherworldly Pigs mentioned on Arawn page)
(Arkan sonney)
(Aswang) subtype "Weredog" (sometimes transforms into pig)
Porcupine
(Átahsaia) Porcupine Quills --> Chest Hair
Puma
(Amaru) one of its heads
Raccoon
(Azeban)
Rabbit
(Al-Mi'raj)
Raven
(Ala - Ale)
Scales
(Amabie) covered in scales from the neck down
(Endriago on Amadís de Gaula page) body is covered in scales
(Amaru) crocodile or lizard
(Átahsaia) cover arms
Sheep
(Ao Ao) (some accounts)
(Ao Ao)'s children, see Ao Ao
Snake
(Agathodaemon)
(Aghasura)
(Aido Hwedo)
(Airavata)
(Aitvaras) appearance of "dragon" outdoors
(Ajatar)
(Akhekh) tail
(Al Basty) (Armenian Version) hair
(Ala - Ale) (e.g. snake body with horse head)
(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) 2 headed
(Amaru)
(Amarum) water boa
(Amphiptere)
(Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) Lifts the head that moves forward, lifts other head to reverse direction; (Medieval Version) small, serpent-headed tail
(Ananke) (Orphic Version) incorporeal snake with arms stretching around the cosmos
(Anguiped) snake legs
(Antaboga)
(Apotamkin) snake with long red hair
(Ato-sees) half snake
(Atosis) giant snake
(Awanyu)
(Azhdaha)
Spider
(Akkorokamui) once was called Yaushikep, a giant spider
(Anansi) spider (some tales); anthropomorphic spider (some tales)
(Aka Manah) male, long hair
(Akaname) long tongue, claws
(Akashita) hairy face covered with dark clouds
(Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) born covered with the caul (some accounts)
(Alan) their fingers and toes point backwards
(Alp) (14th Century Version) crooked nose
(Alp) meeting eyebrows
(Alp) Caused by Weird Birth (caul, hair on palms, pregnant mother scared of animal or biting horse collar)
(Am Fear Liath Mòr) thin; long arms; broad shoulders
(Amabie) long hair
(Amala) supports the world; dirty
(Amanozako) long ears, long nose
(Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) dull eyes
(Angak) specific clothes and decorations, see Wikipedia page
(Anito) no philtrum
(Anjana) slanted eyes
(Ankou) first person to die that year (some accounts), last person to die that year (some accounts)
(Ankou mentioned on French Mythic Creatures and Saints page) female skeleton (??)
(Anthousai) hair resembles hyacinth flowers
(Armaros) painted skin - green cross & 7 keys on forehead
(Asanbosam) large, blood-shot eyes
(Asi) personified form is described as slim
(Azukiarai) grotesque appearance, large head, bald, crooked teeth, thin moustache, large bulging yellow eyes
(Átahsaia) long, wild, grey hair; Red Hair (He pushes his hair out of his eyes with this knife, leaving his hair crimson with blood.); mouth from ear to ear; wrinkled, swollen face; bulging eyes; doesn't blink
Sound
(Ahuizotl) deceptive cry for help
(Am Fear Liath Mòr) silent; intense high singing note; Crunching Gravel (from walking: Every few steps I took I heard a crunch, and then another crunch, as if someone was walking after me but taking steps three or four times the length of my own.)
(Amafufunyana) speak in voices from victims stomach; speak in other language; speak in disturbing tone
(Anjana) sweet voice
(Azukiarai) like azuki beans being ground or washed; (some accounts) song "azuki togou ka, hito totte kuou ka? shoki shoki." ("Will I grind my azuki beans, or will I get a person to eat? shoki shoki."
(Azukibabaa) sounds like azuki beans being ground or washed
(Azukihakari) sounds like azuki beans being ground or washed; then like azuki beans being clogged and watered; sounds like 18 litres of beans being processed
(Azukihakari) as if someone is stepping over the ceiling
Smell
(Aswang) subtype "Ghoul": rank and pungent smell
Taxonomy / Role
LGBT
(Agrat bat Mahlat) "mistress of the sorceresses"
(Aido Hwedo) shares female concubine with her male partner
(Akhkhazu) the word in Babylonian is male, but she is described as having a female nature
(Ala - Ale) shapeshift into 6 fingered men
(Alkonost) comforts Sirin
(Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) child of ala and human woman
(Alp) Drink Blood (from nipples of men and young children)
(Alû) androgynous
(Amaru) power over rainbows
(Amazons) exclude men, return boy children
(Amykos) look at the pictures of his punishment on Wikipedia
(Anansi) "Aunt Nancy"; "Nancy"; "Sis' Nancy" all of whom are always male
(Angwusnasomtaka) she has two names: Tümas ("Crow Mother") and she is also called Angwusnasomtaka ("Man with crow wings tied on") -- is this because men play her in the ritual?
(Anito) choose a shaman (asog or bayok, usually women, often trans women who are classified as bakla, which gives certain rights and obligations) - shaman experiences serious illness or bout of insanity and recovers, having gained an anito as spirit guide
(Anito) a subgroup (bound diwata) are genderless
(Apsonsi) they are portrayed with nude breasts, sometimes surrounded by jewelry, so something for the sapphics
(Aralez) which furry would not like the Wikipedia page for the aralez, where a cute dog with wings is looking at you in a friendly way
(Asanbosam) breasts and beard (in many depictions)
(Aspalis) cross-dresses as his sister Aspalis. She died but her body had disappeared (strange detail of the story). Kills the tyrant (see Euphemism section). Could be read as a trans man, trans woman or non-binary person.
(Asrai) nude (account by Nancy Arrowsmith)
(Atosis) love relationships with humans (some versions a woman lures her husbands to water for Atosis to eat, in others the woman falls in love with the snake but does not kill her husband or harm anyone)
(Azovka) moans
(Aufhocker) I'm being speculative here, but if Aufhocker sometimes transform into beautiful women and frequent targets are old women…I think I'm onto something
(Aswang) Female aswang often expose their genitals
Hierarchical Politics
(Aino) old gender politics
(Al Ana) old gender politics, ableist
(Alebrije) this artform endangers copal trees
(Endriago on Amadís de Gaula page) born of incest
(Anaye) old Gender Politics: Offspring of women fornicating with objects
(Aobōzu) (Kagawa Prefecture Version) kills women
(Archura) kidnaps young women
(Ardat-lilî) (some accounts) Backstory: Woman Who Died Sexually Unfulfilled or Without Marrying (in other accounts they are young women that died sexually unfulfilled)
(Asag) hideously ugly & malevolent (so hideous that fish nearby boil alive in rivers)
Example Names
(Ala - Ale) (female personal names in eastern Serbia: Smiljana, Kalina, Magdalena, Dobrica, Dragija, Zagorka etc.)
(Alastor) a common Greek male name
(Alke) a common Greek female name
(Asteria)
(Asura) Vepacitti, Rāhu (Verocana), Pahārāda, Sambara, Bali, Sucitti, and Namucī
Phantom Name (meaning lost to time)
(Albruna)
(Attila) (historical person, larger than life character in Norse sagas) name "Atilla" not Hunnic but among his Gothic mercenaries, means "little daddy" in Gothic language; early German myths call Attila the Hun "Etzel"
Namesake
(Asrai) "asrai night"
(Athos) mountain and peninsula he created
(Azure Lóng) star constellation
Euphemism (name to be avoided)
(Almas)
(Alux - Aluxo'ob) naming them aloud will summon a disgruntled one from its home
(Anemoi) secret missing entity: Eurus, eastwind
(Anito) ("Elder", "Grandparent", "Those Unlike Us", "Dweller of a Place", "Dwellers of the Bowels of the earth" or "Dwellers of the Depths of the Sea") and euphemistic name for the harm they cause: victims were "greeted" or "played with"
(Aspalis) fights the villain Tartarus, a human tyrant so cruel that citizens dared not pronounce his real name (which therefore is lost to history)
Name Confusion
(Æsir) Concept Applied To Name Foreign Beings (Æsir applied to gods, including Greek gods)
Joke Character / Fearsome Critter
(Agropelter) too fast to be seen
(Alfred Bulltop Stormalong)
Wild Cultural Familiarity
(Amabiko on Amabie page) Speaks Japanese; Worships Buddhist Devas (Tenbu) of the Heavens (despite being sea-dwelling)
Sole Being
(Agave) Amazon
(Agave) Nereid
(Alerion) only 1 pair life at a time -> parents drown themselves on hatching of eggs, which they lay every 60 years.
(Alkonost)
(Maria Enganxa from Aloja - Aloges)
(Amala) supports the world
(Amarok) they hunt alone (caveat: can have lots of cubs)
(Amycus)
(Andaokut)
(Ao)
(Apalala)
(Ardat-lilî)
(Aremata-Popoa and Aremata-Rorua) 2 beings
(Arion (Horse))
(Armaros)
(Arzhang Div)
(Asbolus)
(Athos)
(Augenbrand)
(Aziza) (some accounts)
Umbrella Term
(Aitu)
(Anaye)
(Anito)
(Chura mentioned on Archura page) umbrella term for nature beings (Archura) and household beings (Bichura)
(Aswang) (malevolent shapeshifters)
(Atua)
(Azone) deities that were not the private divinities of any particular country or people. Azones were acknowledged as deities in every country, and worshipped in every nation
Uncertain Identity
(Aegipan) resembles Satyr or Faun
(Agathodaemon)
(Aitu)
(Al Basty) name for Lilith
(Anito) Spanish Names: Duende, Encantador / Encanto (Spell Caster), Hechicero (Sorcerer), Sirena (Mermaid), Maligno (Evil Spirit); Islamic Names: Jinn, Saitan
(Aosaginohi) sometimes equated with Onibi lights
Intermixing
(Aguara)
(Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) aloviti as child of ala and human woman
(Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) human mother, (Zmaj TLDR) father
(Allocamelus) donkey and camel
(Aloja - Aloges) marry mortal, but must be kept secret (aloja leaves with man's fortune if relationship is found out)
(Anaye) human women and objects
(Anito) can mater with humans (children = albinism, syndactyly, unusual beauty or behaviour)
(Antaeus) half-giant (Wikipedia doesn't source this Antaeus as a half-giant and it make no sense to me, because the term "half-giant" doesn't seem to mean anything specific)
(Asena) impregnated by a boy (an injured child she, as a wolf, nursed back to health); gives birth to 10 half-wolf half-human children
(Atonga) half-spirit, half-mortal
(Atosis) love relationships with humans (some versions a woman lures her husbands to water for Atosis to eat, in others the woman falls in love with the snake but does not kill her husband or harm anyone)
(Aswang) Subtype: Manananggal marry into communities
(Aswang) Subtype: Bloodsucking Woman (example Mandurugo) marry into communities; target husband
Unrelated Offspring
(Aitvaras) said to hatch from an egg of a 9- to 15-year-old rooster
(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) gives birth to fairies and winds in mouth
(Alberich) Ortnit is Human, Alberich his father
(Alcippe) one Alcippe is daughter of a Gigantes (Alcyoneus) but she may not be
(Aloadae) father is Poseidon, mother is a mortal, they are both Giants (possibly Gigantes??).
(Aloja - Aloges) children with mortals. Comb children's hair and dress them every morning even if they leave their husbands and take the fortune along.
(Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) born from Medusa's head
(Andhaka) parents are both deva
(Angalo) his wife Aran…is she a giant too? Or is she like the ogre's wife in some version's of Jack and the Beanstalk, inexplicably human? And Angalo's father is the god of building.
(Antaeus) gods like Gaia and Poseidon birth a giant
(Anubis) snake goddess Kebechet is daughter (Note: "snake goddess" and "jackal god" refer to personalities, Anubis personality is like a jackal, hence being portrayed in jackal form or with jackal head…so technically not suited to this category. Same applies to all Egyptian deities.)
