List of legendary creatures (W)

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A German woodcut of a Werewolf from 1722 GermanWoodcut1722.jpg
A German woodcut of a Werewolf from 1722
  1. Waldgeist (German) – Forest spirit
  2. Wana-games-ak (Abenaki) – Water spirits
  3. Wangliang (Chinese) – Malevolent spirit or monster
  4. Wani (Japanese) – Crocodilian water monster
  5. Wanyūdō (Japanese) – Demon in the form of a burning human-headed ox cart
  6. Warak ngendog (Indonesian Muslim) – Egg-laying bird
  7. Warg (English and Scandinavian O.N. vargr) – Giant, demonic wolf
  8. Warlock (Worldwide) – Male witch
  9. Wassan-mon-ganeehla-ak (Abenaki) – Aurora spirits
  10. Water monkey (Chinese) – Water spirit
  11. Water sprite (Alchemy) – Water elemental
  12. Wati-kutjara (Australia Aboriginal) – Goanna spirits
  13. Wa-won-dee-a-megw (Abenaki) – Shapeshifting snail spirit
  14. Wechuge (Athabaskan) – Human-eating supernatural creature
  15. Weiße Frauen (German) – Female spirit
  16. Wekufe (Mapuche) – Demon
  17. Wendigo (Algonquian) – Cannibalistic evil spirit
  18. Wentshukumishiteu (Inuit) – Water spirit
  19. Werecat (Worldwide) – Feline-human shapeshifter
  20. Werehyena (African and Near Eastern) – Hyena-human shapeshifter
  21. Werewolf (Worldwide) – Wolf-human shapeshifter
  22. Wewe Gombel (Javanese) – Ghost who kidnaps children
  23. White Lady (Worldwide) – Ghost of a murdered or mistreated woman
  24. Whowie (Australian Aboriginal) – Giant frog-headed goanna with six legs
  25. Wild man (European) – Hairy, bipedal, man-like creature
  26. Will-o'-the-Wisp (Worldwide) – Spectral fire
  27. Winged genie (Assyrian) – Bearded male figures sporting birds
  28. Wirry-cow (Scottish) – Malevolent spirit
  29. Witch (Worldwide) – Person who practices magic
  30. Witte Wieven (Dutch) – Female, ancestral spirit
  31. Wolpertinger (German) – Forest animal comprised from various animal parts (similar to a Chimera)
  32. Wondjina (Australia Aboriginal) – Weather spirit
  33. Wraith (Scottish) – Water spirit or ghostly apparition
  34. Wulver (Scottish) – Wolf-headed humanoid spirit
  35. Wu Tou Gui (Chinese) – Beheaded ghost
  36. Wyrm (European) – Dragon or serpent
  37. Wyvern (Germanic Heraldic) – Flying reptile, usually with two legs and two wings

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