THE LIBRARY INDEX
Library entries, A to Z.
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A Laung Khit (Sau Maha Khit)Shan narrative spirits and beings · Frog-form hpea and royal heroA-ch’ien, the rat wifeChinese literary supernatural narratives · Animal-associated wife whose identity is inferred in the taleA’i CofánA’i Cofán · Living Indigenous people and communitiesA’uwe (Xavante)A’uwe-Xavante communities · Living Indigenous people and autonomous communitiesA´ñqa-va´ịrġịn in the sea-sacrifice taleChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · Sea-Being and reviving husbandAbaiaNew Guinea; selected account compiled by Dixon · Named magical eelAbatwa in Umpengula Mbanda’s AccountZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Diminutive fantastic peopleAbductor virgin (Elden Ring)Elden Ring · Capturing automatonAboleth (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Aquatic psychic aberrationAbomasnowPokémon · Creature speciesAbomination (Destiny)Destiny · Fictional creatureAbomination (Warcraft)Warcraft · Constructed undead creatureAboré (Brett’s Warao account)Warao narratives presented by William Henry Brett; named narrator McLeod in the surrounding frame · Magically matured inventor and departing culture heroAboriginal peoples of AustraliaLiving peoples & cultures · Umbrella of living peoplesAbraPokémon · Creature speciesAbsolPokémon · Creature speciesAbumi-guchiJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated stirrupAbura-akagoJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Oil-associated apparitionAcanthostegaPaleozoic vertebrates · Extinct genusAccelgorPokémon · Creature speciesAccimukhīBuddhist Jātaka narrative beings · Frog-transforming nāga womanAccusing Bone of the Murdered Griffin-SeekerNeapolitan tale in Crane’s English selection · Speaking remains of a murdered princeAchmed UnamirTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Traveller to the seventh heavenAcklayStar Wars · Alien creatureAcromantulaHarry Potter · Fictional creatureAdabaArawak traditions documented in Guiana · Frog shapeshifter and hunting helperAdamantoise (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Armored turtle monsterAdaniHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Strong scholar spirit associated with water-spirit wrestlingAdarna birdTagalog collected traditions · Speaking, petrifying magical birdAdiaha (Woman with Two Skins)Southern Nigerian collected fairy tales · Animal-descended skin changerAdorned Goldfinch Traveller of TazerwaltTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Clothed travelling bird and parentAduan and Rose of EveningChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Departed dancers who return in bodily-seeming spirit formsAdudeGan’ religious accounts recorded by Kitching · Ambivalent night-walking spiritAdzanumeeGold Coast collected and arranged tales · Plant-born daughterAegislashPokémon · Creature speciesAeldari (Warhammer 40,000)Warhammer · Fictional peopleAerocudaThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureAerodactylPokémon · Creature speciesAet-kanda LēniyāSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Elephant-carrying giant birdAfancMedieval Welsh narrative · Lake-associated monsterAfrican clawed frog — Xenopus laevisAmphibians · SpeciesAfrican savanna elephantExtant mammals · Living speciesAged div of the caravan-road fortPersian tale beings · Man-eating female div who imprisons travelersAggelamuschTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Hair-covered tailed monsterAggronPokémon · Creature speciesAgnija, the hypocritical catIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Aged speaking cat who feigns penance to prey on trusting miceAguio in Cole’s Bukidnon tellingBukidnon narratives in Cole’s collection · Hero who unknowingly challenges his separated twin brotherAgumonDigimon · Fictional digital creatureAhamkaraDestiny · Fictional wish creatureAhriman (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Winged eye monsterAhuizotlMexica and Nahua historical traditions · Legendary aquatic creatureAi Powlo’s laughing skullTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Dead trickster’s skull that continues to mockAiai, Son of Ku-ulaHawaiian narrated traditions · Supernatural culture heroAidagagiogio, Lender of Detachable LimbsSelected northeastern Papuan accounts collected by Annie Ker · Limb-detaching threatening beingAighashZoroastrian textual beings · Malignant-eyed demonAilaq’s mother (bear revenant)Polar Inuit of Smith Sound (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Vengeful dead woman in a bearskin bodyAimu ya kitomboKamba reported spirit traditions · Traditional narrative beingAino in Fish FormKalevala compiled epic, selected Crawford translation · Speaking transformed water maidenAino’s Herald HareKalevala compiled epic, selected Crawford translation · Speaking animal messengerAinuLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleAipomPokémon · Creature speciesAischa, the Cannibal Daughter of TazerwaltTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Girl who becomes a nocturnal cannibalAituSamoan traditions; meanings differ by context · Spirit or deity categoryAitu Langi in Turner’s AccountsSamoan traditions recorded by George Turner · Samoan deity through locally attributed representationsAkaanga, Keeper of the Spirit NetMangaian tree and spirit-world accounts in Gill · Underworld captor and Miru’s servantAkachekuluLamba collected tales · Traditional narrative beingAkampana (Griffith’s Akampan)Rāmāyaṇa named beings · Rakshasa archerAkanameJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Household apparitionAkaotu, Tane’s Red PigeonMangaian narratives in Gill’s collected witness · Named supernatural journey birdAkashitaJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Cloud-wrapped tongue apparitionAkata (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureAkiko’s white butterflyJapanese tale beings · Returning beloved identified with a white butterflyAkitiYoruba narratives in Ogumefu’s collection · Transforming human hunterAkivashaConan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureAknosomMonster Hunter · Bird WyvernAkula (Avatar)Avatar · Large alien reef predatorAkvān DivPersian epic traditions · Vanishing onager-shaped demonAkwesasne Mohawk CommunityAkwesasró:non / Mohawk · Living Kanien’kehá:ka communityAla-mukiSelected Hawaiian narratives collected by Westervelt · River and path-guarding moʻoAlakazamPokémon · Creature speciesAlanTinguian collected traditions · Winged, reversed-limbed forest beingsAlataq (avenging revenant)Polar Inuit of Smith Sound (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Murdered hunter returning as fox and bearAlberto’s many-headed captorsPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Three many-headed monstersAlcremiePokémon · Creature speciesAlexander (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Fortress-shaped summonAlghoul (The Witcher)The Witcher · Intelligent necrophage monsterAlgoriphagus machipongonensisMicrobes · Living speciesAlhue bride (Melivilu’s account)Mapuche narratives with named witnesses in Guevara’s historical collection · Apparition of a dead intended brideAlicantoNorthern Chilean mining folklore · Legendary birdAlien QueenAlien · Fictional creature casteAlit (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Bipedal omnivorous reptileAlla ZingiPersian tale beings · Bakhtiari div appearing as predator and conditional benefactorAllay (Minecraft)Minecraft · Item-gathering magical companionAlligator Company of Edet EtimSouthern Nigerian collected stories · Human-animal aquatic associationAlligator of the Goomade Fishing DisasterNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Destructive water creature in a place-origin taleAllosaurusMesozoic dinosaurs · Extinct genusAlmudronMonster Hunter · LeviathanAlomomolaPokémon · Creature speciesAltariaPokémon · Creature speciesAltmerThe Elder Scrolls · Fictional elven people of SummersetAluxYucatec Maya; Yucatán Peninsula · Small guardian and troublesome beingAlvíss, Thor’s Learned Dwarf SuitorNamed beings in selected Eddic poetic witnesses · Dwarf suitor and knowledge-contest speakerAlwana / Thunder (Conzemius’s Ulwa account)Ulwa narrative from the Río Grande headwaters; wider names separately recorded · Thunder figure and teacher who defeats KiawaAm’ala’ (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Supernaturally strengthened world supporterAmadhlungundhlebeZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Half-bodied fantastic peopleAmai-te-rangiSelected Mangaian narratives recorded by Gill · Sky-dwelling cannibal giantAmajubatenteZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Bird abductors with a royal householdAmalivaca (Brett’s Tamanac retelling)Tamanac-attributed legend in Brett, citing Humboldt · Voyaging culture hero and landscape shaperAmannaCarib account documented in Guiana · Underwater spouseAmauraPokémon · Creature speciesamaXhosa language and cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living communities; initial language and regional museum documentationAmazimuZulu narrative collections · Traditional narrative beingAmbipomPokémon · Creature speciesAmbiroa Tomb Company of the Vohemar TaleMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Tomb ghosts with a protective grandmother figureAmefurikozōJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Rain-associated child apparitionAmeonnaJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · Rain apparitionAmeru communities of KenyaLiving peoples & cultures · Living regional cultural communitiesAmikiriJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Illustrated yōkaiAmmitAncient Egyptian judgment imagery · Sacred composite beingAmoeboradix gromoviSanchytriomycota · Microscopic algal-parasitic fungusAmon’i in the Rain-Appeal AccountTeso religious account recorded by Kitching · Venerated deceased ritual specialistAmoongussPokémon · Creature speciesAmpharosPokémon · Creature speciesAmphisbaenaLatin Christian bestiary tradition; selected English manuscript · Two-headed bestiary serpentAmygdala (Bloodborne)Bloodborne · Many-armed Great OneAnansiAkan storytelling and African Atlantic adaptations · TricksterAnarteqGodthaab, West Greenland (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Human-salmon transformation figureAncestor spirit (Elden Ring)Elden Ring · Animal-shaped ancestral spiritAnchimallénMapuche traditions; named Picuta witness and later educational reception · Small supernatural being in distinct Mapuche accountsAncient (God of War)God of War · Elemental stone beingAndorianStar Trek · Fictional people of Andoria and wider Federation societyAndriamamakimpoetraMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Self-formed challenger and transforming marvellous heroAndroid (Starfinder)Starfinder · Fictional peopleAndromonDigimon · Prototype android DigimonAndvariOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Fish-form dwarf and hoard ownerAng-ngaloPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Giant builder of caves and ocean bridgesAṅgadaRāmāyaṇa named beings · Vanara prince and search leaderAngalàponaBetsileo marvellous-creature accounts translated by Sibree · Water-dwelling divination beingAngel (His Dark Materials)His Dark Materials · Fictional peopleAngel Bride of Achmed UnamirTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Girl-shaped angel who becomes a doveAngel who questions the thorn-gathererPersian tale beings · Human-appearing angel who challenges a labourer’s attempted flight from GodAngemonDigimon · Fictional digital creatureAngewomonDigimon · Fictional digital creatureAngidikely of FetrombyMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Meal-stealing challenger who binds defeated cooksAngoéra (Generoso)Mission-region legends in João Simões Lopes Neto’s literary collection · Playful invisible ghostAnguirusGodzilla · Fictional creatureAnguluHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Vulture-associated spiritAnhangáHistorical Tupi-related accounts in Brazil; not a universal pan-Indigenous figure · Spirit associated with game and huntingAnimal Assembly that Grants Nzua’s FormsKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking animal company and power-giversAnimal Ghosts in Roscoe’s Baganda AccountBaganda religious accounts collected by John Roscoe · Posthumous animal spirits credited with protection or retaliationAnimal transformer (Calvun’s telling)Calvun / Segundo Jara, Chilean Pehuenche narrative in Lenz · Human granted animal transformationsAnimal-Form Kingdom of the White DoveSouthern African tale in Bourhill and Drake’s collection · Enchanted human polity confined in animal formsAnimal-Language Hearer of the Seven-Headed SerpentRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Human recipient of a serpent’s secret comprehension giftAnimals of the otter’s trialMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Talking animal litigants whose apparent weapons trigger a fatal danceAnimated Armor (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional animated constructAnimated Members of Sidioulou’s Wife’s JourneyRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Collective independently moving body parts sent against a travellerAnjanathMonster Hunter · Brute WyvernAnkheg (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Burrowing acid-bearing monstrosityAnkhrav (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureAnkylomonDigimon · Armored Dragon DigimonAnnihilapePokémon · Creature speciesAnomalocarisCambrian life · Extinct genusAnorithPokémon · Creature speciesAnshgayliachtWest Irish wonder tale; Morraha · One-eyed child-stealing adversaryAnt Bride and Cricket Husband of the Harakta TaleHarakta animal marriage narrative communicated to Basset · Speaking insect household in a fatal marriage taleAnt king and miniature hunting courtChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Tiny court revealed as an ant colonyAnt-Hill Snake of AutaHausa collected narratives · Dangerous animal allyAnt-Raja of the Labam taleMúniyá’s Labam tale beings · King of magically responsive helper antsAntero VipunenKalevala compiled epic, selected Crawford translation · Enormous buried knowledge-bearerAnthoceros agrestisHornworts · Living hornwortAntlion (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Burrowing insect monster familyAntsaly’s Bird Child and Rescuing MotherMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Bird family whose speech survives slaughter and cookingAnubisAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Divine beingAo AoParaguayan popular narratives; Argentine and Paraguayan historical witnesses · Pack-hunting cannibal creatureAoandonJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · Lamp apparitionAobōzuJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Monk-like apparitionAoife (Air-Demon of Lir’s Tale)Irish Children of Lir narrative in Jacobs’s selection · Transformed supernatural adversaryAonyōbōJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Courtly female apparitionAos síIrish fairy traditions · Fairy peopleAoyagi, the willow-tree wifeJapanese tale beings · Woman whose life is the life of a willowAoyeShanhaijing creatures · Four-horned human-eating bovine beastApanchanehNahua communities of Chicontepec, Huasteca veracruzana · Sacred owner and personification of waterApaoshaZoroastrian Avestan beings · Daeva in black-horse formApe who accompanies Soo Tome to the seaTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Speaking guide and food-sharing companion who dies at the limit of his helpApe-Shaped Marid of Mohammed the LanguidSwahili collected tales · Bound and deceptive jinnApelesa in Turner’s Household AccountsSamoan household accounts in George Turner’s collection · Turtle-associated household guardianApepAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Dangerous mythic beingApocalymonDigimon · Digital monsterApogi, Lake Spirit in the House-Building TaleSelected northeastern Papuan accounts collected by Annie Ker · Named mountain-lake spiritAponibolinayenTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Transforming heroine of the Tinguian first-cycle talesAponitolauTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Transforming hero identified with Ini-init, Kadayadawan and LigiAppletunPokémon · Creature speciesApplinPokémon · Creature speciesAquilamonDigimon · Giant Bird DigimonArabidopsis thalianaPlants · Living speciesArachas (The Witcher)The Witcher · Armoured insectoid ambush predatorArachnarok spider (Warhammer)Warhammer · Giant fantasy arachnidAraquanidPokémon · Creature speciesArathimThe Dark Crystal · Fictional collective arthropod civilizationArawidiArawak material in Brett’s collection · Sun person and defender of a fishing weirArbokPokémon · Creature speciesArbolivaPokémon · Creature speciesArcaninePokémon · Creature speciesArceusPokémon · Creature speciesArchaeaMicrobes · DomainArchaeopteryxMesozoic dinosaurs · Extinct genusArchaludonPokémon · Creature speciesArchdemon (Dragon Age)Dragon Age · Blighted dragon entityArchenPokémon · Creature speciesArcheopsPokémon · Creature speciesArctibaxPokémon · Creature speciesArctovishPokémon · Creature speciesArctozoltPokémon · Creature speciesArdipithecus ramidusHuman evolution · Extinct speciesArebo and Wakeke, Sea King and Small SnakeSelected northeastern Papuan accounts collected by Annie Ker · Sea ruler and heroic snake encounterAreop-Enap, Ancient SpiderNauru creation narratives recorded through historical collectors · Animal-named creator in a Nauruan creation accountAreop-It-Eonin, Young SpiderNauru narratives recorded through historical collectors · Miraculously born celestial visitor and fire-brand challengerArgonianThe Elder Scrolls · Fictional peopleArhuaco / IkuArhuaco communities · Living Indigenous people and territorial communitiesAriadosPokémon · Creature speciesArmadillomonDigimon · Mammal DigimonArmaldoPokémon · Creature speciesArmarougePokémon · Creature speciesArmorwing (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Metal-armoured dragonArmoured bear (His Dark Materials)His Dark Materials · Fictional peopleArmusStar Trek · Individual amorphous entityArnaitiangEastern Canadian Arctic narratives recorded by Franz Boas; precise narrator unspecified in selected passage · Cannibal hostess with a mobile drying rackArni (Sarikin Noma)Hausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Farmer spirit represented drinking millet beerAromatissePokémon · Creature speciesAronPokémon · Creature speciesArrokudaPokémon · Creature speciesArticunoPokémon · Creature speciesArtificial maiden of the Yavana mechanicianBeings in Schiefner/Ralston’s Indian-derived Tibetan tales · Constructed serving figure that collapses into chipsArzhang DivPersian epic traditions · Demon commander of MazandaranArzurosMonster Hunter · Fanged beastAsanteLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleAsariMass Effect · Fictional peopleAsh-Gift Jinn Household of OuargaBou Semghoun narratives collected by Basset · Mountain jinn household with a human brideAshaninkaAshaninka communities · Living Indigenous people with regional and cross-border communitiesAshozushtZoroastrian cosmological beings · Demon-opposing reciting birdAshwinder (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Fire-born magical serpentAslanThe Chronicles of Narnia · Divine lionAsoatemuri and SuakmastaRotuman accounts in MacGregor’s 1932 field notes · Human-born guardian shark pairAsoonahJamaican narrative: Philipp Brown, Mandeville · Enormous unidentified visiting creatureAspidocheloneOld English Christian animal allegory · Deceptive island-like sea creatureAstalosMonster Hunter · Electrically charged flying wyvernAstel (Elden Ring)Elden Ring · Malformed cosmic star-creatureAsteroxylon mackieiDevonian lycophytes · Extinct early vascular plantAstwihadZoroastrian textual beings · Life-seizing evil flyerAswangLocally varied Philippine traditions · Folkloric being categoryAsylum DemonDark Souls · DemonAt-o-sisPassamaquoddy narratives in Leland’s collection · Serpent lover and human-shaped water-beingAtaídeCrab collectors of Bragança, Pará, especially Bacuriteua and Acarajó · Mangrove encantadoAtikāyaRāmāyaṇa named beings · Armour-protected rakshasa princeAtronach (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Elemental Daedric creature familyAtsil-dihyegiCherokee narrated traditions; South Carolina trading-route encounter · Uncertain light-bearing night apparitionAttic Whisperer (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureAtui koro ekashiAinu narratives recorded by Chamberlain · A bag-shaped sea monster whose mouth draws a dangerous currentAu Mujaupa and the weather guardians (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Master of fire with weather-being servantsAu RaFinal Fantasy · Fictional horned peoples with varied Othardian communitiesAuburn MaryScottish Gaelic tale in Campbell/Jacobs transmission · Magical giant’s daughterAudinoPokémon · Creature speciesAuðumblaOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Primordial nourishing cowAugurey (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Rain-foretelling magical birdAurorusPokémon · Creature speciesAustralopithecus afarensisHuman evolution · Extinct speciesAustrapede (Avatar)Avatar · Flightless alien wetland animalAvaluggPokémon · Creature speciesAvenging Fairy Sisters of the CloudTuscan folktale from Pisa through Comparetti and Crane · Two petrifying sistersAvenging hawk (Rio Negro bird-colour account)Rio Negro narrative recorded by Barbosa Rodrigues · Animal avenger in a bird-colour origin taleAviarCosmere · Fictional creatureAvichaeaWarframe · Fictional creatureAvovangPolar Inuit of Smith Sound (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Reborn animal-transforming human soulAwudu and the Four Strong TravelersHausa collected tales · Collective of extraordinary human protagonistsAwudu's Sky-Bound Wrestling OpponentHausa collected tales · Supernatural wrestling challengerAxehoundCosmere · Fictional creatureAxewPokémon · Creature speciesAxolotlExtant amphibians · Living speciesAyakashiJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · Elongated marine apparitionAyaymamaAwajún narrative and Peruvian Amazonian retellings · Bird-transformation figureAymaraDiverse Aymara communities · Living Indigenous people across several statesAyomukhīRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Cave-dwelling giantessAyuHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Manatee-associated water spiritAzelfPokémon · Creature speciesAži DahākaZoroastrian textual beings · Three-headed Avestan dragonAzumarillPokémon · Creature speciesAzurillPokémon · Creature species
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Ba-AbsiniHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Camel-herding Asben warrior spiritBa-DakoHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Water-connected warrior spiritBa-GobiriHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountBa-GwariyaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Female chief-associated spirit of the groveBa-Jin-ChiwuHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Bori spirit in a historical performance accountBa-KabbaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Young female water spirit with frog-like danceBa-MagujeHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Hide-clad convivial spiritBa-ToyeHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Fast-moving spirit that burns houses and forestBaatsik’ (Teenek)Teenek accounts of the Huasteca veracruzana, Mexico · Ancestral earth and wind beingsBaba YagaRussian folktales · Fairy-tale figureBabakoto as Human Siblings (Ferrand Tale)Betsimisaraka and Sainte-Marie collected animal traditions · Animal lineage sharing human parentsBabam Mazza and KugaraHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Paired spirits with pestle and mortar representationBaboudina (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Mosquito chiefBaby Pumpkin (Furaira tale)Hausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Swallowing plant monsterBaby-carrying Fairy of Timba’s TaleShangani story as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Supernatural female rescuer summoned by staffBacáDominican regional folklore · Pact-associated supernatural animalBacteriaMicrobes · DomainBagatur-Ssedkiltu (Princess Goldfrog)Mongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Frog princess and spring guardianBagbagakTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Great star and father of GaygayomaBagonPokémon · Creature speciesBagre-Changing Elder Brother of the Widow’s TaleKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Fish-changing human hunterBagus’s household (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Dangerous supernatural chief and householdBahamut (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Dragon summonBahloo’s Three Snake-DogsNoongahburrah Narran accounts in K. Langloh Parker’s collection · Celestial figure’s snake companionsBahtiyar BeyKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Abducted mortal prince appearing as a doveBaijal’s bonga wifeSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Spirit spouse who departs with her children in flameBajangMalay Peninsula traditions in historical collection · Civetlike household familiarBajoranStar Trek · Fictional people of Bajor and displaced communitiesBakezōriJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Animated sandalBakgalagadi cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living communities; regional festival and language testimonyBakgatla ba Kgafela in KgatlengLiving peoples & cultures · Living regional cultural communityBakiTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Miraculous lama-incarnation who becomes a speaking shellBaku in Hearn’s accountJapanese traditions in Hearn’s Kottō essays · Dream-eating protective beingBakwena of Molepolole and festival-linked communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living regional cultural communitiesBalačko (Balatchko)Serbian selected collected traditions and heroic narratives · Three-headed fire-and-wind epic adversaryBalatamaMindanao narrative in Cole’s Moro section · Bantugan’s son whose helmet contains a storm-raising golden figureBalete communities of RamotswaLiving peoples & cultures · Living regional cultural communitiesBalineseLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleBallinder BullJamaican narrative: Richard Morgan, Santa Cruz Mountains · Supernatural bull and armed adversaryBalna’s black-dog transformationSouth Indian oral tales in Mary Frere’s collection · Captive princess temporarily changed into a dogBalrog (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Corrupted fire spiritBaltoyPokémon · Creature speciesBalungwanaRonga reported sky-being traditions · Traditional narrative beingBamboo-born ancestor of the Rāman rulersMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Bamboo-born foster child and dynastic ancestorBamum communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living cultural communities; selected archival and public heritage witnessesBanaban cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living communities; selected island and diaspora testimonyBanbaroMonster Hunter · Brute wyvernBandersnatch (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional humanoid bioweaponBaneling (StarCraft)StarCraft · Zerg creature formBanettePokémon · Creature speciesBangwato and BaGammangwato Serowe communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living communities; selected festival and museum testimonyBanog of Sogsogot’s adventureTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Huge nesting bird capable of carrying a grown hunterBansheeIrish bean sí traditions · Omen spiritBanshee (Mass Effect)Mass Effect · Reaper-converted asari organismBanthaStar Wars · Alien creatureBantugan in Cole’s Mindanao accountMindanao narrative in Cole’s Moro section · Warrior who survives a naval defeat within the island of BongosBantugan’s wife within TimacoMindanao narrative in Cole’s Moro section · Princess whose sunken warship becomes a mountain island dwellingBanyan hpea who plots against the kingShan narrative spirits and beings · Tree-dwelling spirit with successive lethal trapsBanyoroLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleBaragonGodzilla · Fictional creatureBaraje (Sarikin Garke)Hausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Shield-warrior spirit with contrasting horse appearancesBarbaraclePokémon · Creature speciesBarboachPokémon · Creature speciesBarghest (Barguest)Northern English collected traditions · Shape-changing northern apparitionBariawa Snake of The Three SistersSelected northeast-coast Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Speaking flood-warning snakeBarin Mutum of the Groundnut FarmHausa tales collected by Tremearne · One-sided humanlike cultivatorBariothMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureBarley-fearing ghost who steals a prince’s soulTibetan beings in Shelton’s folk-tale collection · Soul-thief deceived by a human traveling companionBarolong communities in BotswanaLiving peoples & cultures · Living communities; selected public cultural and civic accountsBarong (Balinese protective beast)Balinese ritual and performance beings · Composite ritual guardianBarraskewdaPokémon · Creature speciesBarrothMonster Hunter · Brute WyvernBarrow-wight (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Tomb-haunting undead spiritBaš Čelik (Bash Tchelik)Serbian collected tale: Baš Čelik · Winged captive with external strengthBasa-Andre in Webster’s Wild-Man TaleBasque narratives collected chiefly in Labourd · Wild woman with transformative powersBasa-Jaun in Webster’s Wild-Man TaleBasque narratives collected chiefly in Labourd · Wild man represented as a dangerous masterBasariosMonster Hunter · Rock-armored flying wyvernBasculegionPokémon · Creature speciesBasculinPokémon · Creature speciesBasheShanhaijing creatures · Elephant-swallowing serpentBashō-no-seiJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · Plant apparitionBasilisco chiloteChilote oral traditions; Chiloé archipelago, Chile · House-dwelling folkloric serpentBasiliskClassical Mediterranean and European literary traditions · Deadly bestiary serpentBasilisk (Dark Souls)Dark Souls · MonsterBasilisk (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional monsterBasilisk (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Fictional creatureBasilisk (The Witcher)The Witcher · Venomous draconid predatorBasothoLiving peoples & cultures · Living cultural communitiesBastiodonPokémon · Creature speciesBat Woman (Dine Origin Legend)Diné / Navajo Origin Legend: Hatali Nez version translated by Washington Matthews, with separately labelled variants · Cliff rescuer and bird-origin figureBatawana and Maun cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living communities; selected public history and museum testimonyBatmasurā’s bear manifestationSri Lankan tales in Parker, Volume III · Reborn antagonist becoming the origin of the bearBatswapong communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living cultural communities; selected public event and language accountsBattraGodzilla · Fictional creatureBatwa of southwest UgandaLiving peoples & cultures · Living communitiesBauk (The Witcher)The Witcher · Announced game monsterBaxcaliburPokémon · Creature speciesBayleefPokémon · Creature speciesBazelgeuseMonster Hunter · Flying WyvernBean NigheScottish Highland regional accounts · Washing death-omen spiritBear crest benefactor (Tate’s versions)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Bear-person visitor and reciprocal benefactorBear in Carrick’s Crop-sharing BargainRussian picture-tale adaptation in Carrick/Forbes English edition · Speaking bear as agricultural partnerBear Man (John Ax’s account)John Ax’s Cherokee story as recorded by James Mooney · Human hunter partly transformed through living with a bearBear of Tuoni’s ForestKalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Death-land quarryBear Who Redirects the Daughters’ PathRussian picture-tale adaptation in Carrick/Forbes English edition · Speaking bear and child captorBear-goddess in Ishanashte’s marriage taleAinu narratives recorded by Chamberlain · A bear deity who leaves her dragon husband for a human youthBearded Roadside