List of legendary creatures (A)




 * 1) Á Bao A Qu (Malay) – Entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
 * 2) Aatxe (Basque) – Bull spirit.
 * 3) Abaasy (Yakuts) – Iron-toothed demons.
 * 4) Abada (African) – Unicorn that inhabits the African Congo.
 * 5) Äbädä (Tatar) – Forest spirit.
 * 6) Abaia (Melanesia) – Huge magical eel.
 * 7) Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) – Savage humanoid with backward feet.
 * 8) Abath (Malay) – One-horned animal.
 * 9) Abura-sumashi (Japanese) – Creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture.
 * 10) Acephali (Greek) – Headless humanoids.
 * 11) Acheri (Hindu) – Disease-bringing ghost.
 * 12) Achiyalabopa (Pueblo) – Huge bird god.
 * 13) Achlis (Roman) – Curious elk.
 * 14) Adar Llwch Gwin (Welsh) – Giant birds that understand human languages.
 * 15) Adaro (Solomon Islands) – Malevolent merfolk.
 * 16) Adhene (Manx) – Nature spirit.
 * 17) Adlet (Inuit) – Vampiric dog-human hybrid
 * 18) Adroanzi (Lugbara) – Nature spirit.
 * 19) Adze (Ewe people) – African vampiric-forest being.
 * 20) Aerico (Greek) – Disease demon.
 * 21) Æsir (Norse) – Norse deities.
 * 22) Afanc (Welsh) – Lake monster (exact lake varies by story).
 * 23) Agni (Hindu) – God of fire and sacrifices.
 * 24) Agathodaemon (Greek) – Spirit of vinefields and grainfields.
 * 25) Agloolik (Inuit) – Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen.
 * 26) Agogwe (East Africa) – Small, ape-like humanoid.
 * 27) Ahkiyyini (Inuit) – Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.
 * 28) Ahuizotl (Aztec) – Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid.
 * 29) Ahura (Zoroastrianism) – Zoroastrian spirits.
 * 30) Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) – Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep.
 * 31) Aigikampoi (Etruscan) – Fish-tailed goat.
 * 32) Airavata (Hindu) – Divine elephant.
 * 33) Aitu (Polynesian) – Malevolent spirits or demons.
 * 34) Aitvaras (Lithuanian) – Household spirit.
 * 35) Ajatar (Finnish) – Dragon/snake female spirit, is said to spread diseases
 * 36) Akateko (Japanese) – Tree-dwelling monster.
 * 37) Akhlut (Inuit) – Orca-wolf shapeshifter.
 * 38) Akka (Finnish) – Female spirits or minor goddesses.
 * 39) Akki (Japanese) – Large, grotesque humanoid.
 * 40) Akkorokamui (Ainu) – Sea monster.
 * 41) Akuma (Japanese) – Evil spirit or devil
 * 42) Akupara (Hindu) – Giant turtle that supports the world.
 * 43) Akurojin-no-hi (Japanese) – Ghostly flame which causes disease.
 * 44) Al (Armenian and Persian) – Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women.
 * 45) Ala (Slavic) – Bad weather demon.
 * 46) Alal (Chaldean) – Queen of the full moon.
 * 47) Alan (Philippine) – Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.
 * 48) Alce (Heraldic) – Wingless griffin.
 * 49) Aleya (Bengali) – Spirit of a dead fisherman.
 * 50) Alicanto (Chilean) – Bird that eats gold and silver.
 * 51) Alicorn (Bestiario medieval) – Winged unicorn.
 * 52) Alkonost (Slavic) – Angelic bird with human head and breasts.
 * 53) Allocamelus (Heraldic) – Ass-camel hybrid.
 * 54) Almas (Mongolian) – Savage humanoid.
 * 55) Al-mi'raj (Islamic) – One-horned rabbit.
 * 56) Aloja (Catalan) – Female water spirit.
 * 57) Alom-bag-winno-sis (Abenaki) – Little people and tricksters.
 * 58) Alp (German) – Male night-demon.
 * 59) Alphyn (Heraldic) – Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs.
 * 60) Alp-luachra (Irish) – Parasitic fairy.
 * 61) Al Rakim (Islamic) – Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers.
 * 62) Alseid (Greek) – Grove nymph.
 * 63) Alû (Assyrian) – Leprous demon.
 * 64) Alux (Mayan) – Little people.
 * 65) Amaburakosagi (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku.
 * 66) Amala (Tsimshian) – Giant who holds up the world.
 * 67) Amamehagi (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku.
 * 68) Amanojaku (Japanese) – Small demon.
