List of legendary creatures (W)


 * 1) Waldgeist (German) – Forest spirit
 * 2) Wana-games-ak (Abenaki) – Water spirits
 * 3) Wani (Japanese) – Crocodilian water monster
 * 4) Wanyūdō (Japanese) – Demon in the form of a burning human-headed ox cart
 * 5) Warak ngendog (Indonesian Muslim) – Egg-laying bird
 * 6) Warg (English and Scandinavian O.N. vargr) – Giant, demonic wolf
 * 7) Warlock (Worldwide) – Male witch
 * 8) Wassan-mon-ganeehla-ak (Abenaki) – Aurora spirits
 * 9) Water monkey (Chinese) – Water spirit
 * 10) Water sprite (Alchemy) – Water elemental
 * 11) Wati-kutjara (Australia Aboriginal) – Goanna spirits
 * 12) Wa-won-dee-a-megw (Abenaki) – Shapeshifting snail spirit
 * 13) Weiße Frauen (German) – Female spirit
 * 14) Wekufe (Mapuche) – Demon
 * 15) Wendigo (Algonquian) – Anthropophagous spirit
 * 16) Wentshukumishiteu (Inuit) – Water spirit
 * 17) Werecat (Worldwide) – Feline-human shapeshifter
 * 18) Werehyena (Africa) – Hyena-human shapeshifter
 * 19) Werewolf (Worldwide) – Wolf-human shapeshifter
 * 20) White Lady (Worldwide) – Ghost of a murdered or mistreated woman
 * 21) Whowie (Australian Aboriginal) – Giant frog-headed goanna with six legs
 * 22) Wild man (European) – Hairy, bipedal, man-like creature
 * 23) Will-o'-the-Wisp (Worldwide) – Spectral fire
 * 24) Winged genie (Assyrian)  – Bearded male figures sporting birds
 * 25) Wirry-cow (Scottish) – Malevolent spirit
 * 26) Witch (Worldwide) – Person who practices magic
 * 27) Witte Wieven (Dutch) – Female, ancestral spirit
 * 28) Wolpertinger (German) – Forest animal comprised from various animal parts (similar to a Chimera)
 * 29) Wondjina (Australia Aboriginal) – Weather spirit
 * 30) Wraith (Scottish) – Water spirit or ghostly apparition
 * 31) Wulver (Scottish) – Wolf-headed humanoid spirit
 * 32) Wu Tou Gui (Chinese) – Beheaded ghost
 * 33) Wyrm – English dragon
 * 34) Wyvern (Germanic Heraldic) – Flying reptile, usually with two legs and two wings