DevourerSierra Leone collected tales · Human-swallowing spiritBearded Stone SpiritSierra Leone collected tales · Spirit disguised as a stoneBearticPokémon · Creature speciesBeast-Prince of the Cabbage StalkPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XX · Enchanted lover discovered beneath a garden plantBeautiflyPokémon · Creature speciesBeaver ancestress (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Human woman transformed into a beaverBeaver and Woodpecker, the salmon-and-fire takersLower Fraser narratives in Boas1895 · Animal partners acquiring salmon and fireBebeHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Quarrelsome spirit who exposes other spirits’ liesBee Restoring LemminkäinenKalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Heaven-travelling honey helperBeedrillPokémon · Creature speciesBeelzemonDigimon · Armed demon-lord DigimonBeelzemon: Blast ModeDigimon · Winged cannon-armed DigimonBeheeyemPokémon · Creature speciesBehemothBiblical creatures: Book of Job · Mighty terrestrial beastBehemoth (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Fictional creatureBeholder (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional creatureBeldumPokémon · Creature speciesBell gargoyle (Dark Souls)Dark Souls · Animated stone guardianBelliboltPokémon · Creature speciesBellossomPokémon · Creature speciesBellows-Working Lion of Shaihu’s Funeral TaleHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Talking lion and unwitting funeral quarryBellsproutPokémon · Creature speciesBennuAncient Egyptian funerary and solar traditions · Sacred birdBenten as the sea queen in GriffisJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Sea goddess in a specific English literary portrayalBeotodusMonster Hunter · Snow-burrowing piscine wyvernBergmitePokémon · Creature speciesBetawerai and WaloloMaewo (Aurora), Vanuatu · Named offspring of a village-devouring snakeBetel-nut messengers of the Tinguian heroesTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Speaking golden-covered nuts that compel guests to attend ceremoniesBewearPokémon · Creature speciesBewilderbeast (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Giant alpha dragonBhadda-Sāla, the Lucky Tree deityBuddhist Jātaka narratives in Rouse’s English translation · Protective tree-dwelling deityBhalia Bint ManssorTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Otherworldly garden ruler and invading commanderBhūridattaBuddhist Jātaka narrative beings · Fasting nāga princeBibarelPokémon · Creature speciesBibbee, the Rainbow MakerNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Ancestral figure with a bird-form conclusionBibiShanhaijing creatures · Winged fox drought omenBiddaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Spirit said to stiffen the body with ironBidhata-PurushaBengali collected folktales · Destiny-writing deity whose niece is fated to marry a dead bridegroomBidoofPokémon · Creature speciesBifangChinese classical bird traditions · One-legged omen birdBig Bats (Arawak stone-axe journey)Arawak narrative documented in Guiana · Blood-drinking giant batsBig Bird DanNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Individual enormous bird helperBig-Leg of Maciloniane’s TaleBasotho narrative recorded by Eugène Casalis · Unequal-legged pot-dwelling pursuerBihangama and BihangamiBengali collected folktales · Divine nesting birds who disclose miraculous cures and carry a grateful rescuerBilly Mac Daniel’s Fairy MasterIrish fairy legends; Croker’s edited Cluricaune section · Coercive little fairy and would-be bride abductorBinaclePokémon · Creature speciesBinaye AhaniDiné / Navajo Origin Legend: Hatali Nez version translated by Washington Matthews, with separately labelled variants · Gaze-killing householdBingfengShanhaijing creatures · Double-ended black pigBinky (Discworld)Discworld · Fictional individually exceptional horseBiollanteGodzilla · Fictional creatureBiovore (Warhammer 40,000)Warhammer · Tyranid living artilleryBird ArintoJamaican narrative: Mrs. Ramtalli, Maggotty · Human-eating birdBird containing the hunters’ sister’s soulTibetan beings in Shelton’s folk-tale collection · Murdered sister’s soul manifested in a small birdBird fetching heavenly water in Kúnos and BainKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Grateful bird with Peri connectionsBird GarmentTsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Killer-whale warriorBird Husbands of Marya MorevnaEast Slavic collected tales translated by Ralston · Transforming animal helpersBird Sovereign of Rata’s CanoeSelected Aitutaki telling recorded by Gill · Speaking bird and canoe-building helperBird-clad son of a god in the prince’s taleTibetan beings in Shelton’s folk-tale collection · Divine visitor with a removable bird coveringBird-Form Orphan SistersZulu tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Human sisters protected by a bird-form enchantmentBird-Shaped Guardian of Bhalia’s Third GateTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Bird-shaped supernatural gatekeeperBird-skin monsters (Tugto’s encounter)Godthaab, West Greenland Inuit (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Enormous covered beings with a minute body beneathBird-Transforming Grandmother FairyZulu tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Fairy adoptive grandmother and agricultural helperBirdramonDigimon · Fictional digital creatureBirds calling for their absent fatherTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Speaking fledglings whose repeated call expresses an unresolved lossBiriHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Monkey-associated spirit of the groveBisharpPokémon · Creature speciesBishatenMonster Hunter · Fanged BeastBismarck (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Supernatural whale summon and primalBiting corpseMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Corpse that injures its former wifeBiting Trees of ʻEuaTongan narrative set in ʻEua · Two dangerous animated treesBiwa-bokubokuJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Animated luteBiyomonDigimon · Fictional digital creatureBlacephalonPokémon · Creature speciesBlack and white rams below the wellKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Otherworld transport animals with opposed destinationsBlack Ant of Lois’s Sky-Road TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Speaking insect guide in a traveller’s earBlack Bull of NorrowayScottish fairy tale in Jacobs’s Anglicised retelling · Enchanted bridegroomBlack cow who helps PiglingKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Helpful animal that clears a garden and leads a mistreated girl to fruitBlack deer whose hide becomes armourPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Speaking sacrificial animal helperBlack Dragon KalameetDark Souls · Ancient dragonBlack Horse Prince (Menglay Tale)Scottish Gaelic narrative collected on Mingulay by Hector MacLean · Enchanted prince and extraordinary steedBlack Horse Prince (The Widow’s Son)Norwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Enchanted human kingBlack Ones (Conan)Conan the Barbarian · Fictional peopleBlack Sheep of Ntotoatsana’s EscapeBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Disappearing singing animal helperBlack ShuckNorfolk and neighbouring East Anglian apparition traditions · East Anglian spectral dogBlack Stork foster parents in Parker’s taleSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking bird pair who raise an abandoned human daughterBlack-Bear family of Part Summer (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Bear-person marriage householdBlackbirds of the Hoe-Debt CaseKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking animal companyBlacksmith who becomes the moonTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Restless man successively transformed into stone and celestial bodiesBlastocladiella emersoniiBlastocladiomycota · Living flagellated fungusBlastoisePokémon · Creature speciesBlaze (Minecraft)Minecraft · Floating fire creatureBlazikenPokémon · Creature speciesBlind Cave Witch of the Abandoned ChildrenTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Child-eating witch in collector translationBlink Dog (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Teleporting fey canineBlipbugPokémon · Creature speciesBlisseyPokémon · Creature speciesBlitzlePokémon · Creature speciesBlood elf (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional sin’dorei people of Quel’ThalasBlood Hawk (Diablo)Diablo · Aggressive flying beastBlood tick (Alien: Earth)Alien · Haematophagous alien parasiteBlood-Born Lion of the Zouaoua Ark TaleZouaoua animal narratives translated by Basset · Miraculously born guardian in an animal-origin narrativeBlood-Child Doves of MbulukaziXhosa tales collected under Theal’s direction · Paired birth helpersBlood-Drinking Dead of Ayong KitaSouthern Nigerian collected stories · Accused dead in a revenant narrativeBlood-feeding Cloud Fairy of PisaTuscan folktale from Pisa through Comparetti and Crane · Cloud-appearing fairy with external lifeBlood-starved BeastBloodborne · Blood-seeking poisonous beastBlowfly and Deewass (Bell’s rescue story)Mosquito Coast narrative reported by Bell · Grateful animal messenger and rescuing land-windBlue Belt’s Farm TrollNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Individual enormous trollBlue Light’s Black DwarfGerman collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Individual supernatural servantBlue Men of the MinchNorthern Hebridean accounts collected in Skye · Collective marine beingsBlue Niall (Morraha’s Tale)West Irish wonder tale; Morraha · Human shapeshifter and enchanted animal guardianBlue whaleExtant mammals · Living speciesBlue-stone Children in Pedroso’s TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXIX · Speaking stones identified with three lost childrenBlupeeThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureBlurrgStar Wars · Alien creatureBo fishShanhaijing creatures · One-eyed drought fishBo horse of Duntou MountainShanhaijing creatures · One-horned river horseBo of Mount ZhongquShanhaijing creatures · Tiger-eating horned horseBoat-Chameleon of the Freetown JourneySierra Leone collected tales · Animal transformed into a boatBoca-de-OuroRecife urban folklore and literary interpretation · Urban revenantBodisat bull and the singing assIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Raiding animals whose broken promise exposes them to punishmentBodisat woodpecker and the ungrateful lionIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Bird healer denied the reward promised by a lionBody Without a Soul in Malbrouk’s Island RescueLaurentine’s Malbrouk narrative in Webster · External-death captive keeperBoggartNorthern English traditions and literary retellings · Household haunting spiritBoggart (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Fear-responsive non-beingBohmae birds of Jhades JogiSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Oracular bird pair containing a sorcerer’s external lifeBoitatáBrazilian regional fire-serpent narratives · Fiery serpent beingBokoblinThe Legend of Zelda · MonsterBoldorePokémon · Creature speciesBoltundPokémon · Creature speciesBomb (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Explosive monsterBombirdierPokémon · Creature speciesBonaouaçi in Camilla’s Sky-Counsel TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Human trickster aided by an ambiguous sky powerBone-Firewood Monster of the Travelling PerformersTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Elephant-toothed desert monsterBoneless (Doctor Who)Doctor Who · Fictional interdimensional entityBongaSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Santal spirits with varied relations to human communitiesBonga bride of the imprisoned princeSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Spirit maiden whose marriage ends a prince’s confinementBonga bride of the youngest of seven brothersSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Invisible provider and abducted spirit motherBonga headman of SarjomghutuSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Invisible village authority associated with a banyan treeBonga Parganna’s wife in the imprisoned-prince taleSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Invisible spirit matchmaker who proposes a bonga bride for a prisonerBonga released by RamaiSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Grateful bound spirit that gives sight and animal-language understandingBonga sisters who enchant LakhanSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Underwater household’s daughters who seek a human husbandBonga wife of the schoolboySantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Water-dwelling spouse who becomes a snakeBonnaconLatin Christian bestiary tradition; selected English manuscript · Defensive bestiary beastBonslyPokémon · Creature speciesBootoolgah and Goonur, Fire-Making PairNoongahburrah Narran accounts in K. Langloh Parker’s collection · Avian and mammalian culture figuresBootupMi’kmaq-labelled Glooskap narrative in Leland’s collection · Speaking whale carrierBor GulletStar Wars · Empathic interrogation creatureBorea, Wind-mother in LionbrunoBasilicata Lionbruno narrative in Crane’s selection · Mother of personified windsBorevuiSelected northeast-coast Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Grave-grown plant woman and restorerBorgStar Trek · Fictional collectiveBoroborotonJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Animated beddingBorokaPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Winged child-eating witchBortorimiHausa collected tales · Enormous hunter with an inhabited noseBoruca (Brunca)Boruca communities · Living Indigenous people and communitiesBosmerThe Elder Scrolls · Fictional elven people of ValenwoodBoss BokoblinThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureBotchling (The Witcher)The Witcher · Cursed infant-shaped monsterBoto (encantado)Amazonian Brazilian river-dolphin narratives · Transforming water beingBottle Dwellers of Mick PurcellIrish literary folklore; Croker’s Bottle Hill narrative · Two contrasting pairs of bottle inhabitantsBottle Hill’s Vanishing StrangerIrish literary folklore; Croker’s Bottle Hill narrative · Supernatural bottle-giverBotuoShanhaijing creatures · Many-tailed beastBouffalantPokémon · Creature speciesBougoodoogahdah, the Rain BirdNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Cannibal woman and emerging birdBoundary bonga and his wife in the harvest taleSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Field-edge spirit household outwitted by timely reapingBounsweetPokémon · Creature speciesBowl-on-the-Back and his tortoise brotherBakhtiari tale beings · Speaking tortoise farmer and brother who defeat a fraudulent harvest claimBowtruckle (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Tree-guarding magical beastBoy changed into a dog by two iron nailsSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Human witness whose speech is lost until the transforming nails are removedBoy from the bottom of the seaSouth-East Greenland; narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Marine-born supernatural childBoy from the white squashIlocano narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Plant-born child whose bathwater becomes goldBoy who became a bulbulPersian tale beings · Murdered child reborn as a singing birdBoy who becomes the serpent eagleIgorot narratives in Cole’s collection · Overworked child whose bones become a final bundle of fuelBoy with the moon on his foreheadBengali collected folktales · Luminous royal child whose celestial marks fulfil a Rakshasa death-conditionBP6-3Q1 retrovirus insect (Stargate)Stargate · Fictional reproductive predatorBrachydiosMonster Hunter · Brute WyvernBrahmadaityaBengali collected folktales · Powerful Brahman ghost who befriends a poor man and commands other ghostsBrahmani bull of the bald wife’s journeyBengali collected folktales · Grateful bull whose horn ornaments grant jewelryBrahmarākshasa of the unfinished taskSouthern Indian collected folktales · A summoned demon servant defeated by an impossible household taskBrain collector (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Sapient alien speciesBrain-eater 獏㺔Chinese textual creature traditions · Tiger-clawed humanoid predatorBrainsucker (Bloodborne)Bloodborne · Insight-draining humanoid creatureBraixenPokémon · Creature speciesBrambleghastPokémon · Creature speciesBramblinPokémon · Creature speciesBran (Kingdom of the Big Men)Scottish Gaelic Fenian tale collected by J. G. Campbell · Supernatural heroic houndBraviaryPokémon · Creature speciesBreakstump and the ox witnessesIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Speaking oxen whose coordinated fast supports a marriage claimBreath-Drawing Giant of Kayn’s TaleGaelic wonder tale; Jacobs’s combined Kayn narrative · Ship-capturing cave giantBreath-fed Frog (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Supernatural lake helper of a dangerous hostessBreeze (Minecraft)Minecraft · Wind-powered trial-chamber adversaryBreloomPokémon · Creature speciesBremen Town MusiciansGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Talking animal ensembleBreton (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Fictional peopleBribriBribri communities · Living Indigenous people and regional communitiesBrionnePokémon · Creature speciesBrontoDragon Age · Thedas draft animalBronzongPokémon · Creature speciesBronzorPokémon · Creature speciesBrood lord (StarCraft)StarCraft · Zerg creature formBroodmother (Dragon Age)Dragon Age · Darkspawn reproductive monsterBrörán (Térraba)Brörán of Costa Rica · Living Indigenous people and communityBrothers reborn as snake and ichneumonIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Former human brothers whose quarrel over property persists in animal livesBrothers revived with exchanged headsPersian tale beings · Restored men in the cowherd’s second dispute taleBrown AllreeWest Irish wonder tale; Morraha · Speaking quest mareBrown Eagle’s ghost (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Skeletal revenant answering a mocking invitationBrownieScottish household folklore · Household beingBrush-Turkey Siblings in Ker’s CollectionSelected northeast-coast Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Human-to-animal transformation in a collected narrativeBrute (Mass Effect)Mass Effect · Reaper-made composite organismBrute BonnetPokémon · Creature speciesBruxa (The Witcher)The Witcher · Fictional creatureBruxishPokémon · Creature speciesBubbulfrogThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureBuchettino’s OgreTuscan nursery tale · Child-abducting ogreBudding yeastFungi and microbial eukaryotes · SpeciesBudewPokémon · Creature speciesBuffalo who saves the tiger from fireShan narrative spirits and beings · Speaking rescuer whose grip-mark explains a pale throatBugard (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Large reptilian monster familyBugganeSelected Manx accounts in Sophia Morrison’s collection · Large destructive Manx beingBuhan KhanBuryat narratives recorded by Jeremiah Curtin · Bull–human ancestral figureBuizelPokémon · Creature speciesBúkolla in the Second Icelandic TaleIcelandic collected folktale; second Búkolla account · Speaking cow with transforming tail hairsBulanawanBukidnon narratives in Cole’s collection · Wind-carried hero whose duel shakes the earthBulane, the Invisible Water ChiefBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Drought-making husband revealed in shining ironBulbasaurPokémon · Creature speciesBulette (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Burrowing armored predatorBulette (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureBulgahnunnoo, the Figure Beneath the BarkNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Briefly encountered strange beingBulgasari (불가사리)Korean legendary beings · Metal-eating monsterBull and mule of Laguna HondaLocally attributed Chilean narratives in Vicuña Cifuentes’s 1915 collection · Successive dangerous lake animalsBull-entrail Maidens in the Hausa TaleHausa collected tales · Animal-remains transformationBultuBori spirit representations recorded by Tremearne · Hyena spiritBunbundoolooey, Pigeon Mother and SonNoongahburrah Narran accounts in K. Langloh Parker’s collection · Avian named family narrativeBunearyPokémon · Creature speciesBuñgisñgisPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Powerful laughing giantBunicorn (Dragon Quest)Dragon Quest · Horned rabbit monsterBunnelbyPokémon · Creature speciesBunnyyarl and Wurrunnunnah, the Flies and BeesNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Related groups with insect-form endingsBunyipAustralian traditions; selected contemporary Biripi-authored story · Water monsterBunyip (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureBura-buraJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated paper lanternBuried MoonLincolnshire Cars narrative collected by Marie Balfour · Personified celestial protectorBuringcantadaPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · One-eyed, tusked giantBurmyPokémon · Creature speciesBuru-buruJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Fear apparitionBusoBagobo collected traditions · Bagobo corpse-eating supernatural beingsBusujok and Siminok, the Two StarsRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Miraculous double-born youths who become starsBuswitBilaan narratives in Cole’s collection · Bird emissary who brings material for the making of landButtercup’s Head-Carrying HagNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Individual child-eating witchButterfreePokémon · Creature speciesBuzzwolePokémon · Creature speciesBwbachWelsh regional folklore · Household helper spiritByōbu-nozokiJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · Screen-peering apparition
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Caá YaríParaguayan yerba-worker traditions; public Guaraní-themed retellings · Yerba-mate guardianCaballo marino chiloteChilote oral traditions; Chiloé archipelago, Chile · Supernatural sea mountCabeça de CuiaPiauí river traditions around Teresina and the Poti–Parnaíba confluence · Cursed river figureCabécarCabécar communities · Living Indigenous people and regional communitiesCaboclo d’ÁguaBrazilian river traditions: São Francisco and a separately attributed Rio Doce witness · River beingCabrakanK'iche' Maya; Popol Vuh · Named earth-shaking beingCacneaPokémon · Creature speciesCactuarFinal Fantasy · Fictional creatureCacturnePokémon · Creature speciesCaddo NationCaddo Nation · Living Indigenous nation and communitiesCadejoGuatemalan and wider Central American storytelling · Nocturnal doglike apparitionCaenorhabditis elegansNematodes · SpeciesCaicai ViluMapuche narratives; separately located Chiloé collected variant · Marine serpent in flood narrativesCaiporaLocally varied Brazilian forest traditions · Forest guardian beingCaladriusLatin Christian bestiary tradition; selected English manuscript · Healing and prognostic birdCalchonaChilean regional oral traditions · Transformed woman or night apparitionCaleucheChilote maritime folklore · Ghost shipCalf-Form Youngest Brother of Shaihu’s TaleHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Shape-changing human rescuerCalifornia two-spot octopusColeoid cephalopods · Living marine octopusCalm and Foam (Nancy Jeddore’s account)Mi’kmaq narrative told by Nancy Jeddore, 2 February1871 · Inseparable sisters and wives of weather brothersCalumonDigimon · Evolution-associated small DigimonCalyrexPokémon · Creature speciesCamahuetoChilote folklore · Water-associated creatureCāmara (asura commander)Devī-Māhātmya named asuras · Elephant-mounted asuraCamazotzK'iche' Maya; Popol Vuh · Named bat beingCameruptPokémon · Creature speciesCampeyyaBuddhist Jātaka narrative beings · Performing nāga kingCaṇḍa (Devī-Māhātmya)Devī-Māhātmya named asuras · Asura scout and commanderCannibal Mother of HinazinciXhosa tales collected under Theal’s direction · Human-shaped swallowing cannibalCannibal Princess of The Witch and the Sun’s SisterLocated East Slavic collected narratives in Ralston’s English translation · Devouring sister and pursuing witchCannibal who curses the elephant’s lipTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Beautiful woman whose curse marks an animal sheltering her fugitivesCanoe-Carrying Turtle in Fuafua RioroRotuman accounts in MacGregor’s 1932 field notes · Supernatural narrative turtleCanyne (Monster Hunter)Monster Hunter · Canine companionCape Verdean cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living cultural communitiesCapeloboNorthern Brazilian and Maranhão folklore · Regional monstrous animal or humanoidCapelthwaiteWestmorland and neighbouring Yorkshire traditions · Household and countryside spiritCapra demon (Dark Souls)Dark Souls · Lesser demonCapsakidPokémon · Creature speciesCaptain Construct (The Legend of Zelda)The Legend of Zelda · Fictional constructCarancal’s hair-binding giantPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Man-eating giant householderCarancal’s island-sized fishPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Enormous sea animal mistaken for landCarão / Karão, the rescuing birdMadeira account and unnamed Munduruku woman’s Kanumã variant in Rodrigues · Speaking bird and human-form helperCarbinkPokémon · Creature speciesCarbuncle (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Jewel-bearing support summonCarbuncloChilean mining folklore and Hispanic literary reception · Luminous treasure animalCardassianStar Trek · Fictional people of Cardassia and wider diasporaCarkolPokémon · Creature speciesCarneiro de OuroNortheastern Brazilian narratives: Maranhão and Seridó accounts distinguished · Luminous sheep apparitionCarnifex (Warhammer 40,000)Warhammer · Tyranid assault bioformCarnivinePokémon · Creature speciesCarracostaPokémon · Creature speciesCarreta ChillonaSalvadoran oral tradition, school retelling and exhibition reception · Spectral wagonCarrion beetle (Warcraft)Warcraft · Summoned insect creatureCáru Sacaiby (Rodrigues’s Tapajós account)Munduruku account labelled Rio Tapajós in Rodrigues · Creator and adversarial father in an origin narrativeCarvanhaPokémon · Creature speciesCascoonPokémon · Creature speciesCassowary Wife in Ker’s CollectionSelected northeast-coast Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Woman transformed into a cassowaryCastformPokémon · Creature speciesCastle Enchanter of Elizondo’s Fisherman TaleCatherine Elizondo’s Fisherman tale in Webster · Old-woman-form monster-makerCat and Bird of the Mzab Ring RecoveryMzab narratives collected by Basset · Speaking animal companions and cooperative retrieversCat people (Red Dwarf)Red Dwarf · Fictional peopleCat pretending to keep the PreceptsSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Predatory speaking cat who turns devotional appearances into a trapCat sìthScottish Gaelic accounts collected by Campbell · Supernatural catCat that returns after two deathsPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Speaking animal helper with repeated returnsCatbus (Studio Ghibli)Studio Ghibli · Supernatural transport creatureCaterpiePokémon · Creature speciesCatherine’s Fate and Her Mistress’s FateSicilian collected narrative in Crane’s selection · Two female personifications of individual fortuneCatoblepasGreek and Roman animal-writing traditions · Deadly-gaze and breath-associated beastCatoblepas (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureCattle shapeshifters (Jamaica)Jamaican narratives: George Barret, Elizabeth Hilton, Richard Morgan, George Parkes and Florence Thomlinson · Animal-disguised spouses and avengersCaulobacter crescentusCaulobacter bacteria · Living bacteriumCauthooj (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureCave ghosts who remove and attach a goitreTibetan beings in Shelton’s folk-tale collection · Supernatural hosts who alter a sleeping visitor’s neckCave Jinn of Taghia IkhinefnemSous narratives collected by Basset · Speaking wish-associated cave companyCave King and Waoi Fairies in Ker’s AccountSelected northeastern Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Collective cave-dwelling spirit peopleCave Monster of the Little MonkSicilian narrative summarized by Crane · Man-eating cave dwellerCave of Fear powers (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Subterranean power-givers and living instrumentsCave-dwelling Bird HouseholdsZulu nursery tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Anthropomorphic bird familiesCeguaCentral American legends; Costa Rican literary reception · Transforming roadside apparitionCelebiPokémon · Creature speciesCelesteelaPokémon · Creature speciesCelestial EmissaryBloodborne · Transforming cosmic Kin creatureCellar Dragon of the Nine PeahensSerbian collected tale: The Golden Apple-tree and the Nine Peahens · Captive flying dragon and royal abductorCentaurAncient Greek narrative and artistic traditions · Human-horse hybrid creatureCentaur (Narnia)The Chronicles of Narnia · Sapient equine-bodied peopleCentiskorchPokémon · Creature speciesCentury-Occupying Monster of the Mzab City TaleMzab narratives dictated to Basset · Enormous nocturnal city-devouring beastCerberusAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Underworld houndCerberus (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional bioweaponCeruledgePokémon · Creature speciesCeti eelStar Trek · Neural parasiteCetitanPokémon · Creature speciesCetoddlePokémon · Creature speciesCh‘êng’s son as the fighting cricketChinese literary supernatural narratives · Child’s spirit animating a champion cricketChaddantaBuddhist Jātaka narrative beings · Six-tusked elephant kingChaefka (Halo)Halo · Alien tusked omnivoreChagrianStar Wars · Amphibious sapient speciesChairdog (Dune)Dune · Fictional living furnitureChal-chalIgorot narratives in Cole’s collection · Sun father who restores his beheaded sonChambered nautilusMarine molluscs · Living shelled cephalopodChameleosMonster Hunter · Elder DragonChampalakKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Seven-headed dragon with life held in three dovesChamroshZoroastrian cosmological beings · Iranian cosmological guardian birdChandelurePokémon · Creature speciesChando’s death messengers in the two sons’ talesSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Human-appearing spirit escorts constrained by accepted hospitalityChanequesMexican regional traditions; distinct Chinantla and Mixteca Baja witnesses · Small supernatural inhabitants and guardiansChang To-ryongKorean narratives in Gale’s 1913 translation · Exiled genii appearing as a beggarChangchengShanhaijing creatures · Human-shaped guardian with a leopard tailChangeling (Star Trek)Star Trek · Fictional peopleChanging Mare and Foal of the Nine PeahensSerbian collected tale: The Golden Apple-tree and the Nine Peahens · Paired shape-changing horsesChangsheShanhaijing creatures · Bristled mountain serpentChangyouShanhaijing creatures · Four-eared flood-omen beastChanseyPokémon · Creature speciesChao fishShanhaijing creatures · Chicken-footed carpChaos eater (Dark Souls)Dark Souls · Tentacled monsterCharcadetPokémon · Creature speciesCharizardPokémon · Fictional creatureCharjabugPokémon · Creature speciesCharm-Protected Elephant of AkitiYoruba narratives in Ogumefu’s collection · Supernaturally protected elephantCharmanderPokémon · Creature speciesCharmed Crocodiles of the Vohimasina NoticeBetsimisaraka and Sainte-Marie collected animal traditions · Predators under human occult commandCharmeleonPokémon · Creature speciesCharniaEdiacaran life · Extinct genusCharro NegroMexican regional legends, including Puebla and State of Mexico · Nocturnal rider and supernatural tempterCharybdisAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Personified sea-swallowing dangerChasmfiendCosmere · Fictional creatureChatacabraMonster Hunter · Amphibian monsterChatotPokémon · Creature speciesChaura and BhauraSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Speaking dogs who reveal the Saru Prince’s disappearanceChaurus (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Venomous cave arthropodChe Long, Saint of the Western River-mouthMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Saint whose fatal vow enables a cannon casting and whose tomb receives petitionsChenchawi and SiputMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Bird and water-snail whose river race is won by a relay deceptionChenghuangShanhaijing creatures · Horn-backed longevity mountChenooMi’kmaq and Passamaquoddy witnesses in Leland · Ice-hearted cannibal giantChepitchcalmMi’kmaq narratives through Rand in Leland · Horned serpent or wingless dragonCherokee NationCherokee Nation; distinct from other Cherokee tribal governments · Living Indigenous nation and tribal governmentCherrimPokémon · Creature speciesCherruve’s daughter (Calvun’s telling)Calvun / Segundo Jara, Chilean Pehuenche narrative in Lenz · Task-solving and transforming daughter of a monsterCherubiPokémon · Creature speciesCherufeMapuche-related narratives in historical Chilean collections · Volcanic or fiery being with contrasting narrative rolesChesnaughtPokémon · Creature speciesChespinPokémon · Creature speciesChestburster (Alien)Alien · Parasitic developmental stageChewa cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living cross-border communities; selected public cultural documentationChewtlePokémon · Creature speciesChi-YuPokémon · Creature speciesChiang-hsüeh, the camellia spiritChinese literary supernatural narratives · Flower companion who communicates danger through a dreamChichepa and Burnt Face’s successor (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s1898 California collection · Surviving and reborn restorers on opposing sidesChickasaw NationChickasaw people and national institutions · Living Indigenous nationChief Hummingbird (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Bird-garment helper and distant chiefChief Peace and Peace Woman (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Ocean household with supernatural giftsChief Pestilence and his daughter (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Supernatural restorersChien-PaoPokémon · Creature speciesChiguoShenyi jing creatures · Ghost-eating giantChih-ch‘eng, the lake attendantChinese literary supernatural narratives · Lake-court attendant with a bird manifestationChihouboulébabi in Camilla’s Nouamoubia TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · People-eating ogre communityChihuedChilote oral traditions; Chiloé archipelago, Chile · Omen-bearing nocturnal creatureChikoritaPokémon · Creature speciesChild Without a Name at Lag-ny-KeilleySelected Manx accounts in Sophia Morrison’s collection · Lamenting child apparitionChild-Bargaining Demon of the Sultan's SonSwahili collected tales · Human-disguised devourerChild-Bearing Herd-Boy of Nkolobe’s TaleBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Boy who conceives, gives birth and suckles a hidden childChild-monster in Rịke´wġi’s taleChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · Cannibal infantChild-Shaped Apparitions in Dia!kwain’s Account|Xam collected personal accounts · Human-resembling apparitionsChildbirth Fairy and Cat MessengerBou Semghoun narratives collected by Basset · Supernatural household seeking human assistanceChildren of LirIrish sorrowful tale in O’Curry-derived Jacobs selection · Enchanted swan siblingsChildren of the forestA Song of Ice and Fire · Fictional peopleChildren’s-Death in Rịke´wġi’s narrativeChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · Variable-sized death spiritChilobo (Pajapan)Nahua traditions of Pajapan, Veracruz, Mexico · Hairy cave giantChilubeSubiya narrated encounter · Traditional narrative beingChimaera (Dragon Quest)Dragon Quest · MonsterChimaera (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional flying predatorChimcharPokémon · Creature speciesChimechoPokémon · Creature speciesChimeraAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Composite fire-breathing monsterChimera (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional monsterChimunguRonga reported storm traditions · Traditional narrative beingChinchouPokémon · Creature speciesChinese dragonChinese dragon traditions and imperial art · Sacred and legendary beingChing Yuh and Kyain OoKorean literary narrative in Allen’s collection · Married stars permitted one annual meeting across the heavenly riverChinglingPokémon · Creature speciesChipfalamfula in Nkoulounkoulou’s TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · River creature with inhabited interiorChir Chuma and the Chir Pokaila sistersWintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · First-world sucker-fish fighters and prophetic grandmotherChiruShanhaijing creatures · Human-faced fishChiruwiNyasaland-region reported traditions · Traditional narrative beingChishmakZoroastrian textual beings · Whirlwind-producing demonChlamydomonas reinhardtiiGreen algae · Living species; laboratory reference strain documentedChlorella vulgarisAlgae · SpeciesCho Uhn HahKorean literary narrative in Allen’s collection · Heroine given extraordinary strength to rescue her missing loverChocoboFinal Fantasy · Fictional creatureChoctaw Nation of OklahomaChoctaw Nation of Oklahoma and its communities · Living Indigenous nationChon U-chi’s Beetle FormKorean narratives in Gale’s 1913 translation · Magician’s directly narrated insect transformationChonchónChilean chonchón and tué-tué narratives · Transforming nocturnal beingChonguitaPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Monkey bride who becomes humanChort (The Witcher)The Witcher · Horned charging relictChou of the Shenyi jingShenyi jing creatures · Ape-like reproductive monsterChow Soo Tome’s winged wifeTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Winged supernatural spouseChristmas Troll Couple of Wide-awake’s TaleIcelandic collected narrative; Wide-awake and his Brothers · Cave-dwelling abducting troll coupleChu-ch‘ing, the crow and river spiritChinese literary supernatural narratives · Crow mate subsequently appearing as a river spiritChuchu (The Legend of Zelda)The Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureChullCosmere · Fictional creatureChullachaquiPeruvian Amazonian regional traditions · Forest guardian and shapeshifterChulup Win and SanihasWintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Ocean-bed chief and daylight wifeChupacabraPuerto Rican reports and later American adaptations · Contemporary legendary creatureChuul (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Amphibious pincer-bearing aberrationCielago (Dune)Dune · Fictional messenger animalCiguapaDominican oral and literary traditions · Folklore and literary figureCihuateteoMexica cosmological and sculptural traditions · Divine figures associated with childbirth deathCikṣuraDevī-Māhātmya named asuras · Asura general of MahishaCinccinoPokémon · Creature speciesCinderacePokémon · Creature speciesCipactliNahua/Mexica cosmological and calendrical traditions · Primordial earth being and calendrical imageCipitíoSalvadoran oral tradition and contemporary cultural performance · Childlike trickster figureCirein-cròinScottish Gaelic sea-creature tradition collected by Campbell · Enormous marine monsterCishuShanhaijing creatures · Mouse-haired drought birdCitizen Potawatomi NationCitizen Potawatomi · Living Indigenous nationCitron-born Maidens in Pedroso’s TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale III · Fruit-born women and a pin-transformed doveClamperlPokémon · Creature speciesClannfear (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Crested reptilian DaedraClauncherPokémon · Creature speciesClaw Grime (Boruto)Naruto · Fictional chakra constructClaw of Teyrnon’s StableWelsh Mabinogi; Guest-derived Jacobs adaptation · Unseen foal-stealing adversaryClaw Viper (Diablo)Diablo · Serpentine assault monsterClawitzerPokémon · Creature speciesClaydolPokémon · Creature speciesClefablePokémon · Creature speciesClefairyPokémon · Creature speciesCleffaPokémon · Creature speciesCleric Beast (Bloodborne)Bloodborne · Monstrous transformed beastCliff Racer (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Flying reptilian predatorCliff-ghastHis Dark Materials · Fictional creatureClinging hands in Hearn’s Ingwa-banashiJapanese literary ghost accounts · Animating remains of a jealous dead womanClinging Pot-Woman of MasilonyaneBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Old woman with a cattle-bearing giant toeCloaked Panther (Avatar)Avatar · Pack-hunting gliding predatorCloaker (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Flying cloaklike aberrationClobbopusPokémon · Creature speciesClodsirePokémon · Creature speciesCloud of Tortoise’s Weather BargainYoruba narratives in Ogumefu’s collection · Personified rain cloudCloudinaEdiacaran tubular fossils · Extinct tube-building animal genusCloverdale organism (Stargate)Stargate · Fictional mobile plantlike predatorCloysterPokémon · Creature speciesCoal-Requesting Ogress of the Two BrothersBeni Menacer narratives collected by Basset · Human-appearing nocturnal swallowing ogressCoalossalPokémon · Creature speciesCobalionPokémon · Creature speciesCobra guardian in The Glass PrincessSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Pool guardian who exchanges a human offering for healingCobra rebirth of the princess’s loverSri Lankan beings in Parker’s village tales · Dead admirer reborn as a deadly serpentCobra-grandeBrazilian Amazonian river traditions · Giant aquatic serpentCobra-transformed queen in The Golden Kaekiri FruitSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Restored blind girl later transformed into a nursing cobra motherCochodoma (sea-child tale)Chiloé oral stories recorded from Genoveva Oyarzún · Enchanted-crab and sea-child narrativeCock of Carrick’s Bean TaleRussian picture-tale adaptation in Carrick/Forbes English edition · Speaking cock in a cumulative rescue taleCockatrice (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional monsterCockatrice (The Witcher)The Witcher · Winged draconid predatorCoelophysisMesozoic dinosaurs · Extinct genusCoeurl (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Feline monsterCofagrigusPokémon · Creature speciesCoffin-Lid Corpse of TambovTambov-region narrative · Killing revenant with restorative shroudCoin-Giving Spring FairyBou Semghoun narratives collected by Basset · Woman-shaped spring benefactorColchian DragonAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Golden-Fleece guardianColibri (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Avian monster familyColmillos (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional parasitized canineColo-coloMapuche-related and Chilean regional historical accounts · Household wasting creatureCombeePokémon · Creature speciesCombuskenPokémon · Creature speciesComfeyPokémon · Creature speciesCommon liverwortNonvascular land plants · Living liverwortCongcongShanhaijing creatures · Six-footed canine beastConkeldurrPokémon · Creature speciesCónquel and Pedíu (Calvun’s telling)Calvun / Segundo Jara, Chilean Pehuenche narrative in Lenz · Brothers who obtain thunder axes and prolong nightConvorStar Wars · Small flying creatureCook Islands MāoriLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleCookooburrah Brothers of the Water TreeNoongahburrah Narran accounts in K. Langloh Parker’s collection · Bird-named family and flood revengeCooksoniaPaleozoic plants · Extinct plant genusCopper and Weather (Bleek’s Fiery-Rain Tale)Nama translated collected narratives · Parents transformed into destructive weatherCopper beaver (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Lake being and hereditary crest ancestorCopper-cheeks (West Greenland)West Greenland Inuit (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Host with metal cheeks and a threatening appetite testCopper-clawed frog (Moses’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Moses at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Lake guardian and transforming skinCopperajahPokémon · Creature speciesCorbeau in Basset’s Berber Bird TalesDistinct Aïn Sfisifa and Zouaoua bird narratives translated by Basset · Bird in separate fosterage and plumage-origin narrativesCorellian houndStar Wars · Bred hunting canidCorlmThe Wheel of Time · Fictional animalCorphishPokémon · Creature speciesCorpius (Metroid)Metroid · Cloaking alien boss creatureCorpo-secoRegional Brazilian narratives; Paraíba Valley and Cambira accounts distinguished · Restless dried-corpse traditionCorpse pursuing the greedy teacherChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Reanimated youth in mourning clothesCorpse-eating Ganas in Gangazara’s storySouth Indian Soothsayer’s Son narrative beings · Divine attendants who disobey a custody orderCorpse-Eating Suitor of MarusiaRussian collected narrative through Afanasief and Ralston · Fiend in wealthy young-man guiseCorpse-Fishing Giant of Kayn’s TaleGaelic wonder tale; Jacobs’s combined Kayn narrative · One-eyed cannibal giantCorruptor (StarCraft)StarCraft · Zerg creature formCorsolaPokémon · Creature speciesCorviknightPokémon · Creature speciesCorvisquirePokémon · Creature speciesCosmoemPokémon · Creature speciesCosmogPokémon · Creature speciesCottoneePokémon · Creature speciesCourt lady’s spirit calling for KimKorean bird legends in Allen’s collection · Bird inhabited by the spirit of a woman killed over her love affairCourt-Defended Avenging Serpent of FiguigFiguig narratives collected by Basset · Speaking serpent accused of killing two brothersCow sheltering twelve sistersTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Speaking animal who carries fugitives inside its mouthCoyote (Boas’s Kamloops cycle)Shuswap narratives collected at Kamloops in Boas1895 · Local trickster and vulnerable transformerCoyote (Nlaka’pamux)Nlaka’pamux narratives of British Columbia · Transformer and trickster beingCrab whose entry into the sea floods the landBukidnon narratives in Cole’s collection · Enormous crab that displaces the seaCrab whose lament rebukes the farmerSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Bound animal whose nighttime song becomes a warning against needless sufferingCrabominablePokémon · Creature speciesCrabrawlerPokémon · Creature speciesCrabs who make war on the wavesVisayan narratives in Cole’s collection · Land crabs whose disastrous war explains the lives of shore crabsCradilyPokémon · Creature speciesCramorantPokémon · Creature speciesCrane wife of the lightning origin taleTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Woman reborn as a crane and then as a gardener’s daughterCranidosPokémon · Creature speciesCrawdauntPokémon · Creature speciesCreditor from a former existenceTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Apparition produced by a punitive crop who enforces an old debtCreeper (Minecraft)Minecraft · Explosive monsterCremlingCosmere · Fictional creatureCresseliaPokémon · Creature speciesCroagunkPokémon · Creature speciesCrobatPokémon · Creature speciesCrocalorPokémon · Creature speciesCrocodile and jackal in the rescuer’s trialSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Ungrateful speaking crocodile defeated by a jackal’s reconstructionCrocodile of the celestial bathing poolSri Lankan beings in Parker’s village tales · Crocodile in a supernatural rescue narrativeCrocodile promised a wifeSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking river animal deceived into ferrying a jackalCroconawPokémon · Creature speciesCrocottaLatin Christian bestiary tradition; selected English manuscript · Voice-imitating composite beastCrow bound to its former human treasureIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Former village headman reborn as a crow beside buried wealthCrow who breaks the insulting Rishi’s potsIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Speaking scavenger whose offended pride leads to retaliationCrow whose golden cap attracts a falconIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Omen-associated bird endangered by an ornamental rewardCrow-Peri in Kúnos and BainKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Peri servant transformed into a crowCrustlePokémon · Creature speciesCryogonalPokémon · Creature speciesCrypt fiend (Warcraft)Warcraft · Transformed undead creatureCryptilexWarframe · Fictional creatureCrystal bat (The Dark Crystal)The Dark Crystal · Fictional engineered surveillance animalCrystal lizard (Dark Souls)Dark Souls · MonsterCrystalline EntityStar Trek · Spaceborne crystalline organismCù sìthScottish Highland and Hebridean collected traditions · Supernatural houndCubchooPokémon · Creature speciesCubonePokémon · Creature speciesCucaBrazilian nursery lore and literary reception · Frightening tale figureCuca (Chile)Central Chilean regional folklore · Nocturnal omen birdCuchiviluChilote oral traditions; Chiloé archipelago, Chile · Aquatic piglike folkloric beingCuckoo Wife of the Water SnakeTula Government tale through Erlenvein · Bereaved woman and bird-transformed childrenCueroChilean regional traditions, including Chiloé · Aquatic skinlike predatorCufantPokémon · Creature speciesCuitlapantonHistorical Nahua accounts, central Mexico and Acolhuacan · Small nocturnal apparitionCuklaketuMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Divine lover who assumes colorful bird and swallow formsCulebrónHistorical Chilean regional accounts, especially Coquimbo · Winged folkloric serpentCullooMi’kmaq and Passamaquoddy material combined by Leland · Giant bird with a narrative householdCumacangaPará historical account; contemporary Curacanga literary reception · Detached fiery-head transformationCurious squid (Discworld)Discworld · Fictional marine animalCursolaPokémon · Creature speciesCurupiraBrazilian traditions with Indigenous-language roots and regional adaptations · Forest guardian beingCutieflyPokémon · Creature speciesCuyancúaNáhuat-speaking Salvadoran communities and regional oral traditions · Rain-associated composite beingCŵn AnnwnWelsh regional folklore · Otherworld houndsCyanidioschyzon merolaeRed algae · Living speciesCyanobacteriaMicrobes · Bacterial lineageCyberdramonDigimon · Dragon cyborg DigimonCybermanDoctor Who · Fictional cyborg collectiveCyclizarPokémon · Creature speciesCyclops (Destiny)Destiny · Fictional synthetic creatureCyhyraethWelsh regional folklore · Audible death omenCyiuce siblings (Vila Bella account)Vila Bella Pleiades-origin tale in Rodrigues · Seven star brothers and a bird-transformed sisterCylindra, the Pearl-Maiden’s DogPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXII · Named speaking dog and informerCyndaquilPokémon · Creature species
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Dabedabe the Good, Pig-Born Human BenefactorSelected northeastern Papuan accounts collected by Annie Ker · Pig-born human-form transforming benefactorDachsbunPokémon · Creature speciesDaedroth (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Crocodilian-headed DaedraDæmon (His Dark Materials)His Dark Materials · Fictional creatureDafoHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountDagomba cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living communities; initial Dagbani language documentationDahnashArabian Nights named supernatural figures · Flying, flea-transforming ifrit in the NightsDai birdShanhaijing creatures · Three-eyed eared owlDaibang, the ass-eared khanMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Ruler concealing animal-like earsDaily-Ruby Bird of Aïn SfisifaAïn Sfisifa narratives collected by Basset · Wonder-working captive birdDakakiBori spirit representations recorded by Tremearne · Snake spiritDakelh PeopleDakelh / Carrier · Living Indigenous peopleDakinis of the hammer and sackMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Flying revelers whose stolen objects produce food and jewelsDakodako, Petrified Man-Eater of QamanaSelected northeastern Papuan accounts collected by Annie Ker · Named man-eater transformed into stoneDakuwaqaiTaukei Fijian traditions; community accounts differ · Ancestral shark beingDakwaCherokee narrated traditions; Tennessee River and Tellico setting · Giant swallowing fishDalekDoctor Who · Fictional cyborg peopleDalim KumarBengali collected folktales · Prince whose life depends on a golden necklace and alternates between death and lifeDamaraLiving peoples & cultures · Living cultural communitiesDan HasumiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Apprentice barber spirit with a mount-dependent songDan JigoHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Destructive hunter spirit, son of JigoDan-KuchingayaHausa collected tales · Transforming and rescuing human protagonistDancing devil (Dragon Quest)Dragon Quest · Dancing demon monsterDanghuShanhaijing creatures · Beard-flying birdDangiraHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Itch-associated sister of YerimaDaoshou (倒壽)Chinese textual creature traditions · Long-haired, human-faced tiger beastDapplegrimNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Individual supernatural horseDarafify (Ferrand’s Lake-Wives Account)Betsimisaraka collected landscape tradition · Landscape-shaping giantDarkbeast (Bloodborne)Bloodborne · Lightning-bearing skeletal beastDarkhound (The Wheel of Time)The Wheel of Time · Fictional creatureDarkmantle (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Darkness-producing cave predatorDarkraiPokémon · Creature speciesDarkspawn (Dragon Age)Dragon Age · Blighted monster collectiveDarmanitanPokémon · Creature speciesDartrixPokémon · Creature speciesDarumakaPokémon · Creature speciesDaskandarini of Shaihu’s Name ContestHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Handsome son of an evil spiritDaughter of Sun and Moon in the Mbaka TaleKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Celestial brideDaughter of the Genie King in the Taroudant Haroun TaleTaroudant Chelha narratives collected by Basset · Supernatural royal spouse and motherDaughter of the Orange and the Golden CitronPersian tale beings · Fruit-hidden princess who returns through rosewoodDaughter of the Ostrich’s EggBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Egg-emerging woman who gives and withdraws prosperityDawn’s-Heart, Star Husband|Xam collected narratives · Celestial household figureDdi-xerreten, Stone-Headed Man|Xam collected narratives · Extraordinary early-race manDeacon (Alien)Alien · Pathogen-derived creatureDead tiger whose whisker fulfils a prophecyTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Fatal tiger remnant in a prophecy-fulfilment legendDead wife of The ReconciliationJapanese tale beings · Returning wife in a ruined Kyoto houseDeadly Nadder (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Spine-shooting dragonDeath (His Dark Materials)His Dark Materials · Fictional creatureDeath as Mother and Householder in the Hausa TaleHausa collected tales · Personified deathDeath Hound (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Undead canine guardianDeath of RatsDiscworld · Fictional animal-shaped psychopompDeath Song (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Melodic ambush dragonDeathbird (Elden Ring)Elden Ring · Undead ritual birdDeceased Father of the Firewood ChildrenKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Advising deceased parentDecidueyePokémon · Creature speciesDedennePokémon · Creature speciesDeepstalkerDragon Age · Subterranean predatorDeer of the First-Food PactKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking animal narrativeDeer-Wife of O’CronicertGaelic wonder tale; Jacobs’s combined Kayn narrative · Otherworld animal-form spouseDeereeree, the Widow and WagtailNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Ancestral figure with a bird-form conclusionDeerlingPokémon · Creature speciesDefiler (StarCraft)StarCraft · Biochemical support creatureDei-Naoero (Nauruan communities)Living peoples & cultures · Living island and diasporic cultural communitiesDeimos CarnisWarframe · Fictional creatureDeimos JugulusWarframe · Fictional creatureDeimos SaxumWarframe · Fictional creatureDeimos WyrmsWarframe · Fictional giant creaturesDeinoPokémon · Creature speciesDeinococcus radioduransDeinococcus bacteria · Living bacteriumDeitariMaewo (Aurora), Vanuatu · Child formed from collected bloodDeity who delays Madrī as a lionessIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Unnamed deity adopting a lioness form to block a mother’s returnDelcattyPokémon · Creature speciesDelibirdPokémon · Creature speciesDelphoxPokémon · Creature speciesDementorHarry Potter · Fictional beingDemiguise (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Magical primate-like beastDemon husband of Fuzzle NoorUpper Indus beings in Swynnerton’s Panjabi tales · Human-disguising demon who possesses two womenDemons of Prince Han’s New Year roll-callKorean narrated supernatural beings · Disease-causing spirits subject to an annual registerDemons of the earthen handiBengali collected folktales · Gigantic punitive beings released from Durga’s potDenaricion mendaxProterozoic microorganisms · Fossil microorganism of uncertain affinityDenisovansHuman evolution · Extinct human lineageDeoxysPokémon · Creature speciesDeparted friend summoned for Song Sang-inKorean narrated supernatural beings · Recognized dead companion speaking through a ritual practitionerDesire demon (Dragon Age)Dragon Age · Fade demonDespair squid (Red Dwarf)Red Dwarf · Fictional hallucinogenic organismDestalonadoRegionally distinguished Chilean reports in Vicuña Cifuentes’s 1915 collection · Heel-less whirlwind being or nocturnal thiefDestiny Bird of the Three Little Blue StonesPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXIX · Speaking bird that carries away a princessDestiny-Defying GriffonAïn Sfisifa narratives collected by Basset · Flying abductor in a Solomon narrativeDestoroyahGodzilla · Fictional creatureDestroyers of the wooden peopleK’iche’ Popol Vuh; Ximénez/Scherzer 1857 Spanish witness · Named supernatural animals in a destruction narrativeDeva bride of ShrikanthaMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Celestial maiden summoned by a wish-granting jewelDevāntakaRāmāyaṇa named beings · Club-wielding rakshasa princeDevil Employer in Fillmore’s Erkki TaleFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Comic supernatural employerDevil Husband of the Three Venetian SistersVenetian tale in Crane’s English selection · Shape-changing devil in a marriage-and-escape taleDevil spouses disguised as a woman and a yakTibetan beings in Shelton’s folk-tale collection · Soul-eating shape-shifters exposed despite a diviner’s ignoranceDevil Substitute in Elizondo’s Changeling TaleNamed-narrator Basque tales in Webster’s collection · Infant-form supernatural substituteDevil with Three Golden HairsGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Knowledgeable fairy-tale adversaryDevil’s-Club Tree and his son (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Plant-person father and supernatural hunterDeviljhoMonster Hunter · Brute WyvernDevimonDigimon · Digital monsterDevourer (StarCraft)StarCraft · Heavy aerial predatorDevouring Bird Guards of the Zenaga Rescue VoyageZenaga narratives dictated to Basset · Paired man-eating birds guarding an abducted womanDewbackStar Wars · Alien creatureDewgongPokémon · Creature speciesDewottPokémon · Creature speciesDewpiderPokémon · Creature speciesDhalmel (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Long-necked mammal familyDhamma and AdhammaBuddhist Jātaka narratives in Rouse’s English translation · Embodied divine personifications of Right and WrongDharmal ChandiSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Pool spirit petitioned to arrange a tiger attackDharmika and Adharmika, the united pheasantsIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Two named birds sharing a body whose choices nourish or poison bothDhelmisePokémon · Creature speciesDhūmrākṣaRāmāyaṇa named beings · Rakshasa battlefield commanderDhūmralocanaDevī-Māhātmya named asuras · Asura generalDiablosMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureDiablos Candela (Río de Jesús)Río de Jesús, Veraguas, Panama · Demonic figures in a community performanceDiabolos (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Demonic summonDiaguita peoples and communitiesIndigenous peoples of southern South America · Living Indigenous communitiesDialgaPokémon · Creature speciesDianciePokémon · Creature speciesDianogaStar Wars · Tentacled aquatic speciesDice-playing Rakshasi of the northern houseBengali collected folktales · Beautifully disguised flesh-eater who imprisons a prince and his animalsDickinsoniaEdiacaran life · Extinct genusDictyostelium discoideumFungi and microbial eukaryotes · SpeciesDiggersbyPokémon · Creature speciesDiglettPokémon · Creature speciesDigmonDigimon · Armor Insectoid DigimonDijiangShanhaijing creatures · Faceless six-footed spiritDilingavuvTorres Islands · Supernatural banana thief and avengerDimbontaratara and Renel’s Water-Ox TalesMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Rapidly growing egg-born ox in two distinct girl-and-animal accountsDimetrodonNon-mammalian synapsids · Extinct genusDiné (Navajo)Living peoples & cultures · Living people and nationDinewan and Goomblegubbon, Rival Bird MothersNoongahburrah Narran accounts in K. Langloh Parker’s collection · Avian ancestral rivalsDiplodocusMesozoic dinosaurs · Extinct genusDipplinPokémon · Creature speciesDirehorse (Avatar)Avatar · Alien riding animalDirewolf (A Song of Ice and Fire)A Song of Ice and Fire · Fictional creatureDiricawl (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Magical flightless birdDisobedient ox messenger in RafyKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Divine messenger whose punishment explains his bodily formDisplacer Beast (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional monsterDitaolaneSotho oral narrative as recorded by collectors · Heroic narrative figureDitsin (Hunger People)Diné / Navajo Origin Legend: Hatali Nez version translated by Washington Matthews, with separately labelled variants · Community personifying appetite and hungerDittoPokémon · Creature speciesDiv called Zingi by the merchant’s wifePersian tale beings · Cave-dwelling lover in the Isfahan merchant’s embedded accountDiv King of MazandaranPersian epic traditions · Stone-transforming demon rulerDiv of Little Fatima’s wellPersian tale beings · Female well-dweller who tests visitors and changes their facesDiv-e Sefid (White Div)Persian epic traditions · Cave-dwelling demon adversaryDivaukasaBeings in Schiefner/Ralston’s Indian-derived Tibetan tales · Yaksha runner and guide of King MāndhātarDivine Servant of Fillmore’s Matti TaleFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Divine visitor in a folklore retellingDivine traveller who gives the amber charmKorean animal and supernatural narratives in Allen’s collection · Disguised benefactor whose gift replenishes a poor man’s possessionsDjiwaôRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Human rescuer and ring-bearer who survives fatal heatDo, the Serpent Who Would Quench FireMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Speaking serpent sheltering inside a felled treeDodoRecent extinctions · Extinct speciesDodo IbrahimaBori spirit representations recorded by Tremearne · Water and rain spiritDodo Wife of the Basket ContestHausa collected narratives · Disguised ogress brideDodo’s River Household in the Hausa Marriage TaleHausa collected tales · Underwater supernatural householdDodogamaMonster Hunter · Fanged WyvernDodomekiJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Many-eyed female apparitionDodongoThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureDodrioPokémon · Creature speciesDoduoPokémon · Creature speciesDog advocate who exposes Gaṇḍa and UpagaṇḍaIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Speaking outsider dog who challenges collective punishmentDog and cat entrusted with a magic ringVisayan narratives in Cole’s collection · Speaking animal messengers whose lost ring begins a continuing searchDog and deer sent for fire by LumawigIgorot narratives in Cole’s collection · Animal emissaries who attempt to carry fire through floodwaterDog and Thomas the cat who recover the wine charmKorean animal and supernatural narratives in Allen’s collection · Speaking household companions whose search ends in a lasting quarrelDog bride of the buffalo-herderSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Maiden who removes a dog skin to bathe and loses it when her husband burns itDog Interpreter of Shaihu’s Forest HutHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Talking dog who loses human speechDog mother of the two princessesSri Lankan tales in Parker, Volume