(Asena) impregnated by a boy (an injured child she, as a wolf, nursed back to health); gives birth to 10 half-wolf half-human children
(Ao Ao) born as one of 7 wicked children as result of goddess Arasy's curse against Tau and Kerana
(Arion (Horse)) child of Poseidon in horseform and Demeter in horseform
(Avatea) father of gods and men
Role - A Mount
(Akhekh) cavalry, flying mount
(Ama no Fuchigoma (Horse)) mount of god Susanoo
Role - A Rider
(Agares) crocodile & cockatrice
(Ala - Ale) humans, ridden like horses after being chased into gullies
(Alp) can ride horses
(Amazons) riding skill
(Ambika) lion
(Astaroth) dragon
Role - A Ruler
(Aibell) queen of the fairies
(Ajatar) she is master of (Lempo) and "gnomes" (which may be (Haltija) or (Nisse))
(Akerbeltz) many elf servants
(Alberich) elf king
(Ao Guang)
(Apalala)
(Arawn)
(Prabu Niwatakawaca (Javanese) on Arjuna page) giant king
(Armaros) 1 of 20 leaders of the Grigori, who in that tale number 200 total
(Arzhang Div) chief
(Auriaria) giant chieftain
Role - A Parent of Divine Forces
(Amalur) Mother of Sun (Ekhi) and Moon (Ilazkhi / Ilargi)
(Amanozako) ancestor of all yokai who share her short-fused temper and disobedience (e.g. (Tengu) and (Amanozako))
(Ananke) mother of the Fates (some accounts)
Role - A Servant of a Deity / Attendant Deity
(Amefurikozō) serve rain god Ushi
(Anhangá) (Anhang - Anhangá (Spirit) in Mawé culture) followers of Yurupira
(Anito) Some animals like crocodiles, snakes, monitor lizards, tokay geckos, and various birds were also venerated as servants or manifestations of diwata, or as powerful spirits themselves
(Ardat-lilî) one group are servants of the god Erra; another group are the lil, ghosts of young people who died sexually unfulfilled, subjects of Pazuzu
Role - A Helper of Magic-User
(Anchimayen) serve a sorcerer (a kalku)
(Anito) choose a shaman (asog or bayok, usually women, often trans women who are classified as bakla, which gives certain rights and obligations) - shaman experiences serious illness or bout of insanity and recovers, having gained an anito as spirit guide
Human Culture
(Aitu)
(Amazons)
(Antichthones)
(Arimaspi)
(Ashinaga-tenaga) Long-Leg Country and Long-Arm Country; Ashinaga-jin (long legs) and Tenaga-jin (or chōhi) (long arms)
Gender
Non-Binary
see LGBT section
Female
(Agrat bat Mahlat)
(Ahöl Mana)
(Aibell)
(Aide)
(Aido Hwedo)
(Ajatar) long hair
(Akhkhazu)
(Akka)
(Al) wild hair, fat, ugly, old, hairy
(Al Ana) old, ugly
(Al Basty)
(Ala - Ale)
(Albruna)
(Aloja - Aloges)
(Alphito)
(Amalur)
(Amanozako)
(Amazake-babaa) old woman
(Ambika)
(Amemasu) beautiful
(Ameonna)
(Ammit)
(Amorōnagu)
(Ananke)
(Anggitay)
(Anguane) beauty
(Angwusnasomtaka)
(Anjana)
(Anqa)
(Anthousai)
(Aoandon)
(Aonyōbō)
(Arae)
(Ardat-lilî) appealing (atypical, since most malevolent beings in Mesopotamian accounts are portrayed as faceless / ever-changing and strange)
(Arikura-no-baba) old
(Asena)
(Askafroa)
(Asrai) (in oldest account by Robert Williams Buchanan)
(Ayakashi) can assume form of beautiful woman
(Azovka)
(Azukibabaa) old
Male
(Ahöla)
(Aholi)
(Aka Manto)
(Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) "ala-like" men
(Alberich)
(Ameotoko on Ameonna page)
(Anansi)
(Ao Guang)
(Arquetu) old
(Asrai) (in oldest account by Robert Williams Buchanan & account by Nancy Arrowsmith)
(Astaroth)
(Athos)
(Ato-sees)
(Azukiarai)
Habitat
Anthills
(Aziza)
Arctic
(Agloolik) under ice
(Atshen) permafrost
(Auvekoejak) has no Wikipedia page, may be hoax (not sure)
(Agogwe)
(Ajatar)
(Ala - Ale) deep forest
(Alebrije)
(Alkonost)
(Alseid) groves, woods
(Alux - Aluxo'ob)
(Anjana)
(Apsonsi) the mythic Himappan forest / Himavanta forest
(Archura) woodland
(Asanbosam)
(Aziza)
(Āṭavaka) deep forest
(Aswang) Subtype: Manananggal Forest (domiciles deep in the jungle, if not the trees themselves)
(Aswang) Subtype: Bloodsucking Woman (example Mandurugo) Forests far from human communities
Grasslands
(Alseid) grassy meadows
(Teelget on Anaye page) grassy fields
Hearth
(Akubōzu) the ashes / ash
(Amanesaku mentioned in Akubōzu) the ashes / ash
Hidden Remote Places
(Ala - Ale)
(Amazons) edge of the known world (often Scythia)
(Anchanchu) isolated places
(Anqa) the place of the setting of the sun
(Antichthones) Opposite End of Earth, South of Torrid Equatorial Climate
Hills / Tumulus
(Aes Sidhe) beneath them
(Aibell) beneath a hill or rock
(Alven) hill mounds
Household
(Agathodaemon) worshipped
(Aitvaras)
(Akka) beneath tent
(Amazake-babaa) visits homes
(Amazake banbā on the Amazake-babaa page) Tries to sell sake and amazake door-to-door
(Aka Manto) bathroom
(Akaname) bathroom, dilapidated buildings
(Aobōzu) Toilet (Yamagata Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture); Vacant Houses (Okayama Prefecture);
(Bichura mentioned on Archura page)
Settlements (Villages, Cities)
(Aswang) Self-Domesticated (feral monsters that begin living in close proximity to humans)
(Aswang) subtype: Bloodsucking Woman (example Mandurugo) Use village A as hideout, raid nearby villages at night
(Aswang) subtype Witch Town Outskirts, Village Outskirts
(Aswang) subtype "Ghoul" Gather in trees near cemeteries to exhume and consume fresh burials
Implausible
(Amabiko on Amabie page) Shinji-kōri (fake county in Higo Province)
Island
(Al-Mi'raj) remote island
(Amorōnagu)
Lake
(Afanc)
(Alara) (Lake Baikal)
Mountains
(Akkorokamui) lived in mountains as Giant Spider named Yaushikep
(Ala - Ale) inhospitable
(Yamawarawa on Amabie page)
(Aobōzu) Mountains (Yamaguchi Prefecture)
(Auloniad) mountain pastures; mountain vales
(Azovka) (Mt. Azov)
Otherworld
(Aes Sidhe)
[Ajatar] Pohjola
(Akhekh) Set's Domain of Darkness
Guajupiá (Tupinamba), an afterlife of the Tupinamba people ("Land without evils") mentioned in (Anhangá)
Portent
(Almas) empty homes, people have fled their homes because an almas is around
(Alven) fishless pond
(Anito) Cold Presence (unlike "warm" human spirits); Leave no footprints (unlike human spirits!)
(Antaeus) Builds a temple of skulls (from his opponents)
Ravine
(Amorōnagu)
Roads / Paths
(Ala - Ale) crossroads are where Ala hunt for supper
(Aufhocker) attack locations: ridges, crossroads, springs, woods, on a path through a hollow, and cemeteries
(Aswang) subtype: Weredog favours pregnant people travelling roads at night
Rural
(Akurojin-no-hi) bad roads
Sky / Heaven
(Aerico)
(Aguara) stars (builds structure from stars)
(Ala - Ale) clouds (house)
(Amai-te-rangi) Upper Spirit Realm / Sky (this detail is from the Ngaru Wikipedia article)
(Amanozako)
(Angiris)
(Azhdaha) air
Stone
(Alux - Aluxo'ob)
Subterranean
(Aes Sidhe)
(Amikuk) inside the ground
(Augerino)
Tree
(Akathaso) canopy
(Thitpin Saung Nat found in Akathaso) trunk
(Myay Saung Nat found in Akathaso) root
(Aketeko) honey locust tree
(Ala - Ale) giant tree
(Mmoatia the Fairy on Anansi page) fairies often meet in front of odum tree
(Asanbosam) attacks from canopy
(Askafroa) ash tree
(Aziza) silk-cotton trees
Underworld
(Aillen) from Mag Mell
(Alkonost)
(Alû)
(Amaru)
[Ammit] Duat
[Amycus] Tartarus
(Anathan)
(Kalug/kaluluwa on the Anito page) a free soul, travelling to afterlife on a boat
(Anubis) Lord of Underworld (prior to Middle Kingdom 2055 BC)
Enchanted Place
(Alan) fine houses made of gold and other valuables
(Aloja - Aloges) lakes that boil "in anger" when strangers enter
Upper World
(Aiy)
(Amai-te-rangi) Upper Spirit Realm / Sky (this detail is from the Ngaru Wikipedia article)
Water
(Ahuizotl)
(Aisha Qandicha) near water (ocean, river, drainage canal)
(Al Ana) near streams, rivers, lakes
(Ala - Ale) lake, spring
(Alan) near springs
(Aloja - Aloges) near fresh water; they bathe
(Maria Enganxa from Aloja - Aloges) wells, cisterns
(Alseid) springs of rivers
(Altamaha-ha) rivers, streams, abandoned rice fields
(Alven) fishless ponds
(Amabie) open sea
(Amahiko-no-mikoto on Amabie page) rice field
(Amaru) bottom of lakes, bottom of rivers
(Amarum) water boa
(Amemasu) lake
(Amikuk) sea
(Amorōnagu) pools, waterfall
(Anchanchu) river
(Anguane) lake
(Apalala) river
(Vourukhasha mentioned on Apaosha page) is a cosmic sea
(Apotamkin) sea (Passamaquoddy Bay)
(Apukohai) sea
(Aremata-Popoa and Aremata-Rorua) ocean
(Ashinaga-tenaga) seashore
(Asrai) lake (in oldest account: Robert Williams Buchanan), sea
(Atosis)
(Awanyu) springs, ponds, rivers, and ultimately the oceans
(Ayakashi) water surface
(Azhdaha)
(Azukiarai) near rivers or bodies of water
Item
(Aeternae) bony, saw-toothed horns
(Aholi) colourful cloak
(Aibell) magic harp (Power - Cuts Life Short)
(Akerbeltz) (Christian Version) horns as candles; eggs/bread/money as offerings
(Akkorokamui) Offerings - Fish, Crab, Molluscs (give back what it gave)
(Akuma) sword
(Al Ana) red hat with fern twig
(Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) belemnite as lightning bolt
(Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) flint arrowheads
(Alberich) cloak of invisibility (Tarnkappe)
(Alberich) magic ring
(Alberich) sword Eckisax (made by him)
(Alberich) sword Nagelringr (made by him)
(Alfred Bulltop Stormalong) huge ship
(Alicanto) Leads to Treasure (if follower unnoticed)
(Alkonost) egg laid on beach, hatching of egg causes thunderstorm and rough seas that are impossible to traverse
(Alloces) spear
(Almas) black fur; enormous foot claws; Sacrifices (edible wild roots, wild animal meat)
(Aloadae) bronze jar (a storage pithos, similar to an amphora in shape) traps Ares for a year (a lunar year of 13 months)
(Aloja - Aloges) fine, rich clothes
(Aloja - Aloges) Wand (hazel wood, in Catalan tradition the only wood that allows casting spells)
(Maria Enganxa from Aloja - Aloges) Hook to capture children outside her well
(Alp) Tarnkappe (cap of concealment, sometimes a veil) -> offers reward for its return
(Alpos) uses rock as shoulder shield
(Alux - Aluxo'ob) offerings
(Alux - Aluxo'ob) an alux house ("kahtal alux") is a 1-2 storey shrine; within 7 years farmer must close the windows and doors of the little house, sealing the alux inside; If this is not done, the alux will run wild and start playing tricks on people.
(Amabie) glowing object (underwater light?)
(Amadlozi) blood sacrifice: cow, goat, chicken
(Amafufunyana) magic potion causes possession if ingested - brewed from ants that fed on buried human corpse
Eguzki-lore luze (stemless carline thistle); flower; scares off malevolent spirits (created by (Amalur))
(Amazake-babaa) offerings (likely amazake)
(Amazons) Weapon - Battle-Axe (Sagaris)
(Amazons) Magic Belt (Hippolyte)
(Amazons) bow
(Ambika) paper lantern
(Amefurikozō) umbrella without central pole
(Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae)
Item - Live Amphisbaena Necklace (safe pregnancy)
Item - Amphisbaena Skin (wear item to cure for arthritis and common cold)
Item - Amphisbaena Carcass (or Skin) (nail to tree to keep warm during cold weather & allow tree to be felled more easily)
Item - Amphisbaena Meat (attract many lovers)
(Ananke) spindle
(Anemoi) blood sacrifice: horse
(Anhangá) food offerings (grizzly caveat that doesn't apply in this circumstance: it eats corpses)
(Anjana) Stick of Wicker or Hawthorn (Shines in different colour each day of the week)
(Anjana) Petals of Happiness (Rose with purple, green, blue or golden petals) grants happiness till day of death
(Ankou) black robe, hat that conceals face, scythe
(Anzû) Tablet of Destinies (stole this item from Enlil, keeping it on mountaintop)
(Ao Guang) Offerings and Sacrifices, Including human sacrifices
(Ao Guang) Ruyi Jungu Bang, a magically expanding, gold-ringed iron rod weapon granted to Sun Wukong (originally a tool for measuring the depth of sea water, hence its ability to vary its shape and length; it remained in the sea and became the "Pillar holding down the sea", an unmovable treasure of the undersea palace)
(Ao Guang) Golden Chain Mail
(Ao Guang) Fenghuang Feather Cap
(Ao Guang) Cloud-walking boots
(Aobōzu) blue clothes (some accounts) (Okayama Prefecture)
(Aonyōbō) Tattered, moth-ridden kimono
(Aralez) tower: The dead are placed on top of towers to attract the aralezes
(Arjuna) see magical heirlooms and powerful heirlooms
(Arkan sonney) brings eternal silver coin to those who manage to catch it
(Ascapart) club made from an entire tree
(Astaroth) Magic Ring needed to withstand the stench of his breath
(Astomi) carry roots, flowers, apples, spray perfume on their victims
(Aswang) Subtype: Manananggal hides lower half during nighttime
(Átahsaia) flint knife "as broad as a man's thigh and twice as long"
(Āṭavaka) Seal(s) and Talismans (many for believers)
Item - Dussāvudha (aka Vatthāvudha) (made of cloth) (Superweapon): if he threw it up into the sky, no rain would fall for twelve years; if he let it fall on the earth, all plants and trees would die and nothing would grow for twelve years; if he threw it into the sea, the sea would completely dry up; it could make Sineru crumble into pieces.
