List of legendary creatures (A)

Ivan Bilibin's Alkonost

The Egyptian Ammit, who eats the wicked dead in the afterlife, has the body of a lion and hippopotamus and the head of a crocodile.

1. Á Bao A Qu (Malay) – Entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
2. Aatxe (Basque) – Bull spirit.
3. Abaasy (Yakuts) – Iron-toothed demons.
4. Abada (African) – Unicorn that inhabits the African Congo.
5. Äbädä (Tatar) – Forest spirit.
6. Abaia (Melanesia) – Huge magical eel.
7. Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) – Savage humanoid with backward feet.
8. Abath (Malay) – One-horned animal.
9. Abura-sumashi (Japanese) – Creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture.
10. Acephali (Greek) – Headless humanoids.
11. Acheri (Hindu) – Disease-bringing ghost.
12. Achiyalabopa (Pueblo) – Huge bird god.
13. Achlis (Roman) – Curious elk.
14. Adar Llwch Gwin (Welsh) – Giant birds that understand human languages.
15. Adaro (Solomon Islands) – Malevolent merfolk.
16. Adhene (Manx) – Nature spirit.
17. Adlet (Inuit) – Vampiric dog-human hybrid
18. Adroanzi (Lugbara) – Nature spirit.
19. Adze (Ewe people) – African vampiric-forest being.
20. Aerico (Greek) – Disease demon.
21. Æsir (Norse) – Norse deities.
22. Aeternae (Greek) – Saw-horned monster.
23. Afanc (Welsh) – Lake monster (exact lake varies by story).
24. Agni (Hindu) – God of fire and sacrifices.
25. Agathodaemon (Greek) – Spirit of vinefields and grainfields.
26. Agloolik (Inuit) – Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen.
27. Agogwe (East Africa) – Small, ape-like humanoid.
28. Akhekh (Ancient Egypt) - Oryx-Bird hybrid that brings chaos.
29. Ahkiyyini (Inuit) – Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.
30. Ahuizotl (Aztec) – Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid.
31. Ahura (Zoroastrianism) – Zoroastrian spirits.
32. Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) – Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep.
33. Aigikampoi (Etruscan) – Fish-tailed goat.
34. Airavata (Hindu) – Divine elephant.
35. Aitu (Polynesian) – Malevolent spirits or demons.
36. Aitvaras (Lithuanian) – Household spirit.
37. Ajatar (Finnish) – Dragon/snake female spirit, is said to spread diseases
38. Akateko (Japanese) – Tree-dwelling monster.
39. Akhlut (Inuit) – Orca-wolf shapeshifter.
40. Akka (Finnish) – Female spirits or minor goddesses.
41. Akki (Japanese) – Large, grotesque humanoid.
42. Akkorokamui (Ainu) – Sea monster.
43. Akuma (Japanese) – Evil spirit or devil
44. Akupara (Hindu) – Giant turtle that supports the world.
45. Akurojin-no-hi (Japanese) – Ghostly flame which causes disease.
46. Al (Armenian and Persian) – Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women.
47. Ala (Slavic) – Bad weather demon.
48. Alal (Chaldean) – Queen of the full moon.
49. Alan (Philippine) – Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.
50. Alce (Heraldic) – Wingless griffin.
51. Aleya (Bengali) – Spirit of a dead fisherman.
52. Alicanto (Chilean) – Bird that eats gold and silver.
53. Alicorn (Bestiario medieval) – Winged unicorn.
54. Alkonost (Slavic) – Angelic bird with human head and breasts.
55. Allocamelus (Heraldic) – Ass-camel hybrid.
56. Almas (Mongolian) – Savage humanoid.
57. Al-mi'raj (Islamic) – One-horned rabbit.
58. Aloja (Catalan) – Female water spirit.
59. Alom-bag-winno-sis (Abenaki) – Little people and tricksters.
60. Alp (German) – Male night-demon.
61. Alphyn (Heraldic) – Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs.
62. Alp-luachra (Irish) – Parasitic fairy.
63. Al Rakim (Islamic) – Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers.
64. Alseid (Greek) – Grove nymph.
65. Alû (Assyrian) – Leprous demon.
66. Alux (Mayan) – Little people.
67. Amaburakosagi (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku.