III · Animal mother transformed into a golden ash-pumpkinDog Who Rescues a Woman from the DeadSierra Leone collected tales · Shapeshifting animal protectorDog who rewards the kind cotton-seekerSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking tied dog who promises and provides a reward for shadeDog-born Lions of the Slices of FishPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXV · Three magically born animal guardiansDog-faced rice traders in Parker’s taleMarvelous peoples in Sri Lankan village tales · Dog-faced people of a sea-voyage taleDogedog’s cat-cockTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Rice-stealing cat that becomes an undefeated fighting cockDogs who occupy the tiger’s denBurmese animal fables in Mimosa’s literary retelling · Speaking dog pair who escape a tiger through coordinated bluffDoguwaBori spirit representations recorded by Tremearne · Double house and bush spiritDokmaStar Wars · Shelled small animalDokos, Wima and KlakWintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Flint brother and grizzly/rattlesnake sistersDoll i’ the GrassNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Enchanted miniature brideDoll-princess of Fairy OrlandaNeapolitan tale in Crane’s English selection · Artificial bride with magical bodily abilitiesDollivPokémon · Creature speciesDolphin Who Carries Borahy (Ferrand Witnesses)Betsimisaraka and Sainte-Marie collected animal traditions · Speaking marine rescuer and protected ancestor-helperDonal the Fairy PiperConnacht Irish narrative through Hyde and Jacobs · Animal-changing household helperDondozoPokémon · Creature speciesDongdongShanhaijing creatures · One-eyed one-horned sheepDonkey Prince (Grimm)German collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Royal human concealed by an animal skinDonkey-Meal Ogre of Beni MenacerBeni Menacer narratives collected by Basset · Ogre who tests two guests after a mealDonphanPokémon · Creature speciesDoppler (The Witcher)The Witcher · Fictional peopleDordingull in the First Búkolla TaleIcelandic Búkolla and Helga collected narrative · Enchanted prince in a hideous outer shapeDorotabōJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Muddy-field apparitionDottlerPokémon · Creature speciesDoubladePokémon · Creature speciesDove Helper of Nyembane’s DaughterRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Speaking bird who enables an extraordinary birthDovrefell Christmas TrollsNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Story-specific troll partyDoxy (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Venomous household pestDr. Turtle of The Rabbit’s EyesKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Animal physician who carries a rabbit to the underwater courtDrackyDragon Quest · MonsterDracovishPokémon · Creature speciesDracozoltPokémon · Creature speciesDraeneiWarcraft · Fictional peopleDragalgePokémon · Creature speciesDragapultPokémon · Creature speciesDraghkarThe Wheel of Time · Fictional creatureDragonAnglo-Saxon and medieval European literature · Legendary creatureDragon (A Song of Ice and Fire)A Song of Ice and Fire · Fictional creatureDragon (Conan: Red Nails)Conan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureDragon (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional creatureDragon (Earthsea)Earthsea · Fictional creatureDragon (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Magical reptileDragon (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Intelligent draconic monsterDragon (Narnia)The Chronicles of Narnia · Magical reptilian creatureDragon (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Fictional creatureDragon forming Korea in Griffis’s Sandalwood taleKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Landscape dragon whose body forms mountains and whose breath makes cloudsDragon of Juan Sadut’s burning stonePhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Poison-breathing cave dragonDragon of the Four Skilful BrothersGerman collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Individual flying dragonDragon of the Milky WayChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Rain-governing dragon and complaining dead spiritDragon of the Suspended PavilionSerbian selected collected traditions and heroic narratives · Flying princess-abducting dragonDragon princess of DungtingChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Dragon woman who marries her human messengerDragon that preys on the Simurgh’s nestPersian tale beings · Tree-climbing predator killed by a rescued travelerDragon Turtle (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Giant aquatic dragonDragon turtle (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional riding animalDragon-shaped Monster of ZelindaTuscan folktale from Montale in Crane’s English presentation · Enchanted royal bridegroomDragon, Eagle and Falcon Kings of the Baš Čelik QuestSerbian collected tale: Baš Čelik · Animal-form royal alliesDragonairPokémon · Creature speciesDragonhawk (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional magical flying animalDragonitePokémon · Creature speciesDragons of the Island of GemsKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Peach-guarding and chariot-drawing dragons in the Western Queen Mother’s serviceDrakloakPokémon · Creature speciesDrakouliasStar Trek · Alien predatorDramillion (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Fire-mimicking dragonDrampaPokémon · Creature speciesDrapionPokémon · Creature speciesDratiniPokémon · Creature speciesDraugr (God of War)God of War · Restless warrior deadDraugr (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Ancient reanimated guardianDream crab (Doctor Who)Doctor Who · Fictional neural parasiteDream-Taught Healer of the Bondship TaleKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Supernaturally taught human healerDream-Teaching River of the BondmanKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Personified river benefactorDrednawPokémon · Creature speciesDreepyPokémon · Creature speciesDreki (God of War)God of War · Introduced dragon predatorDreugh (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Transforming aquatic and terrestrial creatureDrifblimPokémon · Creature speciesDrifloonPokémon · Creature speciesDriftwood husband (Kiviung)Eastern Canadian Arctic narratives recorded by Franz Boas; precise narrator unspecified in selected passage · Animated wooden spouse and marine providerDrilburPokémon · Creature speciesDrizzilePokémon · Creature speciesDrone (StarCraft)StarCraft · Biological worker creatureDrosophila melanogaster — fruit flyDipteran insects · Living speciesDrowner (The Witcher)The Witcher · Fictional creatureDrowzeePokémon · Creature speciesDruddigonPokémon · Creature speciesDrudwynMedieval Welsh Culhwch and Olwen · Extraordinary hunting houndDruj NasuZoroastrian Avestan beings · Corpse-defiling fly-shaped drujDruk (Himalayan dragon imagery)Himalayan sacred animal imagery · Dragon of prayer flags and divine mountsDrumaBeings of the Sudhana avadāna · Kinnari king and father of ManoharāDry-headJamaican narratives: Ezekiel Williams, Harmony Hall; George Parkes, Mandeville · Handless demanding being and comic adversaryDryad (Narnia)The Chronicles of Narnia · Sapient woodland spiritsDschang Go’s folding white muleChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Supernatural mount that folds awayDubabiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Water spirit with a head-covering performance restrictionDubwoolPokémon · Creature speciesDucklettPokémon · Creature speciesDudunsparcePokémon · Creature speciesDueño del Monte (Costa Rica)Costa Rican regional legends · Forest guardian and transformed hunterDufflepudThe Chronicles of Narnia · Fictional peopleDugtrioPokémon · Creature speciesDuhuiShanhaijing creatures · White tiger-bodied composite beastDukhu’s bonga wifeSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Pool-dwelling spirit spouse who returns from a cut-up fishDullahanIrish tales in Croker’s selected edition · Headless riderDun Bull of Katie WoodencloakNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Individual supernatural bull helperDundubhiRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Bull-shaped challengerDundurusu and MakeriHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Blacksmith-spirit notices with disputed shared identityDungeon Dimensions creature (Discworld)Discworld · Fictional extra-reality monstersDungun-Daji (Giant of the Forest)Hausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Sky-wrestling giantDunkleosteusPaleozoic vertebrates · Extinct genusDunmer (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Fictional peopleDunsparcePokémon · Creature speciesDuosionPokémon · Creature speciesDuppyJamaican storytelling · Ghostly beingDuraludonPokémon · Creature speciesDurantPokémon · Creature speciesDurosStar Wars · Fictional peopleDusclopsPokémon · Creature speciesDusknoirPokémon · Creature speciesDuskullPokémon · Creature speciesDust-Reforming Crocodile of Casalis’s TaleBasotho narrative recorded by Eugène Casalis · Crocodile restoring human form from dustDustoxPokémon · Creature speciesDuzyairyaZoroastrian textual beings · Bound world-assailing PairikaDwarfMedieval Icelandic accounts of Old Norse dvergar · Norse supernatural craftspeopleDwarf (Discworld)Discworld · Fictional humanoid peoplesDwarf (Dragon Age)Dragon Age · Fictional peopleDwarf (Narnia)The Chronicles of Narnia · Sapient craft-working peopleDwarf folk (South-East Greenland)South-East Greenland; narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Small-statured supernatural communityDwebblePokémon · Creature speciesDye-worker’s children who become monkeysBukidnon narratives in Cole’s collection · Two laughing children transformed with shell-spoon tailsDying Beast in Pedroso’s Maiden and BeastPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale X · Invisible palace host finally seen as a huge beastDying Speaking TortoiseTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Speaking animal of a fatal testimony fable
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E.M.M.I. (Metroid)Metroid · DNA-extracting research automatonEagle benefactors of the deserted prince (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Reciprocal animal helpersEagle husband (West Greenland)West Greenland (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Giant bird abductor and providerEagle of the City of Four QuartersLouise Lanusse’s Basque narrative in Webster · Speaking sea-crossing helper eagleEagle of the City of the Four QuartersBasque-area tale collected at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port · Speaking eagle that carries a human across the seaEagle of the Water King’s Gift-CoffersRussian collected water tales translated by Ralston · Speaking giant helper eagleEagles who carry Soo Tome across the seaTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Huge speaking birds who unknowingly transport a human under a wingEarless in Kúnos and BainKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Eyeless and earless leaping guideEarth-Man of the Three Captive PrincessesGerman collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Individual earth spiritEarth-risen Army of the King of the WatersShangani story as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Conjured human warriorsEarth-Summoned Company of Untombi-yapansiZulu narratives in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Returning household company with singing trees and cattleEbesotu (Brett’s dog-disguise heroine)Arawak family-origin narrative in Brett’s Guiana collection · Human woman concealed by an animal transformationEbirahGodzilla · Fictional creatureEbrietas, Daughter of the CosmosBloodborne · Abandoned cosmic Great OneEchidnaAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Composite monster and progenitorEdeke in Kitching’s Teso AccountTeso religious accounts recorded by Kitching · Powerful spirit addressed in propitiatory ritesEdo communities of Benin CityLiving peoples & cultures · Living cultural communities; selected heritage and contemporary art accountsEel Companion of the Yam-Sharing BoyVanua Lava, Banks Islands · Eel who becomes a manEel of SinaSamoan Sina-and-eel traditions; Laloata and Safune versions distinguished · Named-story animal beingEel of the Pandanus LeavesMaewo (Aurora), Vanuatu · Speaking eel whose flesh transforms dinersEelektrikPokémon · Creature speciesEelektrossPokémon · Creature speciesEelgrass — Zostera marinaMarine flowering plants · SpeciesEeveePokémon · Fictional creatureEfrit carrying the princess on a golden bucklerKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Supernatural carrier called LalaEfrit of the Serpent-Peri’s mirrorKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Mirror-summoned supernatural servantEfrit summoned by Cinder-Youth’s flintKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Supernatural helper bound to a portable summoning objectEight Charm-Bearing Brothers of VohemarMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Brothers endowed with distinct protective and sleep-causing odyEight serpent princes tending VikramâditjaMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Serpent-god princes who shelter and honor an exposed infantEight straw-and-wax Kil TongsKorean literary narrative in Allen’s collection · Animated doubles whose identical scars confound a royal identificationEikþyrnirOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Water-giving stagEiscuePokémon · Creature speciesEkansPokémon · Creature speciesEkimmara (The Witcher)The Witcher · Batlike vampire predatorEl Gigante (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional bioweaponEldegossPokémon · Creature speciesElectabuzzPokémon · Creature speciesElectivirePokémon · Creature speciesElectrikePokémon · Creature speciesElectrodePokémon · Creature speciesElekidPokémon · Creature speciesElenreYoruba narratives in Ogumefu’s collection · Invulnerable magician and living severed headElepaio, Messenger of KalamaulaHawaiian Hoamakeikekula narrative; Fornander collection witness · Bird and human-form messengerElephant deceived by an underwater contestIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Speaking elephant whose jealous pursuit ends in misdirected violenceElephant Girl of the Hunter's SecretsSierra Leone collected stories · Animal-disguised adversaryElephant Husband and the Dividing Rock (Bleek tale)Nama collected animal-spouse tales · Animal spouse killed by a closing rockElephant sheltering twelve sistersTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Speaking rescuer whose mouth conceals fugitives and whose lip is cursedElfSelected medieval Icelandic prose and poetic accounts of álfar · Norse supernatural peopleElf (Discworld)Discworld · Fictional predatory faerie peopleElf (Dragon Age)Dragon Age · Fictional peopleElf (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Fictional peopleElfin Cow of Llyn BarfogWelsh regional folklore · Enchanted individual cowElgyemPokémon · Creature speciesEllylldanWelsh regional folklore · Luring spirit-lightEmal Bisawā (Queen of the Flowers)Sri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Crow-fostered girl who commands rice to pound itselfemaSwati cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living communities; selected museum and language documentationEmberá ChamíEmberá Chamí communities · Living Indigenous people and regional communitiesEmboarPokémon · Creature speciesEmerald Anka in Kúnos and Bain’s Turkish talesKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Great bird in separate maternal and royal-husband witnessesEmissaries and builders emerging from Hyung Bo’s gourdsKorean literary narrative in Allen’s collection · Bird king’s household benefactors who emerge from enchanted fruitEmissary inside the squash in Shelton’s taleTibetan tales in Shelton’s English collection · Supernatural emissary carrying scalesEmolgaPokémon · Creature speciesEmpoleonPokémon · Creature speciesEnamorusPokémon · Creature speciesEnchanted Animal Townspeople of the Unnatural MotherSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Human community transformed into animals and a forestEnchanted Buck Chief of Lungile’s TaleSouthern African tale in Bourhill and Drake’s collection · Chief bewitched into a white bull and buckEnchanted Buck PeopleSouthern African tale in Bourhill and Drake’s collection · Human community under an animal-form enchantmentEnchanted Cat of the Miller’s BoyGerman collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Enchanted human princessEnchanted FlounderGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Wish-granting enchanted fishEnchanted Grouse of Fillmore’s Helli TaleFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Speaking transport bird under enchantmentEnchanted Pillow in Ker’s CollectionSelected northeast-coast Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Violent animated wooden head-restEnchanted sacristan of JarauRio Grande do Sul tradition in Simões Lopes Neto’s authored1913 retelling · Undying cavern guide and former human loverEnchanted Serpent Prince of MahistrubaBasque-area narratives in Webster’s collection · Prince held in serpent form for seven yearsEnchantment Hag of the Bridge of BloodIrish wonder tale adapted from Jeremiah Curtin · Hostile human enchantressEnder Dragon (Minecraft)Minecraft · Dimensional dragon bossEnderman (Minecraft)Minecraft · Teleporting enigmatic creatureEndless Washer beside Pedroso’s TowerPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XI · Human woman under a perpetual washing sentenceEndrega (The Witcher)The Witcher · Colonial insectoid monsterEnenraJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Smoke apparitionEngineer (Alien)Alien · Fictional peopleEntMiddle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Fictional peopleEnteiPokémon · Creature speciesEopieStar Wars · Alien creatureEpépim and his star-transformed brothersMakuchy-labelled Rio Branco narratives in Rodrigues · Slain brother whose soul becomes a constellationEpideme (Red Dwarf)Red Dwarf · Fictional intelligent virusErdtree AvatarElden Ring · MonsterErdtree Burial WatchdogElden Ring · Living funerary statueErshuShanhaijing creatures · Tail-flying composite mammalErumpent (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Magical horned beastEruptodon (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Lava-consuming volcanic dragonErymanthian BoarAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Named mythic boarEscavalierPokémon · Creature speciesEscherichia coliMicrobes · SpeciesEsh, the wise hedgehogBuryat narratives recorded by Jeremiah Curtin · A heavenly counsellor whose overheard complaints solve divine problemsEshmZoroastrian textual beings · Seven-powered destructive demonEshouShenyi jing creatures · Deceptive speaking beastEspathraPokémon · Creature speciesEspeonPokémon · Creature speciesEspinasMonster Hunter · Thorn-armored flying wyvernEspurrPokémon · Creature speciesEssiyakoHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Spear-bearing leader of scholar spiritsEtemonDigimon · Digital monsterEternatusPokémon · Creature speciesEttercap (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Web-using predatory monstrosityEuprymna scolopes — Hawaiian bobtail squidBobtail squids · Living marine molluscEurypteridsPaleozoic arthropods · Extinct orderEwe communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living cross-border and diaspora cultural communitiesEwokStar Wars · Fictional peopleExaiptasia diaphana — Aiptasia model anemoneSea anemones · Living marine cnidarianExcadrillPokémon · Creature speciesExeggcutePokémon · Creature speciesExeggutorPokémon · Creature speciesExogorthStar Wars · Space slug speciesExploudPokémon · Creature speciesExtorting Fox and Blackbird in Carrick’s TaleRussian picture-tale adaptation in Carrick/Forbes English edition · Speaking animal pair in a coercion-and-escape taleExtradimensional parasite (Stargate)Stargate · Fictional mutating parasiteExVeemonDigimon · Mythical Dragon DigimonEye midge (Alien: Earth)Alien · Intelligent host-controlling parasiteEyeless-Needle and the four object-named companionsTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Ambiguously human and object-like companions who ambush a cannibalEχaluqdjungInuit story of Ititaujang in Boas’s Canadian Arctic collection · Hollow-backed salmon maker and magical ferryman
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Faamalu in Turner’s Local AccountsSamoan traditions recorded by George Turner · Samoan deity through locally attributed representationsFaaraasee (Zanzibar tale)Swahili tales in Bateman’s translation · Extraordinary horse helperFace DancerDune · Fictional engineered peopleFacehuggerAlien · Fictional creature life stageFaddam of the Water GourdHausa tales collected by Tremearne · Water-controlling human heroineFaerie dragon (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional magical creatureFáfnirOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Treasure-guarding transformed serpentFair Angiola in Her Dog-faced EnchantmentSicilian folktale through Gonzenbach and Crane · Temporarily dog-faced maidenFair Maid (Jamaican river accounts)Jamaican accounts recorded by Martha Warren Beckwith · River being distinct from the spirits of the deadFairyBritish fairy traditions; selected English drama and Scottish Gaelic collection · Collective supernatural beingsFairy bonze who assists Meng’s householdChinese tales retold by Macgowan · Fairy disguised as a Buddhist monkFairy Child of My Own SelfNorth Sunderland narrative through Balfour and Jacobs · Household fairy visitorFairy Colina of LionbrunoBasilicata Lionbruno narrative in Crane’s selection · Fairy queen and protective brideFairy king in white-drake formTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Heavenly ruler who descends to swim in a lakeFairy Maiden of ConnlaMedieval Irish Echtra Condla through Jacobs’s adaptation · Otherworldly emissaryFairy of the Wooden Dress in Pedroso’s TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XVI · Old-woman fairy advising a fugitive princessFairy Orlanda of the Neapolitan Doll TaleNeapolitan tale in Crane’s English selection · Fairy who gives a doll speechFairy Ox of the Magic SongSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Supernatural herd-leading oxFairy Queen of KnocksheogownaIrish fairy legends; Croker’s Shefro section · Shape-changing fairy chiefFairy-house Dog of Pedroso’s Hearth-CatPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XVIII · Speaking household detectorFairy-Queen Godmother in Laurentine’s TaleBasque-area collected tale; Webster suspects French transmission · Supernatural foster-parent and benefactorFaladaGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Speaking witness horseFalinksPokémon · Creature speciesFallen (Diablo)Diablo · Resurrectable demonic impFallingstar beast (Elden Ring)Elden Ring · Rock-bodied cosmic creatureFalse Hetland Queen Who Becomes a RatHermod and Hadvor in the Yellow Fairy Book · Royal impostor and animal-form antagonistFamiliarArgentine regional folklore · Pact-bound supernatural animalFamily Transformed into Frogs|Xam collected narratives · Humans transformed into animalsFan lizard (Avatar)Avatar · Alien gliding animalFananimpitoloha in Renel’s Collected TalesMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Human-born seven-headed swallowing serpentFananona, the Growing Water CreatureMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Tiny catch that becomes an immense river-shaping animalFanàny with Seven HeadsBetsileo marvellous-creature accounts translated by Sibree · Ancestral serpentFanonga in Turner’s Owl AccountSamoan traditions recorded by George Turner · Samoan deity through locally attributed representationsFar DarrigIrish tales in Croker’s selected edition · Red-clad household spiritFaranomby, the Transforming BrideMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Bride who pursues a stolen identity in bird and plant formsFarfetch’dPokémon · Creature speciesFarigirafPokémon · Creature speciesFarm-Disordering Tortoise of the City of WomenHausa collected narratives · Spell-speaking animal carrierFarm-Door Demons in the Two Daughters TaleHausa collected tales · Collective of nocturnal spiritsFarmer WeatherskyNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Individual shapeshifting magicianFatalisMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureFather transformed into a skateKorean narrated supernatural beings · Human-to-fish transformationFathierStar Wars · Alien creatureFatima of the luminous reed-whistle talePersian tale beings · Woman with celestial facial lights who returns after death through a reedFaun (Narnia)The Chronicles of Narnia · Fictional peopleFawn linked to Rose-Beauty’s lifeKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Animal talisman whose death kills a human heroineFay of the Abandoned Children in Pedroso’s TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XII · Fairy appearing as a little old womanFayiz’s peri wifePersian tale beings · Mountain spouse with pigeon transformationFearowPokémon · Creature speciesFeather Princess of CloudlandShangani tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Bird-form sky princess with a transforming featherFeathered daughter of the King of the GeniiMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Feathered princess whose plumage disappears during bathingFeatherless Carrier Beyond the Seven SeasTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Ancient flying spiritFeatherless Old OwlTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Speaking animal of a mistaken-age fableFeebasPokémon · Creature speciesFei of the Eastern MountainsShanhaijing creatures · One-eyed pestilence beastFeifeiShanhaijing creatures · Sorrow-relieving catlike beastFeishu of Mount TianchiShanhaijing creatures · Flying rabbit-shaped beastFeiyi bird (肥遺)Chinese textual creature traditions · Yellow, red-beaked medicinal birdFeiyi serpentShanhaijing creatures · Six-legged winged serpentFele Milanda in Chatelain’s First TaleKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Enchanted human sleeperFelhound (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional demonic predatorFell Beast (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Flying monstrous mountFenda Maria in Chatelain’s First TaleKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Extraordinary human rescuer and displaced brideFenghuangChinese literary and decorative traditions · Auspicious birdFennekinPokémon · Creature speciesFenrirOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Bound monstrous wolfFeraligatrPokémon · Creature speciesFerengiStar Trek · Fictional peopleFerroseedPokémon · Creature speciesFerrothornPokémon · Creature speciesFetish (Diablo)Diablo · Small demonic attacker and summoned counterpartFezandipitiPokémon · Creature speciesFidoughPokémon · Creature speciesFiend (Mass Effect)Mass Effect · Kett-engineered siege animalFiend (The Witcher)The Witcher · Horned hypnotic relictFig-Capturing Witch of Feigen-AliTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Deceptive child-eating witchFin-men of Heather-BleatherSelected Orcadian literary and narrated accounts · Sea-associated supernatural communityFinizenPokémon · Creature speciesFinneonPokémon · Creature speciesFinns in Spence’s Shetland LegendsShetland narratives collected by John Spence · Magical people in historical local narrativesFinvarra and NualaConnacht Irish fairy narrative through Hyde and Jacobs · Fairy sovereign pairFior Usga of Croker’s Submerged CourtIrish lake-origin legend; Croker’s Thierna na Oge section · Princess sustained in a submerged enchanted palaceFire Eagle on the Road to PohjolaKalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Speaking flame-emitting road guardianFire Spirit of Griffis’s Seoul palace taleKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Volcanic fire-being who consumes royal buildingsFirewyrm (A Song of Ice and Fire)A Song of Ice and Fire · Fictional subterranean creatureFirst Bird Who Warns the FishChelha of the Sous creation narrative collected by Basset · Speaking primordial animal in a collected creation narrativeFish and hawk that swallow the gourd companySri Lankan beings in Parker’s village tales · Enormous animals in a nested-swallowing taleFish bridge of East LightKorean tales as retold by Griffis · River fish that form a temporary crossing for a fleeing founderFish King of the Fishing-Baskets TaleYoruba narratives in Ogumefu’s collection · Fish with human disguiseFish who form a raft for the bakerPersian tale beings · Cooperating river fish who rescue their benefactorFish-dragons of the seaChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Giant fish in a seamen’s sacred narrativeFisher-lad poet who changes bodily formIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Persecuted royal child who uses a reversible transformation to fulfil a prophecyFitcher’s SorcererGerman collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Individual supernatural abductorFive flower-garden Nāga maidensSri Lankan Nāga narratives in Parker’s collection · Nāga maidens who restore a man’s lost limbsFive-Headed Giant (Shee an Gannon)Irish tale adapted from Curtin by Jacobs · Many-headed territorial giantFizzgigThe Dark Crystal · Fictional companion animalFlaaffyPokémon · Creature speciesFlabébéPokémon · Creature speciesFlamedramonDigimon · Armored Dragon Man DigimonFlamigoPokémon · Creature speciesFlan (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Gelatinous monster familyFlapplePokémon · Creature speciesFlareonPokémon · Creature speciesFletchinderPokémon · Creature speciesFletchlingPokémon · Creature speciesFling-a-mileJamaican narratives: George Parkes, Mandeville · Hidden river-hole throwing beingFlittlePokémon · Creature speciesFloating Corpse at the CrossroadsRussian collected narrative through Ralston · Hovering predatory revenantFloatzelPokémon · Creature speciesFloettePokémon · Creature speciesFlood (Halo)Halo · Fictional parasite collectiveFlood-Producing Tortoise of GazalandTshindao-speaking Gazaland tales in Kidd’s collection · Small pool tortoise that releases frightening floodsFlood-stopping rock (Brett’s Carib account)Carib-attributed account in Brett; individual teller unnamed · Speaking guardian stone promising renewed youthFloragatoPokémon · Creature speciesFlorgesPokémon · Creature speciesFlower Wife of Faralahy’s TaleAntambahoaka collected marvellous tales · Woman formed from a celestial flowerFlower-covered crocodile and escaping jackalSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking predator whose staged death and ambush both failFlower-covered mother’s ghostPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Accusing apparition of a drowned womanFlower-elves of the secluded gardenChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Plant maidens who seek protection from wind-spiritsFlute girl of The Bonga’s VictimSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Drowned woman who returns through bamboo and a fluteFlutter ManePokémon · Creature speciesFlux ConstructThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional constructFly agaricExtant fungi · Living speciesFly who identifies Soo Tome’s wifeTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Speaking helper summoned by recollection to solve two marriage testsFlygonPokémon · Creature speciesFlying Dragon AgheelElden Ring · Named creatureFlying fish of Mount GuiChinese textual creature traditions · Piglike protective fishFlying Horse Brothers of the Nine PeahensSerbian collected tale: The Golden Apple-tree and the Nine Peahens · Speaking supernatural mountsFlying Lion (Southern African tale)Southern African compiled animal tales · Formerly flying predatorFlying Marid of the Nuhas JourneySwahili collected tales · Airborne supernatural carrierFlying Sword (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional animated constructFlying-Fox Companions of the Heaven TravellerSelected northeast-coast Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Human-to-animal transformation in a collected narrativeFoam-born suitor of Princess SādongMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Wonder-born prince twice rejected by the cave rulerFoglet (The Witcher)The Witcher · Mist-manipulating necrophageFomantisPokémon · Creature speciesFonge and ToafaSamoan