1 of the 4 most powerful weapons
Yama's Nayanāvudha
- Śakra's Vajra
Vaiśravaṇa's _Gadāvudha
Accepts Offerings - Child Sacrifices
pregnant women fled the capital
"Dragon" Sacrifice
variation: the hero converts the dragon
(Atlantes) Magic Garden Ringed By Glass
(Atlantes) Magic Castle Filled with Illusions
(Atonga) canoe transported by birds
(Awelo) represented by grandfather and grandmother buffalo masks
(Ayaz Ata) magic staff; lots of old clothing
(Azhdaha)
Item - Azhdahā Heart
Power - Courage / Bravery
Item - Azhdahā Skin
Power - Heal Wound of Love
Item - Azhdahā Severed Head
Bury Head in Soil
Power - Fertility (for soil)
(Aziza) (if sole being of its type) smokes a pipe
(Azukiarai) ragged clothes
(Azure Lóng) temple statue comes to drink from waterfall at nighttime
Vehicle
(Agrat bat Mahlat) chariot (Power - Flight)
(Alven) bubble or broken eggshell boat
(Ankou mentioned on French Mythic Creatures and Saints page) cart
Companion
(Agares) pet hawk
(Akashita) black cloud
(Akerbeltz) snake
(Aketeko) 17-18 yo. specter of a young woman, induces trance or fever in passersby
(Ala - Ale) Livestock: Owls, Wolves, Badgers, Forest Animals
(Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) (version where it is child of ala) snake companion
(Alastor) erinyes
(Albruna) elves
(Almamula or Mulánima) Mule (drags chains, is a transformed victim); Giant Black Dog (teeth of fire, transformed victim)
(Archura) grey wolf (close bond)
(Asag) his offspring and companions in battle (Wikipedia calls them "Rock Demons" but it says "citation needed")
(Ashinaga-tenaga) Ashinaga-jin (long legs) is usually the companion of Tenaga-jin (or chōhi) (long arms)
Morality / Reputation
I'm not doing D&D alignment here. In fact, often the accounts about creatures are contradictory, some stories insisting they are all good and others they are all evil. I just classify them as both in those cases. I'll try and explain all these categories in more detail, but the main point here is to show how the storytellers in communities subjectively feel about these beings: are these beings helpers and we like them? Then probably "benevolent" is what they are considered. Are people calling them dangerous but insisting they are not wicked? Then that should be its own category. That's what this is based on: my best approximation (classifying only creatures where Wikipedia mentions it) of what people tell of these beings.
Ambivalent / Ambiguous
(Aes Sidhe) appeased with offerings
(Aisha Qandicha)
(Alberich) (probably a human morality, but he plays tricks in Ortnit)
(Aloja - Aloges) avoid human contact, Prideful of own beauty, high self-esteem, Gaze at their reflection in lakes on full-moon nights
(Anemoi) force of nature
(Ankou) force of nature
(Anpao) force of nature
Benevolent
(Agathodaemon)
(Agiel)
(Agloolik) aids fishermen & hunters, blesses hunters with prey
(Aguara)
(Aitu)
(Aiy)
(Akashita)
(Akathaso)
(Akkorokamui)
(Alara)
(Aloja - Aloges)
(Alp) if evil eye of alp is destroyed, so too are their malicious intentions
(Amadlozi) guide people's lives towards purpose and integrity
(Akhu mentioned on Ammit page)
(Angak)
(Angiris)
(Anhangá) (Tupi-Guarani version) pacifist
(Anjana)
(Anqa)
(Anthelioi)
(Anubis)
(Apple Tree Man)
(Apsonsi) protects from harm
(Aralez)
(Asbolus)
(Asrai)
(Awwakule) assists people
(Aziza)
Benevolent, with caveats
(Ala - Ale) (caveat: to her favourites) saves lives, grants wealth to her favourites
(Alux - Aluxo'ob) will occasionally stop and ask farmers or travelers for an offering, offers boons (good luck or cause enemy to be diseased), Refusal means they wreak havoc
(Anito) cause misfortune if angered, disrespected or mistakenly encountered
Trouble or Dangerous
(Aeternae) wild beast
(Afanc) wild beast, carnivore
(Agropelter) territorial, destructive
(Ahuizotl) destructive, carnivore
(Almas)
(Alp) (Early Medieval Texts) Eerie, Ferocious
(Alven) Territorial (befoul cattle and humans who touch their favoured plants)
(Amafufunyana) aggressive, can cause suicide
(Amanozako) goes against conformity and does the opposite of what is expected by society and social norms. Also, it is said that Amanozako is picky, and will go into an atrocious rage if she does not get what she wants, or if things do not go according to her way. Her wrath cannot be stopped
(Amaru) (2 Amarus destroy the land while fighting each other)
(Amikiri) Pest (Cuts Fisher's Netting and Mosquito Nets)
(Amomongo)
(Apotamkin) dangerous but explicitly not always malevolent
(Archura) territorial, fight with other archura, knock down trees
(Asanbosam) territorial
(Augenbrand) predator (see Motivation for nuance)
(Ayakashi) vengeful
Harmless
(Aketeko) harmless, minor inconvenience (most accounts)
(Anito) a subgroup (bound diwata) ignore human affairs (affairs as in: human matters)
(Aosaginohi) flees human contact
(Azukihakari) harmless, minor inconvenience; nuisance (drops dirt and paper waste from the ceiling), NOT Malevolent
Judgmental
(Akashita) swallows evildoers
(Al Basty) visits the guilty, family of perpetrators of unpunished bloodshed
(Al Basty) (Armenian Version) Punishes Unpunished Criminal Women
(Ala - Ale) rewards being treated as normal, punishes being treated as weird (Punishment: Chest of Snakes that cause blindness, Eat Person) (parallels (Wekufe))
(Alicanto) leads off cliff (if pursuer is not of good heart)
(Amefurikozō) if thieves steal their umbrella, they can't take it off
(Ammit) Sentient, Ammit understands the results of the weighing of the heart and does not eat the akhu (the blessed dead who abide by the code of truth (Ma'at))
(Anhangá) (Tupi-Guarani version) avenges animals victimized by insatiable hunters (also describes as pacifist on Wikipedia, so either the accounts differ about pacifism or not (?) or the avenging is done peacefully)
(Arkan sonney) misfortune to those who hold on to it for too long (causes good luck and has eternal silver coin)
(Armaros) Lends money to those who spend their fortune; If they spend their fortune again, he curses them with eternal poverty
(Awelo) morality personified
(Aufhocker) targets thieves and criminals that need to be taught a lesson
(Āṭavaka) wrathful
Malevolent
(Aeshma) causes animal cruelty, drunken violence, war
(Agnen)
(Agrat bat Mahlat) destructive
(Aguara)
(Aillen)
(Aitu)
(Ajatar)
(Aka Manto)
(Akaneburi mentioned in Akaname)
(Aketeko) (some accounts) tear victims limb from limb
(Akhkhazu)
(Akvan Div)
(Al)
(Ala - Ale)
(Alal)
(Aloadae) attempted rape of Artemis and kidnapping of both Artemis and Hera, kidnapped Ares and contained him in a bronze jar for a year (a lunar year of 13 months)
(Alp)
(Alpos)
(Alû) torment victims for fun
(Amai-te-rangi)
(Amalanhig)
(Amanojaku)
(Amanosagume on Amanojaku page)
(Anathan)
(Anaye)
(Anhangá)
(Anhangá) (Anhang - Anhangá (Spirit) in Mawé culture)
(Aswang mentioned on Anito page) no appeal through offerings, utterly pitiless
(Apaosha)
(Ardat-lilî)
(Arzhang Div)
(Asag)
(Askafroa) unless appeased through sacrifices on Ash Wednesday does much damage
(Asrai) (account by Rosalind Kerven)
(Asrestar)
(Aswang) (e.g. victimize their own without hesitation)
(Atlantes)
(Átahsaia)
(Aufhocker) they target people travelling alone and old women
(Ayahos)
(Azhdahak)
Malevolent (Riddle)
(Aka Manto)
(Aobōzu) (Kagawa Prefecture Version) life or death question
Mischievous
(Aguara)
(Alp) souring milk, elfknots, ride horse to exhaustion, and re-diapering a baby with soiled diaper
(Alux - Aluxo'ob)
(Amaguq)
(Anansi)
(Anito)
(Archura) imitates human voices (lures wanderers to cave), horribly cry, removes signposts, kidnaps young women (Wikipedia page says this mischievousness is not evil)
(Ashi-magari) prevents people from walking by wrapping around person's legs at night (soft thing, like a kitten or wad of cotton)
(Asrai) (account by Rosalind Kerven)
(Awwakule) harmless pranks
(Azeban)
Undergoing Purification
(Apalala) converted by the Buddha
Magic Abilities and Major Non-Magic Skills
Miscellaneous
(Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) you gain power from slaying amphisbaena during full moon if you are pure of heart and mind
(Antero Vipunen) magic (very valuable spells and knowledge, uses spells composed of words, see Luotes)
(Arikura-no-baba) turned the hot water of an onsen cold by throwing a horse's hoof into it
(Āṭavaka) Soften Solids (his glance can make a body soft as butter)
Animals (Power Over Animals)
(Aido Hwedo) snakes
Bliss
(Alkonost) her song causes people to have no more wants (see also Forgetting)
(Anjana) Petals of Happiness (Rose with purple, green, blue or golden petals) grants happiness till day of death
Breathe Fire
(Akugyo)
(Alloces)
(Anzû)
Breathe Poison
(Endriago on Amadís de Gaula page) exhales poison gas
(Amaymon) Poison astral breath
Breathe Water / Spew Water
(Anzû)
Cause Disability
(Al Basty) (Armenian Version) blindness in unborn children
(Ala - Ale) stepping on an "ala's table" causes blindness, deafness, lameness
Cause Disease
(Aerico)
(Ajatar)
(Akhkhazu)
(Akurojin-no-hi)
(Ala - Ale) if Ala turns animal mad and that animal is eaten, it causes rabies
(Alp) epilepsy, minor illnesses
(Alp) through evil eye
(Alux - Aluxo'ob) will do so for people in exchange for offerings
(Alven) cattle, humans
(Amazake-babaa) smallpox, common cold
(Amazake banbā on the Amazake-babaa page) to those who answer the door
(Askafroa)
(Alp) through evil eye
(Aonyōbō) (possibly, "a spirit of poverty and misfortune" may not cause misfortune)
(Arkan sonney) to those holding on to it for too long
(Ask-wee-da-eed)
Cause Poverty
(Aonyōbō) (possibly, "a spirit of poverty and misfortune" may not cause poverty)
(Armaros) curses with eternal poverty those who lose the fortune he lent them
Cause Good Luck
(Alux - Aluxo'ob) in exchange for offerings
(Arkan sonney) to those who manage to catch it
Cause Stillbirth
(Al Basty) (Armenian Version)
Creation
(Airavata) create clouds
(Aiy) they collectively created the world and the fabulous land
(Alfred Bulltop Stormalong) explains where some things were created
(Aloadae) giants who built mountains
(Amalur)
(Angalo) shapes landscape
(Antaboga)
(Athos) Created a mountain and peninsula (named after him)
(Asag) so hideous that fish nearby boil alive in rivers
Detection
(Ala - Ale) smell humans
(Amanosagume on Amanojaku page) see into a person's heart
(Amy) reveal treasures
Drought
(Ao Guang)
(Apaosha)
Earthquakes
(Agares)
(Ahkiyyini)
(Amaru)
(Amemasu) when they get tired from holding up the Earth
(Angalo)
(Ayahos)
Eat Smell
(Aku-aku)
(Anito) can eat the vital force (the breath, the odem (ginhawa)) of humans > harmful; annoyed by perfume, salt and spices
(Aonyōbō) spoiled and rotten leftover food, otherwise humans
(Astomi) no need of food and drink; Apple smell, Flower smell, Perfume smell; die from strong, unpleasant smell
(Awelo) represented by grandfather and grandmother buffalo masks, which are fed with smoke
Eat Solids
(Alicanto) eats ore (can't fly, too heavy from ore, faster if no recent meal)
Emotion Influence
(Al-Mi'raj) frightens animals -> they flee
(Am Fear Liath Mòr) inspires feeling of unease
(Amanozako) possess the hearts of humans and manipulate their emotions and personalities
(Anjana) Petals of Happiness (Rose with purple, green, blue or golden petals)
Eternal Youth
(Alara) her beauty and youth depend on water, so you must remain close
(Aloja - Aloges) retain youth throughout their long (not eternal) years
(Asrai) only age in moonlight (account by Ruth Tongue)
Extreme
(Akaneburi mentioned in Akaname) lick victim down to the bones
Exorcism
(Akerbeltz) is immune to exorcism
Fertility
(Aido Hwedo)
(Akerbeltz)
(Alux - Aluxo'ob)
(Amadlozi)
(Anguane) including pregnancy
(Ao Ao)
(Ao Ao)'s children, see Ao Ao
Fire
(Aido Hwedo)
(Aillen)
(Ani Hyuntikwalaski) cause lightning fire in a hollow sycamore tree
Flight
(Alan)
(Alcyoneus) (some accounts)
(Alp) like a bird
(Alukah) by releasing its long hair
(Alven)
(Amanozako)
Fog
(Am Fear Liath Mòr) mists as a cloak
Forgetting
(Alkonost) her song causes people to forget all knowledge (see also Bliss)
(Azovka) enchantment so people get lost
Glue
(Amefurikozō) if thieves steal their umbrella, they can't take it off
God
(Æsir) mortal
(Aide)
(Aitu)
(Akka)
(Akkorokamui) Octopus God (hard to escape its grasp without permission)
(Aku-aku)
(Amalur)
(Amanosagume on Amanojaku page)
(Amanozako)
(Amazake-babaa) of smallpox
(Ambika)
(Amefurikozō)
(Ammit) not worshipped
(Anammelech)
(Ananke) even gods don't fight her
(Anemoi)
(Anguiped)
(Anito)
(Anthelioi)
(Anubis)
(Anzû) feared by all the gods
(Apollo Amazonius)
(Arawn) (posibly)
(Askafroa)
(Asteria)
(Atua)
(Avatea)
(Ayaz Ata)
(Aziza) (if sole being of its type)
(Azone)
(Azure Lóng) door god
(Aswang) (Bilocano lore) Gugurang (God of Good) and Asuang (God of Evil)
Grant Knowledge
(Agares) languages
(Alloces) astronomy, liberal sciences
(Amy) astronomy, liberal arts
(Anqa) shares wisdom
(Astaroth) math, handicrafts, hidden treasures
(Aziza) gift practical and spiritual knowledge; fire use; magic for hunters
Grant Strength
(Amarok) by removing bones that weaken person
Growth Spell
(Aghasura)
(Aloadae) grow 9 fingers each month, never stop to grow 16.4592m = 9 fathoms tall at age 9
(Alven) Growth Spell (Shrink Spell), can shrink to minuscule size, only to then grow and spread into gorgeous monsters who cover half of the morning sky.
