List of legendary creatures (A)

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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. Ammit.svg
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.
  1. Á Bao A Qu (Malay) – Entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
  2. Aatxe (Basque) – Bull spirit.
  3. Abaasy (Yakuts) – Iron-toothed demons.
  4. Abada (African) – Unicorn that inhabits the African Congo.
  5. Äbädä (Tatar) – Forest spirit.
  6. Abaia (Melanesia) – Huge magical eel.
  7. Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) – Savage humanoid with backward feet.
  8. Abath (Malay) – One-horned animal.
  9. Abumi-guchi (Japanese) – Furry creature from an animated stirrup, usually from a mounted soldier who fell in battle
  10. Abura-sumashi (Japanese) – Creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture.
  11. Abzar iyesi
  12. Acephali (Greek) – Headless humanoids.
  13. Acheri (Hindu) – Disease-bringing ghost.
  14. Achiyalabopa (Pueblo) – Huge bird god.
  15. Achlis (Roman) – Curious elk.
  16. Adar Llwch Gwin (Welsh) – Giant birds that understand human languages.
  17. Adaro (Solomon Islands) – Malevolent merfolk.
  18. Adhene (Manx) – Nature spirit.
  19. Adlet (Inuit) – Vampiric dog-human hybrid
  20. Adroanzi (Lugbara) – Nature spirit.
  21. Adze (Ewe people) – African vampiric-forest being.
  22. Aerico (Greek) – Disease demon.
  23. Æsir (Norse) – Norse deities.
  24. Aeternae (Greek) – Saw-horned monster.
  25. Afanc (Welsh) – Lake monster (exact lake varies by story).
  26. Agni (Hindu) – God of fire and sacrifices.
  27. Agathodaemon (Greek) – Spirit of vinefields and grainfields.
  28. Agloolik (Inuit) – Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen.
  29. Agogwe (East Africa) – Small, ape-like humanoid.
  30. Akhekh (Ancient Egypt) - Oryx-Bird hybrid that brings chaos.
  31. Ahkiyyini (Inuit) – Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.
  32. Ahuizotl (Aztec) – Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid.
  33. Ahura (Zoroastrianism) – Zoroastrian spirits.
  34. Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) – Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep.
  35. Aigikampoi (Etruscan) – Fish-tailed goat.
  36. Airavata (Hindu) – Divine elephant.
  37. Aitu (Polynesian) – Malevolent spirits or demons.
  38. Aitvaras (Lithuanian) – Household spirit.
  39. Ajatar (Finnish) – Dragon/snake female spirit, is said to spread diseases
  40. Akateko (Japanese) – Tree-dwelling monster.
  41. Akerbeltz (Basque) – Billy goat spirit.
  42. Akhlut (Inuit) – Orca-wolf shapeshifter.
  43. Akka (Finnish) – Female spirits or minor goddesses.
  44. Akki (Japanese) – Large, grotesque humanoid.
  45. Akkorokamui (Ainu) – Sea monster.
  46. Akuma (Japanese) – Evil spirit or devil
  47. Akupara (Hindu) – Giant turtle that supports the world.
  48. Akurojin-no-hi (Japanese) – Ghostly flame which causes disease.
  49. Al (Armenian and Persian) – Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women.
  50. Ala (Slavic) – Bad weather demon.
  51. Alal (Chaldean) – Queen of the full moon.
  52. Alan (Philippine) – Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.
  53. Al Ana
  54. Alce (Heraldic) – Wingless griffin.
  55. Aleya (Bengali) – Spirit of a dead fisherman.
  56. Alicanto (Chilean) – Bird that eats gold and silver.
  57. Alicorn (Bestiario medieval) – Winged unicorn.
  58. Alkonost (Slavic) – Angelic bird with human head and breasts.
  59. Allocamelus (Heraldic) – Ass-camel hybrid.
  60. Almas (Mongolian) – Savage humanoid.
  61. Al-mi'raj (Islamic) – One-horned rabbit.
  62. Aloja (Catalan) – Female water spirit.
  63. Alom-bag-winno-sis (Abenaki) – Little people and tricksters.
  64. Alp (German) – Male night-demon.
  65. Alphyn (Heraldic) – Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs.
  66. Alp-luachra (Irish) – Parasitic fairy.
  67. Al Rakim (Islamic) – Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers.
  68. Alseid (Greek) – Grove nymph.
  69. Alû (Assyrian) – Leprous demon.
  70. Alux (Mayan) – Little people.
  71. Amaburakosagi (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku.
  72. Amala (Tsimshian) – Giant who holds up the world.
  73. Amamehagi (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku.
  74. Amanojaku (Japanese) – Small demon.
  75. Amarok (Inuit) – Giant wolf.
  76. Amarum (Quechua) – Water boa spirit.
  77. Amazake-babaa (Japanese) – Disease-causing hag.
  78. Amemasu (Ainu) – Lake monster.
  79. Amikuk (Yup'ik) – Shapeshifter that swims in water and land.
  80. Ammit (Ancient Egyptian) – Female demon who was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile and devoured the souls of the wicked.