68. Amala (Tsimshian) – Giant who holds up the world.
69. Amamehagi (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku.
70. Amanojaku (Japanese) – Small demon.
71. Amarok (Inuit) – Giant wolf.
72. Amarum (Quechua) – Water boa spirit.
73. Amazake-babaa (Japanese) – Disease-causing hag.
74. Amemasu (Ainu) – Lake monster.
75. Ammit (Ancient Egyptian) – Female demon who was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile and devoured the souls of the wicked.
76. Amorōnagu (Japanese) – Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima.
77. Amphiptere (Heraldic) – Winged serpent.
78. Amphisbaena (Greek) – Serpent with a head at each end.
79. Anak (Jewish) – Giant.
80. Andean wolf (Argentina) – Mountain wolf
81. Androsphinx (Ancient Egyptian) – Human-headed sphinx.
82. Angel (mainly Christian, Jewish, Islamic traditions) – Divine beings of Heaven who act as mediators between God and humans; the counterparts of Demons.
83. Anqa (Arabian) – Giant mythical female bird similar to a phoenix.
84. Ani Hyuntikwalaski (Cherokee) – Lightning spirit.
85. Ankou (French) – Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and scythe.
86. Anmo (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture.
87. Antaeus (Greek) – Giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground.
88. Anubis (Ancient Egyptian) – God of funerals
89. Antero Vipunen (Finnish) – Subterranean giant.
90. Anzû (Sumerian) – Divine storm bird
91. Ao Ao (Guaraní) – Anthropophagous peccary or sheep.
92. Aobōzu (Japanese) – Blue monk who kidnaps children.
93. Apkallu (Sumerian) – Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki.
94. Apsaras (Buddhist and Hindu) – Female cloud spirit.
95. Aqrabuamelu (Akkadian) – Human-scorpion hybrid.
96. Arachne (Greek mythology) - Centaurid, human-spider hybrid.
97. Ardat-lilî (Akkadian) – Disease demon.
98. Aralez (Armenian) – The oldest gods in the Armenian pantheon
99. Argus Panoptes (Greek) – Hundred-eyed giant.
100. Arikura-no-baba (Japanese) – Old woman with magical powers.
101. Arimaspi (Greek) – One-eyed humanoid.
102. Arion (Greek) – Swift green-maned talking horse.
103. Arkan Sonney (Manx) – Fairy hedgehog.
104. Asag (Sumerian) – Hideous rock demon.
105. Asakku (Sumerian) – Demon.
106. Asanbosam (West Africa) – Iron-toothed vampire.
107. Asena (Turkic) – Blue-maned wolf.
108. A-senee-ki-wakw (Abenaki) – Stone giant.
109. Ashi-magari (Japanese) – Invisible tendril that impedes movement.
110. Asiman (Dahomey) – Vampiric possession spirit.
111. Askefrue (Germanic) – Female tree spirit.
112. Ask-wee-da-eed (Abenaki) – Fire elemental and spectral fire.
113. Asobibi (Japanese) – Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture.
114. Aspidochelone (Medieval Bestiaries) – Island-sized whale or sea turtle.
115. Asrai (English) – Water spirit.
116. Astomi (Greek) – Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food.
117. Asura (Hindu) – Hindu malevolent divinities.
118. Aswang (Philippine) – Carrion-eating humanoid.
119. Atomy (English) – Surprisingly small creature.
120. Ato-oi-kozō (Japanese) – Invisible spirit that follows people.
121. Atshen (Inuit) – Anthropophagous spirit.
122. Augerino (American) - Subterranean creature.
123. Auloniad (Greek) – Pasture nymph.
124. Auvekoejak (Inuit) – Furry merman.
125. Avalerion (Medieval Bestiary) – King of the birds.
126. Awa-hon-do (Abenaki) – Insect spirit.
127. Axex (Ancient Egyptian) – Falcon-lion hybrid.
128. Ayakashi (Japanese) – Sea serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil.
129. Ayakashi-no-ayashibi (Japanese) – Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture.
130. Aziza (Dahomey) – Little people that help hunters.
131. Azukiarai/Azukitogi (Japanese) – Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.
132. Azukibabaa (Japanese) – Bean-grinding hag who devours people.