(Arkan sonney) grows self
Hail
(Akerbeltz) (Akerbeltz, and the devil, and witches can make hail from the cut beard of a billy-goat)
(Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) hail clouds through trance and spirit travel
(Amaru)
Heal
(Akabeko) protect from Disease
(Akerbeltz) for animals
(Akkorokamui) (including mental, but also reminiscent of octopus that self-amputates and regenerates limbs)
(Alara) remove hate and greed
(Norse Álfar as represented in Álfablót) perform healing spells in exchange for blood sacrifice of animal
(Amabie) Avert Disease (use pictures of it)
(Angak)
(Aswang) heal self (licking others transforms them into aswang)
Illusion
(Alp)
(Anito)
(Atlantes) castle filled with it
Immortality
(Aes Sidhe)
(Alcyoneus) self-resurrection
(Andhaka)
(Ankou) as a curse
Incorporeal
(Alux - Aluxo'ob) can assume physical form / incarnate / manifest
(Am Fear Liath Mòr) semi-corporeal
(Ananke) (Orphic Version) incorporeal snake
(Átahsaia) at times
Invisibility
(Aerico)
(Afanc) undone by adder stone
(Aibell) depends on item
(Akubōzu)
(Ala - Ale) not fully invisible, rather: indistinct shape
(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) but audible hissing in front of dark hail clouds & visible to Six Toed-Six Fingered People
(Alberich) Tarnkappe
(Alicanto) If spotted, turns off colours of its wings, going into dark
(Alp) Tarnkappe
(Alux - Aluxo'ob)
(Alven) ((Invisibility/See-through) (insubstantial to human eyes))
(Anito)
(Ashi-magari)
(Astaroth)
(Azone) said to be neither visible nor sensible
(Azukihakari)
Invincibility
(Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) to guns or arrows, unless gold or silver
(Amanozako) can chew metal blades ragged with her fangs
(Antaeus)
(Antero Vipunen) Antero Vipunen is NOT invulnerable, but like many giants even sharp stakes shoved into his stomach are simply perceived as a stomach ache
(Asag) hardened skin, skin feels like rock, almost indestructible
(Augerino) indestructible
(Átahsaia) Thick Skin --> So Thick That Knuckles Appear Horned
Landslide
(Ayahos)
Levitation
(Aka Manah)
(Alara) hovers over lake
Life
(Amadlozi)
(Amalur) Holds All Life in the world
Light
(Avatea) eyes are sun and moon
Lightning
(Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) also associated with belemnites and flint arrowheads
(Binaye Ahani (Eye Killers) on Anaye page) Shoot Lightning from eyes (in some stories)
(Ani Hyuntikwalaski) cause lightning fire in a hollow sycamore tree
Longevity
(Aes Sidhe)
(Aibell)
(Aloja - Aloges) live for millennia
(Anqa) 1,700 years, mating at 500 years, chick only leaves egg 125 years after shell breaks
(Asrai) (account by Ruth Tongue)
Mind Control
(Alloces) (possibly not mind control) can get summoner the favour of nobles
(Amy) (possibly not mind control) cause positive reactions from rulers
(Anqa) over animals, feeds the animals it controls
(Astaroth) (possibly not mind control) power over serpents
Moon
(Anammelech)
(Avatea)
Multiplication
(Amikuk) When Shot, Amikuk multiplies into eight beings
(Andhaka) duplicate
Nature
(Aitu) power over nature
(Amalur) Withhold Earth's Treasures (can't be found unless Amalur wants)
(Asi) personified form's appearance causes earth to shake, turmoils in the oceans, forceful winds to howl and trees to fall and be torn apart while meteors blaze through the skies
Pass Wall
(Amikuk) swim through earth
(Anthousai) nymphs of flowers
Poison
(Afanc)
(Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) both heads are poison
Portal / Teleportation / Spirit Away
(Amaru) Travel Between Worlds (spirit realm and our world)
(Anito) Seduce & Abduct Humans into Spirit World
Possession
(Aisha Qandicha)
(Ala - Ale) "sneak" into living humans and corpses and even saints (St. Simeon) (in one account an ala gets into a deceased princess and devours the soldiers on watch)
(Alastor) (Christian Version)
(Alû) possessed are unconscious / in a coma
(Amafufunyana) speak in voices from victims stomach; Possession by spirit horde from multiple cultural groups
(Amikuk) (similarities with possession) Swim Upward Into Person's Body, making them weak
(Anhangá) (Anhang - Anhangá (Spirit) in Mawé culture)
(Anito)
(Asrai)
(Āṭavaka)
Prophecy
(Aibell)
(Aka Manah) can share prophetic visions
(Albruna)
(Amabie) abundant harvest, epidemic
(Amabiko on Amabie page)
(Yamawarawa on Amabie page)
(Asbolus) augur; reads omens in flight of birds
(Atlantes)
(Awanyu) harbinger of storms
Rain
(Alux - Aluxo'ob)
(Amefurikozō) by waving their paper lantern
(Ameonna and Ameotoko) encounter - rain (followed by rain)
(Angak) sweet song
(Ao Guang) torrential rain
(Awanyu) torrential rain
Rebirth
(Ambika) Former Human (reborn as yakshini)
(Azure Lóng) reborn as famous human general
Resurrection
(Alcyoneus) self-resurrection
(Andaokut) resurrects children abducted by a man-eater by urinating on them (was born from the tears of a woman mourning the loss of one of her children)
(Aralez) licks wounds --> the dead are placed on top of towers to attract the aralezes
Self-Replenishing
(Arkan sonney) brings eternal silver coin to those who manage to catch it
Seasons
(Anemoi) and seasonal weather (each has season & cardinal direction)
(Ayaz Ata) winter
(Aerico)
(Akaneburi mentioned in Akaname)
(Ala - Ale) (e.g. 6 fingered men)
(Alp) Night-Form of animal or human (person or animal is unaware); result of curse; can be lifted if origin (e.g. witchcraft) is known; injuries or other marks in both forms
(Alp) human with meeting eyebrows
(Alukah)
(Amanojaku) impersonate with flayed skin
(Amemasu) beautiful woman
(Amikuk) human form called Qamungelriit
(Amy)
(Anchanchu)
(Archura) peasant with glowing eyes
(Ayakashi) child walking in the middle of a fire or beautiful woman
(Aufhocker) beautiful woman shape (yeah, you can get weighed down by a beautiful woman magically stuck to your back); dead man shape
(Aswang) subtype: Weredog impersonates a peddler or construction labourer on travels
Shapeshift - Animal
(Aino) fish
(Aitu)
(Akhlut) wolf
(White Whale mentioned in Akhlut) reindeer
(Akvan Div) onager
(Ala - Ale) snake, raven
(Aloja - Aloges) water blackbird (aka white-throated dipper)
(Alp) Night-Form of animal or human (person or animal is unaware); result of curse; can be lifted if origin (e.g. witchcraft) is known; injuries or other marks in both forms
(Alp) cat, pig, dog, snake, small white butterfly > always wears Tarnkappe (cap of concealment)
(Alukah) wolf
(Amaguq)
(Anchanchu) red dog
(Anito) crocodile, snake, monitor lizard, tokay gecko, bird
(Aobōzu) Raccoon Dogs and Weasels are said to disguise themselves as "Blue Priests"
(Ayakashi) remora (live sharksucker) that stops boats or sea snake (ikuchi)
(Aufhocker)
Shapeshift - Plant
(Aitu)
Shapeshift - Elemental Form
(Aide) breeze, storm
(Akvan Div) storm
(Al) fiery eyes
(Al Basty) (Armenian Version) flame form
(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) dark fog form
(Amy) fire
(Ankou) shadow form
(Ayakashi) child walking in the middle of a fire or ghost light
Shrink
(Archura)
(Arkan sonney) shrink self
Sleep
(Aillen) item - music instrument dulcimer (timpán)
Soul Power
(Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) fight while body is in trance
Speed
(Agropelter) too fast to be seen
(Arion (Horse)) fabulously fast
Spiritual Killing
(Amikuk) Can Jump Through Victim, Causing Them To Lie Down and Die
Steal Souls
(Amarok) store them in icy lake water
Storm
(Akerbeltz)
(Amaru)
(Anzû)
(Ao Guang)
Strength
(Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) (version of aloviti that survived ala's breath or is child of ala) superhuman strength
(Alberich) superhuman strength
(Almas) great strength
(Amala) supports the world
(Amazons) strong and agile
(Amemasu) supports the world ("holds up the Earth"); when hero struggles with amemasu, it pulls rock he is standing on into lake, creating an island
(Andhaka)
(Aobōzu) (Yamaguchi Prefecture Version)
(Archura) knock down trees
Thunder
(Aido Hwedo)
(Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) thunderstorm clouds through trance and spirit travel
(Alkonost) egg laid on beach, hatching of egg causes thunderstorm and rough seas that are impossible to traverse
(Angalo)
(Anzû) thunderclouds
Tireless
(Ao Ao) Stalks over any distance or terrain, never stops till it feeds
(Ao Ao)'s children, see Ao Ao
Transform Others
(Almamula or Mulánima) victim behaves on instincts of new form (seducing, murdering, and devouring)
(Aswang) subtype Weredog flesh they lick or spit is contaminated and turns anyone who eats it into one of them
Transmutation
(Alan) drops of menstrual blood, miscarried fetuses, afterbirth, or other reproductive waste and transform them into human children, whom they then raise as their own
(Amikuk) Turn Earth Surface Into Quicksand; must circle swim around the area first; if victim holds walking stick in this circle, the victim tires out
Trap Souls
(Aku-aku) capture souls
(Ankou) collects souls (responsible for death in the community not as a horror monster, but as a force of nature)
(Ankou mentioned on French Mythic Creatures and Saints page) collects souls of peasants
Vanish
(Aka Manto)
(Akvan Div) hard to catch
Water
(Aido Hwedo)
(Alven) (most powerful at night)
(Amaru) irrigation, fertility, canals, rivers, springs
(Amemasu) Corpse can dam up water, risk of flooding
(Awanyu) floods
Waves
(Abaia) tail splash
(Ahkiyyini) tidal wave
(Alkonost) egg laid on beach, hatching of egg causes thunderstorm and rough seas that are impossible to traverse
(Azhdaha) sea waves
Wealth
(Aido Hwedo)
(Amadlozi)
(Anchanchu)
Power - Extract Minerals
Power - Gatekeeper of Minerals, trades them
appeal to Anchanchu via The Dance of the Horns and other lengthy procedures
(Apple Tree Man) reveals buried gold to man who offers his last mug of mulled cider to the trees in his orchard
Weather - unspecified
(Ashinaga-tenaga) ashinaga's appearance always brings bad changes in weather
(Amaru) symbol of wisdom
(Archura) knows the seasons
Wish
(Aisha Qandicha)
(Alara)
(Ambika) her favourite tree becomes wishing tree
(Anpao) answers prayer
Encounter
(Ao Guang) fought by the Eight Immortals who used magic talismans to defeat him
Animate
(Anthelioi) statues animated by the sun's pneuma (pneuma has it's own Wikipedia page but it's basically the breath and life force, the odem)
Barrier
(Azhdahak) Imprisoned in Mountain
Curse
(Aibell) white cat form
(Alastor) personified curse
(Ameonna) Mothers of children who got spirited away on a day of rain get turned into ameonna
(Arae) female spirits of curses, particularly of the curses placed by the dead upon those guilty of their death
(Arjuna) Pandu (Arjuna's father) was under a curse whereby he would die if he had sexual relations with a woman (thus Pandu's wives invoke devas (gods) and Pandu's children are fathered by these devas) > Curse = death by sex
(Azovka) (some accounts) cursed Tatar princess, banished to the mountain
Exorcism
(Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) exorcizing them means exiling them into wilderness
Petrification
(Akabeko) turned to stone
Prophecy
(Alebrije) alebrije art is based on a vision
(Azhdaha)
- will be punished by god for their harassment of other creatures
- will be cast into the sea
- will grow to 10,000 Gazes in the sea
- will grow wings in the sea, like a fish
(Azhdahak)
- will break out of mountain prison at the end of time
- destined to be defeated by Fereydun
Protection
(Ambika) As mortal, protected by the gods (from flooding)
Resurrection
(Afanc)
Séance
(Anito) ritual is called Pag-anito (or when its specific to diwata: pagdiwata -- diwata are anito specific to nature, while anito can also be ancestors or deities); makes a visitation
Summoning
(Amadlozi)
(Aobōzu) Summoning (if a person stops breathing and spins around 7 times at the base of a certain pine tree, an aobōzu is said to appear and say "don't trample the rocks, don't snap the pine tree") (Nagano Prefecture)
(Aswang) subtype Witch making certain objects, such as rice, bones, or insects, come out of the bodily orifices of the cursed
Transformation
(Aino) into mermaid / nixie
(Aitvaras) on death becomes spark
(Akkorokamui) transformed from giant spider Yaushikep into giant octopus after dragged to sea by a sea god
(Amaru) Transformed to Mountains on Death
(Binaye Ahani (Eye Killers) on Anaye page) remains become cacti
(Sasnalkáhi on Anaye page) remains become yucca
(Aosaginohi) Feathers have fused into scales
(Apotamkin) a human woman turned into a snake with long red hair
(Asrestar) humans originate as transformed Asrestar (light particles (basically the soul) were added to the asrestar)
(Atosis) transformed from human
(Aswang) subtype Witch from human to aswang witch (powers surpass other witches)
Trapped In Smaller Object
(Aloadae) trap the Olympian Ares and contain in a bronze jar (a storage pithos, similar to an amphora in shape) for 13 months (a lunar year)
Motivation
Clean
(Akaname)
