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Legendary beings and monsters from folklore around the world.

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• A
• Anansi
  spider
• B
• Banshee
  fairy woman
• Basilisk
  little king
• Bunyip
  a fearsome creature said to lurk in swamps and waterholes
• C
• Centaur
  uncertain
• Cerberus
  spotted (disputed)
• Chimera
  she-goat, later 'monstrous hybrid'
• Chupacabra
  goat-sucker
• D
• Domovoi
  house spirit
• Dragon
  serpent (traditionally 'the sharp-sighted one')
• E
• Elf
  uncertain
• Encantado
  enchanted being
• F
• Fenrir
  uncertain, tied specifically to Norse myth
• G
• Gnome
  uncertain
• Goblin
  uncertain
• Golem
  shapeless mass
• Griffin
  hook-beaked
• H
• Harpy
  snatcher
• Hydra
  water serpent
• I
• Ifrit
  powerful one (disputed)
• J
• Jinn
  hidden being
• K
• Kappa
  river child
• Kelpie
  water horse
• Kitsune
  fox spirit
• Kraken
  an unnatural, monstrous sea creature
• L
• Leprechaun
  small body
• Leviathan
  twisted one, coiled one
• M
• Medusa
  guardian, protectress
• Mermaid
  sea maiden
• Minotaur
  bull of Minos
• Mothman
  moth-like man (a descriptive modern coinage)
• N
• Naga
  serpent deity
• O
• Oni
  ogre, demon (etymology debated)
• P
• Pegasus
  of the springs (traditional)
• Phoenix
  purple-red, or possibly 'Egyptian'
• Q
• Qilin
  a benevolent hybrid creature of Chinese mythology
• Quetzalcoatl
  feathered serpent
• R
• Rakshasa
  a demon or malevolent shape-shifting being
• Roc
  uncertain
• S
• Sasquatch
  wild man (commonly glossed)
• Satyr
  uncertain
• Selkie
  seal-folk
• Siren
  uncertain
• Sphinx
  the strangler
• T
• Tengu
  heavenly dog, though depicted as a bird-like or humanoid spirit
• Thunderbird
  a giant bird said to create thunder with its wingbeats
• Troll
  giant
• U
• Unicorn
  one-horn
• V
• Valkyrie
  chooser of the slain
• Vampire
  uncertain
• W
• Wendigo
  the evil spirit that devours mankind
• Werewolf
  man-wolf
• X
• Xiezhi
  uncertain literal translation; the name is specific to the creature
• Y
• Yeti
  rocky place bear/creature
• Z
• Ziz
  possibly 'moving creature' (one proposed reading)