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Ivan Bilibin
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Alkonost
The Egyptian Ammit, who eats the wicked dead in the afterlife, has the body of a lion and hippopotamus and the head of a crocodile.
Á Bao A Qu
(
Malay
) – Entity that lives in the
Tower of Victory in Chitor.
Aatxe
(
Basque
) – Bull spirit.
Abaasy
(
Yakuts
) – Iron-toothed
demons
.
Abada
(
African
) –
Unicorn
that inhabits the African Congo.
Äbädä
(
Tatar
) – Forest spirit.
Abaia
(
Melanesia
) – Huge magical eel.
Abarimon
(
Medieval Bestiaries
) – Savage humanoid with backward feet.
Abath
(
Malay
) – One-horned animal.
Abura-sumashi
(
Japanese
) – Creature from a mountain pass in
Kumamoto Prefecture
.
Acephali
(
Greek
) – Headless humanoids.
Acheri
(
Hindu
) – Disease-bringing ghost.
Achiyalabopa
(
Pueblo
) – Huge bird god.
Achlis
(
Roman
) – Curious
elk
.
Adar Llwch Gwin
(
Welsh
) – Giant birds that understand human languages.
Adaro
(
Solomon Islands
) – Malevolent
merfolk
.
Adhene
(
Manx
) – Nature spirit.
Adlet
(
Inuit
) – Vampiric dog-human hybrid
Adroanzi
(
Lugbara
) – Nature spirit.
Adze
(
Ewe people
) – African vampiric-forest being.
Aerico
(
Greek
) – Disease demon.
Æsir
(
Norse
) – Norse
deities
.
Aeternae
(
Greek
) – Saw-horned monster.
Afanc
(
Welsh
) – Lake monster (exact lake varies by story).
Agni
(
Hindu
) – God of fire and sacrifices.
Agathodaemon
(
Greek
) – Spirit of vinefields and grainfields.
Agloolik
(
Inuit
) – Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen.
Agogwe
(
East Africa
) – Small, ape-like humanoid.
Ahkiyyini
(
Inuit
) – Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.
Ahuizotl
(
Aztec
) –
Anthropophagous
dog-monkey hybrid.
Ahura
(
Zoroastrianism
) – Zoroastrian spirits.
Aigamuxa
(
Khoikhoi
) –
Anthropophagous
humanoid with eyes in its instep.
Aigikampoi
(
Etruscan
) – Fish-tailed goat.
Airavata
(
Hindu
) – Divine elephant.
Aitu
(
Polynesian
) – Malevolent spirits or demons.
Aitvaras
(
Lithuanian
) – Household spirit.
Ajatar
(
Finnish
) – Dragon/snake female spirit, is said to spread diseases
Akateko
(
Japanese
) – Tree-dwelling monster.
Akhlut
(
Inuit
) – Orca-wolf shapeshifter.
Akka
(
Finnish
) – Female spirits or minor goddesses.
Akki
(
Japanese
) – Large, grotesque humanoid.
Akkorokamui
(
Ainu
) – Sea monster.
Akuma
(
Japanese
) – Evil spirit or devil
Akupara
(
Hindu
) – Giant turtle that supports the world.
Akurojin-no-hi
(
Japanese
) – Ghostly flame which causes disease.
Al
(
Armenian
and
Persian
) – Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women.
Ala
(
Slavic
) – Bad weather demon.
Alal
(
Chaldean
) – Queen of the full moon.
Alan
(
Philippine
) – Winged
humanoid
that steals reproductive waste to make children.
Alce
(
Heraldic
) – Wingless
griffin
.
Aleya
(
Bengali
) – Spirit of a dead fisherman.
Alicanto
(
Chilean
) – Bird that eats gold and silver.
Alicorn
(
Bestiario
medieval) – Winged unicorn.
Alkonost
(
Slavic
) – Angelic bird with human head and breasts.
Allocamelus
(
Heraldic
) – Ass-camel hybrid.
Almas
(
Mongolian
) – Savage humanoid.
Al-mi'raj
(
Islamic
) – One-horned rabbit.
Aloja
(
Catalan
) – Female water spirit.
Alom-bag-winno-sis
(
Abenaki
) –
Little people
and tricksters.
Alp
(
German
) – Male night-demon.
Alphyn
(
Heraldic
) – Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs.
Alp-luachra
(
Irish
) – Parasitic fairy.
Al Rakim
(
Islamic
) – Guard dog of the
Seven Sleepers
.
Alseid
(
Greek
) – Grove
nymph
.
Alû
(
Assyrian
) –
Leprous
demon.
Alux
(
Mayan
) –
Little people
.
Amaburakosagi
(
Japanese
) – Ritual disciplinary demon from
Shikoku
.