Eat
(Alicanto) eats ore (can't fly, too heavy from ore, faster if no recent meal)
(Alp) Drink Blood (from nipples of men and young children); Drink Breast Milk; Drink Cow's Milk (drink cows dry)
(Amazake-babaa) request a drink of amazake
(Amemasu) eat large prey (deer)
(Amomongo) attack livestock
(Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) ants; (Medieval Version) birds
(Mmoatia the Fairy on the Anansi page) fairies eat mashed yams
(Anito) attracted to séance ritual (the pag-anito) through offerings and sacrifices (harvests, cooked food, wine, gold ornaments and betel nut, blood from an animal such as pig or chicken --> salt and spices avoided, believed to be distasteful), human sacrifices only among the Bagobo people
(Anqa) Elephants, Large Fish, Tannin
(Ashinaga-tenaga) catch fish
(Átahsaia) eats his own (his fellow malevolent beings)
Follow Orders
(Agares) retrieve runaways
Gain Soul
(Asrai) (in oldest account by Robert Williams Buchanan)
Harm / Suffering
(Apaosha) prevent rain
(Asrestar) do evil (e.g. lie)
(Atlantes) Stop Conversion to Christianity (Because it will grant an alliance)
Hunt / Stalk
(Amarok)
(Amikuk) pursues hunters onto land as it swims through earth
(Sasnalkáhi on Anaye page)
(Ao Ao) Stalks over any distance or terrain, never stops till it feeds; Digs at roots of tree until tree falls (unless it's a palm tree, see Strange Weakness section)
(Asanbosam) entangles unwary hunters with its legs dangling from canopy
(Atshen)
Kidnap
(Akashita) tongue hanging from clouds
(Anhangá) (Anhang - Anhangá (Spirit) in Mawé culture)
(Atosis)
Loneliness
(Augenbrand) search for its dead master
Protect - Unspecified
(Amadlozi) these entities can be summoned for assistance and protection
(Amaru)
(Ambika)
(Angiris)
(Arikura-no-baba) stop eruption of a mountain through prayer
(Azure Lóng) cardinal direction (East)
Protect City
(Agathodaemon)
(Azure Lóng)
Protect Families
(Aitu)
Protect Farms
(Akashita)
(Ala - Ale) protector of fields (local ala protects local fields from outsider ala)
Protect Graves
(Anubis) as of First Dynasty 3100 BC
Protect Homes
(Agathodaemon)
(Akerbeltz) households
(Alebrije) against evil forces
(Alux - Aluxo'ob) keep thieves out of homes that sacrifice to them
(Anthelioi) guard doorways; charged by sunlight
Protect Nature
(Aes Sidhe)
(Agloolik) protects seals
(Ahuizotl) protects lake fish
(Akathaso) protects sky, Thitpin Saung Nat protects tree, Myay Saung Nat protects earth
(Akerbeltz) protects animals
(Alven) care for favoured plants (nightwort, elf leaf)
(Anhangá) (Tupi-Guarani version) plants and animals (especially female animals with babies: aids their escape from hunters), protects hunters
(Anpao) prevent burning of earth by dancing as dawn with Han, the spirit of darkness
(Ao Ao) hills and mountains
(Ao Ao)'s children: hills and mountains
(Apple Tree Man) farm cat (in one story)
(Archura) wild animals, birds, forests
(Askafroa) protects ash tree
(Awanyu) guards waterways
Protect A People
(Aibell)
(Aloja - Aloges) try to bring wealth and and well-being to the areas they live in.
(Awanyu) Pueblo
(Awelo)
(Al) enemies of "Eve and her daughters"
(Ala - Ale) enemies of St. Elijah and his dragon (and eagle?) allies
(Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) enemies of the Ala
(Alfred Bulltop Stormalong) fought a (Kraken)
(Alkonost) interacts with Rarog, Stratim, Sirin
(Alpos) killed by Dionysus' staff, the Thyrsos
(Andaokut) kills (Malahas)
(Anjana) foil (outwit) Ojáncanu
(Ao Guang) fights the Eight Immortals
(Apukohai) defeated with assistance of owl god an the fish Ulu-makaikai by hero Kawelo
(Arimaspi) animosity
(Prabu Niwatakawaca (Javanese) on Arjuna page) encounters demi-god Arjuna
(Auloniad) (some accounts) Eurydice (love of Orpheus) is Auloniad > (some) Auloniads go to Hades when they die > Auloniads can die from venomous serpents
(Azhdaha) food for inhabitants of the land of Gog and Magog
(Āṭavaka) with naga
Duality / Complementing / Counterpart
(Aido Hwedo)
(Alkonost) and Sirin: Joy and Sorrow > Alkonost comforts Sirin
(Ananke) (Orphic Version) with Chronos (Time)
(Anubis) female counterpart Anput
(Apaosha) makes war on the guardian of rainfall, Tishtrya
(Apsonsi) Thepnorasi is the male equivalent
(Archura) are nature beings, while Bichura are household beings. Both are chort/chura
Strange Weakness
I don't judge, all things that chase off or defeat a monster are classified as "strange weakness" in this list. So don't wonder if some are totally mundane things that would work on humans or animals too. I could call it just "weakness" but I don't know, it's just a quirky classification scheme I guess.
(Afanc) maiden's lap
(Agares) can be drawn into crystals
(Aigamuxa) blind hunter (eyes on feet) (only sees prey through handstand or lying in sand)
(Aillen) (poison counteracts Aillen's sleep spell, keeps poison user awake)
(Aisha Qandicha) metal
(Al) garlic, metal, onions, prayers, charms
(Al Ana) (Wikipedia has complex descriptions of rituals to ward them off)
(Ala - Ale) can be defeated by dragons or eagles
(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) Visible to Six Toed-Six Fingered People; House Shakes When they enter in human form
(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) herbs collected in levees and in places on a field where plows turn during plowing, both considered unclean because ala visit them
(Ala - Ale) multiple supernatural entities bring hail and rain torrents, so since cause is unclear, custom is to bring large selection of antidotes: to bring a table in front of the house, and to put bread, salt, a knife with a black sheath, and an axe with its edge directed skywards on the table. By another custom, a fireplace trivet with its legs directed skywards, knives, forks, and the stub of the Slava candle were put on the table.
(Alal) amulets
(Alcyoneus) immortal as long as in his native land
(Alp) lead amulet; sign of cross on diaper to stop mischief
Weird Weakness (broomstick under pillow, iron horseshoes hung from the bedpost, placing shoes against the bed with the toes pointing toward the door, or placing a mirror on the chest)
Weird Weakness (must fulfill favour if asked, even impossible favours)
Weird Weakness (plug holes, including keyholes om a room, sealing it --> preventative measure, if done with alp in the room it locks the alp in, as they can only leave through the opening they entered from)
Weird Weakness (keep light on at night)
Weird Weakness (lemon shoved in alp's mouth if alp is caught resting immobilizes or weakens alp)
(Amalanhig) they have a stiff body, can only walk in straight lines, so you can run in zigzag direction (Amalanhigs can only run straight due to stiff body)
(Amalanhig) if you climb trees or high platforms
(Amalanhig) you run into lakes and rivers, amalanhigs fear deep bodies of water
(Amaru) can be trapped by storms
(Amaymon) consecrated silver ring protects against this poison breath; shows of politeness keeps this demon pleasant
(Amazake-babaa) avoids cedar branch
(Amazake banbā on the Amazake-babaa page) sign by the door that says "we do not like sake or amazake"
(Amemasu) Cold, Clammy Skin in human form, like a fish
(Amemasu) can be killed from within
(Amikuk) in human form pulls sled across ice, always in straight line
(Amikuk) in human form Sit down with back to creature, don't speak to it --> it will offer gifts of increasing value --> stay silent till it offers everything you need or everything on your mind
(Binaye Ahani (Eye Killers) on Anaye page) throw salt in eyes, fire arrows from afar
(Teelget on Anaye page) attack from gopher tunnel below
(Tsé’nagahi on Anaye page) place knives point up in the ground as a trap, then lure it over the knives
(Tsenahale on Anaye page) trick them into taking you to their nest, take babies hostage
(Tsetahotsiltali on Anaye page) can be pulled off the cliff by hair
(Yeitso on Anaye page) lightning bolt
(Anhangá) fears fire
(Anhangá) (Anhang - Anhangá (Spirit) in Mawé culture) Water (either can't swim or afraid of Sukuyu'wera the protector of waters)
(Anito) powers limited by domain (forest diwata has no dominion over the sea)
(Antaeus) Invincibility dependent on contact with his mother, the earth (similar weakness to Alcyoneus)
(Ao Ao) palm trees have some unknown power against the Ao Ao and protect people who climb them
(Ao Ao)'s children, see Ao Ao
(Archura) no shadow
(Ardat-lilî) a mock marriage
(Ardat-lilî) Unlike gods, Mesopotamian malevolent beings are incapable of heeding prayers
(Arkan sonney) explicitly does not have the power to shapeshift (can grow or shrink itself)
(Asrai) Sunlight melts them into water, can't live on land; fear light (in oldest account by Robert Williams Buchanan)
(Astomi) die from strong, unpleasant smell
(Augerino) requires dry environment to survive and thus bores holes in dams and irrigation ditches to drain the water
(Axehandle hound) dislikes axe handles from red oak
(Azukibabaa) holding your thumb will calm you when Azukibabaa sings her disturbing song
(Aufhocker) church bells; sunlight; Victim makes it home before dying
(Aufhocker) Tear out throats (telltale sign that the culprit is an Aufhocker)
(Aswang)
Strange Weakness - power greatly reduced (or totally reduced) during the day
Strange Weakness - averse to noises
Strange Weakness - Holy objects, spices, salt, ash, the tail of a sting-ray, large crustaceans, vinegar, betel nut chew, and urine
Strange Weakness - reverse a ladder leading to the house
Strange Weakness - husband of child-bearing wife remains under the house naked while furiously waving a sword
Strange Weakness - anti-aswang oil (for details search the term)
Strange Weakness - try to dodge blessings during mass
Strange Weakness - witch aswang weak at middle of their back, because they can't reach it with their tongue to lick the wound and heal it
Strange Weakness - see Influences in contemporary society
Weakness - Sharp sticks or bolos inserted between bamboos of house floor
Weakness - stay quiet (don't groan from sicknesses)
Weakness - sick people shouldn't stay in houses with holes
Giveaway - scratching noises from the ceiling
Giveaway - pig with no tail
(Aswang) subtype Witch
Giveaway - Eyes reflect images upside down
Giveaway - Elongated Irises
Behaviour
(Aitvaras) steal gold and grain; share stolen goods with family
(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version)"drink the crops" i.e. seize the crops of a village and transport them to another place in their huge ears, thereby making some villages poor, and others rich
(Amalanhig) Tickle Victim to Death (victim dies both of laughter and terror)
(Amarok) preys on lone hunters
(Ameonna) (Toriyama Sekien illustration) licking her hand
(Asrai) shy
(Asrai) speaks in unknown language
Time
Cyclical Appearance
(Aes Sidhe)
(Ala - Ale) eves of greater holidays (night-time)
(Anjana) Spring Equinox
(Cŵn Annwn mentioned on Arawn page) ride through the skies in autumn, winter, and early spring
(Asrai) surface once a century (account by Ruth Tongue)
Evening
(Ayakashi)
Diurnal
(Aswang) beautiful woman by day
Nocturnal
(Aigamuxa)
(Akaname)
(Akurojin-no-hi) rainy nights
(Ala - Ale) gather at night on eves of greater holidays
(Alicanto)
(Aloja - Aloges)
(Alp)
(Alû)
(Amarok)
(Amazake-babaa)
(Amefurikozō) rainy nights
(Anchanchu)
(Aosaginohi)
(Ashi-magari)
(Ashinaga-tenaga)
(Asrai) full moon
(Axehandle hound)
(Aswang) Subtype: Manananggal disembodied head (by night)
(Aswang) subtype: Bloodsucking Woman (example Mandurugo)
(Aswang) subtype: Weredog (not always dog) nocturnal transformation into creature
Time (Mythic Events)
(Amazons) war on the titans alongside Dionysus
(Amazons) - (Attic War (Event))
(Amazons) military expeditions (to Scythia, Thrace, Asia Minor, Aegea)
(Amycus) Event - Centauromachy
(Anqa) appears once in ages
(Ato-sees) Of the Ancient Age (similar to Dreaming, when humans and animals were equal)
(Awes-kon-wa) Present Age (when humans and animals are entirely separate)
(Azeban) Of the Ancient Age (similar to Dreaming, when humans and animals were equal
(Azovka) (some accounts) a queen left by the "Old People" to guard treasure
Time (Century)
6th Century BC
(Amazons) IRL Russian town of Voronetz archaeological find: several generations of Scythian warrior women buried with golden headpieces
5th Century BC
(Agathodaemon)
4th Century BC
(Amazons) NOT THEIR TIME, this is the time period when a lot of doubt is sowed as to their existence, such as Palaephatus
2nd Century BC
(Amazons) Marcus Justinius claims Amazons cut off one of their breasts
1st Century BC
(Albruna)
5th Century
(Alpos)
8th Century
(Akuma)
11th Century
(Alp)
12th Century
(Alukah)
(Azovka) (some accounts): cursed Tatar princess, banished to the mountain; (some accounts) enchanted girl stolen by the Tatars (Tatars came to Europe in the Mongol invasions, which I think is roughly in the 12th century?? I need to brush up on my history knowledge.)
