List of legendary creatures (N)

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A Hoysala sculpture of a Naga couple. Halebidu. Naga182.JPG
A Hoysala sculpture of a Nāga couple. Halebidu.
  1. Nachzehrer (German) – Anthropophagous undead
  2. Nāga (Buddhist and Hindu) – Nature and water spirits, serpentine or human-serpent hybrids
  3. Naga fireballs (Thai) – Spectral fire
  4. Nagual (Mesoamerica) – Human-animal shapeshifter
  5. Naiad (Greek) – Freshwater nymph
  6. Näkki (Finnish) – Water spirit
  7. Namahage (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from the Oga Peninsula
  8. Namazu (Japanese) – Giant catfish whose thrashing causing earthquakes
  9. Nando-baba (Japanese) – Old woman who hides under the floor in abandoned storerooms
  10. Nang Takian (Thai) – Tree spirit
  11. Nanom-keea-po-da (Abenaki) – Earthquake spirit
  12. Napaeae (Greek) – Grotto nymph
  13. Narasimha (Hindu mythology) – Avatar of Vishnu in the form of half-man/half-lion
  14. Narecnitsi (Slavic) – Fate spirit
  15. Nariphon (Thai) – Pod people
  16. Nargun (Gunai) – Water monster
  17. Nasnas (Arabian) – Half-human, half-demon creature with half a body
  18. Nav' (Slavic) – Ghost
  19. Nawao (Hawaiian) – Savage humanoid
  20. N-dam-keno-wet (Abenaki) – Fish-human hybrid
  21. Neptune (Roman mythology) – God of freshwater and sea
  22. Neck (Germanic mythology) – Female water spirit
  23. Negret (Catalan) – Little people that turn into coins
  24. Nekomata (Japanese) – Split-tailed magical cat
  25. Nekomusume (Japanese) – Cat in the form of a girl
  26. Nemean Lion (Greek) – Lion with impenetrable skin
  27. Nephilim (Abrahamic mythology) – Gigantic sons of Grigori and human women
  28. Nereid (Greek) – Nymph daughters of Nereus
  29. Ngen (Mapuche) – Nature spirit
  30. Nguruvilu (Mapuche) – Fox-like water snake
  31. Nian (Chinese) – Predatory animal
  32. Night hag (Worldwide) – Supernatural creature, commonly associated with the phenomenon of sleep paralysis.
  33. Nightmarchers (Hawaiian) – Warrior ghosts
  34. Nikusui (Japanese) – Monster which appears as a young woman and sucks all of the flesh off of its victim's body
  35. Nimerigar (Shoshone) – Aggressive little people
  36. Ningyo (Japanese) – Monkey-fish hybrid
  37. Ninki Nanka (Western Africa) – Large reptile, possibly a dragon
  38. Nisse (Scandinavian) – House spirit
  39. Níðhöggr (Norse) – Dragon
  40. Nivatakavachas (Hindu) – Ocean demon
  41. Nix (Germanic) – Female water spirit
  42. Nobusuma (Japanese) – Supernatural wall, also a monstrous flying squirrel
  43. Nocnitsa (Slavic) – Nightmare spirit
  44. Noppera-bō (Japanese) – Faceless ghost
  45. Nozuchi (Japanese) – Small sea serpent
  46. Nuckelavee (Scottish) – Malevolent human-horse-fish hybrid
  47. Nue (Japanese) – Monkey-raccoon dog-tiger-snake hybrid
  48. Nü Gui (Chinese) – Vengeful female ghost
  49. Nukekubi (Japanese) – Disembodied, flying head that attacks people
  50. Nuku-mai-tore (Māori) – Forest spirit
  51. Nuli (Medieval Bestiary) – Humanoid with backwards, eight-toed feet
  52. Numen (Roman) – Tutelary spirit
  53. Nuno (Philippine) – Malevolent little people
  54. Nuppeppo (Japanese) – Animated chunk of dead flesh
  55. Nurarihyon (Japanese) – Head-sized ball-like creature that floats in the sea and teases sailors
  56. Nure-onna (Japanese) – Female monster who appears on the beach
  57. Nurikabe (Japanese) – Spirit that manifests as an impassable, invisible wall
  58. Nyami Nyami (Tonga (Zimbabwean) mythology) – Snake-spirit of the Zambezi River
  59. Nykštukas (Lithuanian) – Cavern spirit
  60. Nymph (Greek) – Nature spirit

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