traditions recorded by George Turner · Samoan deity through locally attributed representationsFood-Horn Ox of KoomaBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Ox whose horn yields prepared foodFoongusPokémon · Creature speciesForerunner (Halo)Halo · Fictional peopleForest Ancestors of Saboulana’s TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Collective ancestral spirits who control a harvestForest Fairies (Mybrow tale)Gold Coast collected and arranged tales · Collective forest beingsForest Master Called A-Man-among-MenHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Wind-producing forest giantForest muni of the bald wifeBengali collected folktales · Ascetic whose instructions lead to transformation and inexhaustible treasureForest Spirit (Princess Mononoke)Studio Ghibli · Transforming forest deityForest witnesses in the fish’s lawsuitTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Speaking animals, fruit and seed in a chain of responsibilityForretressPokémon · Creature speciesForsaken (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional undead political and cultural communityForty dove-Peris holding Bahtiyar BeyKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Collective fairy captors with bird formsForty-Yards-and-One-Span-BeardPersian tale beings · Underground div with binding beard hairsFoster vultures of the abandoned twinsSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Speaking king vultures in a carrion-origin taleFostering god of Love’s SecretsTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Sky-dwelling guardian who transforms firewoodFoume of RotumaRotuman accounts in MacGregor’s 1932 field notes · Giant and landscape-associated strong manFountain fish that shelters the Stag-Prince’s sisterKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Great fish containing a woman and her newborn childFour Dogs of the Akan HunterAkan narratives collected by Rattray · Supernatural animal helpersFour Eyes and Four Stumps (Char-te and Char-angila)Persian tale beings · Fatima’s half-sisters marked with donkey ears and bull tails by a divFour Giants of the Golden ApplePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXX · Object-summoned builders and servantsFour Oribi Rescuers of Ugungqu’s TaleZulu-language account contributed by Lydia (Umkasetemba) · Speaking animal officers and rescuersFour Transforming Fairies of the Beautiful-wife TaleSicilian collected narrative in Crane’s selection · Fairy company bestowing four giftsFour virtuous animalsBeings in Schiefner/Ralston’s Indian-derived Tibetan tales · Partridge, hare, monkey and elephant who teach mutual respectFour wind chiefs (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Weather-person householdsFowls of the enchanted mountainTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Spirit-protected invulnerable birdsFox Holding Baš Čelik’s StrengthSerbian collected tale: Baš Čelik · Shape-changing refuge of external powerFox of Don Joseph PearSicilian tale in Crane’s English selection · Speaking animal marriage broker and deceiverFox of the stolen elixirChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Fox that prepares and recovers a supernatural elixirFox visitor of Yi KwaiKorean narrated supernatural beings · Woman-shaped foxFox who pretends to make a pilgrimagePersian tale beings · Speaking fox whose false repentance lures bird companionsFox with a supposed royal orderBakhtiari tale beings · Speaking fox who misrepresents stray paper as royal protectionFractofusus andersoniEdiacaran organisms · Extinct rangeomorphFrau HolleGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Otherworldly household mistressFraxurePokémon · Creature speciesFremenDune · Fictional human peopleFriendly Lion of the Forest YouthHausa tales collected by Tremearne · Animal foster companionFriendly spirit of The Widow’s SonSubanun narratives in Cole’s collection · Unseen helper who supplies weapons and restores defeated enemiesFrightening Beast of AmbatofisakaMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Gigantic swallowing beast with a king hidden in its clawFrigibaxPokémon · Creature speciesFrillishPokémon · Creature speciesFroakiePokémon · Creature speciesFrog Bride in Two Tortoise-Marriage TalesOuargla and Beni Menacer collected animal narratives · Speaking animal spouse in divergent marriage narrativesFrog chief (Bahmoo’s story)Guianan tale in Brett’s Fanciful Legends; particular community not identified · Playful spirit inhabiting an enormous frogFrog chieftainess (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Animal-person mother and avengerFrog chowkidar of the snake royal daughtersSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Underwater watchman ordered to return the Saru PrinceFrog KingGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Enchanted frog-princeFrog King’s tenth daughterChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Divine frog-family bride in human appearanceFrog Prince (Parker’s Sri Lankan tale)Sri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Temporarily human frog-born heroFrog Prince of Tombi-ende’s TaleSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Enchanted prince in a swallowing frog bodyFrog Princess in Gliński and BiggsGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Shapeshifting protected princessFrog-shaped Envoy in Umkxakaza’s TaleZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Human envoy with frog transformation and beast-summoningFrog-woman of Chūgorō’s storyJapanese supernatural tales in Hearn’s Kottō · River creature appearing as a brideFrogadierPokémon · Creature speciesFroslassPokémon · Creature speciesFrosmothPokémon · Creature speciesFrost wyrm (Warcraft)Warcraft · Reanimated dragonFrostbite Spider (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Giant venomous spiderFroxThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureFruit-enchanted Royals in Pedroso’s TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale VI · Royal people enchanted as citrus fruitFuailangi of OlosengaSamoan narratives collected by George Turner · Island-travelling deity represented by a sea eelFuecocoPokémon · Creature speciesFuguruma yōhiJapanese yōkai · Paper-associated female spiritFukuro-mujinaJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated bag apparitionFulu-bubutaTongan narrative set in Motuliki, Fiji · Giant human-eating dogFunayūreiJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Maritime ghostsFunguar (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Mobile fungal monster familyFunisia dorotheaEdiacaran organisms · Extinct tubular organismFurfrouPokémon · Creature speciesFūriJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · Tree-climbing fantastic animalFurretPokémon · Creature speciesFuru-tsubaki no reiJapanese yōkai · Plant spiritFuru-utsuboJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated quiverFutar (Dune)Dune · Fictional engineered human-animal beingFuxi birdShanhaijing creatures · Human-faced war-omen birdFuzhuShanhaijing creatures · Four-horned flood deerFwooper (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Magical songbirdFynodereeSelected Manx accounts in Sophia Morrison’s collection · Shaggy nocturnal farm workerFyrnockStar Wars · Darkness-hunting quadruped
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G’ilg’ina’mgan (Moses’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Moses at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Small-bodied people in a maritime narrativeGa and Dangme cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living communities; selected educational and diaspora organisationsGabaraGodzilla · Fictional creatureGabitePokémon · Creature speciesGabumonDigimon · Fictional digital creatureGagozeJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Temple-roof creatureGājah of the fatal wagerMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Elephant saved from a wager by staged devouringGajere Mai-DowaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Dwarf hunter of the forestGajjimareHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Double-gendered rainbow water spiritGaki in Hearn’s accountJapanese traditions in Hearn’s Kottō essays · Hungry spirits in a historical Buddhist expositionGalipoteDominican regional folklore · Human shapeshifter in folkloreGalladePokémon · Creature speciesGallantmonDigimon · Holy knight DigimonGallantmon: Crimson ModeDigimon · Energy-winged knight DigimonGallivespianHis Dark Materials · Fictional peopleGalvantulaPokémon · Creature speciesGandharva, Vikramâditja’s fatherMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Protective king who leaves his physical body to fight demonsGangi-kozōJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · River creatureGaping DragonDark Souls · Named creatureGara Yaka (Garrah-Yakka)Sri Lankan performed beings · Sri Lankan ritual mask beingGarangolmMonster Hunter · Fanged BeastGarawada, Crab-Transformed MotherSelected northeastern Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Human-to-crab transformed figureGarbodorPokémon · Creature speciesGarchompPokémon · Creature speciesGarden-Ravaging Ring Ogre of Prince MuhammedTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Captured garden intruder who becomes a summoned helperGardevoirPokémon · Creature speciesGarganaclPokémon · Creature speciesGargomonDigimon · Armed beast-man DigimonGargoyle (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional flying predatorGarifunaDiverse Garifuna communities · Living Afro-Indigenous people and diaspora communitiesGarmrOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Bound monstrous houndGarraka (Ghostbusters)Ghostbusters · Ancient controlling apparitionGarthimThe Dark Crystal · Fictional animated soldiersGarudaHindu and Buddhist traditions across South and Southeast Asia · Sacred bird beingGaruda (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Avian monster and wind summonGarudamonDigimon · Digital monsterGarujeHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Violent quarrel-ending spiritGarurumonDigimon · Fictional digital creatureGastlyPokémon · Creature speciesGastrodonPokémon · Creature speciesGather On The Water (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Flying supernatural dancerGatomonDigimon · Fictional digital creatureGauraka, the Crown-Bird SpiritHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Crown-bird-associated boriGawigawen of AdasenTinguian collected traditions · Six-headed giant and dangerous orchard ownerGawo Tree (Maiden’s tale)Hausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Walking tree monsterGaygayomaTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Star-dressed woman whose tears explain sunshowersGazelle maiden of the golden brothersPersian tale beings · Gazelle-woman who captures defeated wrestlersGazelle prince and the doe who offers her lifeIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Bodisat gazelle and his speaking wife who obtain a hunter’s mercyGebAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Earth deityGĕdémbaiMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Gigantic spirits whose speech and retaliation transform peopleGeirröðrOld Norse Eddic tradition · Hostile giantGelatinous cubeDungeons & Dragons · Fictional creatureGELF (Red Dwarf)Red Dwarf · Fictional life-form categoryGelflingThe Dark Crystal · Fictional humanoid peoplesGeneral in the phantom battlefield innChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Military apparition who takes his body apartGenesectPokémon · Creature speciesGenesis wormStar Trek · Fictional accelerated-growth organismGenestealer (Warhammer 40,000)Warhammer · Tyranid infiltration and parasitic bioformGengarPokémon · Creature speciesGenius of the Varana treeBuddhist Jātaka narrative beings · Tree spirit in a Buddhist birth-storyGenji and Heiké warrior-firefliesJapanese traditions in Hearn’s Kottō essays · Fireflies identified with rival warrior spiritsGeodudePokémon · Creature speciesGeonosianStar Wars · Fictional insectoid people of GeonosisGeri and FrekiOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Named wolf pairGertrude’s BirdNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Human transformed into a woodpeckerGethMass Effect · Fictional peopleGhast (Minecraft)Minecraft · Floating fireball creatureGhiozzo (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional infected predatory fishGholamThe Wheel of Time · Fictional creatureGholdengoPokémon · Creature speciesGhormuhasSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Horse-headed, one-legged man-eatersGhost associated with the Bell of MugenJapanese tale beings · Promise-bearing spirit of a regretted mirror offeringGhost Company of TuhilagiSelected Bugotu, Ysabel Island collected narratives through Codrington · Night-visible ghost communityGhost foiled by the soldierChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Restless spirit seeking a replacement victimGhost Invited by Count RobertVenetian historical collected narrative in Crane’s selection · Vengeful dead banquet guestGhost of General Kim Tok-saingKorean narrated supernatural beings · Mounted dead soldier who attacks his widow’s new suitorGhost of the spring in Kúnos and BainKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Well-dwelling possessing spiritGhost retainer who summons HōïchiJapanese tale beings · Armoured messenger of the Heiké deadGhost Turning into a Hermit CrabSelected Aurora / Maewo collected narratives through Codrington · Predatory husband-shaped ghostGhost who impersonates a BrahmanBengali collected folktales · Shape-changing household usurper trapped in a narrow-necked bottleGhost-town people (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Community of the deadGhost-Wife of MotaMota, Banks Islands · Flying ghost who marries a living manGhosts frightened by the barber’s mirrorBengali collected folktales · Tree ghost and uncle who mistake their reflections for captive spiritsGhoul (The Witcher)The Witcher · Carrion-eating necrophageGhoul (Warcraft)Warcraft · Reanimated creatureGhoul spouses in The Princess and the OgresUpper Indus beings in Swynnerton’s Panjabi tales · Corpse-feeding demon couple reconciled with their conquerorGhoul who finds Shortcuts at KahnuPersian tale beings · Man-finding ghoul among the beasts of a caravanseraiGhûl disguised as a Brahman in Sir BuzzPunjabi collected folktales · Human-devouring forest impostor defeated in a transformation chaseGhulâb Bâno, the dove-form fairy brideUpper Indus beings in Swynnerton’s Panjabi tales · Named fairy who becomes a dove and a great carrying birdGiant (A Song of Ice and Fire)A Song of Ice and Fire · Fictional peopleGiant (Narnia)The Chronicles of Narnia · Sapient giant peopleGiant bird of the jewel mountainPersian tale beings · Bird capable of carrying a concealed human uphillGiant Clam of Rata’s VoyageSelected Aitutaki telling recorded by Gill · Oceanic swallowing monsterGiant Couple in the Lost-Strength TaleHausa collected tales · Enormous revived beingsGiant Devilfish (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Enormous armed sea monsterGiant dog (Smith Sound)Smith Sound, northern Greenland; narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Ocean-going supernatural dogGiant Flea of the King of High-HillNeapolitan literary tale as quoted by Crane · Enlarged blood-fed animal in Basile’s taleGiant from Nahl Bo’s eleventh gourdKorean literary narrative in Allen’s collection · Thunder-voiced figure who demands ransom after emerging from a gourdGiant ice spider (A Song of Ice and Fire)A Song of Ice and Fire · Creature of in-world legendGiant Lover of the Seven Iron SlippersPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXI · Dancing giant in a distant royal householdGiant mentor of KagssagssukPolar Inuit of Smith Sound (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Strength-giving hunting giantGiant Moth (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional enlarged laboratory mothGiant Octopus of Rata’s VoyageSelected Aitutaki telling recorded by Gill · Tentacled oceanic monsterGiant of Nix Nought NothingMorayshire tale collected by Andrew Lang and expanded by Jacobs · Cannibal taskmaster giantGiant of the Battle of the BirdsScottish Gaelic tale in Campbell/Jacobs transmission · Child-claiming magical giantGiant Ox of KarjalaKalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Enormous wedding-feast animalGiant Prince of the Three Damsels’ Fire TaleIcelandic collected narrative; The Tale of how Three Damsels went to fetch Fire · Prince released from an enchanted giant shapeGiant sequoiaExtant plants · Living speciesGiant Spider (Diablo)Diablo · Corrupted arachnidGiant Spider (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Monstrous web-spinning predatorGiant Who Had No Heart in His BodyNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Individual giantGiant whose life is a bird and strength an eggPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Captive-keeping giant with external lifeGiant with the tree-trunk spearSubanun narratives in Cole’s collection · Giant defeated by a small challenger and restored for reconciliationGiants of the Golden BallNorthern English narrative attributed to Baring-Gould through Henderson · Haunted-house giantsGiants summoned through Juan Manalaksan’s glassPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Collective supernatural servantsGiants who carry a mountain for a templeTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Mountain-moving giantsGiaunaChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Fox woman who heals and restores lifeGibdo (The Legend of Zelda)The Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureGiblePokémon · Creature speciesGift-of-God, the Pot-born BoyHausa collected tales · Miraculously born strong childGigalithPokémon · Creature speciesGiganGodzilla · Fictional creatureGimmighoulPokémon · Creature speciesGinkgoExtant plants · Living speciesGioga of the Ve Skerries RescueSelected Northern Isles sea-person accounts · Transforming marine guardianGirafarigPokémon · Creature speciesGiratinaPokémon · Creature speciesGirika and SundaraIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Nāga kings whose exile interrupts the water supply of RājagṛihaGirringaHausa collected tales · Many-headed man-eating beingsGitxsan PeopleGitxsan / Gitksan · Living Indigenous peopleGiwaBori spirit representations recorded by Tremearne · Elephant spiritGjálp and GreipOld Norse Eddic tradition · Paired giantessesGlaceonPokémon · Creature speciesGlacier giant (Smith Sound)Polar Inuit of Smith Sound (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Cannibal host defeated by whale helping spiritsGlaistigScottish Highland collected traditions · Tutelary spiritGlaliePokémon · Creature speciesGlameowPokémon · Creature speciesGlass PrincessSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Flying and shape-changing princess with healing knowledgeGlastrierPokémon · Creature speciesGlavenusMonster Hunter · Blade-tailed brute wyvernGleeokThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureGligarPokémon · Creature speciesGlimmetPokémon · Creature speciesGlimmoraPokémon · Creature speciesGliscorPokémon · Creature speciesGloomPokémon · Creature speciesGlooscap (Rand’s collected accounts)Mi’kmaq and regional narratives in Rand’s collection; tellers distinguished by episode · Powerful host, helper and transformerGoa'uldStargate · Fictional symbiotic alien civilizationGoat and Ram with the Wolf’s HeadRussian picture-tale adaptation in Carrick/Forbes English edition · Speaking animal trickster pairGoat who rescues her children in the Kermani talePersian tale beings · Speaking mother goat who outwits a disguised wolfGobbles (The Dark Crystal)The Dark Crystal · Fictional stationary predatory beingGoblin (Destiny)Destiny · Fictional synthetic creatureGoblin (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional people with multiple trading cartelsGoblin dog (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureGoblins of the scholar’s tablet boxKorean narrated supernatural beings · Invisible household coercersGod in the Bowl (Conan)Conan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureGodfather DeathGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Personified death figureGodzillaGodzilla · Fictional creatureGogiteth (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureGogoatPokémon · Creature speciesGohmaThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureGolbatPokémon · Creature speciesGold- and silver-producing puppiesAinu narratives recorded by Chamberlain · Divine gifts whose excrement rewards proper careGold-and-Silver-Haired Horse of Olli’s TrollFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Metal-haired legendary mountGold-digging antsHerodotean Greek travel narrative about India · Gold-guarding giant insectsGold-giving stone lionTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Speaking mountain carving that rewards restraint and traps greedGold-making princess of the Match-making JackalBengali collected folktales · Princess who turns dried flour paste from her skin into goldGold-Producing Cat of the Tazerwalt WoodcutterTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Supernatural household catGold-yellow and emerald-green serpent-godsMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Water-controlling serpent pair whose heads confer treasure-spittingGoldeenPokémon · Creature speciesGolden Bird’s FoxGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Enchanted animal helperGolden Cock and the Enchanted Fowl PolitySwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Human ruler and people enchanted into fowlsGolden deer hpea of Nang Kam Ung’s taleShan narrative spirits and beings · Spirit taking a golden deer’s formGolden Fish of the Gold-ChildrenGerman collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Individual supernatural golden fishGolden GooseGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Adhesive golden-feathered birdGolden horse of the oak-god’s rescueAinu narratives recorded by Chamberlain · A golden flying horse that later produces earthly descendantsGolden Maiden of the KalevalaKalevala compiled epic, selected Crawford translation · Inert forged humanoid imageGolden-breasted duck of the frog’s treasureTibetan beings in Shelton’s folk-tale collection · Speaking helper bird in a plumage-origin taleGolden-Horned Horses of the Bornu Origin AccountHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Extraordinary royal horse and offspringGolden-maned horse of Champalak’s taleKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Flying speaking steedGolduckPokémon · Creature speciesGolemPokémon · Creature speciesGolem (Dragon Age)Dragon Age · Animated stone or metal constructGolem (Dragon Quest)Dragon Quest · ConstructGolettPokémon · Creature speciesGolisopodPokémon · Creature speciesGolurkPokémon · Creature speciesGomamonDigimon · Fictional digital creatureGong GowShan narrative spirits and beings · Great Spirit Spider of a creation narrativeGonium pectoraleGreen algae · Living colonial speciesGoobbue (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Omnivorous monster familyGood-luck and Asi-hwi’l (Chief Mountain’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Chief Mountain at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Supernatural father, mountain traveller and hunting helpersGoodraPokémon · Creature speciesGooloo, Magpie Child-AbductorNoongahburrah Narran accounts in K. Langloh Parker’s collection · Avian named deceptive womanGoomyPokémon · Creature speciesGoonur, the Mother DoctorNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Restoring ancestral healerGoose wife (Ititaujang’s story)Inuit story of Ititaujang in Boas’s Canadian Arctic collection · Bird woman in a coerced marriage and escape narrativeGōpalu Dēvatāwā in Ayiwandā’s taleSri Lankan beings in Parker’s village tales · Milk-taking deity granting effective commandsGoré (Woe)Located East Slavic collected narratives in Ralston’s English translation · Speaking, clinging personification of misfortuneGorebyssPokémon · Creature speciesGorgon (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional monsterGorjalaBrazilian northeastern regional folklore · Man-eating giantGoro the Wonderful WrestlerSierra Leone collected tales · Supernaturally strong girlGoronThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional peopleGorosaurusGodzilla · Fictional creatureGoss HaragMonster Hunter · Fanged BeastGossifleurPokémon · Creature speciesGothitaPokémon · Creature speciesGothitellePokémon · Creature speciesGothoritaPokémon · Creature speciesGotoku-nekoJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Trivet-bearing cat apparitionGouging FirePokémon · Creature speciesGourgeistPokémon · Creature speciesGrafaiaiPokémon · Creature speciesGrafted scion (Elden Ring)Elden Ring · Grafted monsterGranbullPokémon · Creature speciesGrandy Do-an’-doJamaican narrative: Moses Hendricks, Mandeville; Julia Gentle, Santa Cruz Mountains · Secret-name witchGraniMedieval Icelandic Völsung narratives · Exceptional horse descended from Sleipnir’s kinGraphorn (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Armoured horned beastGrapploctPokémon · Creature speciesGrateful animals from the pitIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Lion, mouse, snake and falcon who repay their rescuerGrateful Birds of Little and Trittle’s TaleIcelandic collected narrative; Carl’s Son, Little, Trittle, and the Birds · Speaking helper flockGrateful Dead Debtor of Thorsteinn’s TaleIcelandic Thorsteinn prince narrative; 1866 second series · Returning dead helperGrateful Dead Fisherman of Fair BrowIstrian tale in Crane’s English selection · Returning dead benefactor in an old man’s guiseGrateful dead youth of the merchant’s caravanPersian tale beings · Revenant who repays burial assistanceGrateful Fish of the Tender-Hearted MaidenHausa tales collected by Tremearne · Restorative animal helperGrateful ghost of the sneezing skullKorean narrated supernatural beings · Dream-visiting ancestral remnantGrateful Gryphon familyTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Large speaking flying beings who carry a rescuer to the godsGrateful Red Fox of Mighty MikkoFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Speaking grateful animalGrateful Snake of Blessing or PropertySwahili narratives in Steere’s bilingual collection · Animal helper and healing guideGrateful snake that becomes an invisible ghostTibetan beings in Shelton’s folk-tale collection · Magic snake taking an unseen formGrateful tiger couple of the Labam taleMúniyá’s Labam tale beings · Speaking tigers summoned to defeat demonsGrave Hag (The Witcher)The Witcher · Burial-ground necrophageGravelerPokémon · Creature speciesGray man-ape (Conan)Conan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureGray wolfCanids · Living mammal speciesGreat A'TuinDiscworld · Fictional cosmic turtleGreat Bear (Smith Sound)Smith Sound, northern Greenland; narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Human-form bear host and celestial figureGreat Eagle (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Intelligent giant birdGreat Fiery Serpent in Ujojo Sosibo’s AccountZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Fiery water serpent in an attributed recollectionGreat Fire (Smith Sound)Polar Inuit of Smith Sound (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Burning visitor with an animate seal whipGreat Fish of SafataSamoan Safata lagoon tradition; selected Turner witness · Individual sea monster in a place narrativeGreat GirrosMonster Hunter · Fanged wyvernGreat Grey Wolf SifDark Souls · Named creatureGreat IzuchiMonster Hunter · Bird Wyvern pack leaderGreat JagrasMonster Hunter · Fanged WyvernGreat Leech of TlanusiyiCherokee narrated traditions; Valley and Hiwassee rivers, Murphy · Giant river predator linked to a place narrativeGreat leonopteryx (Avatar)Avatar · Aerial predatorGreat Octopus off WailuanuiHawaiian narrated traditions · Supernatural marine animalGreat sabrecatDragon Quest · MonsterGreat serpent of the CakoGuianan story located on the Cako in Brett’s collection; individual narrator and community not specified · Water predator whose skin becomes bird plumageGreat Silkie of Sule SkerrySelected Northern Isles sea-person accounts · Seal-form ballad figureGreat Stone Flame EaterKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Animated granite guardian that repels a fire spiritGreat Tortoise of the UmtsheziZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Rock-like river predatorGreat TuskPokémon · Creature speciesGreat WroggiMonster Hunter · Poisonous pack-leading bird wyvernGreat-Toothed Devourer of Skin-sore’s TaleTshindao-speaking Gazaland tales in Kidd’s collection · Female devourer who cuts a tree with her toothGreavardPokémon · Creature speciesGreedentPokémon · Creature speciesGreen and yellow frogs at the irrigation sourceTibetan beings in Shelton’s folk-tale collection · Underworld frogs requiring a human offeringGreen fly soul of the dreaming shepherdPersian tale beings · Sleeping person’s soul in insect formGreninjaPokémon · Creature speciesGrey Cat of Smallhead’s MotherIrish wonder tale adapted from Jeremiah Curtin · Animal-form returning motherGrey-Headed Cat in the Devil’s WoodpileFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Supernatural-associated catGreyhound-Shaped Helper of the Exiled CousinTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Speaking spirit in greyhound-like formGreyhound-Shaped Underworld Prince of OuarglaOuargla narratives communicated to Basset · Animal-transforming underground royal benefactorGreymonDigimon · Fictional digital creatureGrick (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Camouflaged tentacled predatorGríðr, Thor’s Giantess HostOld Norse Eddic tradition · Giantess and protective hostGriffinAncient Greek reports and later European art · Legendary creatureGriffin (The Witcher)The Witcher · Fictional creatureGrikkitog (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureGrim (Destiny)Destiny · Fictional creatureGrimerPokémon · Creature speciesGrimmsnarlPokémon · Creature speciesGrindylow (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Aquatic magical beastGrizzly wife (Moses’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Moses at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Bear spouse and dangerous providerGrolmThe Wheel of Time · Fictional animalGronckle (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Rock-consuming dragonGrookeyPokémon · Creature speciesGrothlut (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureGrotlePokémon · Creature speciesGroudonPokémon · Creature speciesGrouse chief and human bride (Chief Mountain’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Chief Mountain at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Bird household and marriage relativesGrovylePokémon · Creature speciesGrowlithePokémon · Creature speciesGrowlmonDigimon · Dark dragon DigimonGruagach GaireIrish tale from Curtin with Campbell touches in Jacobs · Magically altered household lordGrubbinPokémon · Creature speciesGrumpigPokémon · Creature speciesGryphon (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional intelligent flying animalGu of Mount ZhongShanhaijing creatures · Executed monster transformed into a birdGuanguanShanhaijing creatures · Protective literary birdGuar (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Domesticated bipedal reptileGuarani MbyaMbya communities within diverse Guarani peoples · Living Indigenous communities across national bordersGuardian (Minecraft)Minecraft · Aquatic monument monsterGuardian (StarCraft)StarCraft · Flying siege creatureGuardian (The Legend of Zelda)The Legend of Zelda · Fictional constructGuardian Dragon (Dark Souls)Dark Souls · Red drakeGuardian Snake of Gede’s RuinsCoastal East African reports in Alice Werner’s 1915 notes · Enormous snake associated with protecting ruinsGuardian spirit of Prince Pa-song’s Hoi treeKorean narrated supernatural beings · Tree-associated protector among supernatural archersGuardromonDigimon · Network-defense machine DigimonGuddah and Beereeun, the Gwaibillah WivesNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Restored ancestral wives with a celestial endingGudiao (蠱雕)Chinese Shanhaijing beings · Horned man-eating creatureGueule-Tapée and the Stolen EggZenaga animal narrative told to Basset · Anthropomorphic animal parent in a Zenaga food-theft taleGug (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional peopleGui of Mount JigongShanhaijing creatures · Fire-protecting red-headed turtleGuilmonDigimon · Reptile DigimonGuiomar, the Witch’s DaughterPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale IV · Named magical helper and shapeshifterGuiomar’s Mother in Pedroso’s TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale IV · Pursuing witch and caster of a forgetting curseGuldana (Tate’s living arrow)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Living reptile-headed arrowGullfaxiOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Extraordinary horse of HrungnirGullinburstiOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Crafted golden-bristled boarGulpinPokémon · Creature speciesGumshoosPokémon · Creature speciesGuna (Gunadule)Guna communities · Living Indigenous people across a national borderGundarkStar Wars · Four-armed predatorGunganStar Wars · Fictional peopleGurdurrPokémon · Creature speciesGúta (Halo)Halo · Large alien defensive animalGuzzlordPokémon · Creature speciesGwagadogo of The Magic AlmondsSelected northeast-coast Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Almond-born youth transformed into a crabGwâshbrâri, the glacier-hearted queenKashmiri landscape legend · Personified Kashmiri mountain whose sunset beauty brings down a proud kingGwineeboo and Goomai, Storm-Calling PairNoongahburrah Narran accounts in K. Langloh Parker’s collection · Animal-named women and storm revengeGwrach y RhibynWelsh regional folklore · Death-warning apparitionGwyllgiWelsh regional folklore · Spectral dogGyaradosPokémon · Creature species