Here is the overview of global creatures. A more detailed explanation of how this list was made, what is included and how it works can be found there.
Cross-Cultural (across multiple but not all cultures)
Amadlozi of the Nguni people in South Africa
Anansi is Akan (which includes the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Anyi, Ashanti (!!!!!!!), Baoulé, Bono, Chakosi, Fante, Kwahu, Sefwi, Wassa, Ahanta, and Nzema) also found in African American lore
Asanbosam is Akan (which includes the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Anyi, Ashanti (!!!!!!!), Baoulé, Bono, Chakosi, Fante, Kwahu, Sefwi, Wassa, Ahanta, and Nzema) also found in Jamaican slave lore
Death
Jengu various peoples in Cameroon;
Madam Koi Koi
Mami Wata
Mazomba
Mbombo
Beings in Mbuti folklore (see Mbuti mythology page)
Mbwiri
Ninki Nanka
Nyami Nyami
Obambou
Obia also name for a creature in Latin American folklore (Garifuna of Bay Islands, Honduras)
Ogun
Oshun
Shetani
Beings in Somali myth (see Somali mythology page)
Werehyena
Yumboes (Wolof)
Zār
Zuhri
West Africa (across many West African cultures)
Adze (possessing "vampire" who stalks prey as firefly among the Ewe of Togo and Ghana)
Ekpo Nka-Owo (Ibibio, Southern Nigeria)
Wereleopard
Zin
Congo (across many cultures of the Congo basin region)
Abada
Bunzi
Eloko (plural: Biloko)
Jengu also known in Cameroon, called Bisimi with the Bakongo
Mfinda
Nkisi
Nkondi
Simbi
Allegedly African (beings that non-African sources place in Africa):
Aegipan
Amphisbaena (in Greek myth, Perseus flies over Libya with head of Medusa…blood creates Amphisbaene)
Catoblepas
Cerastes
Crocotta
Dingonek (East Africa, around Lake Victoria, alleged European sightings 1907-1918, not sure if this is a folkloric being of the region)
Ethiopian pegasus
Forest Bull
Gold-digging ant
Griffon
Hypnalis
Leontophone
Lycaon
Macrobian
Pard
Pygmies
Rompo falsely claimed to be "from Indian and African folklore", Wikipedia shows a picture sourced as "J. Maclock: Natural History 1815", so presumably 1800s European authors, likely drawing on earlier sources, where spreading the story of this creature.
Scitalis
Seps
Struthopodes maybe??
Syrbotae
Tarand
Theow
Wild Man, Wild Woman
Yale
Yateveo (In 1889 James Buel claims in a book called Sea and Land that there is a plant in South America and Africa named yateveo "for producing a hissing sound similar to the Spanish phrase ya te veo (lit. 'I already see you'), and having poisonous "spines" that resemble "many huge serpents in an angry discussion, occasionally darting from side to side as if striking at an imaginary foe" which seize and pierce any creature coming within reach")
Angola (the country)
Kishi
Ashanti people
Anansi
Asanbosam
Obayifo
Benin (the country)
Aido Hwedo, also in Haiti
Canary Islands (Guanches)
Guayota
Maxios
Tibicena
Witches of Anaga
Dahomey (historic state, 1600-1904)
Aziza
Dogon people
Nommo
Ethiopia (the country / cultural region)
Ababil (in the Quran, an Aksumite (Ethiopian) siege is averted by birds dropping stones)
Buda (Ethiopia & Eritrea, were-hyena & evil eye)
Ethiopian superstition
Holawaka (Oromo, Ethiopia)
Igbo people
Ibo loa (also part of the folklore of Haiti)
Nkomi & Bakalai people (Gabon)
Koolakamba
Ghana (the country)
Abonsam, also Gold Coast
Adze (possessing "vampire" who stalks prey as firefly among the Ewe of Togo and Ghana)
Gold Coast (the country)
Abonsam, also in Ghana
Kalenjin people (Kenya)
beings of Kalenjin folklore (see Kalenjin mythology)
Nandi Bear (local names: Chemosit, Kerit, Koddoelo, Ngoloko, or Duba and possibly Nkampit) among the Nandi people, who speak a dialect of the Kalenjin language
Khoikhoi people
Aigamuxa
Lingala (linguistic group)
Mokele-mbembe
Lugbara people (Congo to Sudan)
Adroanzi (vaguely resemble "angels" in the sense that they are benevolent children of the god Androa, but if you turn around to look at them, you die)
Malagasy (main language in Madagascar)
Kalanoro
Vazimba
Mozambique (the country)
Agogwe (supposedly sighted by 2 Europeans in 1926-1927 but existed prior as a word & creature in indigenous oral traditions)
Songhay people (&maybe from historic state, 11th century-1592)
Hira
Zin Kibaru
Sotho people (South Africa)
Kammapa
Monyohe
South African folktales
Grootslang
Tswana people
Matsieng
Uganda (the country)
Jok (among Acholi of Uganda and South Sudan)
Lukwata (Baganda of Uganda)
Xhosa people
Amafufunyana (possession, and in modern Western medicine synonymous with diagnosis of schizophrenia)
Uhlakanyana
Yoruba people
Abiku
Egbere
Emere
Shango
Yemọja
Zambia (the country)
Ilomba (among the Lozi people)
Zanzibar (the island region)
Popobawa
Zimbabwe (historic state, 11th-16th or 17th century)
Zimbabwe Bird (not literally called that... the ruins of Great Zimbabwe contain statues of this bird and as far as Wikipedia is concerned, there is no recorded name for these birds and no surviving folklore or stories attached to these birds. The bird statues decorate various important structures and it can safely be assumed that they were of deep significance to the culture of Great Zimbabwe).
Zulu people
Inkanyamba
Isitwalangcengce
Lightning Bird
Tikoloshe
Uhlakanyana
Umamba
Usiququmadevu; beings in Zulu religion
Ancient Egypt (historic states, the first ones beginning in neolithic, region loses cultural touchstones like hieroglyphics in Roman period beginning 30 B.C.)
Aani
Abezethibou (Testament of Solomon, acted during Book of Moses in Egypt)
Abtu
Abyzou
Akhekh
Ammit
Anubis
Apophis
Ba (personality)
Bennu
Griffon
Hieracosphinx
Isfet
Medjed
Mehen (a snake god associated with a board game)
Meretseger
Nemty
Serpopard
Set animal
Sphinx
Taweret
Teka-her
Unut (Rabbit-Snake-Lion goddess)
Uraeus
Wadjet
allegedly Ancient Egyptian (beings that non-Egyptian sources place in Ancient Egypt)
Cynocephali (if I put on my wild speculation hat, the guess is that these ideas could be based off of statuettes of Anubis and similar deities with dog heads)
Phoenix (likely due to worship of the bennu heron)
Notify me if there are mistakes or if any of these creatures, beings or figures should not be used in art or fiction. (Note that every artist & writer should consider whether use of these figures is appropriate whether someone has complained or not).
Europeans often think that East Europe and Northwest Asia is simply Slavic: if Poles, Czechs, Russians and many Balkan people are Slavic, surely all the areas of East and Southeast Europe must be Slavic. And if West Asia has Indo-Germanic languages and cultures, surely those must be Slavic too? No, the region is much more diverse culturally, and the Slavic cultures are all different from each other and exist next to cultures like Albanian, Romanian and Roma culture that are non-Slavic.
Northwest Asia refers to the region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains. This region is sometimes viewed as European, sometimes as Asian, but I don't think there is an objective answer, it's simply an interesting part of the world.
So here is an exhaustive list of Wikipedia's creatures for people who just get lumped in as "Slavic" when they are, in fact, from totally different cultures. While browsing Wikipedia, I also learned that there is a autonomous Buddhist European Republic run by descendants of the Mongol horde in Eastern Europe, something I was utterly unaware of (probably because they are incorporated into Russia, but also because I have some biases to work on).
Albania (not Slavic)
Baloz
Bardha
Dhampir (this is an Albanian word, but the concept was known around the Balkans in Slavic areas too)
Djall
Drangue
En (Albanian deity)
Fatia
I Verbti (Albanian deity)
Kukudh
Kulshedra
Ljubi
Lugat
Nëna e Vatrës
Ora
Perëndi
Perria
Prende (Albanian deity)
Shtojzovalle
Shtriga
Shurdh
Stihi
Tur
Turoń
Vitore
Xhindi
Zana
Zojz (Albanian deity)
Hungary (not Slavic)
Busós
Lidérc
Luwr
Ördög
Sárkány
Turul (also Turkic)
Vadleány
Moldova (country)
Moldova is a small country with Romanian as its national language which borders on Romania. I will add any mythic creatures from Moldova if I find them, but I would expect the Romanian entries to be a good starting point.
Roma people
Ursitory
Vampire pumpkins and watermelons
Romanian (not Slavic) (Land of Vlad Tepes)
Iele
Ileana Cosânzeana
Little Wildrose
Marțolea
Moroi
Muma Pădurii
Muroni
Nosferatu (word) allegedly Romanian
Pricolici
Samca
Sântoaderi
Sânziană
Solomonari
Spiriduș
Strigoi
Swan Maiden
Uriaș
Ursitoare similar to Roma & Slavic Ursitory
Vâlvă
Vântoase
Zână
Zburător
Zmeoaică
Zmeu
Caucasus Region (not Slavic)
The Caucasus is the name of a mountain range wedged right between two oceans (so there is a Western Ocean then mountains then an Eastern Ocean).
This mountain range separating everyone means that people on the western side of the mountains speak not just different languages but entirely different language families to those on the eastern side!
Being surrounded by oceans means that historically, people in the mountains usually only need to worry about armies coming from the north or south, not from the sea. On the western side of the mountains lie Armenia and Georgia, two of the first kingdoms to declare themselves Christian states and on the eastern side of the mountains there is a strong Islamic influence in places like Azerbaijan.
The Ancient Greeks thought that Prometheus, the titan who brought humanity fire, was chained to the Caucasus mountains as punishment and would have his liver eaten (and regrown) every day by an eagle.
More than a thousand years before the Greeks, Proto-Indo European groups travelled the Western Caucasus south to reach modern-day Turkey, where they established the Hittite Empire by subjugating the Hurrian people and engaged in cultural coercion to end Assyrian ideas (and challenge Egyptian ideas) of gender equality, which previously prevailed in the region.
Batraz North Caucasian culture may not be Slavic
Germakochi
Ossetian Myth
Tutyr
Vainakh religion
Armenian (not Slavic)
Griffon
Hayk
Lake Van Monster
Vishap
Werewolf
Georgia (not Slavic)
Kopala
Ochokochi
Q'ursha
Slavic people
Many East European cultures are Slavic. These groups have a somewhat enigmatic history, being first known from Roman reports from smaller areas of Eastern Europe and eventually moving in to inhabit most of Europe's eastern half.
