List of legendary creatures (H)




 * 1) Hábrók (Nordic) – listed as the "best" hawk
 * 2) Hadhayosh (Persian) – gigantic land animal
 * 3) Hades (Greek) – Ruler of the Underworld
 * 4) Haetae (Korean) – dog-lion hybrid
 * 5) Hag (Many cultures worldwide) – wise old woman who is usually a malevolent spirit or a disguised goddess
 * 6) Haietlik (Nuu-chah-nulth) – water serpent
 * 7) Halloi (Sanamahism) - natural maiden spirits of celestial origin
 * 8) Hai-uri (Khoikhoi) – male cannibalistic partially invisible monster
 * 9) Hakutaku (Japanese) – talking beast which handed down knowledge on harmful spirits
 * 10) Hākuturi (Māori) – nature guardian
 * 11) Half-elf (Nordic) – human-elf hybrid
 * 12) Haltija (Finnish) – spirit that protects a specific place
 * 13) Hamadryad (Greek) – oak tree nymph
 * 14) Hamingja (Scandinavian) – personal protection spirit
 * 15) Hamsa (Buddhist, Hindu and Jainism) – mystic bird
 * 16) Hanau epe (Rapa Nui) – long-eared humanoid
 * 17) Hantu Air (Malay) – shapeshifting water spirit
 * 18) Hantu Demon (Philippine) – demon
 * 19) Hantu Raya (Malay) – demonic servant
 * 20) Harionago (Japanese) – humanoid female with barbed, prehensile hair
 * 21) Harpy (Greek) – birdlike human-headed death spirit
 * 22) Haugbúi (Nordic) – undead being who lives in its burial mound
 * 23) Havsrå (Nordic) – saltwater spirit
 * 24) Helloi (Meitei mythology) – celestial maidens, daughters of the Sky God Salailen
 * 25) Headless Horseman (European) – humanoid spirit who haunts or kills
 * 26) Headless Mule (Brazilian) – fire-spewing, headless, spectral mule
 * 27) Hecatonchires (Greek) – primordial giants with 100 hands and fifty heads
 * 28) Heikegani (Japanese) – crabs with human-faced shells, the spirits of warriors killed in the Battle of Dan-no-ura
 * 29) Heinzelmännchen (German) – household spirit
 * 30) Helead (Greek) – fen nymph
 * 31) Hellhound (Many cultures worldwide) – underworld dog
 * 32) Heracles (Greek) – gatekeeper of Olympus
 * 33) Hercinia (Medieval Bestiaries) – glowing bird
 * 34) Herensuge (Basque) – dragon
 * 35) Hesperides (Greek) – nymph daughters of Atlas
 * 36) Hidebehind (United States) – nocturnal forest creature
 * 37) Hiderigami (Japanese) – drought spirit
 * 38) Hieracosphinx (Ancient Egypt) – falcon-headed sphinx
 * 39) Hihi (Japanese) – baboon monster
 * 40) Hiisi (Finnish) – nature guardian
 * 41) Hippalectryon (Greek) – a horse-rooster hybrid
 * 42) Hippocamp (Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician) – horse-fish hybrid
 * 43) Hippogriff (Medieval Bestiaries) – hybrid of a griffin and horse; a lion-eagle-horse hybrid
 * 44) Hippopodes (Medieval Bestiary) – horse-hoofed humanoid
 * 45) Hircocervus (Medieval Bestiary) – deer-goat hybrid
 * 46) Hitodama (Japanese) – ghosts of the newly dead, which take the form of fireballs
 * 47) Hitotsume-kozō (Japanese) – one-eyed childlike spirit
 * 48) Hob (English) – house spirit
 * 49) Hobbididance (English) – malevolent spirit
 * 50) Hobgoblin (Medieval) – friendly or amusing goblin
 * 51) Hodag (United States) – frog-mammoth-lizard hybrid
 * 52) Hokhokw (Kwakiutl) – bird
 * 53) Hōkō (Japanese) – dog-like Chinese tree spirit
 * 54) Hó͘-ko͘-pô (Taiwanese) – a tiger spirit
 * 55) Homa (Persian) – eagle-lion hybrid, similar to a griffin
 * 56) Hombre Caiman (Colombian) – human-alligator hybrid
 * 57) Hombre Gato (Latin America) – human-cat hybrid
 * 58) Homunculus (Alchemy) – small animated construct
 * 59) Hō-ō (Japanese) – rooster-swallow-fowl-snake-goose-tortoise-stag-fish hybrid
 * 60) Hoopoe (multiple cultures) – near passerine bird common to Africa and Eurasia that features in many mythologies in those continents
 * 61) Hoop snake (United States, Canada, and Australia) – snake which rolls by taking its tail in its mouth
 * 62) Horned Serpent (Native American) – serpentine rain spirit
 * 63) Hotoke (Japanese) – deceased person
 * 64) Houri (Islamic) – heavenly beings
 * 65) Hraesvelg (Norse) – Jötunn, who in eagle form, creates the wind by beating his wings
 * 66) Hrímþurs (Nordic) – Rime or frost jötunn
 * 67) Huaychivo (Mayan) – human-deer hybrid
 * 68) Huginn and Muninn (Norse) – pair of ravens associated with the Norse god Odin whose names mean Thought and Memory
 * 69) Huldufólk (Icelandic/Faroese) – secret mound/rock dwelling elves
 * 70) Hulder (Scandinavian) – forest spirit
 * 71) Huli jing (Chinese) – nine-tailed fox spirit
 * 72) Huma (Persian) – regenerative fire bird
 * 73) Humbaba (Akkadian) – lion-faced giant
 * 74) Hundun (Chinese) – chaos spirit
 * 75) Hupia (Taíno) – nocturnal ghost
 * 76) Hyakume (Japanese) – hundred-eyes creature
 * 77) Hydra (Greek) – multi-headed water serpent/dragon
 * 78) Hydrus (or Hydros) (Medieval Bestiary) – a water snake with various abilities
 * 79) Hyōsube (Japanese) – hair-covered kappa
 * 80) Hypnalis (Medieval Bestiary) – snake that kills its victims in their sleep
 * 81) Hudhud (mythology) (Islamic mythology) – a legendary hoopoe bird