List of legendary creatures (P)




 * 1) Paasselkä devils (Finnish) – Spectral fire
 * 2) Pakhangba (Meitei mythology and Sanamahism) – Serpentine dragon, ruler of the universe
 * 3) Pamola (Abenaki) – Weather spirit
 * 4) Panes (Greek) – Human-goat hybrids descended from the god Pan
 * 5) Pandi (Medieval Bestiary) – White-haired humanoid with giant ears and eight fingers and toes
 * 6) Panis (Hindu) – Demons with herds of stolen cows
 * 7) Panlong (Chinese) – Water dragon
 * 8) Panotti (Medieval Bestiaries) – Humanoid with gigantic ears
 * 9) Panther (Medieval Bestiaries) – Feline with sweet breath
 * 10) Parandrus (Medieval Bestiaries) – Shapeshifting animal whose natural form was a large ruminant
 * 11) Pard (Medieval Bestiaries) – Fast, spotted feline believed to mate with lions to produce leopards
 * 12) Pardalokampoi (Etruscan) – Fish-tailed leopard
 * 13) Patagon (Medieval folklore) – Giant race reputed to live in the area of Patagonia
 * 14) Patasola (Latin America) – Anthropophagous, one-legged humanoid
 * 15) Patupairehe (Māori) – White-skinned nature spirits
 * 16) Pech (Scottish) – Strong little people
 * 17) Pegaeae (Greek) – Spring nymph
 * 18) Pegasus (Greek) – Winged horse
 * 19) Pegacorn – Pegasus-unicorn hybrid
 * 20) Pelesit (Malay) – Servant spirit
 * 21) Peluda (French) – Dragon
 * 22) Penanggalan (Malay) – Vampires that sever their heads from their bodies to fly around, usually with their intestines or other internal organs trailing behind
 * 23) Peng (Chinese) – Giant bird
 * 24) Penghou (Chinese) – Tree spirit
 * 25) Peri (Persian) – Winged humanoid
 * 26) Peryton (Allegedly Medieval folklore) – Deer-bird hybrid
 * 27) Pesanta (Catalan) – Nightmare demon in the form of a cat or dog
 * 28) Peuchen (Chilota and Mapuche) – Vampiric, flying, shapeshifting serpent
 * 29) Phi Tai Hong (Thai)  – Ghost of a person who has died suddenly of a violent or cruel death
 * 30) Phoenix (Phoenician) – Regenerative bird reborn from its own ashes
 * 31) Piasa (Native American mythology) – Winged, antlered feline-like dragon
 * 32) Piatek (Armenian) – Large land animal
 * 33) Pictish Beast (Pictish stones) – Stylistic animal, possibly a dragon
 * 34) Pillan (Mapuche) – Nature spirit
 * 35) Pim-skwa-wagen-owad (Abenaki) – Water spirit
 * 36) Piru (Finnish) – Minor demon
 * 37) Pishacha (Hindu) – Carrion-eating demon
 * 38) Pishtaco (Peru) – Monster man that steals its victim's body fat for cannibalistic purposes
 * 39) Pita-skog (Abenaki) – Serpentine rain spirit
 * 40) Pixie (Cornish) – Little people and nature spirits
 * 41) Pixiu (Chinese) – Winged lion
 * 42) Pi yao (Chinese) – Horned, dragon-lion hybrid
 * 43) Plakavac (Slavic) – Vampire created when a mother strangles her child
 * 44) Pok-wejee-men (Abenaki) – Tree spirit
 * 45) Polevik (Polish) – Little people and field spirits
 * 46) Pollo Maligno (Colombian) – Man-eating chicken spirit
 * 47) Polong (Malay) – Invisible servant spirit
 * 48) Poltergeist (German) – Ghost that moves objects
 * 49) Pombero (Guaraní) – Wild man and nature spirit
 * 50) Ponaturi (Māori) – Grotesque, malevolent humanoid
 * 51) Pontianak (Malay) – Undead, vampiric women who died in childbirth
 * 52) Pope Lick Monster (American Folklore) Kentucky Urban Legend – Cryptid, a murderous creature that is part man, sheep, and goat
 * 53) Popobawa (Africa) – One-eyed creatures bat-like
 * 54) Poubi Lai (Meitei mythology) – Evil dragon python from the Loktak lake
 * 55) Pouākai (Māori) – Giant bird
 * 56) Preta (Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain) – Ghosts of especially greedy people
 * 57) Pricolici (Romanian – Roman) – Undead wolf
 * 58) Psoglav (Serbia) – Dog-headed monster
 * 59) Psotnik (Slavic) – Mischievous spirit
 * 60) Psychai (Greek) – Butterfly-winged nymphs, daughters of Psyche
 * 61) Psychopomp (Greek) – Creatures, spirits, angels, or deities in many religions who escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife
 * 62) Púca (Welsh) – Shapeshifting animal spirit
 * 63) Púki (Icelandic) – Malevolent little person
 * 64) Puck (English) – House spirit
 * 65) Putz (German) – House spirit
 * 66) Pugot (Philippine) – Headless humanoid
 * 67) Puk (Frisian) – House spirit
 * 68) Pūķis (Latvian) – Dragon
 * 69) Puckwudgie (Native American mythology) – Troll-like gray-skinned being
 * 70) Pygmy (Greek) – Little people
 * 71) Pyrausta (Greek) – Insect-dragon hybrid
 * 72) Python (Greek) – Serpentine dragon