Cross-Cultural
Baba Yaga (check the Wiki page, but it seems that Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Bulgarian and Serbian, Polish and Russian all use the word "Baba" -- Baba Yaga clearly appears in Russian folklore)
Bannik
Bies
Błędnica (the Wiki page is a stub, one of its sources links to a book on Polish demonology and the only Slavic wikipedia page I could find with an entry is the Macedonian one)
Blud (Ukrainian and Russian and thus potentially pan-East Slavic (in other words also Belarussian) the Wiki page does not formally narrow the range beyond "Slavic")
Bobak (referred to as "Slavic" but all mentioned sources seem to be Polish, with possibly one Slovakian reference?)
Božić (no clear mention of originating cultures, although it seems to be South Slavic (Bulgarians, Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, and it is used as a personal name in those places as well as Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Cambion (the Latin word for changelings, used across Christian Europe)
Cornflower Wraith (said to live in the Southern Polish area of Prudnik, but the stories are told in places like Russia too)
Personifications of death
Dhampir (originally a non-Slavic (Albanian) word, the concept of the Dhampir spread, often under different names, across the Balkans. The term Balkans doesn't have an agree definition, but I would say countries on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea count: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Montenegro. The wiki article explicitly mentions dhampir stories from Serbia)
Domovoi (Russian, Polish, Czech, Belarusian, Croat, Slovene, Slovak, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Serbian, which is so many cultures that I wouldn't be surprised if this being was genuinely pan-Slavic)
Drekavac (South Slavic cultures: Serbia is mentioned, but Southern Slavs also include Slovenes, Croats, the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia, as well as Bulgaria)
Drioma (the Wikipedia page is a stub, but mentions Russian stories. The Ukrainian wikipedia also has its own Drioma page, so we can potentially guess that this is an East Slavic being, known in Russia and maybe Ukraine or Belarus)
Dvorovoy (another Wikipedia stub page, but this one links to pages in Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, but also Macedonian, Bulgarian, Slovenian and Polish)
Dziwożona (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorb and Hutsul)
Fext (from the 30-year war period in the 1600s)
Firedrake (folklore) (Wikipedia argues that this is identical to the flogdrake of Swedish lore and also argues that this is truly pan-Slavic, citing numerous examples from different East and West Slavic areas)
Firebird (Slavic folklore)
Karapandža (Wikipedia describes this as "Southeastern European" and mentions Serbs. This suggest a spread among Southern Slavic groups and possibly non-Slavic groups such as Albanians and Greeks).
Karzełek (mentioned for Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia)
Kikimora (Polish, Czech, with traces of the legend in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Slovakia, Russia, and among Kashubians. Wikipedia argues that the non-Slavic world also has adopted the being: the Romanian moroi).
Kostroma (deity) (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus)
Lady Midday (widespread in Slavic societies (see Wiki page), also found among non-Slavic groups like Komi speakers and Yiddish speakers)
Mare (folklore), not to be confused with Māra and Morana (goddess) or Mara (demon). Both Mare (folklore) and Morana (goddess) are about Slavic figures, while Māra is Lithuanian and Mara (demon) is from Buddhism.
Pereplut (obscure deity attested by a Christian source from the 1100s)
Strzyga (aka Striga) (very wide-spread around South-Eastern Europe, from Byzantine Greek to Romanian to Hungarian and Albanian folklore, the striga or similar beings are found all over Eastern Europe, including Poland and the Balkans)
Swan Maiden (stories about bird women are global and the swan maiden Wikipedia page discusses this global spread, including with a nice map.)
The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apples (Czech, Bulgarian, possibly other Slavic and certainly non-Slavic versions)
Unclean Force
Upiór (also Turkic)
Ursitory (Balkans folklore, also in non-Slavic cultures like Roma and Romanians ("Ursitoare"))
Vedmak
Vila (mostly South Slavic, some West Slavic attestations, nothing from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus)
Werewolf in Slavic mythology (the werewolf article on Wikipedia might also have a section on the Slavic version, which depending on your luck and the day might have more information)
Zmaj (currently found on the Slavic Dragon wiki page)
Zwodziasz (possibly unique to Poland, the wiki page is a stub)
Poland
Babay (Ukraine, Russia, Poland, origin in Turkic languages)
Devil Boruta
Gold Duck
King Kojata
Krasnoludek
Lakanica
Maruda
Masovian dragon
Mermaid of Warsaw
Płanetnik
Psotnik
Rokita (folklore)
Rübezahl (also Czech Republic and non-Slavic tradition in Germany)
Schrat (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, other European traditions)
Skrzak
Topielec
Vjesci
Wars and Sawa
Wawel Dragon
Czech Republic
Rübezahl (also Poland and non-Slavic tradition in Germany)
Schrat (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, other European traditions)
Slovakia
Check the Pan-Slavic section
Slovenia
Black Panther (symbol)
Goldenhorn
Schrat (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, other European traditions)
Vesna (also Maceconia, Serbia, Croatia)
Croatia
Tintilinić (Croatian coast and among Burgenland Croats in Austria)
For more, check the Pan-Slavic section
Ved (mythology) (north Croatia)
Vesna (also Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Psoglav (Bosnia region, also Montenegro)
Stuhać (Herzegovina region, also Serbia)
For more, check the Pan-Slavic section
Kosovo
Check the Pan-Slavic section
Serbia
Ala (also Bulgaria, Macedonia)
Baš Čelik
Bauk
Black Arab (Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian)
Cikavac
Čuma
Dhampir (the Albanian word is not common in Serbia, but the Wiki page shows that the concept is familiar there)
Stuhać (also Herzegovina)
Vesna (also Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia)
Zduhać (south Serbian, but also Macedonian and Bulgarian)
Montenegro
Psoglav
For more, check the Pan-Slavic section
Romania
Căpcăun
Bulgaria
Ala (also Serbia, Macedonia)
Aq Bars (winged snow leopard, heraldry from 800s onwards, also Mongolian)
Black Arab (Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian)
Djadadjii
Ispolin
Kukeri
Samodiva
Zduhać (also Macedonian and southern Serbian)
Macedonia
Ala (also Bulgaria, Serbia)
Black Arab (Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian)
Samodiva
Vesna (also Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia)
Zduhać (also Bulgarian and southern Serbian)
Ukraine
Alkonost
Babay (Ukraine, Russia, Poland, origin in Turkic languages)
Ded Moroz
Dobrynya Nikitich
Mavka
Povitrulya
Shubin (mines in the Donbas area of Ukraine)
Simargl (also Old Russian)
Stricha (Ukrainian, while Strigoi are Romanian)
Verlioka (also Russia and Belarus)
Zlydzens (also Belarusian)
Belarus
Alkonost
Chut
Ded Moroz
Dzedka
Lazavik
Shatans
Verlioka (mainly Russia and Ukraine, only 1 version from Belarus)
Zheuzhyk
Zhytsen
Zlydzens (also Ukrainian)
Sorbs
Božalość
Wends (extinct)
Božalość
Misizla
Skrzak
Syrmia in Pannonia
Bukavac (possibly other Slavic groups too)
Russia (the European parts)
A Hut on Chicken Legs
Al (also in Mongolia, Persia, Afghanistan, Caucasus)
Azovka
Babay (Ukraine, Russia, Poland, origin in Turkic languages)
Brosno dragon
Chernava
Ded Moroz
Dobrynya Nikitich
Gamayun
"Go I know not whither and fetch I know not what" folktale includes creatures
Indruk
Koshchei
Meduza
Oksoko (3 headed eagle see article's points about scripture for ideas)
Polkan
Russian folklore
Russian superstitions
Shishiga
Simargl (also Ukrainian)
Swan Maiden
The Mistress of Copper Mountain
The Sea Tsar and Vasilisa the Wise
Tugarin
Verechelen
Verlioka (also Ukraine and Belarus)
Vodyaniye
Wurdulac (likely a 19th century literary invention...by Russian authors though, so this is a Russian fictional trope and it's public domain)
Zilant (Tatar community in Russia, including their Republic of Tatarstan, whose official symbol this creature is)
Zmei (aka Zmei Gorynich)
Kyivan Rus (modern Ukraine)
Sirin
Notify me please if you find any mistakes or would like a disclaimer added if any of the creatures on this list are sacred or should not be used in art by outsiders.
Both above religions originate on the Indian subcontinent but spread their ideas beyond.
Indian subcontinent----------section start--------------
Aghasura asura in shape of 8 mile serpent (500 CE to 1000 CE, but most likely between 800 and 1000 CE)
Airavata
Akshayavata tree (estimated between the 4th and 15th century CE. Some parts of the text may be from the 750 to 1000 CE period.)
Anasuya; Andhaka asura with 1000 heads 2000 eyes 1000 arms
Angiris
Apsara
Arjuna
Asi
Asura
Bakasura a rakshasa (despite "asura" in the name)
Barbarika
Basnak Dau
Bhagadatta
Bhargava
Bhoota
Bhramari
Bhringi
Brahmahatya
Brahmarākṣasaḥ
Buru
Chakora
Chana and Munda
Chaturbhuja
Chedipe
Chidambara Rahasiyam
Chinas
Chir Batti ghost light
Chitrāngada
Chyavana
Creatures from Vetala Tales
Daayan
Daitya
Daksha
Daksha yajna
Danava
Daruka
Dawon
Devas
Devatas
Durgamasura
Durukti
Dvarapala
Dvipa
Gādhi
Gaja
Gajasimha
Gaṇa
Gandaberunda
Gandharva
Garuda
Ghosayatra Parva
Grahana
Guhyaka
Gusainji Maharaj
Halahala
Hamsa
Haryashvas and Shabalashvas
Hidimba
Hiranyakashipu
Hiranyaksha
Ichchadhari naag
Ila
Ilavida
Ilvala and Vatapi (asura)
Iravati
Jahnu
Jarita
Jvarasura
Kabhanda
Kālakeya
Kalanemi (asura)
Kalanemi (Ramayana)
Kaliya
Kamadhenu
Kamakhya
Ketu
Keukegen
Kimpurushas
Kinnara
Kirmira
Kirtimukha
Koka and Vikoka
Kotavi
Kubera
Kumbhakarna
Kumbhāṇḍa
Kuntilanak
Kurma
Kuttichathan
Lajjā Gaurī
Mada
Madhu-Kaitabha
Madhusudana
Mahabali
Maharajikas
Mahishasura
Mahoraga
Makara
Manasa_Snake_Goddess
Mānasaputra
Mande Barung
Maṇibhadra
Manohara
Mara (goddess) identical name to another death goddess Mara (unrelated???)
Maricha
Matsya
Mayasura
Monkey-man of New Delhi
Mṛtyu
Mukasura
Naga
Naga fireballs
Naga people
Nagaraja
Naimiṣāraṇya
Nandi
Narakasura
Narantaka-Devantaka
Narasimha half human / half Lion --> how Vishnu fulfills a prophecy like Eowyn or MacBeth
Navagunjara
Nivatakavacha
Pahlavas
Panchajanya
Panchamukha
Pichal Peri
Pippalada
Pishachas
Pitr
Poubi Lai
Prahlada
Pratyangira
Puloman
Putana
Rāgarāja
Rākshasas
Raktabīja
Ravana
Rishyasringa
Rukmavati
Samagana
Sampati
Sarama
Sarpa Kavu
Shahmaran (Indo-Iranian and Turkic)
Shambara
Shankha
Shatarupa
Shesha
Shikhandi
Shukra
Sphinx in a wide sense
Srbinda
Subahu
Sunda and Upasunda
Suparṇākhyāna
Ten Giant Warriors
Tree of Jiva and Atman
Tripurasura
Trishira
Tumburu
Ucchusma
Uchchaihshravas
Ulupi
Upamanyu
Vadavagni
Vahana (Mount of a Deva)
Vajranga
Vanara
Varaha
Varahi
Vasuki_Naga_King
Vel
Vetala
Vidyādhara ; Vidyādharas
Viprachitti
Viradha
Vishala
Vritra
Vyaghrapada
World Elephant
World Turtle
Yaksha
Yakshini
Yali
Yama
Yamaduta
Yamantaka
allegedly Indian
Abarimon
Acheri
Aeternae
Astomi (Pliny the Elder)
Bragmanni
Calingae (Pliny the Elder)
Crocotta
Gold-digging ant
Griffon
Indus worm
Karkadann
Kratu
Mandi
Manticore
Monopod
Nuli
Odontotyrannus
Panther
Pard
Rompo
Salabhanjika
Sciritae
Sharabha
Tandava
Unicorn
Wild Man, Wild Woman
Rompo falsely claimed to be "from Indian and African folklore", Wikipedia shows a picture sourced as "J. Maclock: Natural History 1815", so presumably 1800s European authors, likely drawing on earlier sources, where spreading the story of this creature.