Amala
(
Tsimshian
) – Giant who holds up the world.
Amamehagi
(
Japanese
) – Ritual disciplinary demon from
Hokuriku
.
Amanojaku
(
Japanese
) – Small demon.
Amarok
(
Inuit
) – Giant wolf.
Amarum
(
Quechua
) – Water boa spirit.
Amazake-babaa
(
Japanese
) – Disease-causing hag.
Amemasu
(
Ainu
) – Lake monster.
Ammit
(
Ancient Egyptian
) – Female demon who was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile and devoured the souls of the wicked.
Amorōnagu
(
Japanese
) –
Tennyo
from the island of Amami Ōshima.
Amphiptere
(
Heraldic
) – Winged serpent.
Amphisbaena
(
Greek
) – Serpent with a head at each end.
Anak
(
Jewish
) – Giant.
Andean wolf
(
Argentina
) – Mountain wolf
Androsphinx
(
Ancient Egyptian
) – Human-headed
sphinx
.
Angel
(mainly
Christian
,
Jewish
,
Islamic
traditions) – Divine beings of
Heaven
who act as mediators between
God
and humans; the counterparts of
Demons
.
Anqa
(
Arabian
) – Giant mythical female bird similar to a
phoenix
.
Ani Hyuntikwalaski
(
Cherokee
) – Lightning spirit.
Ankou
(
French
) – Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and scythe.
Anmo
(
Japanese
) – Ritual disciplinary demon from
Iwate Prefecture
.
Antaeus
(
Greek
) – Giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground.
Anubis
(
Ancient Egyptian
) – God of funerals
Antero Vipunen
(
Finnish
) – Subterranean giant.
Anzû
(
Sumerian
) – Divine storm bird
Ao Ao
(
Guaraní
) – Anthropophagous peccary or sheep.
Aobōzu
(
Japanese
) – Blue monk who kidnaps children.
Apkallu
(
Sumerian
) – Fish-human hybrid that attends the god
Enki
.
Apsaras
(
Buddhist
and
Hindu
) – Female cloud spirit.
Aqrabuamelu
(
Akkadian
) – Human-scorpion hybrid.
Arachne
(
Greek mythology
) - Centaurid, human-spider hybrid.
Ardat-lilî
(
Akkadian
) – Disease demon.
Aralez
(
Armenian
) – The oldest gods in the Armenian pantheon
Argus Panoptes
(
Greek
) – Hundred-eyed giant.
Arikura-no-baba
(
Japanese
) – Old woman with magical powers.
Arimaspi
(
Greek
) – One-eyed humanoid.
Arion
(
Greek
) – Swift green-maned talking horse.
Arkan Sonney
(
Manx
) – Fairy hedgehog.
Asag
(
Sumerian
) – Hideous rock demon.
Asakku
(
Sumerian
) – Demon.
Asanbosam
(
West Africa
) – Iron-toothed vampire.
Asena
(
Turkic
) – Blue-maned wolf.
A-senee-ki-wakw
(
Abenaki
) – Stone giant.
Ashi-magari
(
Japanese
) – Invisible tendril that impedes movement.
Asiman
(
Dahomey
) – Vampiric possession spirit.
Askefrue
(
Germanic
) – Female tree spirit.
Ask-wee-da-eed
(
Abenaki
) – Fire
elemental
and spectral fire.
Asobibi
(
Japanese
) – Spectral fire from
Kōchi Prefecture
.
Aspidochelone
(
Medieval Bestiaries
) – Island-sized whale or sea turtle.
Asrai
(
English
) – Water spirit.
Astomi
(
Greek
) – Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food.
Asura
(
Hindu
) – Hindu malevolent divinities.
Aswang
(
Philippine
) – Carrion-eating humanoid.
Atomy
(
English
) – Surprisingly small creature.
Ato-oi-kozō
(
Japanese
) – Invisible spirit that follows people.
Atshen
(
Inuit
) – Anthropophagous spirit.
Augerino
(
American
) - Subterranean creature.
Auloniad
(
Greek
) – Pasture nymph.
Auvekoejak
(
Inuit
) – Furry merman.
Avalerion
(
Medieval Bestiary
) – King of the birds.
Awa-hon-do
(
Abenaki
) – Insect spirit.
Axex
(
Ancient Egyptian
) – Falcon-lion hybrid.
Ayakashi
(
Japanese
) – Sea serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil.
Ayakashi-no-ayashibi
(
Japanese
) – Spectral fire from
Ishikawa Prefecture
.
Aziza
(
Dahomey
) –
Little people
that help hunters.
Azukiarai
/
Azukitogi
(
Japanese
) – Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.
Azukibabaa
(
Japanese
) – Bean-grinding hag who devours people.
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