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Ha-le-vao, the Wing-Borrowing Flying FoxPulekula’s written Niuean traditions; S. Percy Smith’s English translation · Wing-acquiring trickster flying foxHabetrot and Scantlie MabScottish Borders spinning tale through Henderson and Jacobs · Supernatural spinning helpersHadhayosh (Sarsaok)Zoroastrian cosmological beings · Cosmic transport and renewal oxHadvor’s Three-Headed Giant and Whale PursuerHermod and Hadvor in the Yellow Fairy Book · Underground wooer, revenant and sea pursuerHadza communities of Yaeda and Lake EyasiLiving peoples & cultures · Living communities; selected land and livelihood testimonyHaemovoreDoctor Who · Fictional transformed predatorHag (Narnia)The Chronicles of Narnia · Intelligent magical creatureHahakigamiJapanese yōkai · Animated broom spiritHahk-lee-be-moTomah Josephs narrative and separate Passamaquoddy name witness, published by Leland · Water-hoarding giant bullfrogHaida NationHaida communities, cultural institutions and government · Living Indigenous nationHair-chain Witch of the Tower of DeathPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXV · Wrestling captor with magical restraints and reviving ointmentHair-Restoring Rat of Sandroy’s TaleAntambahoaka collected marvellous tales · Animal helper supplying clothes and restored hairHairy Ghoul of TazalaghtSous narratives collected by Basset · Hair-covered speaking abductorHaisla NationHaisla / x̄á’isla · Living Indigenous nationHaka Lasi and Tsore Jowa (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Destructive lake-dwelling sister and restoring eagle-associated sisterHaka survivors and Tenna adversaries (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s1898 California collection · Flint and grizzly primordial communitiesHakamo-oPokémon · Creature speciesHakáz Estsán (Cold Woman)Diné / Navajo Origin Legend: Hatali Nez version translated by Washington Matthews, with separately labelled variants · Mountain personification of coldHaklula’q (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Differently narrated lake and sea beingsHakutaku / Bai ZeJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · Many-eyed fabulous beastHalf-Bodied Spirit BridegroomSierra Leone collected tales · Disguised human-eating suitorHalf-Cock of Beni MenacerBeni Menacer narratives collected by Basset · Speaking half-rooster and royal challengerHalf-Dodo Child of the Well BrideHausa tales collected by Tremearne · Child of a human woman and DodoHallucigeniaCambrian life · Extinct genusHalsemonDigimon · Armor Beast DigimonHaluluHawaiian voyage narratives; Westervelt and Fornander-collection witnesses · Great predatory birdHambukushu communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living communities; selected cultural society and enterprise accountsHammer and wood-shaving ancestors (Boas’s Pötr’mten tale)Pötr’mten account in Boas’s Lower Fraser collection · Objects taking human form and founding familiesHammerhead titanothere (Avatar)Avatar · Large alien herd herbivoreHammerhood (Dragon Quest)Dragon Quest · Mallet-wielding monsterHammerpede (Alien)Alien · Pathogen-mutated vermiform creatureHandre in The Two Little CatsTibetan tales in Shelton’s English collection · Predatory monster defeated by household alliesHanitemausRotuman accounts in MacGregor’s 1932 field notes · Bush-associated spirit and consulted presenceHankaka, the Crow SpiritHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · White-breasted-crow-associated boriHanlepheruaRotuman accounts in MacGregor’s 1932 field notes · Named supernatural women and healing-power associationsHannyaJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Horned female demonHâns birds who foretell the eaters’ fortunesUpper Indus beings in Swynnerton’s Panjabi tales · Pearl-eating birds whose flesh precedes foretold royal fortuneHans the HedgehogGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Part-human hedgehog figureHantu AyerMalay spirit traditions · Water and mast-light spiritHantu BandanMalay spirit traditions · Waterfall spiritHantu BĕlianMalay spirit traditions · Tiger-associated bird spiritHantu PemburuMalay Peninsula collected traditions · Spectral huntsman with ghostly dogsHantu SongkeiMalay spirit traditions · Snare-disrupting forest spiritHanumānRāmāyaṇa named beings · Shape-changing divine vanaraHapiAncient Egyptian religious narratives and representations · Nile inundation beingHappinyPokémon · Creature speciesHarakka, the Magpie Threatened by MikkoFinnish-derived animal tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Speaking nesting birdHare who repeatedly deceives the tigerShan narrative spirits and beings · Speaking trickster who escapes pursuit through staged objects and a false sky warningHare, Ku´urkịl’s son-in-lawChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · Transforming hare bridegroomHaridatta’s gold-giving serpentPañcatantra narrative beings · Speaking serpent regarded as a field guardianHārītī / KishibojinAsian religious and narrative traditions in identified regional witnesses · Protective mother deity with an ogress narrativeHariyamaPokémon · Creature speciesHarpiesSelected Greek and Roman literary witnesses · Winged female beings and food-raiding agentsHarpy (Destiny)Destiny · Fictional synthetic creatureHarpy (His Dark Materials)His Dark Materials · Fictional creatureHarpy (The Witcher)The Witcher · Flying flock predatorHarrekki (Earthsea)Earthsea · Fictional animalHarvester (Mass Effect)Mass Effect · Flying alien predator and converted warbeastHashihimeJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Bridge-associated spiritHatennaPokémon · Creature speciesHathorAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Divine beingHati HróðvitnissonOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Moon-pursuing wolfHatterenePokémon · Creature speciesHattremPokémon · Creature speciesHau-ola and Ha-puuSelected Hawaiian narratives collected by Westervelt · Paired moʻo stone guardiansHau-puSelected Hawaiian narratives collected by Westervelt · Rock-throwing demigodHaukachiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Lame youthful spirit injured in his father’s caveHaunterPokémon · Creature speciesHaur Tree of the Magic Bird talePersian tale beings · Ocean-island tree whose bark, twigs and leaves have distinct powersHawk and hen of the lost engagement ringVisayan narratives in Cole’s collection · Bird suitor whose broken engagement explains scratching and predationHawk Sister of the Enchantment HagIrish wonder tale adapted from Jeremiah Curtin · Pursuing shapeshifting enchantressHawk-Form Pursuer of Shaihu’s Bush-Burning TaleHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Human–hawk shapeshifterHawkmonDigimon · Bird DigimonHawluchaPokémon · Creature speciesHawt, the body-playing musicianWintu narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Primordial eel musician whose own body is an instrumentHaxorusPokémon · Creature speciesHead Bridegroom of the Yoruba TaleYoruba narratives in Ogumefu’s collection · Bodiless travelling headHead-Removing Fisher of Ker’s Coconut TaleSelected northeastern Papuan accounts collected by Annie Ker · Head-detaching man transformed into giant fishHead-Removing PrincessRussian tale through Afanasief · Enchanted princess and dangerous returning corpseHead-Restoring Carlin of the Sea-MaidenScottish Gaelic tale in Campbell/Jacobs transmission · Regenerative crone adversaryHealing Foster Mother of the Crow TaleHausa collected narratives · Human supernatural benefactorHealing pigeon in Prince Half-a-sonPunjabi collected folktales · Speaking pigeon whose droppings provide a miraculous narrative remedyHealslimeDragon Quest · MonsterHeart-Bird of MacilonianeBasotho narrative recorded by Eugène Casalis · Returning bird embodying a murdered boy’s heartHeatmorPokémon · Creature speciesHeatranPokémon · Creature speciesHeaven-Carrying Wild CatHausa collected narratives · Animal bridge to a heavenly householdHebu (Warao)Warao historical narratives and contemporary anthropological accounts · Spirit category with dangerous forest appearancesHedgehog in Basset’s Berber Animal TalesDistinct Béni Menacer and Zouaoua animal narratives translated by Basset · Speaking animal who outwits companions and distrusts an ungrateful manHedley KowSouth Northumberland local tradition · Shape-changing tricksterHedorahGodzilla · Fictional creatureHehe fishShanhaijing creatures · Six-footed fishHehku Marimi (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Horned-serpent-associated pursuer and transforming skull personHeiðrúnOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Mead-producing goatHeiké-gani in Hearn’s accountJapanese traditions in Hearn’s Kottō essays · Crabs associated with drowned warriorsHeiltsuk Nation / HaíɫzaqvHeiltsuk / Haíɫzaqv · Living Indigenous nationHeitsi Eibip (Bleek’s Nama Witnesses)Nama translated collected legends · Returning hero and opponent of the pit-killerHekaAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Divine personificationHel-Walker (God of War)God of War · Overflowing frost deadHelioliskPokémon · Creature speciesHelioptilePokémon · Creature speciesHelminthWarframe · Fictional creatureHelminth ChargerWarframe · Fictional creatureHelp-Me Spoon of Shaihu’s TaleHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Speaking autonomous household objectHelpful Island Witch in Hermod and HadvorHermod and Hadvor in the Yellow Fairy Book · Island benefactor and whale transformerHelpful Skull of the Itam Spirit HouseSouthern Nigerian collected fairy tales · Speaking skull and escape helperHelping Cow of Pedroso’s Hearth-CatPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XVIII · Speaking animal helper whose remains reveal a golden guideHeluo fishShanhaijing creatures · One-headed many-bodied fishHen Messenger of SeilatsatsiBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Speaking bird carrying news of a transformationHen-disguised princess of the lower kingdomTibetan beings in Shelton’s folk-tale collection · Supernatural spouse with a removable feather coveringHen-Riding Hedgehog Who Frees the GirlTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Small armed animal rescuer and war tricksterHenggongyuShenyi jing creatures · Night-transforming fishHengrauggiStar Trek · Alien ambush predatorHera’s Serpents in TheocritusGreek Hellenistic poetic narrative; Theocritus XXIV witness · Paired serpents sent against infant HeraclesHeracrossPokémon · Creature speciesHerculesKabuterimonDigimon · Digital monsterHerdierPokémon · Creature speciesHeren-Suge in Laurentine’s Rescue TaleBasque and Pyrenean narratives in Webster’s collection · Seven-headed serpent confronted over three daysHerman and Saxe, Giants of UnstShetland accounts collected by John Spence · Paired giants in local landmark narrativesHermod, the Daytime Lion-PrinceHermod and Hadvor in the Yellow Fairy Book · Enchanted royal foster-sonHeroic Colt of Marya MorevnaEast Slavic collected tales translated by Ralston · Supernatural helper horseHeron and crab in Parker’s three tellingsSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking predator and intended victim with three explicitly different endingsHexapede (Avatar)Avatar · Alien forest herbivoreHeyuShanhaijing creatures · Human-faced flood beastHidden-house mother (West Greenland)West Greenland Inuit (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Other-than-human host of two orphan huntersHideous Zippleback (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Two-headed explosive dragonHiderigamiJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Drought-associated beingHigh dragon (Dragon Age)Dragon Age · Mature dragonHihiJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Ape-like mountain beastHiilaweSelected Hawaiian narratives collected by Westervelt · Waterfall ancestral guardianHiisi’s Elk (Crawford’s Hisi Moose)Kalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Plant-constructed speaking quarryHiisi’s Fire HorseKalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Flaming epic stallionHiku of the Kawelu RescueHawaiian narrated traditions · Supernatural heroHill Jinn of Illa-IllaBou Semghoun narratives collected by Basset · Lethal well-dwelling jinn companyHina-hele-ki-fata’s TurtlePulekula’s written Niuean traditions; S. Percy Smith’s English translation · Speaking turtle transport companionHina-ulu-ohiaSelected Hawaiian narratives collected by Westervelt · Tree-bodied ancestral guardianHind of the Golden ApplePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXX · Speaking hind with a magical pendantHine-kōrakoNgāti Hine Hika of Te Reinga · Named ancestral taniwhaHinoxThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureHippogriffAriosto’s Orlando Furioso and its artistic reception · Winged hybrid of literary romanceHippogriff (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Fictional creatureHippogryph (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional magical animalHippopotamus Fosterer of SidioulouRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Speaking river guardian who raises human childrenHippopotasPokémon · Creature speciesHippowdonPokémon · Creature speciesHiraman of Day’s taleBengali collected folktales · Wise speaking parrot who guides a king and restores his sightHitikalavasomotra of the Tavy CooksMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Small bearded human–animal challengerHitmonchanPokémon · Creature speciesHitmonleePokémon · Creature speciesHitmontopPokémon · Creature speciesHiyoribōJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Mountain weather apparitionHlakanyanaZulu narrative traditions · Trickster figureHlihli KiemilaWintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Acorn personage whose dust produces oaksHo-aránni (Warao)Warao accounts of the Moruca River recorded by Roth · Water-being collective and swallowing spiritHo-Chunk NationHo-Chunk communities and institutions centred in Wisconsin · Living Indigenous nationHo-hara (rain-frog wife)Warao narrative recorded in historical Guiana · Animal person and supernatural spouseHo-OhPokémon · Creature speciesHoamakeikekulaHawaiian Hoamakeikekula narrative; Fornander collection witness · Taro-born heroine with human and spirit appearancesHobbitMiddle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Fictional peopleHobgoblin (Destiny)Destiny · Fictional synthetic creatureHobgoblin of Choi Won-so’s houseKorean narrated supernatural beings · Violent human-shaped house spiritHobyahsPerth-derived family tale recorded in the United States · Nocturnal devouring monstersHoliday Firewood Gatherer Turned PorcupineTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Human transformed into a quilled animalHomo erectusHuman evolution · Extinct speciesHomo habilisHuman evolution · Extinct speciesHomo sapiensHuman evolution · Living speciesHonchkrowPokémon · Creature speciesHone-onnaJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Skeletal female apparitionHonedgePokémon · Creature speciesHong Kil Tong in Allen’s tellingKorean literary narrative in Allen’s collection · Magically empowered outlaw and island ruler excluded because of his birthHonunuikuaeaea in Wahanui’s VoyageHawaiian Wahanui voyage narrative; Fornander collection witness · Undersea grandmother and bodily helperHoopaPokémon · Creature speciesHoopoe who escapes the pilgrim foxPersian tale beings · Speaking bird addressed as the messenger of the Prophet SulemanHoothootPokémon · Creature speciesHopiHopi villages and communities · Living Indigenous people and sovereign tribal nationHoppipPokémon · Creature speciesHoriro of the Beguiling SpringTshindao-speaking Gazaland tales in Kidd’s collection · Small bird whose song detains listenersHorker (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Northern aquatic mammalHormiphora californensisInvertebrates · Living speciesHorned Green Beetle (Cherokee)Swimmer and John Ax’s Cherokee gambler narrative in Mooney · Supernatural tracker accompanying Thunder’s sonsHorned Nzuluqumbi of the Three Eggs TaleSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Wolf-snouted swallowing ogressHorned presidenteIlocano narratives in Cole’s collection · Unjust town headman whose wish produces two growing hornsHorned Princesses of Fillmore’s Matti TaleFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Enchanted royal sistersHorned Satan of Sofia’s Dance TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Horned supernatural dance host with an escaping severed headHorned Sultan ’AfānTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · King with concealed hornsHorned Women of SlievenamonIrish legend in Lady Wilde’s account and Jacobs’s selection · Intruding supernatural spinnersHornless Ox of Rafaranomby’s TaleAntambahoaka collected marvellous tales · Maternal animal helper and source of extraordinary giftsHorriblinThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureHorse of Lake CalmilLocally attributed Chilean narratives in Vicuña Cifuentes’s 1915 collection · Aquatic horse associated with shellfish abundanceHorse Who Reveals Himself as a Spirit KingTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Speaking spirit king in horse formHorse-Devil in Kúnos and BainKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Demonic horse-husband who becomes permanently humanHorse-headed Prince of the Crows’ TowerPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXVI · Enchanted prince with horse-headed, human and crow appearancesHorseaPokémon · Creature speciesHorusAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Divine beingHospitable Island Giant in Prince RingPrince Ring in the Yellow Fairy Book · Giant fosterer and benefactorHotburple (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Ore-consuming forge dragonHotupukuTe Arawa-area Māori narratives; Kaingaroa Plains · Spined terrestrial taniwhaHoundoomPokémon · Creature speciesHoundourPokémon · Creature speciesHoundstonePokémon · Creature speciesHouse-elf (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Fictional peopleHouse-Sized Falcon Mother of Achmed UnamirTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Speaking celestial carrier birdHpeaShan narrative spirits and beings · Shan category of spirit beingsHpea-loo of the sparrow’s broodShan narrative spirits and beings · Bird-headed human-bodied devourerHræsvelgrOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Eagle-formed giantHræzlyr (God of War)God of War · Mountain dragonHrothgarFinal Fantasy · Fictional lionlike peoples of Ilsabard and related Tural communitiesHrungnirOld Norse Eddic tradition · Stone-headed giantHsiang-yü, the peony spiritChinese literary supernatural narratives · Flower woman who returns through a new blossomHsin KyanShan narrative spirits and beings · Earthbound ancestral spirit and invulnerable rulerHu-Wu-Bau’s father as field-godChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Dead ancestor appointed to a village officeHua fish of the Eastern MountainsShanhaijing creatures · Luminous winged fishHua snakeShanhaijing creatures · Human-faced winged river hybridHuaihuaiShanhaijing creatures · Bristled humanlike beastHuaillepenMapuche-related and rural Chilean traditions in historical collections · Water-associated hybrid and ominous reproductive beingHuan (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Supernatural houndHuan (mouthless sheep, 䍺)Chinese Shanhaijing beings · Mouthless sheep-like creatureHuan of Mount YiwangShanhaijing creatures · One-eyed three-tailed beastHuandou of the ShenyijingShenyijing creatures · Winged dog-bodied fish eaterHuanshuShanhaijing creatures · Single-horned horseHuay ChivoYucatecan Maya and regional Mexican storytelling · Goat-associated transformation beingHuenchumirCalvun / Segundo Jara, Chilean Pehuenche narrative in Lenz · Bear-born strongman and underground travellerHuginn and MuninnOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Named raven pairHuitranalhueMapuche narratives with named witnesses in Guevara’s historical collection · Supernatural companion and trackerHuman-Form Horse of DjiwaôRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Speaking man in horse form and protective adviserHuman-headed Horn Guardian of CloudlandShangani tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Many-eyed horned guardianHumhum okkai kamuiAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Eagle-owl mediator between people and the creatorHundred ghosts of the haunted banyanBengali collected folktales · Dangerous tree-haunting company compelled to perform a night’s harvestHundred-Eyed Serpent of Pohjola’s PortalKalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Many-eyed venomous threshold monsterHundunChinese philosophical and mythical traditions · Undifferentiated beingHunger (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Tongued predatory DaedraHungry Wolf in Carrick’s Three DefeatsRussian picture-tale adaptation in Carrick/Forbes English edition · Speaking wolf repeatedly deceived by intended preyHūniyan Yakā in Parker’s treasure taleSri Lankan named beings in Parker’s collection · Shape-changing yakā associated with treasure and harmful magicHúnkuvai’s heavenly stallionBuryat narratives recorded by Jeremiah Curtin · A divinely supplied speaking horse and guideHuntailPokémon · Creature speciesHunter (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional bioweaponHunter of the Three Escape FormsSierra Leone collected stories · Human animal-and-landform transformerHuorn (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Mobile tree-like beingHuoshuShenyi jing creatures · Fire-dwelling mouseHuragok (Halo)Halo · Artificial sapient engineering speciesHuri fish people (Arawak)Arawak narrative documented in Guiana · Fish-human shapeshiftersHusk (Destiny)Destiny · Fictional creatureHusk (Mass Effect)Mass Effect · Converted organic creatureHuta-kurakuraWarao (Warrau in the historical source) · Named forest spirit in a Warao narrativeHuttStar Wars · Fictional peopleHuveaneNorthern Sotho and related recorded traditions · Trickster and sacred narrative figureHydra (Dark Souls)Dark Souls · MonsterHydra (Destiny)Destiny · Fictional synthetic creatureHydra (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional monsterHydra (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional amphibious monsterHydra vulgarisHydrozoan cnidarians · Living speciesHydractinia echinataColonial hydrozoan cnidarians · Living speciesHydraliskStarCraft · Engineered ranged creatureHydrapplePokémon · Creature speciesHydreigonPokémon · Creature speciesHydrusLatin Christian bestiary tradition; selected English manuscript · Crocodile-defeating water creatureHyena Impostor of Dawn’s-Heart’s Household|Xam collected narratives · Animal impostorHyena of the Hot-Soup Revenge|Xam collected animal fables · Speaking animal tricksterHyōsubeJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Hairy domestic creatureHypnoPokémon · Creature speciesHyrrokkinOld Norse Eddic tradition · Giantess with wolf mount
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I-KiribatiLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleIaraBrazilian river folklore and literary adaptations · Water beingIblis in the Oued Righ Oven TaleOued Righ religious narrative communicated to Basset · Woman-shaped tempter in a regional religious narrativeIce King (Rand’s Mi’kmaq fable)Mi’kmaq material translated by Silas Tertius Rand; fable without named teller · Personified winter opponent overcome by prepared fireIce Man (Cherokee)Cherokee narrated traditions · Cold-weather helper in a fire-rescue narrativeIce Wraith (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Serpentine icy nature spiritIchitumbuNamwanga collected tales · Traditional narrative beingIchpul sisters (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Frog impostors wearing stolen human skinsIchthyosaurusMesozoic marine reptiles · Extinct genusIdem Ju Ju Tree (Itam tale)Southern Nigerian collected fairy tales · Self-repairing tree spiritIfaranimahery of IkongoMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Warrior whose gaze kills attacking menIfrit (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Fire summonIgglybuffPokémon · Creature speciesIgongqongqoXhosa tales collected under Theal’s direction · Human-like swallowing monsterIgupa Topa and Pun Miaupa (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s1898 California collection · Uncle-nephew protectors and supernatural suitorIjapaYoruba storytelling · Animal tricksterIkiryōJapanese spirit traditions in Hearn’s historical accounts · Spirit of a living personIkkakumonDigimon · Fictional digital creatureIktomiDakota tales retold by Zitkala-Ša · Trickster beingIku-Turso in the Sampo VoyageKalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Speaking sea monsterIlhataina (Curtin’s Yana accounts)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s1898 California collection · Lightning child, avenger and restorerIllumisePokémon · Creature speciesIlmarinen’s Forged EagleKalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Giant metal-taloned fire birdIlona, the Chained Sea Bride in Fillmore’s RetellingFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Enchanted woman with successive animal formsIlu (Avatar)Avatar · Alien reef riding animalIlvalaRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Disguised host and demon summonerImangéLouyi and Kwangwa ruler traditions · Traditional returning dead and legendary rulerImarasugssuaqSouth-East Greenland (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Cannibal husband in a transformation escape taleImboroka, Lord of BoarsMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Animal-commanding lord and bridegroomImbula of the Forbidden FruitSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Red-haired ogress and princess impersonatorImidoni Officers of UsilosimapunduZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Animate trees and detached leaf agentsImmortal household encountered by the Ka-pyong studentKorean narrated supernatural beings · Otherworldly family that shelters a mortal son-in-lawImmovable feast boy (possible Too-uk spirit)Korean narrated supernatural beings · Disease-associated unyielding visitorImok (rain-bringing imugi)Korean legendary beings · Compassionate pond serpentImperial (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Fictional peopleImperialdramon: Dragon ModeDigimon · Ancient Dragon DigimonImperialdramon: Fighter ModeDigimon · Ancient Dragon Man DigimonImpidimpPokémon · Creature speciesImpmonDigimon · Little Devil DigimonIn Jung, the bell with a child’s voiceKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Legendary speaking bell whose cry recalls a sacrificed childIn Ta PomeTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Divinity who restores life and grants transmutationIna’s First Fish and Shark CarriersCook Islands accounts collected and translated by William Wyatt Gill · Narrative transport animals with attributed bodily originsInabuleleXhosa tales collected under Theal’s direction · Community-swallowing river monsterIncineroarPokémon · Creature speciesIndeedeePokémon · Creature speciesIndo-Fijian cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living communities; selected Girmit remembrance and educational institutionsIndrajitRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Concealing rākṣasa archerIndus wormGreek accounts of distant India · Giant river predatorInfernal (Warcraft)Warcraft · Summoned demonic constructInfernapePokémon · Creature speciesInfestor (StarCraft)StarCraft · Zerg creature formInforming Witch’s Head in Crane’s Sicilian SummarySicilian comparative account · Speaking head linked with robber’s lifeInga peopleInga communities · Living Indigenous peopleIninen OkonSouthern Nigerian collected stories · Transforming human rescuerInkalimevaXhosa tales collected under Theal’s direction · Fabulous tailed animalInkayPokémon · Creature speciesInkwell-Imprisoned FairySous narratives collected by Basset · Treasure-site fairy overcome by a talebInland-dwellers of EtahSmith Sound, northern Greenland; narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Remote supernatural neighboursInsatiable of the Yap Flood AccountYap narrative in Dixon’s western Caroline compilation · Heavenly giant capable of becoming a mouseInteleonPokémon · Creature speciesInugamiJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Possessing spiritInugpaqdjuqdjualungEastern Canadian Arctic narratives recorded by Franz Boas; precise narrator unspecified in selected passage · Fjord-straddling giantInuitLiving peoples & cultures · Living peoplesInuvialuitInuvialuit communities of the western Canadian Arctic · Living regional Inuit peopleInvisible cat who confuses the chessmenUpper Indus beings in Swynnerton’s Panjabi tales · Cat concealed by a magical lightInvisible One (Mi’kmaq marriage tale)Mi’kmaq-labelled narrative and Passamaquoddy comparison in Leland · Unseen hunter and supernatural spouseInvisible-voice Prince in Pedroso’s Wind TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale V · Enchanted prince acting through a disembodied voiceInvuncheChilote oral traditions; Chiloé archipelago, Chile · Human transformed through fictional sorceryIpupiaraBrazilian coastal traditions recorded by colonial writers · Water monster in colonial accountsIratus bugStargate · Life-draining parasiteIrawaruMāori public Māui–Hinauri narratives · Dog-form ancestral figureIrimu (Chaga)Chaga collected tales · Traditional narrative beingIroko-ManYoruba narratives in Ogumefu’s collection · Tree-inhabiting spiritIron BoulderPokémon · Creature speciesIron BundlePokémon · Creature speciesIron CrownPokémon · Creature speciesIron Giant (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Armored giant monsterIron HandsPokémon · Creature speciesIron HansGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Enchanted forest wild manIron Hero in Curtin’s Buryat cycleBuryat narratives recorded by Jeremiah Curtin · A divinely forged being who changes shape, rescues Gesir and returns from deathIron JugulisPokémon · Creature speciesIron LeavesPokémon · Creature speciesIron man on the road to Erlik’s palaceMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Metal-bodied otherworld guardianIron MothPokémon · Creature speciesIron statues (Conan)Conan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureIron ThornsPokémon · Creature speciesIron TreadsPokémon · Creature speciesIron ValiantPokémon · Creature speciesIron-Block Ogre of the Lost Tazerwalt ChildrenTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Child-eating giantIron-head in Hlinik and ThoraIcelandic Hlinik and Thora collected narrative · Three-headed giant brother and feederIron-tailed woman (Smith Sound)Smith Sound, northern Greenland; narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Cannibal host with a piercing tailIronclad soldier (Dark Souls)Dark Souls · Soul-animated constructIronside in Theal’s Xhosa TaleXhosa tales collected under Theal’s direction · Part-metal human rescuerIsikqukqumadevu in Callaway’s TalesZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Large river-dwelling swallowing monsterIsisAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Divine beingIsitshakamanaZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Ancestry-knowing pool creatureIsitwalangcengceZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Hyena-like basket-headed abductorIsland-Eating Giant Fish of GuamCHamoru narrative variants and recorded educational retellings · Island-eroding giant fishIsmaila (Almajiri)Hausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Alms-gathering scholar spiritIsongompodisiailahy, the Bamboo BeingMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Bamboo-emerging challenger restored from bones and changed into a nestIsora of the SeashoreJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Sea kami who retrieves the tide jewelsIsukha (Abaisukha)Living peoples & cultures · Living cultural and language communitiesiTaukeiLiving peoples & cultures · Living Indigenous peoplesIthorianStar Wars · Sapient people of Ithor and galactic diasporaItrimobeMalagasy storytelling · Tale monsterItsivalanorano, the Underground KingMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Head-taking ruler beneath the earthItsumadeJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Ominous composite birdItzpapalotlToltec-Chichimeca and other Nahua traditions; El Cerrito museum evidence · Patron goddess represented in sacred narrative and artIu´metun in Rịke´wġi’s narrativeChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · Nightmare and death spiritIvy (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional plant bioweaponIvysaurPokémon · Creature speciesIwarreka (Brett’s flood-opening monkey)Acawoi account in Brett’s collection · Mischievous speaking monkey in a flood narrativeIyayaJapanese yōkai · Disguised human apparitionIzi / Yurupari (Yaui-Tariana account)Yaui or Tariana-attributed narrative of the Uaupés in Rodrigues · Fire-emitting lawgiver with a lunar authority-stoneIzi’s swallowing companionYaui or Tariana-attributed narrative of the Uaupés in Rodrigues · Youth-swallowing ritual figure whose soul ascends as a squirrelIzingogoZulu-language account contributed by Lydia (Umkasetemba) · Speaking tailed beings in a fabulous-animal account