  81. Amorōnagu (Japanese) – Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima.
  82. Amphiptere (Heraldic) – Winged serpent.
  83. Amphisbaena (Greek) – Serpent with a head at each end.
  84. Anak (Jewish) – Giant.
  85. Andean wolf (Argentina) – Mountain wolf
  86. Androsphinx (Ancient Egyptian) – Human-headed sphinx.
  87. Angel (mainly Christian, Jewish, Islamic traditions) – Divine beings of Heaven who act as mediators between God and humans; the counterparts of Demons.
  88. Anqa (Arabian) – Giant mythical female bird similar to a phoenix.
  89. Ani Hyuntikwalaski (Cherokee) – Lightning spirit.
  90. Ankou (French) – Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and scythe.
  91. Anmo (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture.
  92. Antaeus (Greek) – Giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground.
  93. Anubis (Ancient Egyptian) – God of funerals
  94. Antero Vipunen (Finnish) – Subterranean giant.
  95. Anthropomorphic Animals (Worldwide) – Humanoid Animals
  96. Anzû (Sumerian) – Divine storm bird
  97. Ao (turtle)
  98. Ao Ao (Guaraní) – Anthropophagous peccary or sheep.
  99. Aobōzu (Japanese) – Blue monk who kidnaps children.
  100. Apkallu (Sumerian) – Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki.
  101. Apsaras (Buddhist and Hindu) – Female cloud spirit.
  102. Aqrabuamelu (Akkadian) – Human-scorpion hybrid.
  103. Arachne (Greek mythology) - Centaurid, human-spider hybrid.
  104. Ardat-lilî (Akkadian) – Disease demon.
  105. Aralez (Armenian) – The oldest gods in the Armenian pantheon
  106. Archura
  107. Argus Panoptes (Greek) – Hundred-eyed giant.
  108. Arikura-no-baba (Japanese) – Old woman with magical powers.
  109. Arimaspi (Greek) – One-eyed humanoid.
  110. Arion (Greek) – Swift green-maned talking horse.
  111. Arkan Sonney (Manx) – Fairy hedgehog.
  112. Asag (Sumerian) – Hideous rock demon.
  113. Asakku (Sumerian) – Demon.
  114. Asanbosam (West Africa) – Iron-toothed vampire.
  115. Asena (Turkic) – Blue-maned wolf.
  116. A-senee-ki-wakw (Abenaki) – Stone giant.
  117. Ashi-magari (Japanese) – Invisible tendril that impedes movement.
  118. Asiman (Dahomey) – Vampiric possession spirit.
  119. Askefrue (Germanic) – Female tree spirit.
  120. Ask-wee-da-eed (Abenaki) – Fire elemental and spectral fire.
  121. Asobibi (Japanese) – Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture.
  122. Aspidochelone (Medieval Bestiaries) – Island-sized whale or sea turtle.
  123. Asrai (English) – Water spirit.
  124. Astomi (Greek) – Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food.
  125. Asura (Hindu) – Hindu malevolent divinities.
  126. Aswang (Philippine) – Carrion-eating humanoid.
  127. Atomy (English) – Surprisingly small creature.
  128. Ato-oi-kozō (Japanese) – Invisible spirit that follows people.
  129. Atshen (Inuit) – Anthropophagous spirit.
  130. Augerino (American) - Subterranean creature.
  131. Auvekoejak (Inuit) – Furry merman.
  132. Avalerion (Medieval Bestiary) – King of the birds.
  133. Awa-hon-do (Abenaki) – Insect spirit.
  134. Axex (Ancient Egyptian) – Falcon-lion hybrid.
  135. Ayakashi (Japanese) – Sea serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil.
  136. Ayakashi-no-ayashibi (Japanese) – Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture.
  137. Azhdaha (Persian) – Gigantic winged serpent, roughly equivalent to a dragon.
  138. Aziza (Dahomey) – Little people that help hunters.
  139. Azukiarai/Azukitogi (Japanese) – Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.
  140. Azukibabaa (Japanese) – Bean-grinding hag who devours people.