List of legendary creatures (N)




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