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Ja GaudeHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountJabučilo (Yaboutchilo)Serbian selected collected traditions and heroic narratives · Speaking winged epic horseJackal (Khoekhoe tales)Khoekhoe tales in southern African collections · Animal tricksterJackal family who takes the tiger’s denTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Speaking parents and five young who bluff a predator out of its homeJackal in Basset’s Berber Animal TalesDistinct Berber animal narratives translated by Basset · Speaking trickster with separate successful and fatal outcomesJackal killed by a bowstringIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Greedy scavenger whose chosen first meal proves fatalJackal of the Pilgrim’s Broken BargainHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Talking animal tricksterJackal Paṇḍitayā and the Sapu-flowers’ MinisterSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking jackal adviser who helps a captive escape a leopard and later traps itJackal pretending to be a DēvatāwāSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking trickster who claims divine treasure to escape an elephant carcassJackal who brings rescuers to a boySri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Animal helper who repays a rescue by drawing humans to dangerJackal who demands the title Great LionSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking jackal whose assumed titles exceed his abilitiesJackal who floods a well to save the lionIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Animal helper who rescues a lion identified as the BodisatJackal who promises coins to his carrierSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking jackal who escapes by promising nonexistent wealthJackal who steals the lion’s promised brainsSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking trickster who lures prey twice and conceals his own theftJackal-artificer who overturns the horse judgmentSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking animal advocate who exposes an impossible birth claimJackalopeAmerican West; Douglas, Wyoming folklore · Tall-tale creatureJaculusRoman epic and Latin bestiary traditions · Javelin-like attacking serpentJágong, Dāgun and Gādong with their plant neighboursMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Personified plants whose quarrel explains their bodily featuresJaguar household (Rodrigues’s Yurukaré account)Yurukaré account labelled Rio Mamoré in Rodrigues · Man-eating brothers and their protective motherJakotsubabaJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Serpent-bearing elderly apparitionJam MarakiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Tree-associated spirit represented through intoxicationJāmbavānRāmāyaṇa named beings · Aged bear king and epic counsellorJamiJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Hairy spectral creatureJandza and Her Two Helping SistersGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Three old supernatural helpersJangmo-oPokémon · Creature speciesJanmachitraBeings of the Sudhana avadāna · Rain-supplying nāga rescued from ritual captureJarjachaAndean oral traditions of Peru; documented Ayacucho and Huancavelica versions · Living human transformed in an Andean narrativeJarumaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Chief of the fighting spiritsJataiJapanese yōkai · Animated garmentJaṭāyuRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Speaking heroic vultureJaw-taking Bird (Akan Tale)Akan narratives collected by Rattray · Predatory supernatural birdJawaStar Wars · Fictional peopleJealous dragon-god in Ishanashte’s marriage taleAinu narratives recorded by Chamberlain · A divine host whose departure brings thunder and a vanishing houseJellicentPokémon · Creature speciesJem’HadarStar Trek · Fictional engineered people organized as Dominion soldiersJersey DevilNew Jersey Pinelands folklore · Legendary creatureJessamy tree-wifeJamaican narrative: Thomas White, Maroon Town · Tree transformed into a womanJet JaguarGodzilla · Fictional creatureJewel-haired son of the mouseTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Human child whose cut hair and nail parings become gemsJhades JogiSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Petrifying sorcerer whose life rests in two Bohmae birdsJiangyiShanhaijing spirits · Spirit dwelling at a mountain of unusual rain and emerging wind and cloudsJiao of Mount YuShanhaijing creatures · Horned dog-shaped harvest omenJiaochongShanhaijing creatures · Two-headed stinging spiritJiegouShanhaijing creatures · Tree-climbing epidemic birdJigglypuffPokémon · Creature speciesJigoBori spirit representations recorded by Tremearne · Elder hunting spiritJikininki encountered by Musō KokushiJapanese tale beings · Corpse-eating spirit of a selfish priestJiliang (吉量)Shanhaijing creatures · Longevity-conferring horseJimengShanhaijing creatures · Dragon-headed storm spiritJingweiShanhaijing creatures · Transformed sea-filling birdJinmenjuJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Human-faced treeJinnIslamic scripture and Arabic-language tale traditions · Religious and narrative beingsJinn who raises Princess PepperinaPunjabi collected folktales · Protective garden guardian who alternates twelve years awake and asleepJipillima and the Fufunda ComparisonHausa collected narratives · Fabulous bird traditions with disputed equivalenceJirachiPokémon · Creature speciesJiraiya’s Frog FormsJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Human hero who changes into a frog and commands enlarged frogsJiralhanaeHalo · Fictional peopleJirimapimbiroTshindao-speaking Gazaland tales in Kidd’s collection · Enormous bird child of a female devourerJirondaiBocotá Chiriquí narrative; Ngäbe-Buglé community heritage · Thunder-linked mythical heroJishin-uwoJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Earthquake fish restrained by Kashima in Griffis’s accountJiufeng (九鳳)Shanhaijing creatures · Nine-headed bird-bodied deityJôgi guarding the miraculous cowPunjabi collected folktales · Demon ruler frightened into surrendering his endless-milking cowJôgi’s wonderful cow in The Son of Seven MothersPunjabi collected folktales · Tall white cow whose milk fills a vast pondJolteonPokémon · Creature speciesJoltikPokémon · Creature speciesJongoo of the Leg ExchangeCoastal East African reports in Alice Werner’s 1915 notes · Millipede that exchanges eyes for a snake’s legsJoopaStar Wars · Subterranean wormlike predatorJorinde’s Owl WitchGerman collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Individual shapeshifting witchJörmungandrOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · World-encircling serpentJorōgumoJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Spider apparitionJu/’hoansi of Nyae NyaeLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleJuan in the monkey skinPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Monkey-born son with a removable animal coveringJuan’s animal brothers-in-lawPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Lion, fish and eagle kings married to human sistersJudge LuChinese literary supernatural narratives · Otherworldly judge and supernatural visitorJufuShanhaijing creatures · Throwing ape-like beastJuggernaut (Warframe)Warframe · Fictional creatureJuiwaiyu and Jupka (Curtin’s Yana courtship account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Acorn-associated suitor and protective transforming uncleJujube-garden Witch of Fair AngiolaSicilian folktale through Gonzenbach and Crane · Long-eared guardian and pursuing witchJumang (句芒)Chinese legendary beings · Eastern bird-bodied spiritJumaraThe Wheel of Time · Fictional creatureJumpluffPokémon · Creature speciesJuniper-Tree BirdGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Restorative and avenging birdJuruShanhaijing creatures · White-eared warfare-omen rodentJustimon: Accel ArmDigimon · Heroic transforming-arm DigimonJusto Juez de la NocheSalvadoran oral traditions; Santa María Ostuma family witness · Nocturnal apparition in Salvadoran narrativesJynxPokémon · Creature speciesJyuratodusMonster Hunter · Piscine wyvern
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K’a’lk’alo-itl, Squamish basket-carrying womanSquamish narratives in Boas’s 1895 collection · Forest woman who captures childrenKa Kma KharaiKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Shapeshifting goddess and mother of U ThlenKa Nam in the enchanted toadskinKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Human maiden compelled to wear an enchanted toad formKa Ngot and Ka IamKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Twin goddesses who become riversKa Pah SyntiewKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Mountain god’s daughter who lives among humansKa-ehuHawaiian moʻolelo associated with Puʻuloa and Waikīkī · Protective supernatural sharkKa-ilio-hae’s Ghost SisterSelected Hawaiian narratives collected by Westervelt · Ancestral life-restoring guardianKaaduStar Wars · Alien creatureKabandhaRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Headless long-armed predatorKabigat in Cole’s Igorot moon accountIgorot narratives in Cole’s collection · Moon woman whose pot-making episode explains head-takingKaboniyanTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Spirit teacher, healer and formidable companion of SayenKabube the SpiderKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Animal weaver of a heaven–earth routeKabulu of the Leopard HearingKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking animal narrativeKabundunguluKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Miraculously born rescuer associated with answering thunderKabuterimonDigimon · Fictional digital creatureKabutoPokémon · Creature speciesKabutopsPokémon · Creature speciesKabwéléLouyi collected tale · Traditional extraordinary humanKadabraPokémon · Creature speciesKadaklanTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Sky-dwelling great spirit who sends Kaboniyan to teach peopleKadiembe the Debt-Judging DoveKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Animal judgeKadindi in Dodo's DebtHausa collected tales · Named swallowing monsterKadlu and her sisters (Boas’s account)Baffin Island Inuit accounts in Boas; one further report specifically attributed to Akudnirmiut interlocutors · Three weather-making sistersKageonnaJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Woman-shaped shadow apparitionKággaba (Kogui)Kággaba communities · Living Indigenous people and communitiesKagouti (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Tusking bipedal reptileKaguwaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Crab-associated spirit with bent-body representationKahausibwareBauro, San Cristoval (Makira), Solomon Islands · Creator spirit in serpent formKahit (Curtin’s Wintu wind figure)Wintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Whistling wind personage and controller of floodwaterKahsuku, the cloud peopleWintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Timid cloud beings whose skins release weatherKai Riu OJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Sea king who lends and restores the jewels governing the tidesKaichigoJapanese yōkai · Shell-associated spiritKaipokun guruAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Spirit of the breaking surfKaiṭabhaDevī-Māhātmya named asuras · Primordial asuraKaka in Renel’s Lake and Brother TalesMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Lake monster and life-restoring killer in separately collected talesKaktoogwasees / Little Thunder (Rand’s account)Mi’kmaq narrative translated by Silas Tertius Rand; individual teller unnamed in chapter · Storm-raising suitor aided by extraordinary companionsKakunaPokémon · Creature speciesKalanga (BaKalanga)Living peoples & cultures · Living cultural and language communitiesKalanoro (Ferrand’s Malagasy Notices)Betsileo and Betsimisaraka collected creature notices · Hair-covered forest dwarfKalavinkaBuddhist celestial beings and East Asian sacred art · Human-headed celestial bird associated with beautiful music in Buddhist paradiseKalinago of DominicaKalinago people of Dominica · Living Indigenous communityKaltsauna (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Lizard-associated distributor of flint and teacher of arrow-makingKalu KumaraSri Lankan performed beings · Fanged Black Prince mask characterKalunga-ngombe in Sudika-Mbambi’s JourneyKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Ruler and householder on the road beneath the earthKamacurasGodzilla · Fictional creatureKamaitachiJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Wind apparitionKamapuaʻaHawaiian moʻolelo; selected Kaliuwaʻa account on Oʻahu · Pig-associated divine shapeshifterKambala-MatindiLouyi collected marriage tale · Traditional narrative beingKamëntsáKamëntsá communities · Living Indigenous people and communitiesKameosaJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated storage jarKaminoanStar Wars · Fictional peopleKamohoaliʻiHawaiian public religious narratives · Shark deity and shapeshifting guardianKanaHawaiian moʻolelo; selected Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi account · Stretching supernatural giantKanagTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Bird-transforming and world-making hero also called DumalawiKanakLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleKandeCoastal East African reports in Alice Werner’s 1915 notes · Lizard believed to count people towards deathKandraCosmere · Fictional peopleKane-kua-anaSelected Hawaiian narratives collected by Westervelt · Oyster-associated moʻo guardianKaneaukai of WaialuaHawaiian narrated traditions · Fishing deity with material manifestationsKangaskhanPokémon · Creature speciesKankuamoKankuamo communities · Living Indigenous people and territorial communitiesKaongolo, Spirit-Associated InsectLouyi collected accounts · Spirit-associated insectKapala SanniSri Lankan performed beings · Half-face Sanni ritual demonKapap kamuiAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Divine bat guardian who defeats a disease demonKapikoa, Black Cockatoo ChiefSelected northeastern Papuan accounts collected by Annie Ker · Speaking bird chief and fire teacherKapila-cow of SribatsaBengali collected folktales · Uncalving cow that supplies milk and gold dungKapo’s Three Brewing HelpersKalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Magically created squirrel, marten and beeKappaJapanese river-being traditions · YōkaiKar fishZoroastrian cosmological beings · Cosmic tree-guarding fishKara’s magic cowSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Wish-supplying cow given by jackalsKareBori spirit representations recorded by Tremearne · Dog spiritKarrablastPokémon · Creature speciesKarshiptZoroastrian cosmological beings · Revelation-bearing speaking birdKartanaPokémon · Creature speciesKaru (Rodrigues’s Yurukaré account)Yurukaré account labelled Rio Mamoré in Rodrigues · Created companion whose disobedience brings mortalityKasatha (Starfinder)Starfinder · Fictional peopleKasexi of the Goat LawsuitKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Animal advocateKashkashArabian Nights named supernatural figures · Seven-horned subterranean ifrit judgeKaswaki / WakumbaiMiskito kaswaki and Sumu wakumbai in Conzemius’s survey · Three-legged aerial horse apparitionKatahdin mountain spiritPenobscot telling attributed to Marie Sakis · Mountain person and supernatural spouseKataoreTe Arawa-area Māori narratives; Tikitapu and Moerangi · Chief-associated taniwhaKatar, the fairy horseStokes-derived moon-marked prince tale beings · Fairy-country horse and concealed royal protectorKatawagurumaJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Single-wheel apparitionKatsumbakaziGiryama and neighboring Duruma reports · Traditional narrative beingKauhuhuHawaiian moʻolelo associated with Molokaʻi · Shark deity and storm-associated protectorKaulu in the Fornander CollectionHawaiian Kaulu narrative; Fornander collection witness · Rope-born transforming heroKaupeHawaiian moʻolelo associated with Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi · Dog-human shapeshifter and returning spiritKauraHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Bori spirit in a historical performance accountKavatWarframe · Fictional creatureKawas Loimis sistersWintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Basket-associated provisioners of a first-world armyKawausoJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Otter spiritKawésqar peopleIndigenous peoples of southern South America · Living Indigenous peopleKaxinjengele and the Lost KingshipKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking animal royal candidateKayuraBuziba reported storm traditions · Traditional narrative beingKazenbōJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · Fiery monk apparitionKecleonPokémon · Creature speciesKeejeepaa, Gazelle Benefactor of HaamdaaneeSwahili-language tales in Bateman’s Zanzibar collection · Speaking gazelle and serpent slayerKeelbug (Halo)Halo · Engineered alien maintenance animalKeema, Monkey of the Heart-Deception TaleSwahili-language tales in Bateman’s Zanzibar collection · Speaking animal tricksterKeeseThe Legend of Zelda · MonsterKejorōJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Hair-covered female apparitionKeldeoPokémon · Creature speciesKele and his mountain householdWintu narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Wolf household created from woodKelpieScottish Lowland water-horse traditions · Water beingKelpie (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Shapeshifting water beastKelpienStar Trek · Fictional people of Kaminar and later interstellar societyKerakeraonnaJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Laughing female apparitionKeresaspa’s poisonous dragonZoroastrian textual beings · Green man-swallowing dragonKerttu, the Sister with Stolen AppearanceFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Enchanted womanKeshavatiBengali collected folktales · Long-haired princess repeatedly killed and revived by paired magical sticksKesorap kamuiAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Heavenly bird with golden spotted feathersKeukegenJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · Hair-covered apparitionKhajiitThe Elder Scrolls · Fictional peopleKhan Herdik ShubunBuryat narratives recorded by Jeremiah Curtin · An eagle ruler with differently narrated families and powersKhara the yakkhaBuddhist discourse yakkhas · Companion yakkhaKhatoaneBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Animal-named messenger in an origin-of-death legendKhepriAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Creator deityKhezuMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureKhizr in the Bakhtiari debtor’s talePersian tale beings · Sacred helper who appears at a debtor’s judgment and vanishesKhnumAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Creator and river-associated deityKhodumodumoSotho collected legend · Traditional narrative beingKhoeli-SefubengBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Child with a shining lunar breast markKhonsuAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Healing deityKhosatral KhelConan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureKianda in the Skull-Marriage TaleKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Water spirit appearing through a skull transformationKiawaUlwa account from the headwaters of Río Grande, Nicaragua · Giant serpent-transformer whose remains become rocksKichwa OtavaloKichwa Otavalo · Living Indigenous people and communitiesKichwa people of SarayakuSarayaku Kichwa communities · Living Indigenous people and territorial communityKidōmaruJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Named warrior-cycle adversaryKig-YarHalo · Fictional peopleKihawahineHawaiian public religious narratives; selected Puna episode · Moʻo deity with human appearanceKikuambi, Rescuer of the Four GirlsKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking hawk with human-carrying strengthKil Tong’s sword-bearing spirit alliesKorean literary narrative in Allen’s collection · Summoned spirits whose unseen sword-strokes defeat the island captorsKilling machineDragon Quest · ConstructKilowattrelPokémon · Creature speciesKimberellaEdiacaran life · Extinct genusKimbiji kia Malenda a NganduKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Great aquatic swallowing predatorKin (Warhammer 40,000)Warhammer · Fictional peopleKing Bean in Bernoni’s Venetian TaleVenetian folktale in Crane’s translation from Bernoni · Flying royal visitor summoned by a beanKing CaesarGodzilla · Fictional creatureKing GhidorahGodzilla · Fictional creatureKing of Love, Pitrè’s Green-Bird HusbandSicilian folktale in Crane’s English translation from Pitrè · Bird-transforming enchanted husbandKing of Mice who finds the princess’s earringTagalog narrative in Cole’s collection · Unusually large speaking mouse who organizes a search for a lost ornamentKing of Sparrow LandKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Bird sovereign who rewards care and punishes calculated cruelty with magical seedsKing of the Big MenScottish Gaelic Fenian tale collected by J. 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Campbell · Giant royal hostKing of the Cats (Tom Tildrum)British cat-funeral tale in Jacobs’s collection · Supernatural animal sovereignKing of the Crocodiles (Bâdshâh Ghariâl)Punjabi collected folktales · River ruler with a crocodile form on land and a human form underwaterKing of the Fishes who helps BenitoTagalog narrative in Cole’s collection · Great speaking fish who ferries travellers and retrieves a swallowed ringKing of the Mice in O’Connor’s Tibetan taleTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Speaking mouse ruler who negotiates grain and military assistanceKing of the Waters in Timba’s TaleShangani story as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Enchanted serpent prince and water rulerKing OtterScottish Highland collected traditions · Supernatural otter leaderKing Palmarin’s enormous lousePhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Miraculously growing louseKing Peony and his flower courtKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Speaking flowers in a political admonition attributed to Sul ChongKing slime (Dragon Quest)Dragon Quest · MonsterKing transformed by lower-world waterTagalog narrative in Cole’s collection · Human ruler who becomes a dreadful creature after imitating a miraculous renewalKingambitPokémon · Creature speciesKingdraPokémon · Creature speciesKinglerPokémon · Creature speciesKinglor (Avatar)Avatar · Silk-producing communal insectKinioka kia TumbaKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Repeatedly headed captorKinnaraSouth and Southeast Asian Hindu-Buddhist traditions · Composite celestial beingKinòlyBetsileo marvellous-creature accounts translated by Sibree · Corpse revenantKioa cultural communityLiving peoples & cultures · Living island community; selected heritage and advocacy witnessesKiridy of the Morondava TaleMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Horse-like swallowing monster whose body becomes a landscapeKirin (Monster Hunter)Monster Hunter · Fictional creatureKirliaPokémon · Creature speciesKīrtimukhaSouth Asian and Himalayan religious iconography · Fanged face-of-glory motifKisar bongaSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Household spirit associated with wealth and stolen provisionsKismet bird of Stone-PatienceKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Prophetic visiting birdKite of Cole’s Tagalog creation accountTagalog narratives in Cole’s collection · Bird whose need for a resting place begins the formation of islandsKitila, the Moss-Green PrincessSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Human princess concealed by an enchanted beast skinKitpooseagunowMi’kmaq account mediated through Rand and Leland · Giant magician and formidable hostKitsuneJapanese fox traditions and shrine associations · Fox spiritKitunusiPokomo reported forest traditions · Traditional narrative beingKiwaha in Aukelenuiaiku’s VoyageHawaiian Aukelenuiaiku narrative; Fornander collection witness · Rainbow-providing birdKiyohimeJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Named serpent-transforming womanKlabus and YilahlWintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Mole and gopher personages who restore and shape the landKlangPokémon · Creature speciesKlawfPokémon · Creature speciesKleavorPokémon · Creature speciesKlefkiPokémon · Creature speciesKlingonStar Trek · Fictional peopleKlinkPokémon · Creature speciesKlinklangPokémon · Creature speciesKlixen (Mass Effect)Mass Effect · Insectoid alien creatureKneazle (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Magical feline beastKnife-hand (Chief Mountain’s account)Nisga’a narrative continued by Chief Mountain; recorded by Franz Boas at Kinkolith · Dangerous chieftainess with cutting handsKoča´tkɵ in the Polar-Bear visit taleChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · Gigantic polar-bear-shaped monsterKodamaJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Tree spiritKodo beast (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional domesticated animalKoffingPokémon · Creature speciesKokorereko, Cockerel Chief of DiriunaSelected northeastern Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Speaking fire-bearing bird chiefKokuribabaJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Elderly kitchen apparitionKola SanniyaSri Lankan performed beings · Chief figure of a Sanni mask ensembleKolossCosmere · Fictional creatureKomalaPokémon · Creature speciesKombili of Kamakajaku’s JourneySelected Bugotu, Ysabel Island collected narratives through Codrington · Enormous swallowing fishKommo-oPokémon · Creature speciesKomowTinguian collected traditions · Human-shaped hunting-ground predatorKonoto-ran-guruAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Sea spirit and ruler of dangerous marine beingsKonupki-ot-guruAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Spirit associated with mud and collapsing riverbanksKookwés (Peter Toney’s account)Mi’kmaq story told by Peter Toney to Silas Tertius Rand · Hair-covered cannibal giants deceived by escaping childrenKoomaBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Chief’s daughter associated with a mobile sheltering potKoona, Eel of Wailau and HanaHawaiian narrated traditions · Supernatural eelKoongooroo, Sultan of the CrowsSwahili-language tales in Bateman’s Zanzibar collection · Speaking bird rulerKoraidonPokémon · Creature speciesKorobona’s serpent childWarao narratives presented by William Henry Brett; named narrator McLeod in the surrounding frame · Slain child reconstituted as an invulnerable warriorKorokThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional peopleKorōkaJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Lantern apparitionKosamebōJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · Rain monk apparitionKoshchei the DeathlessEast Slavic collected tales translated by Ralston · Supernatural captor with variant death mechanismsKosode-no-teJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · Animated garmentKoto-furunushiJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Animated zitherKotokely (Ferrand and Renel Witnesses)Betsimisaraka collected creature notices · Bearded forest dwarfKrabbyPokémon · Creature speciesKraid (Metroid)Metroid · Giant projectile-firing antagonistKrakenNorwegian sea-creature reports and English poetic reception · Enormous maritime creatureKraken (A Song of Ice and Fire)A Song of Ice and Fire · Reported sea monsterKrayt dragonStar Wars · Alien creatureKricketotPokémon · Creature speciesKricketunePokémon · Creature speciesKroganMass Effect · Fictional peopleKrokorokPokémon · Creature speciesKrookodilePokémon · Creature speciesKrooth (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureKryknaStar Wars · Six-legged predatorKrynoidDoctor Who · Fictional parasitic plantKsemnä’osö (Matthias’s account)Tsimshian story told by Matthias of Metlakatla and recorded by Franz Boas · Mountain-lion wife with regenerative bodyKshemaṅkara and the two truth-actsIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Bodisat prince whose stolen sight is restored through two declarations of truthKtunaxa PeopleKtunaxa / Kootenai / Ksanka · Living Indigenous peopleKu-ula, Fish Deity of the Hana AccountHawaiian narrated traditions · Transforming deityKu´rġu-ñe´ut, Spider-WomanChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · Ancestral spider-womanKu´urkịl in Qo´tirġịn’s raven taleChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · Mythic raven and deceptive husbandKubfuPokémon · Creature speciesKubrowWarframe · Fictional creatureKūʻīlioloaHawaiian moʻolelo; Westervelt’s great-dog account · Great dog shapeshifterKui of Liubo MountainShanhaijing creatures · One-footed thunder beastKukama Kukamiria peopleDiverse Kukama and Kukamiria communities in the Peruvian Amazon · Living Indigenous peopleKukamaulunuiakeaHawaiian Kaulu narrative; Fornander collection witness · Coral-covered king of sharksKulitaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Fierce drummer-associated warrior spiritKulu-Ya-KuMonster Hunter · Bird WyvernKumagdlak’s living arrowsPolar Inuit of Smith Sound (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Animated defensive weaponsKumbhakarṇaRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Sleeping rākṣasa giantKumongaGodzilla · Fictional creatureKumonngoeBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Milk-producing fabulous treeKumutonga-i-te-po and Karaia-i-te-ataSelected Mangaian narratives recorded by Gill · Paired underworld fairy womenKundakZoroastrian textual beings · Wizard’s demonic steedKunigseqGodthaab, West Greenland Inuit (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Magician visiting the inhabited underworldKunikdjuaq (bear foster-son)Eastern Canadian Arctic narratives recorded by Franz Boas; precise narrator unspecified in selected passage · Human-reared speaking bear and providerKupuaNative Hawaiian traditions · Transforming supernatural beingKurama (Naruto)Naruto · Fictional chakra beastKurangaitukuTe Arawa Māori public narratives; Hatupatu and Rotorua · Bird-associated womanKurayarōJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated saddleKuriBori spirit representations recorded by Tremearne · Bori spiritKuritaMindanao narrative in Cole’s Moro section · Many-limbed land-and-sea monsterKurreahs of the Narran Lake AccountNoongahburrah Narran accounts in K. Langloh Parker’s collection · Water-taking predatory beingsKurupíParaguayan and Argentine Litoral popular traditions · Sexually threatening forest beingKushala DaoraMonster Hunter · Elder DragonKutkoro kamuiAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Unseen cross-valley spirits served by hawksKutsutsuraJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated footwearKuvokuvoe and Buabuaga Sea-FolkSelected northeastern Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Transformed sea-dwelling peopleKwama (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Colony-forming insectoid animalKwang-Jui’s fish-form river godChinese tales retold by Macgowan · River spirit in fish formKweemoo, the Loon MagicianMi’kmaq narrative translated by Silas Tertius Rand; individual teller unnamed in chapter · Prophetic loon, protector and spouseKweku TsinGold Coast collected and arranged tales · Transforming trickster’s sonKworromHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Road-root spirit that trips travellersKyogrePokémon · Creature speciesKyōkotsuJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Skeletal well apparitionKyōrinrinJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated scripturesKyubimonDigimon · Nine-tailed fox DigimonKyuremPokémon · Creature species
