List of flying mythological creatures

This is a list of flying mythological creatures. This listing includes flying and weather-affecting creatures.


 * Adzehate creatures
 * Angel
 * Arkan Sonney
 * Basilisk
 * Boobrie
 * Cockatrice
 * Djinn
 * Devil
 * Dragon
 * Elemental - a being of the alchemical works of Paracelsus
 * Erinyes
 * Fairies
 * Fenghuang
 * Fionnuala
 * Firebird - large bird with magically luminescent red- and yellow-hued feathers (sometimes used as a synonym of phoenix; see below)
 * Fūjin
 * Gamayun
 * Gargoyle
 * Garuda
 * German
 * Gorgons - three sisters (Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa) with snakes for hair, sharp fangs, golden wings, and petrifying gazes.
 * Griffin
 * Harpy
 * Hippogriff
 * Huitzilopochtli
 * Lamassu
 * Lightning Bird


 * Lindworm
 * Minokawa
 * Nephele
 * Nue
 * Odin's ravens, Huginn and Muninn
 * Pegasus - winged horse
 * Peryton
 * Phoenix
 * Raiju
 * Roc
 * Sarimanok
 * Shahbaz
 * Sirens - bird women in Greek mythology, not to be confused with mermaids
 * Simurgh
 * Snallygaster
 * Sphinx (Greek)
 * Stymphalian Birds
 * Sylph
 * Thunderbird
 * Alicorn (winged unicorn)
 * Wyvern
 * Yalungur
 * Yuki-onna
 * Zilant
 * Ziz
 * Zduhać