List of legendary creatures (M)




 * 1) Maa-alused (Estonian mythology) – Subterranean spirit
 * 2) Machlyes (Medieval bestiaries) – Hermaphroditic humanoid
 * 3) Macrocephali (Medieval bestiaries) – Giant-headed humanoid
 * 4) Madam Koi Koi (West African Mythology ) – Female ghost
 * 5) Madremonte (Colombian folklore) – Nature guardian
 * 6) Maero (Māori) – Savage, arboreal humanoids
 * 7) Magog (English folklore) – Giant protector of London
 * 8) Maha-pudma (Hindu mythology) – Giant elephant that holds up the world
 * 9) Mahuika (Māori mythology) - Māori fire goddess
 * 10) Mairu (Basque mythology) – Megalith-building giant
 * 11) Mājas gari (Latvian mythology) – Benevolent house spirit
 * 12) Majitu – in Swahili mythology, shape-shifting spirits that can pass as humans
 * 13) Makara (Indian mythology) – Aquatic beings
 * 14) Makura-gaeshi (Japanese mythology) – Pillow-moving spirit
 * 15) Mallt-y-Nos (Welsh mythology) – Spirit of the hunt
 * 16) Mami Wata (Africa and the African diaspora) – Supernaturally beautiful water spirits
 * 17) Manananggal (Philippine mythology) – Vampires that sever their torsos from their legs to fly around
 * 18) Mandi (Medieval bestiaries) – Humanoid with a forty-year lifespan
 * 19) Mandrake (Medieval folklore) – Diminutive, animated construct
 * 20) Manes (Roman mythology) – Ancestral spirits
 * 21) Mannegishi (Cree) – Little people with six fingers and no noses
 * 22) Manticore (Persian mythology) – Lion-human-scorpion hybrid
 * 23) Mapinguari (Brazilian mythology) – Giant sloth
 * 24) Mara (Scandinavian folklore) – Female night-demon
 * 25) Marabbecca (Italian folklore) – Malevolent water spirit
 * 26) Mare (Germanic and Slavic folklore) – Malicious entity of dream.
 * 27) Mareikura (Tuamotu) – Attendant of Kiho-tumu, the supreme god
 * 28) Mares of Diomedes (Greek mythology) – Man-eating horses
 * 29) Marid (Arabian mythology) – Jinn associated fortune tellers
 * 30) Marmennill (Norse mythology) – Mermen with prophetic abilities
 * 31) Maro deivės (Lithuanian mythology) – Disease spirits
 * 32) Marozi (Kenya) – Lion hybrid leopard
 * 33) Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os (Abenaki mythology) – Shapeshifting toad spirit
 * 34) Matagot (French mythology) – Spirit that takes animal form; usually that of a black cat
 * 35) Matsya (Hindu mythology) – First Avatar of Vishnu in the form of a half-fish and half-man
 * 36) Mayura (Hindu mythology) – Peacock spirit
 * 37) Mazzikin (Jewish mythology) – Invisible, malevolent spirit
 * 38) Mbói Tu'ĩ (Guaraní mythology) – Snake-parrot hybrid
 * 39) Mbwiri (Central Africa) – Possessing demon
 * 40) Medusa (Greek mythology) – Serpent-female hybrid (Gorgon) with numerous snake heads
 * 41) Melek Taus- biblical bird
 * 42) Meliae (Greek mythology) – Ash tree nymph
 * 43) Melusine (Medieval folklore) – Female water spirit, with the form of a winged mermaid or serpent
 * 44) Menehune (Hawaiian mythology) – Little people and craftsmen
 * 45) Menninkäinen (Finnish mythology) – Little people and nature spirits
 * 46) Merlion (Singapore) – Combination of a lion and a fish, the symbol of Singapore
 * 47) Mermaid/Merman (multiple cultures) – Human-fish hybrid
 * 48) Merlin (English mythology) – Elderly wizard
 * 49) Merrow (Irish mythology and Scottish) – Human-fish hybrid
 * 50) Metee-kolen-ol (Abenaki mythology) – Ice-hearted wizards
 * 51) Mimi (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Extremely elongated humanoid that has to live in rock crevasses to avoid blowing away
 * 52) Minka Bird (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Death spirit
 * 53) Minokawa (Philippine) – Giant swallow
 * 54) Minotaur (Greek mythology) – Human-bull hybrid
 * 55) Mishibizhiw (Ojibwa) – Feline water spirit
 * 56) Misi-ginebig (Ojibwa) – Serpentine rain spirit
 * 57) Misi-kinepikw (Cree) – Serpentine rain spirit
 * 58) Mizuchi (Japanese mythology) – Water dragon
 * 59) Mogwai (Chinese mythology) – Vengeful ghost or demon
 * 60) Mohan (Latin American folklore) – Nature spirit
 * 61) Mokèlé-mbèmbé (Congo) – Water-dwelling creature
 * 62) Mokoi (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Malevolent spirit that kills sorcerers
 * 63) Mokorea (Polynesian mythology) – Amphibious humanoid living in the spirit world (underground world)
 * 64) Moñái (Guaraní mythology) – Giant snake with antennae
 * 65) Monocerus (Medieval bestiaries) – One-horned stag-horse-elephant-boar hybrid, sometimes treated as distinct from the unicorn
 * 66) Mono Grande (South America) – Giant monkey
 * 67) Monopod (Medieval bestiaries) – Dwarf with one giant foot
 * 68) Mooinjer veggey (Manx folklore) – Nature spirit
 * 69) Moon rabbit (Far Eastern folklore) – Legendary animal
 * 70) Mora (Slavic mythology) – Disembodied spirit
 * 71) Morgens (Breton and Welsh mythology) – Water spirits
 * 72) Morinji-no-okama (Japanese mythology) – Animated tea kettle
 * 73) Mormolykeia (Greek) – Underworld spirit
 * 74) Moroi (Romanian) – Vampiric ghost
 * 75) Mo-sin-a (Taiwanese folklore) – Mountain demon
 * 76) Moss people (Continental Germanic mythology) – Little people and tree spirits
 * 77) Mothman (American folklore) – Large grey winged humanoid with glowing red eyes
 * 78) Mugwump (Canadian folklore) – Fish-like lake monster
 * 79) Mujina (Japanese mythology) – Shapeshifting badger spirit
 * 80) Muldjewangk (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Water monster
 * 81) Multo (Philippine mythology) – Spirit of a deceased person seeking justice or has unfinished business
 * 82) Mummy (Egyptian) – Undead creature who revives
 * 83) Muma Pădurii (Romanian folklore) – Forest-dwelling hag
 * 84) Mungoon-Gali (Australian Aboriginal) – Giant goanna
 * 85) Muscaliet (Medieval bestiaries) – Hare-squirrel-boar hybrid that has an intense body heat
 * 86) Muse (Greek mythology) – Spirits that inspire artists
 * 87) Mushusshu (Mesopotamian mythology)
 * 88) Musimon (Heraldic) – Sheep-goat hybrid
 * 89) Myling (Scandinavian folklore) – Ghosts of unbaptized children
 * 90) Myrmecoleon (Medieval bestiaries) – Ant-lion hybrid