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