Cryptids & Legendary Creatures
Regional folk beings and wild unseen things
Tier 2 — named creatures documented in folk belief: wendigos, jiangshi, aswangs, kelpies, leshys, chupacabras recorded within culturally-attested traditions. Excludes modern fictional entities.
200 entities
'Elepaio
Hawaiian
Almaz
Chechen · Ingush
Amikiri
Japanese
Aosaginohi
Japanese
Apalāla
Buddhist · Gandhara art
Apsonsi
Thai
Bake-kujira
Japanese
Baku
Japanese
Bhutesvara Yakshis
Buddhist · Kushan Empire
Biloko
African · Zaïre
Boitatá
Brazilian · Tupi
Dağ iyesi
Turkic
Deer's spirit
Cherokee
Divine Principle
Aegean civilization · early Hellenic religion
Eikthyrnir
Norse
Encantado
Brazilian
Erdhenne
German
Eşik iyesi
Turkish
Giantess of Crngrob
Slovenian folklore · Crngrob
Golden-Haired Hou
Chinese Buddhism
Hemann
German folklore
Holzfräulein
Germanic folklore · changeling lore
Holzhetzer
Upper Palatinate folklore · German folklore
Houle fairies
Brittany · Normandy
Houles fairies
Upper Bretons · Breton
Howling Celestial Dog
Chinese
Hoymann
German · Upper Palatinate
Hödekin
German folklore
Inugami
Japanese
Kilmoulis
Anglo-Scottish border folklore
Kirkegrim
Danish · Scandinavian
Kirkonväki
Finnish · Scandinavian
Knockers
Cornish · Devon
Korykra
Greek
Kyrkogrim
Swedish · Scandinavian
Les Lavandières
Celtic
Me Phyu
Burmese
Moosleute
German folklore
Mother of the River
Argentine Northwest
Mya Nan Nwe
Burmese · Thai
Mímisbrunnr
Norse
Nachtjäger
Silesian folklore · German folklore
Niß Puk
Schleswig · Germanic folklore
Oceanic Nymphs
Orco Mamman
Argentine Northwest region
Petermännchen
German folklore · Mecklenburg
Pyapon Taung Shinma
Burmese · nat tradition
Sacháyoj
Argentine Northwest region
Sanshin
Korean · Buddhist
Sleeping Nymph
Renaissance humanist · Italian
Sânziană
Romanian · western Carpathian Mountains
Sânziene
Romanian
Sōjōbō
Japanese
The Mistress of the Copper Mountain
Ural miners · Slavic
Tommyknockers
Welsh · Cornish miners
Tsar Vodyanik
Slavic
Xapiripë
Yanomami
Yel İye
Turkic
Yuan Hong
Chinese · Fengshen Yanyi
Yurlunggur
Murngin · Yolngu
baetatá
Brazilian
groagez
Breton
guardian daemons
Greek · Hesiod's Works and Days
houles fairy
Breton
lavandière de la nuit
Breton · Brittany
lavandières
French · Breton
light militia of the lower sky
nahurac
Pawnee
power animals
shamanism · neoshamanism
salamandra
Jewish · Talmudic
shtojzovalle
Albanian
shtojzovalles
spirit of Mt. Akagi
Japanese folklore
sylvestres
Christian · European
vodník
Czech · Slovak
vodyanik
Slavic
yama no kami
Japanese · matagi
Phaenon
Greek · Roman
Ankou
French · Breton
Daitengu
Japanese
Javinė
Baltic
Kupolė
Baltic · spring
Phlegeton
Greek
Pierian Muses
Greek
Tree of Life
Hebrew · Semitic
Asrai
English · Cheshire
Buschgroßmutter
German folklore · Ludwig Bechstein
Church grim
Germanic · Scottish folklore
Elder Mother
English folklore · Scandinavian folklore
Hyldemoer
Danish · English folklore
Irmak iyesi
Turkic
Loo-errn
Brataualung · Bunurong
Menninkäinen
Finnish
Moss people
Germanic · Germanic folklore
Myay Saunt Nat
Burmese
Naiṇī Devī
Himalayan
Orman İyesi
Turkic
Ovinnik
Slavic · Slavic folklore
Radande
Swedish
Su iyesi
Turkic
Vodyanoy
Slavic
Yosuzume
Japanese folklore
Zennyo Ryūō
Japanese · Shinto
loon
Siberian shamanism · Karagas
vodún
Fon · Yoruba
Jievaras
Baltic · harvest
Žiburinis
Baltic
Aesculapian Snakes
Greek
Aiaia
Hawaiian
Alōīdae
Greek
Azeban
Abenaki
Betobeto-san
Japanese
Binbōgami
Japanese
Blemmyae
Greek · Roman
Boroboroton
Japanese
Bucentaur
Venetian
Buruburu
Japanese
Carcinus
Greek
Dibobia
Domina Abundia
French · medieval
Enumclaw
Native American
Evlik İyesi
Turkish
Fions
French
Hehmann
Bohemian · Northern Bohemia
Hojemännlein
German · Lechrain
Holzmännel
Thuringian folklore
Holzweibchen
Saxon folklore
Hylas
Greek
Ialemus
Greek
Kanmare
Pitapita
Kapoonis
Native American
Kooremah
Mycoolon · Maikulan
Lethe
Greek
Luk Thep
Thai
Mutfak iyesi
Turkish
Niskepuk
Germanic folklore
Nispuk
Germanic folklore
Nut-Nan
Lancashire folklore
Puken
Frisian
Pûkse
Pomeranian folklore
Rainha
Santo Daime · Brazilian
Tawky Tawny
American comics · DC Comics
Urayuli
Yupik
Witij
Galpu · Dhangu
bōxoldoy
Buryat · Tengrism
earth spirits
Chinese · Buddhist
elder sister
Burmese
mingehe
Lele
welcome kachinas
Zuni
gnomes
Christian · European
Abzar iyesi
Turkic · Tatar
Orang Bunian
Malay · Malaysian folklore
Canotila
Lakota · Sioux
Amemasu
Ainu
Basan
Japanese
Bedawang
Balinese · Javanese
Delphic oracle
Greek · Panhellenic
Ma Ngwe Taung
Burmese · Hindu
Thitpin Saunt Nat
Burmese
golden ram
Greek
lower spirits
Buryat · Tengrism
Aitvaras
Baltic
Ežerinis
Baltic
Upinis
Baltic
Akathaso
Burmese
Talos
Greek
Wraith
Scottish
Zhu Bajie
Chinese · Buddhist
Aan'aawenh
Anishinaabe
Aarni
Finnish
Abagaldi
Evenki · Mongol
Abtu
Egyptian
Abumi-guchi
Japanese
Abura-sumashi
Japanese
Abzar Ana
Acantha
Acis
Greek · Sicilian legend
Acraea
Adro
Lugbara
Aethiops
Aetos Dios
Agbara Aka Ekpa
Agẹmọ
Yoruba religion
Ahgg
My Little Pony
Aholi
Hopi
Akaname
Japanese
Akhekh
Egyptian
Akubōzu
Japanese
Akugyo
Japanese
Akupāra
Hindu
Akurojin-no-hi
Japanese
Al Basty
Turkish · Uzbek
Allocamelus
Ama no Fuchigoma
Japanese
Amabie
Japanese
Amarok
Inuit
Amarum
Quechua
Ambrosia
Greek
Ameonna
Japanese · yōkai
Amethyste