Ayyavazhi Sect (religion)
Kroni
Assam (the Indian province)
Baak
Bengali people (most inhabit the country of Bangladesh, but Bengali as a language and culture is also common in East India)
Bengali myths
Byangoma
Kannada (language group)
Nale Ba
Kashmir (the region, currently contended between Pakistan, India and China)
Bramrachokh (mysterious lights similar to will-o-wisp)
Rantas
Kerala (the Indian province)
Aana Marutha
Malayalam (language group)
South India
Kallana
Manipur (the Indian province) / Meitei people
Haosi Namoinu
Helloi
Hingchabi
Kanglā Shā
Kao
Keibu Keioiba
Khoirentak tiger
Khongjomnubi Nonggarol
Lai Khutshangbi
Meitei dragons
Meitei Mythic Creatures
Nongshāba
Pākhangbā
Sagol kāngjei
Samaton
Uchek Langmeitong
Umang Lai Sanamahism
Yenakha Paotapi
Sri Lanka (the country)
Devil Bird
Maha Sona
Nittaewo
Reeri Yakseya
Sphinx in a wide sense
Tharaka
Yakseya and Yakka
Tamil people (common in South India and Sri Lanka)
Mamuni Mayan
Nadi astrology
Tamil myth
Indonesia (the country)
Babi ngepet
Bukit Timah Monkey Man Singapore
Hainuwele
Hantu
Hantu Air
Hantu Bongkok
Hantu Raya
Hantu Tinggi
Jenglot
Kuntilanak also India
Lang Suir aka Langsuyar
Malay Creatures
Manseren Manggoendi
Nyi Roro Kidul
O Tokata
Orang bunian
Orang Mawas
Orang Minyak
Orang Pendek
Pelesit
Penanggalan similar to Philippines Manananggal
Pocong
Polong
Putri Tangguk
Rangalau Kiulu Phantom
Seri Gumum Dragon
Seri Pahang
Singa
Suanggi
Suangi
Sundel bolong
Tuyul
Warak ngendog
allegedly Malay
Á Bao A Qu
Abath
Bali (island group)
Bhoma
Gajamina
Leyak
Ogoh-ogoh
Flores (the island)
Ebu gogo
Notify me about any mistakes or if any of these mythic figures, beings and creatures should not be used in art or fiction.
This list still needs revising, because I didn't distinguish French, German, Italian and Spanish folklore (Catalan folklore is independent, because I support Catalonian independence haha). Some European folklore has already been listed in part 3 and 4 and 5 or will be listed in future in connection with religious culture.
Some Missing Medieval European Beings:
https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastalphashort.htm
Medieval Europe Fish: http://www.godecookery.com/ffissh/ffissh.htm
Medieval Europe Plants: http://www.godecookery.com/mythical/mythical.htm
Medieval France / Germany / Italy / Spain
Abyzou
Aegipan in medieval bestiaries, based on Pliny the Elder
Aitvaras from Lithuania
Alberich in Thidrekssaga written in 1250 in Norway, possibly based on a Plattdeutsch original (also appears in German Nibelungenlied from 1200 in Passau, Bavaria and Ortnit from 1230s Germany, Strassburg
Alerion only 1 pair of these birds exists at a time, bestiaries and heraldry
Alp German
Alphyn
Amadís de Gaula made some time before 1508, contains the giant Endriago, a monster born of incest who exhales a poisonous gas and whose body is covered in scales and Urganda the Unknown: the sorceress who protects Amadís
Amphiptere, word is Greek, found on French coats of arms between 1300 and French Revolution. Winged snakes of Arthurian legend. Terrible Wikipedia page.
Anguane Italy
Anjana Spain
Antichthones
Arquetu
Askafroa German "Eschenfrau"
Aspidochelone referenced as Jasconius
Atlantes (sorcerer)
Aufhocker
Augenbrand
Badalisc
Bahkauv Aachen
Balaur Romanian, multi-headed dragon
Baldanders
Baphomet
Barabao
Barnacle Goose
Barstuk
Basilisk
Beast of Gévaudan
Beerwolf
Befana
Belsnickel
Bergmanli
Bergmönch
Bicorn
Bieresel
Big Ghoul (dragon)
Biscione
Bishop Fish 2 visits, 1 in 1531
Bisterne Dragon
Black Dog
Black Panther
Blemmyes
Blue Ben
Blue Lady of Verdala Palace
Bonnacon (Pliny the Elder)
Borda
Bragmanni
Brazen Head
Broxa
Bucentaur
Buckriders North Belgian and South Dutch
Buschgrossmutter
Buschweibchen
Butatsch Cun Ilgs
Butzemann
Caballucos del Diablu
Caelia
Caladrius
Careto
Cerastes
Cheval Gauvin
Cheval Mallet
Chichevache
Chromandi
Cinnamologus
Coco
Cocollona
Cola Pesce
Crocotta
Cuegle
Cuélebre
Cynocephali
Dahu
Dahut
Dames Blanches
Dames Vertes
Death
Demoiselles Blanches
Dipsa
Dolphin
Doñas de fuera
Drac
Draconcopedes
Dragon
Dragon of Beowulf
Dragon of Mordiford
Dragons of St. Leonard's forest
Drake
Drapé
Drude
Duende
Dwarf ; Dwarfs, Dwarves;
Easter Bunny
Ekke Nekkepenn
Elegast
Elwetritsch
Emmet (Giant Ant)
Enchanted Moura
Enfield
Erchitu
Erdhenne
Erdluitle
Erlking
Ewiger Jäger
Fáfnir
Familiar
Fänggen
Farfadet ; Farfadets
Fasolt
Fates
Father Frost
Fées
Feldgeister
Ferragut
Feuermann
Fish-man of Lierganes
Follet
Folletti
Frau Holle
Frau Holunder
French Mythic Creatures and Saints
Freybug
Gabija
Galehaut
Galgemännlein
Ganna
Gargoyle
Gatipedro
Gayant
Gegenees
Giane
Glatisant
Goblin ; Goblins
Golden Goose
Goldenhorn
Gorgades
Graoully
Guajona
Gudrun
Guivre
Gütel
Hans von Trotha
Haymon (giant)
Headless Horseman
Heimchen
Heinrich von Winkelried
Heinzelmännchen
Hercinia
Hey-Hey Men
Hinzelmann
Hircocervus also Greek & Roman
Hödekin
Homunculus
Homunculi
Houles fairies
Ichneumon
Irrwurz
Jaculus Possibly found in medieval bestiaries as an African animal (anhinga)?
Jean de l'Ours
Karnabo
Ķekatnieki Latvian mask processions
King Goldemar
King Laurin
Klabautermann
Klagmuhme
Knecht Ruprecht
Knight of the Swan
Knights of Ålleberg
Kobold
Kornbock
Korred (Iberia, Britanny, Cornwall)
Krampus
Kurents (Slovene mask processions)
La Encantada
Laima
Lampetho possibly based on Roman accounts of Lampedo
Lauma
Laúru
Legendary Horses in the Jura
Legendary Horses of Pas-de-Calais
Leontophone
Lepus cornutus
Lietuvēns
Lindwurm
Loch Ness Monster
Lou Carcolh
Lucius Tiberies (vs King Arthur)
Lutin
Lutins Noirs
Lutzelfrau
Lycaon
Lyncetti
Machlyes
Mahound
Mandragora
Manticore
Marabbecca
Mare
Massarioli
Muscaliet
Musimon
Myrmecoleon
Nachtkrapp
Nachzehrer
Naimon
Matagot
Mazapégul
Melusine
Monaciello ; Monacielli
Monopod
Moss People
Mouros
Nimue
Nixe - Nixen aka Nixie - Nixies
Norggen
Ojáncanu
Oksoko (3 headed eagle in heraldry & 3 headed bird in alchemical texts)
Ork
Orphan Bird
Ortnit
Ouroubou
Pamarindo
Pandi
Pantheon (the creature, not the more commonly known name for the all gods/goddesses/deities of a given religion)
Panther
Pard
Pavaró
Peluda
Perchta
Père Fouettard
Petermännchen
Phoenix
Picolaton
Púca
Quiet Folk
Quinotaur
Ramidreju
Rasselbock
Revenant
Reynard
River Women
Rougarou
Rüdiger von Bechelaren
Rumpelstiltskin
Salamander
Salvanel ; Salvanelli
Salvani
Sandman
Santa Compaña
Satyrus
Schrat also Slavic
Sciritae
Scitalis
Sea-Griffin
Sea-Lion
Sebile
Selige Fräulein
Serván
Sheela na Gig
Skrat
Straw Bear
Strix
Struthopodes
Swan Maiden
Syrbotae
Tarand
Tarasque
Tatzelwurm
Termagant
The Devil Whale (broad category, includes modern accounts and Sindbad)
The Imp Prince
The Legend of Ero of Armenteira
The Nixie of the Mill-Pond
The Prince Who Wanted to See the World
The Swan Queen
Theow
Thyrsus (giant)
Tooth Fairy
Trasgo
Tree Elves
Trenti
Türst
Tyger
Uhaml
Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
Venediger Männlein
Ventolín
Weiße Frauen
Werewolf
White Lady
White Ladies (fae)
Wichtel
Wiedergänger
Wight
Wild Hunt
Wild Man, Wild Woman
Wind Folletti
Witege
Witte Wiver
Wolpertinger
Wolves in heraldry (search wiki page for word calopus)
Xana
Yale
Ypotryll
Žaltys (Lithuanian)
Allegedly Medieval European
Lorelei (1801 poem by Brentano invents Lorelei)
Squasc this creature from East Lombardy folklore may have originated anytime during or before the 19th century... I can't find a date.
Belgium (the country)
Druon Antigoon
Lange Wapper
Zitiron
Brittany (the region of France)
Amadís de Gaula (Gaula, the fictional part of Brittany)
Ankou
Bugul Noz
Fions
Groac'h
Iannic-ann-ôd
Jetins
Korred
Korrigan ; Korrigans
Les Lavandières
Malo (saint)
Margot the fairy
Morgen
Morvarc'h
Tréo-Fall
Yan-gant-y-tan
Byzantine Empire (historic state, 330–1453)
Abyzou
Gello
Catalan people
Aloja
Banyoles monster
Catalan Creatures
Comte Arnau
Dip
Home dels nassos
La Guita Xica
Marraco
Minairó
Muladona
Negret
Nitus
Pesanta
Celtic mainland (linguistic group)
Dusios Gaul (known through Greek, Roman and medieval sources)
Les Lavandières
Púca
Sovereignty goddess (also Irish)
Swan Maiden
Trasgo
Werewolf
Dutch people
Alven
Ellert and Brammert (giants)
Kabouter
Swan Maiden
Witte Wieven
Estonian people
Akka, also Finland and Sami
Dragon of the North
Ebajalg
Estonian Creatures
Kalevipoeg
Kratt ; Kratid
Maa-alused
Skrat
Toell the Great
Vanapagan
Finland (the country)
Aino; Ajatar
Akka, also Sami and Estonian
Antero Vipunen
Etiäinen
Firefox
Haltija
Heikki Lunta
Hiisi
Iku-Turso
Lemminkäinen
Lempo
Maanväki
Menninkäinen
Nine Diseases
Nuuttipukki
Otso
Paasselkä devils
Piru
Soul Components (Finnic paganism)
Swan Maiden
Syöjätär
Tapio
Vellamo
Germanic people (historic cultural grouping, Germans named after them)
Albruna Germanic seeress attested by Tacitus
Cimbrian seeresses mentioned by Strabo
Gambara
Ganna
Hooded Spirits
Idis
Matres and Matronae
Plusso Wendish = Slavs of North Germany
Swan Maiden
The Woman of the Chatti
Thiota
Veleda
Waluburg
Wurm
Roma people
Mullo
Ursitory
Vampire pumpkins and watermelons
Sami people
Akka also Finland and Estonia
Ruohtta
Stallo
The Elf Maiden;
Venice (historic state, 700s-1797)
Winged Lion (St. Mark)
Venediger Männlein (allegedly from Venice, not on Wikipedia)
Renaissance (time period: roughly 1400s-1500s)
Allocamelus in Edward Topsell and among English companies
Elemental
Gnome
Hippogriff
Hircocervus in Edward Topsell, based on earlier sources
Homunculus
Ipotane first attested with John de Mandeville
Irrwurz
Jenny Haniver
Lampago maybe medieval not renaissance???
Lepus cornutus
Lizard Fairy
Mephistopheles
Oberon
Orgoglio
Pier Gerlofs Donia
Pyewacket (familiar spirit)
Queen Mab (maybe based on earlier Mebh /Maeve?)
Satyress
Sea Monk
Succarath
Sylph
Teutobochus
Three Witches
Titania
Undine - Undines
Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
Werewolf
Wild Man, Wild Woman
Enlightenment / Romanticism (time periods: late 1600s-1800s)
Jacques St. Germain
Terrible Monster maybe real???
Lorelei
Warlock
Theosophy
(included for completion's sake & because sometimes artists want to make art about fucked up 19th century cults that would make Lovecraft either proud or quake with fear or both)
Root race (theosophy)
Modern
Acarus Crossii
Caveman
Chupacabra first in Puerto Rico
Cryptid
Cryptid whale
Cyborg
Doppelgänger
Fort Manoel Ghost
Globster
Gremlin; Hammaspeikko
Holly King and Oak King
Lariosauro
Living Puppet/Doll
De'Loys Ape
Ningen
Owlman is predated by Owlman from DC Comics
Phantom Cats
Red Lady
Sewer alligator
Snow Queen
Sooterkin
Springheeled Jack
The Devil Whale (broad category, Wiki page includes Sindbad and medieval accounts)
Tree Octopus
UFO
George Luis Borges
Á Bao A Qu
Peryton
Notify me please if there are mistakes or if these beings should have a disclaimer not to be used in art or fiction writing.