 * 69) Amarok (Inuit) – Giant wolf.
 * 70) Amarum (Quechua) – Water boa spirit.
 * 71) Amazake-babaa (Japanese) – Disease-causing hag.
 * 72) Amemasu (Ainu) – Lake monster.
 * 73) Ammit  (Ancient Egyptian) – Female demon who was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile and devoured the souls of the wicked.
 * 74) Amorōnagu (Japanese) – Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima.
 * 75) Amphiptere (Heraldic) – Winged serpent.
 * 76) Amphisbaena (Greek) – Serpent with a head at each end.
 * 77) Anak (Jewish) – Giant.
 * 78) Andean wolf (Argentina) – Mountain wolf
 * 79) Androsphinx (Ancient Egyptian) – Human-headed sphinx.
 * 80) Angel (mainly Christian, Jewish, Islamic traditions) – Divine beings of Heaven who act as mediators between God and humans; the counterparts of Demons.
 * 81) Anqa (Arabian) – Giant mythical female bird similar to a phoenix.
 * 82) Ani Hyuntikwalaski (Cherokee) – Lightning spirit.
 * 83) Ankou (French) – Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and scythe.
 * 84) Anmo (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture.
 * 85) Antaeus (Greek) – Giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground.
 * 86) Anubis (Ancient Egyptian) – God of funerals
 * 87) Antero Vipunen (Finnish) – Subterranean giant.
 * 88) Anzû (Sumerian) – Divine storm bird
 * 89) Ao Ao (Guaraní) – Anthropophagous peccary or sheep.
 * 90) Aobōzu (Japanese) – Blue monk who kidnaps children.
 * 91) Apkallu (Sumerian) – Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki.
 * 92) Apsaras (Buddhist and Hindu) – Female cloud spirit.
 * 93) Aqrabuamelu (Akkadian) – Human-scorpion hybrid.
 * 94) Arachne (Greek mythology) - Centaurid, human-spider hybrid.
 * 95) Ardat-lilî (Akkadian) – Disease demon.
 * 96) Aralez (Armenian) – The oldest gods in the Armenian pantheon
 * 97) Argus Panoptes (Greek) – Hundred-eyed giant.
 * 98) Arikura-no-baba (Japanese) – Old woman with magical powers.
 * 99) Arimaspi (Greek) – One-eyed humanoid.
 * 100) Arion (Greek) – Swift green-maned talking horse.
 * 101) Arkan Sonney (Manx) – Fairy hedgehog.
 * 102) Asag (Sumerian) – Hideous rock demon.
 * 103) Asakku (Sumerian) – Demon.
 * 104) Asanbosam (West Africa) – Iron-toothed vampire.
 * 105) Asena (Turkic) – Blue-maned wolf.
 * 106) A-senee-ki-wakw (Abenaki) – Stone giant.
 * 107) Ashi-magari (Japanese) – Invisible tendril that impedes movement.
 * 108) Asiman (Dahomey) – Vampiric possession spirit.
 * 109) Askefrue (Germanic) – Female tree spirit.
 * 110) Ask-wee-da-eed (Abenaki) – Fire elemental and spectral fire.
 * 111) Asobibi (Japanese) – Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture.
 * 112) Aspidochelone (Medieval Bestiaries) – Island-sized whale or sea turtle.
 * 113) Asrai (English) – Water spirit.
 * 114) Astomi (Greek) – Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food.
 * 115) Asura (Hindu) – Hindu malevolent divinities.
 * 116) Aswang (Philippine) – Carrion-eating humanoid.
 * 117) Atomy (English) – Surprisingly small creature.
 * 118) Ato-oi-kozō (Japanese) – Invisible spirit that follows people.
 * 119) Atshen (Inuit) – Anthropophagous spirit.
 * 120) Augerino (American) -  Subterranean creature.
 * 121) Auloniad (Greek) – Pasture nymph.
 * 122) Auvekoejak (Inuit) – Furry merman.
 * 123) Avalerion (Medieval Bestiary) – King of the birds.
 * 124) Awa-hon-do (Abenaki) – Insect spirit.
 * 125) Axex (Ancient Egyptian) – Falcon-lion hybrid.
 * 126) Ayakashi (Japanese) – Sea serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil.
 * 127) Ayakashi-no-ayashibi (Japanese) – Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture.
 * 128) Aziza (Dahomey) – Little people that help hunters.
 * 129) Azukiarai/Azukitogi (Japanese) – Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.
 * 130) Azukibabaa (Japanese) – Bean-grinding hag who devours people.