List of legendary creatures (E)

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"The Erlking", by Albert Sterner, ca. 1910 Erl king sterner.jpg
"The Erlking", by Albert Sterner, ca. 1910
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Elves
  1. Easter Bunny (Christianity) – Anthropomorphic lagomorph.
  2. Easter Bilby (Australian) – Anthropomorphic bilby.
  3. Each Uisge (Scottish) – Malevolent water horse
  4. Eagle Spirit (Many cultures worldwide) – Leadership or guidance totem
  5. Ebu Gogo (Flores) – Diminutive humanoids, possibly inspired by Homo floresiensis
  6. Echidna (Greek)
  7. Echeneis (Medieval Bestiaries) – Remora, said to attach to ships to slow them down
  8. Edimmu (Sumerian) – Ghosts of those not buried properly
  9. Egbere (Yoruba) – Humanoid that carries a magical mat
  10. Eikthyrnir (Norse) – The stag of Valhalla
  11. Einherjar (Norse) – Spirits of brave warriors
  12. Ekek (Philippine) – Flesh-eating, winged humanoids
  13. Elbow Witch (Ojibwa) – Hags with awls in their elbows
  14. Eldjötnar (Norse) – Fire Giants who reside in Muspelheim, with Surtr as their leader
  15. Eleionomae (Greek) – Marsh nymph
  16. Elemental (Alchemy) – Personification of one of the Classical elements
  17. ‘Elepaio (Hawaiian) – Monarch flycatcher spirit that guides canoe-builders to the proper trees
  18. Elf (Germanic) – Nature and fertility spirit
  19. Eloko (Central Africa) – Little people and malevolent nature spirits
  20. Elwetritsch (German) – Birdlike forest creature of the Palatinate and Pennsylvania Dutch country
  21. Emere (Yoruba) – Child that can move back and forth between the material world and the afterlife at will
  22. Emim (Jewish) – Giant
  23. Empusa (Greek) – Female demon that waylays travelers and seduces and kills men
  24. Encantado (Brazilian) – Dolphin-human shapeshifter
  25. Enchanted Moor (Portuguese) – Enchanted princesses
  26. Enfield (Heraldic) – Fox-greyhound-lion-wolf-eagle hybrid
  27. Engkanto (Philippine) – Neutral nature spirit
  28. Enkō (Japanese) – Kappa of Shikoku and western Honshū
  29. Epimeliad (Greek) – Apple tree nymph
  30. Erchitu (Sardinia) – Ox-human, wereox
  31. Er Gui (Chinese) – Hungry ghost
  32. Erinyes (Greek) – Winged spirits of vengeance or justice, also known as Furies
  33. Erlking (German) – Death spirit
  34. Erymanthian Boar (Greek) – Giant boar
  35. Ethiopian Pegasus (Medieval Bestiaries) – Horned, winged horse
  36. Etiäinen (Finnish mythology) – Spirit being of a living person
  37. Ettin (English) – Three-headed giant
  38. Eurynomos (Greek) – Blue-black, carrion-eater in the underworld
  39. Ewah (Cherokee) – Human-cougar hybrid
  40. Ežerinis (Lithuanian) – Lake spirit

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Mythic humanoids are legendary, folkloric, or mythological creatures that are part human, or that resemble humans through appearance or character. Each culture has different mythical creatures that come from many different origins, and many of these creatures are humanoids. They are often able to talk and in many stories they guide the hero on their journey.