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La DiablesseMartinique folklore in Lafcadio Hearn's literary account · Deceptive female apparitionLa Fantasma (Latcham’s account)Locally attributed Chilean narratives in Vicuña Cifuentes’s 1915 collection · Growing nocturnal apparitionLa LloronaMexican and Mexican American traditions; wider Latin American variants · Ghostly figureLa LolaChilean mining and mountain oral traditions · Mining apparition with differing regional historiesLa Mona (Guanacaste)Guanacaste, Costa Rica; modern retellings · Woman transformed into a nocturnal simian apparitionLabatutChapada do Apodi and Northeastern Brazilian storytelling · Regional child-frightening ogreLabret woman and Evening Sky (Moses’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Moses at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Supernatural bride and her motherLadonAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Golden-apple guardian dragonLady Li’s incense apparition in HearnChinese legends mediated through Hearn · Recalled apparition of a dead imperial favouriteLady Pigeon of the Comb TaleNamed-narrator Basque tales in Webster’s collection · Bird-and-mare transforming magical brideLagiacrusMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureLagombiMonster Hunter · Cold-adapted fanged beastLaidly Worm of Spindleston HeughNorthumberland ballad-derived legend in Jacobs’s retelling · Enchanted dragon princessLaironPokémon · Creature speciesLake Alligators of the Baš Čelik QuestSerbian collected tale: Baš Čelik · Escalating many-headed water monstersLake bulls (Melivilu’s Maquehua accounts)Mapuche narratives with named witnesses in Guevara’s historical collection · Water animals whose meat resists ordinary consumptionLake dragon attacking the Gryphons’ nestTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Long-necked water monster defeated on shoreLake Guide of Thakane’s QuestBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Underwater-dwelling old woman and supernatural helperLake of the Beginning helpers (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Living animal helpers and transformed regaliaLake-Drinking Woman of the Niamatsane TaleBasotho narrative recorded by Eugène Casalis · Human woman changed by fabulous-animal liverLake-Palace Fiend of the Hasty WordRussian collected narrative through Ralston · Bride-offering fiend in aged-man guiseLala BarinaMonster Hunter · Temnoceran monsterLala of the golden-children Peri-QueenKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Enormous supernatural court servantLambkin and Little Fish SiblingsGerman collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Two enchanted human siblingsLambton WormCounty Durham legend in Jacobs’s Henderson-based retelling · Regional dragonLamiñak in Webster’s Household AccountsBasque narratives collected chiefly in Labourd · Collective supernatural household visitorsLamp-smoke Dēvatāwā and DēvatāwīSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Ironwood-tree couple whose conversation reveals a hidden cobraLampalaguaChilean regional oral traditions · Subterranean monstrous serpentLampentPokémon · Creature speciesLand octopus (Elden Ring)Elden Ring · MonsterLand Otter people (Boas’s versions)Tsimshian accounts recorded by Franz Boas; earlier German witness and later English insertion · Transforming rescuers and deceptive boatsLandorusPokémon · Creature speciesLandstriderThe Dark Crystal · Fictional riding animalLangsuirMalay Peninsula traditions in historical collection · Long-nailed female revenantLaṅkā (guardian goddess)Rāmāyaṇa named beings · City guardian in rakshasi semblanceLanturnPokémon · Creature speciesLaprasPokémon · Creature speciesLarkinCosmere · Fictional creatureLarvestaPokémon · Creature speciesLarvitarPokémon · Creature speciesLashuntaStarfinder · Fictional peopleLast universal common ancestorOrigins of life · Ancestral hypothesisLatiasPokémon · Creature speciesLatiosPokémon · Creature speciesLau-ka-ieieSelected Hawaiian narratives collected by Westervelt · Leaf and vine-bodied kupuaLaughing dried fish of the fugitive princeSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking preserved fish that foretells danger and carries its rescuer to shoreLaughing skull husband in Rịke´wġi’s taleChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · Skull that acquires a human bodyLawless Beast of MacConglinneyMedieval Irish satirical Vision through Meyer, Nutt and Jacobs · Personified appetite monsterLaza tiger (Dune)Dune · Fictional engineered predatorLe FeʻeSamoan traditions; Turner's separately identified local versions · Octopus-form deityLe Sa in Turner’s Local AccountsSamoan local deity accounts in George Turner’s collection · Lizard, owl and centipede-associated deityLeafeonPokémon · Creature speciesLeavannyPokémon · Creature speciesLechonkPokémon · Creature speciesLedianPokémon · Creature speciesLedybaPokémon · Creature speciesLegianaMonster Hunter · Flying WyvernLegion (God of War)God of War · Summoned magical attackersLeiShanhaijing creatures · Self-generating beastLeileiShanhaijing creatures · Two-headed birdLeishen of Thunder Marsh (雷神)Chinese legendary beings · Human-headed dragon-bodied thunder spiritLekgolo (Halo)Halo · Colonial collectively sapient alien speciesLelsingSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Mongoose-shaped royal son and retaliating tricksterLeobuBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Animal-named messenger in an origin-of-death legendLeomonDigimon · Lion-headed beast-man DigimonLeopard Tortoise (|Xam tale)|Xam collected narratives · Deceptive animal personLeopard-Man (Yoruba tale)Yoruba collected tales · Animal shapeshifterLepe-a-moaHawaiian moʻolelo associated with Kauaʻi, Kapālama and Oʻahu · Bird-human shapeshifterLephantisWarframe · Fictional creatureLepidodendronPaleozoic plants · Extinct plant genusLeprechaunIrish regional names in Croker’s selected edition · Solitary fairy craftsmanLeptophrys voraxVampyrellid amoebae · Living freshwater amoebaLernaean HydraAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Many-headed water monsterLeshen (The Witcher)The Witcher · Fictional creatureLeshyRussian woodland narrative through Afanasief and Ralston · Forest being in humanlike guiseLethifold (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Cloak-like nocturnal predatorLeucrocottaLatin Christian bestiary tradition; selected English manuscript · Composite bestiary beastLeveret bride in Parker’s No. 223Sri Lankan animal-spouse tales collected by H. Parker · Hare bride who removes an animal jacketLeviathanBiblical creatures: Book of Job · Mighty aquatic monsterLeviathan (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Aquatic dragon summonLi Lamya / Was NawaMiskito and Sumu water-being terminology · Maned river predatorLiang-Shinron (Dragon Ball GT)Dragon Ball · Fictional pollution dragonLiangquShanhaijing creatures · Tiger-clawed warfare-omen mammalLibrary Ghost (Ghostbusters)Ghostbusters · Transforming apparitionLickanantay peopleIndigenous peoples of the Andes · Living Indigenous peopleLicker (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional bioweaponLickilickyPokémon · Creature speciesLickitungPokémon · Creature speciesLictor (Warhammer 40,000)Warhammer · Tyranid infiltrating bioformLiddesdale’s Supernatural PloughmanScottish Gaelic tale from Morven · Contract-bound supernatural labourerLielie, the Returning WifeBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Killed wife who returns to lifeLien-hsiangChinese literary supernatural narratives · Healing fox woman who later returns in human lifeLiepardPokémon · Creature speciesLife-Egg Sisters of the Búkolla TaleIcelandic Búkolla and Helga collected narrative · Ogress sisters sharing an external lifeLife-Linked Cat of TitichaneRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Dancing cat whose death is shared by a human clanLight Fury (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Daylight-concealing dragonLight-bearing Ox of the Shining PrincessProvenance differs: chapter labelled ’Msuto; preface attributes Shining Princess to Mapoch contributors · Flying speaking ox with transformative powerLightning of the Adasen journeyTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Speaking lightning that tests father and son before a dangerous journeyLihuShanhaijing creatures · Human-footed waterbirdLikanga in Camilla’s Koua TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Human-form predatory bridegroom overcome by his nameLikāvaka, the Shore Ogre in Kave’s TaleAloisio Kave Ineleo’s Tokelau narrative · Finger-pointing shore ogreLike LikeThe Legend of Zelda · MonsterLikhoLocated East Slavic collected narratives in Ralston’s English translation · Personified misfortune with one-eyed female and blind male witnessesLikololo, the Rescuing FrogLouyi collected marriage tale · Traditional narrative beingLilahloaneBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Girl rapidly raised beneath a poolLileepPokémon · Creature speciesLiliShanhaijing creatures · Boar-like omen beastLilligantPokémon · Creature speciesLillipupPokémon · Creature speciesLillymonDigimon · Digital monsterLimo of ’Maliepetsane’s TaleBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Large human-eating pursuerLimokon of the Mandaya origin taleMandaya narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Speaking dove whose eggs yield the first human pairLin of Mount YijuShanhaijing creatures · Armored tiger-clawed dogLinglingShanhaijing creatures · Tiger-striped bovine flood omenLingyu (陵魚)Shanhaijing creatures · Human-faced fish with hands and feetLinoonePokémon · Creature speciesLiombe-KalalaLouyi collected fabulous-animal account · Traditional narrative beingLion and bull raised as brothersIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Foster brothers separated by a jackal’s invented threatsLion Child of Takalasi’s HouseholdBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Speaking lion acknowledged as the hosts’ childLion in a Woman’s Skin (Southern African tale)Southern African compiled animal tales · Skin-disguised predatorLion King Who Grants Hammed’s Milk GiftTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Speaking ruler of lionsLion Prince (The Singing Springing Lark)German collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Enchanted human princeLion That Demanded the Tear-Licked Hunter|Xam collected early-race narratives · Speaking lion with exceptional resistance to weaponsLion who traces the beasts’ panicIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Speaking lion who investigates a frightening noiseLion-Man of Moutipi’s TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Lion who adopts a human appearance to claim a promised childLion-Man of the Friendship ArgumentKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Human–lion shapeshifterLioness Bride of Kimona-ngombeKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Animal bride and predatorLioness of Ddi-xerreten’s Tale|Xam collected narratives · Speaking lionessLiongoSwahili narratives in Steere’s bilingual collection · Legendary warrior and poetLions Jealous of the Ostrich’s Voice|Xam collected animal fables · Former human animal figuresLiquid metal slime (Dragon Quest)Dragon Quest · MonsterLisikita, Ghost-Associated OwlLouyi collected accounts · Omen birdLita’s cat, otter and ratSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Three rescued animals whose different skills recover a stolen wishing ringLitleoPokémon · Creature speciesLitokotokoBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Girl whose removed hands and feet can be restoredLittenPokémon · Creature speciesLittle and TrittleIcelandic collected narrative; Carl’s Son, Little, Trittle, and the Birds · Tiny summoned helpersLittle Anklebone (Gîrî; Gitetâ Râm)Punjabi collected folktales · Dead shepherd’s animated bone whose piping gathers animalsLittle Bonnach (Russet Dog’s Tale)Scottish Gaelic fable adapted by Jacobs · Living food characterLittle Brother as RoeGerman collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Enchanted human childLittle Bull-Calf (Jacobs)British Romani tale collected by John Sampson and adapted by Jacobs · Speaking sacrificial animal helperLittle Fatima’s yellow cow motherPersian tale beings · Dead mother transformed into a magical helper cowLittle hunting dogChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Ant-sized supernatural hunting dogLittle Owl Husband of MaewoMaewo (Aurora), Vanuatu · White owl who becomes a manLittle People of What-you-willMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Unseen garden-dwellers who emerge at night and take riceLittle Pitch (Philip’s account)Nisga’a narratives told by Moses and Philip at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Personified substance and murdered hostLittle Red-Cap’s WolfGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Speaking and impersonating wolfLittle Tick Bride in Pedroso’s TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXVIII · Enchanted princess in tick formLittle Wild-Rose, the Radiant ChildRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Miraculously appearing fostered maidenLitwickPokémon · Creature speciesLiving abalone bow (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Animate sea-borne object and hereditary crestLiving canoes of Chief Peace (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Animate maritime vesselsLiving copper salmon (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Animate mineral in fish formLiving Fat-Giving Cow of Sierra LeoneSierra Leone tales arranged by Cronise and Ward · Fantastic accommodating animalLiving jar (Elden Ring)Elden Ring · Construct peopleLiving skulls (Saco ball game)Penobscot-labelled Maria Saksis narrative · Animated predatory game objectsLiwa (Conzemius’s water-spirit account)Miskito and Sumu regional names in Conzemius’s survey · Dangerous water being that assumes a woman’s formLizalfosThe Legend of Zelda · MonsterLizard opposing GaokerenaZoroastrian cosmological beings · Hostile cosmic water creatureLizard Prince of the Gawo TreeHausa manuscript tales in Rattray's bilingual edition · Animal-form royal rescuerLizard-lion (A Song of Ice and Fire)A Song of Ice and Fire · Fictional aquatic predatorLizardfolk (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional peopleLlalliñ KuséMapuche weaving traditions and contemporary artisans’ testimony · Sacred spider and patron of weavingLlastayDiaguita and northwestern Argentine public traditions · Protector associated with wild animals and travelLlul llulMapuche narratives with named witnesses in Guevara’s historical collection · Marine water-owner and weather-associated animalLo´lhịlịn in I´rmị’s taleChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · Giants whose food transforms a captiveLobizónArgentine Litoral, southern Brazilian and Paraguayan popular traditions · Regional were-animal and death-associated beingLocathah (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional peopleLoftwing (The Legend of Zelda)The Legend of Zelda · Companion riding birdLog, the Alder-Born HeroFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Wood-born transforming heroLogobola’ (Philip’s Nass River account)Nisga’a narratives told by Moses and Philip at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Fog-controlling river rivalLokixPokémon · Creature speciesLombrePokémon · Creature speciesLomden the HareTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Animal trickster who poses as an imperial envoy to save a sheep and lambLongfin inshore squidColeoid cephalopods · Living marine squidLongzhiShanhaijing creatures · Nine-headed nine-tailed fox monsterLongzhi of Mount KunwuShanhaijing creatures · Horned piglike beastLoon-associated healer (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Supernatural healer at a lakeLoparThe Wheel of Time · Fictional animalLopmonDigimon · Three-horned beast DigimonLopunnyPokémon · Creature speciesLore (The Dark Crystal)The Dark Crystal · Fictional constructed living-stone beingLotadPokémon · Creature speciesLoth-catStar Wars · Alien creatureLoth-wolfStar Wars · Alien creatureLoudredPokémon · Creature speciesLouhi, Hostess of PohjolaKalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Shapeshifting epic matriarchLuShanhaijing creatures · Winged terrestrial fishLucarioPokémon · Creature speciesLucas’s strength-bearing serpentPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Serpent whose tail contains a strength charmLudicoloPokémon · Creature speciesLugiaPokémon · Creature speciesLuhpalili / TisniniMiskito and Sumu forest-being terminology · Small predator of larger beastsLukala in Na Nzua’s TaleKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking river personificationLumabetBagobo narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Bagobo wonder-worker who leads followers to the skyLumawig in Cole’s Igorot narrativesIgorot narratives in Cole’s collection · Sacred creator and culture teacher who lives among people and returns to the skyLumawig’s two flood-making sonsIgorot narratives in Cole’s collection · Unnamed divine brothers who flood the world to obtain hunting groundsLumineonPokémon · Creature speciesLunagaronMonster Hunter · Fanged WyvernLunalaPokémon · Creature speciesLunastraMonster Hunter · Elder DragonLunatonePokémon · Creature speciesLundiyo, Night CallerLouyi collected accounts · Omen birdLung lichen — Lobaria pulmonariaLichen-forming fungi · Living speciesLungile, Singer of the Buck-Releasing SongSouthern African tale in Bourhill and Drake’s collection · Human heroine performing a disenchantmentLungta (windhorse)Himalayan sacred animal imagery · Auspicious horse image and ritual conceptLuoyuShanhaijing creatures · Flood-omen winged fishLurantisPokémon · Creature speciesLuridan of the Orcadian Familiar AccountOrcadian spirit accounts in historical printed extracts · Household and aerial spiritLurker (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional amphibian bioweaponLurker (StarCraft)StarCraft · Burrowing ambush creatureLushuShanhaijing creatures · Horse-like striped beastLuvdiscPokémon · Creature speciesLuwuShanhaijing creatures · Nine-tailed tiger-bodied guardianLuxioPokémon · Creature speciesLuxrayPokémon · Creature speciesLuz MalaRural Argentine and Uruguayan traditions · Luminous hauntingLycanrocPokémon · Creature speciesLynelThe Legend of Zelda · MonsterLynx and his household (Kamloops)Shuswap narratives collected at Kamloops in Boas1895 · Animal-person father and magically restored providerLystrosaurusNon-mammalian synapsids · Extinct genus
M
M’bororéMission-region legends in João Simões Lopes Neto’s literary collection · Watchful guardian of a sealed treasure houseMa-DambacheHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Boxer spirit associated with YerimaMā’ohi cultural communities of Mo’oreaLiving peoples & cultures · Living cultural communitiesMaam mother (Arawak)Arawak hunting narrative recorded by Roth · Bird-associated forest spiritMaasaiLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleMaatAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Divine personificationMabaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Singing companion of the youthful spiritsMabait’s duende friendPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Small benefactor and possessing spiritMabosstiffPokémon · Creature speciesMac Connachar (Kayn’s Healer)Gaelic wonder tale; Jacobs’s combined Kayn narrative · Giant-scale healer and seafaring heroMachampPokémon · Creature speciesMachinedramonDigimon · Digital monsterMachokePokémon · Creature speciesMachopPokémon · Creature speciesMacobebaPernambuco newspaper fiction and Brazilian modernist literature · Authored monster with folkloric receptionMacraDoctor Who · Fictional crustacean predatorMadhu (Devī-Māhātmya)Devī-Māhātmya named asuras · Primordial asuraMadjitâtâ of OuarglaOuargla narratives collected by Basset · Exceptionally small, divinely granted ogre-slayerMadremonteColombian regional forest traditions, including Tolima and Antioquia · Forest guardianMãe do OuroMission-region legends in João Simões Lopes Neto’s literary collection · Guardian soul of mineral-bearing mountainsMafuShanhaijing creatures · Human-faced tiger predatorMafuiʻeSamoan fire and earthquake tradition; selected Turner telling · Named subterranean deityMagajin YauraHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Bori spirit in a historical performance accountMagbangalBukidnon narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · One-armed hunter who becomes a planting constellationMagbyPokémon · Creature speciesMagcargoPokémon · Creature speciesMagearnaPokémon · Creature speciesMagic bird of Ahmad and MahmadPersian tale beings · Mountain bird whose head and liver bring kingship and nightly wealthMagic coney in The Blessing of the MendicantKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Animal whose flesh passes a wealth-giving blessing to a childMagic Pot (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Item-demanding pot creatureMagician and his ungrateful pupilIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Teacher of mountain-fetching magic whose pupil loses the borrowed artMagician Father in Love with a StatuePiedmontese tale from Monferrato · Restorative magician in physician guiseMagician Innkeepers of the CobblerMilanese tale · Murderous magician coupleMagikarpPokémon · Creature speciesMagma wyrm (Elden Ring)Elden Ring · Transformed draconic creatureMagmarPokémon · Creature speciesMagmortarPokémon · Creature speciesMagnaAngemonDigimon · Digital monsterMagnamaloMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureMagnamonDigimon · Armor Holy Knight DigimonMagnemitePokémon · Creature speciesMagnetonPokémon · Creature speciesMagnezonePokémon · Creature speciesMagpies of the Star River bridgeKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Birds that join their heads and wings into a yearly celestial crossingMagsawiTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Speaking, traveling heirloom jar with a family of jarsMaha-Mudā (Great Happiness)Sri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Yaksanī’s daughter who helps her husband reach healing flowersMahākaṇha, Mātali’s black-hound formBuddhist Jātaka narratives in Rouse’s English translation · Divine charioteer transformed into a houndMahalbiyaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Nighttime markswoman spiritMahelethumas of Kooma’s TaleBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Mud-smeared escorts who threaten to eat their chargesMahiṣāsura (Mahiṣa)Devī-Māhātmya named asuras · Shape-changing buffalo asuraMahon Mac Mahon of the Giant’s StairsIrish local giant legend; Croker’s Giant’s Stairs · Giant ruler of a rock-hidden courtMahtigwess / AbleegumoochDistinct Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy and Abenaki witnesses assembled by Leland · Rabbit trickster and magicianMai-AskaHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountMai-BulalaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Whip-bearing spiritMai-ChibiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · War-encouraging navel-associated spiritMai-FitillaHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountMai-GangaddiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Nodding spirit associated with sleepMai-KasosowaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Armed grove spiritMai-LemaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Canopy-associated leader of youthful spiritsMai-NassaraHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Amulet-wearing youthful spiritMaiden whose blood becomes rubiesBengali collected folktales · Severed-headed woman restored by a golden rod beneath the seaMaihisikiriWarao and Arawak accounts distinguished by Roth · Spouse-impersonating forest spiritMainākaRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Winged speaking mountainMainomatiSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Named Kisar bonga associated with buried wealthMainu the FrogKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Sky-traveling animal messengerMakani-kauSelected Hawaiian narratives collected by Westervelt · Wind-bodied kupua and travelerMakaraSouth and Southeast Asian religious iconography · Composite aquatic beingMakonaima’s son (Brett’s Acawoi account)Acawoi account in Brett’s collection; narrator unnamed · First human and guardian of speaking animalsMakuhitaPokémon · Creature speciesMakuragaeshiJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Sleeping-room apparitionMala Hora (Mochó)Mochó narrative from Motozintla, Chiapas; comparative New Mexican witness · Deceptive nocturnal woman in a recorded narrativeMalamarPokémon · Creature speciesMalavisiónParaguayan popular tradition and authored retellings · Forest apparition with differing narrative identitiesMalboro (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Fictional creatureMaleku (Malecu)Maleku communities · Living Indigenous people and communitiesMalianeBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Whirlwind-transforming heroineMalik Mahmad and Sultan MahmadPersian tale beings · Twin brothers whose bodies become goldMallam AlhajiHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountMallam Ali GesheHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountMallam AlkaliHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountMallam Dan KalgoHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountMallam Dan SangammiHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountMallam DuwatsuHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountMallam MusheHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Prayer-board-reading Little Spots spiritMalzenoMonster Hunter · Elder DragonMam peopleMam communities in Mesoamerica and diaspora · Living Indigenous peopleMamalaHawaiian moʻolelo associated with Kou and Honolulu harbour · Surf-riding supernatural chiefessMami WataWest and Central African water-spirit traditions and African Atlantic adaptations · Water spiritMamonyoheBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Restoring mother of a serpent husbandMamoswinePokémon · Creature speciesMan in the Moon of Daniel O’RourkeIrish literary folklore; Croker’s selected Daniel O’Rourke narrative · Hostile lunar dream inhabitantMan o’ the Hill (The Old Dame and Her Hen)Norwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Individual subterranean ogreMan with the Great Cutlass in JunodRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Predatory human-form host of a deceptive villageMan-Eating Boar of Ker’s Boar SlayerSelected northeast-coast Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Village-threatening boarMan-eating Rat of TaaneaTongan narrative set in Vavaʻu · Supernatural predatory ratMan-snake bridegroom (Jamaica)Jamaican narratives: Richard Morgan, Santa Cruz Mountains; Matilda Hall, Harmony Hall; William Forbes, Dry River · Human-disguised predatory serpent spouseManannán mac Lir (Cormac’s Visit)Irish literary tradition; Cormac’s Otherworld journey · Otherworld lord and transforming hostManannán’s Renewing PigsIrish literary tradition; Cormac’s Otherworld journey · Mythic food-providing animal herdManaphyPokémon · Creature speciesMandaGodzilla · Fictional creatureMāndhātar (Mūrdhaja)Beings in Schiefner/Ralston’s Indian-derived Tibetan tales · Crown-born golden ruler whose desire exceeds his powerMandibuzzPokémon · Creature speciesMandragora (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Sentient plant peopleManectricPokémon · Creature speciesManga, Manolabahy and BaolavaMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Three human brothers transformed into dog, boar and crocodileMangabangabanaRonga collected tales · Traditional narrative beingMangathais in Curtin’s Buryat accountsBuryat narratives recorded by Jeremiah Curtin · Hostile beings with varied bodies and separable livesManggus pair of the Pig’s Head SoothsayerMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Life-devouring spirits disguised as a maiden and he-goatManglalabas of BalubadPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Treasure-haunting apparitionMaṇikaṇṭha (Jewel-throat)Buddhist Jātaka narrative beings · Jewel-bearing nāga kingMankeyPokémon · Creature speciesMankiánMapuche and Lafkenche sacred narratives · Stone-transformed cultural figure and water guardianManman birdShanhaijing creatures · Paired one-winged birdManman of the Luo RiverShanhaijing creatures · Mouse-bodied turtle-headed creatureManoharāBeings of the Sudhana avadāna · Kinnari princess whose flight jewel is takenManticoreGreek descriptions associated with Persian and Indian travel accounts · Man-faced composite predatorManticore (A Song of Ice and Fire)A Song of Ice and Fire · Fictional venomous invertebrateManticore (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional monsterManticore (Warhammer)Warhammer · Winged leonine fantasy predatorMantinePokémon · Creature speciesMantis (|Xam narratives)|Xam collected narratives · Transforming tricksterMantykePokémon · Creature speciesManubada, Great Hawk of Ker’s TalesSelected northeastern Papuan accounts collected by Annie Ker · Great narrative hawkMany-Eyed Giver of Magic EggsSierra Leone collected tales · Testing and rewarding spiritMany-legged escape reindeer in Vịyê´nto’s taleChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · Supernatural reindeer mountMany-mouthed Woman in the Hausa Hunter TaleHausa collected tales · Shapeshifting predatory beingManzo BabaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Great messenger and wizard spiritManzo KaramiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Little messenger estranged from his brotherMaoma (旄馬)Shanhaijing creatures · Hair-jointed horse-like beastMāoriLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleMapinguariBrazilian Amazonian narratives; Kujubim oral witness and university media retelling · Giant forest predator in Amazonian folkloreMapucheLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleMaractusPokémon · Creature speciesMarawaBanks Islands, especially Mota and Vanua Lava · Spider-associated shape-changing spiritMārayā in the physician’s bottleSri Lankan tales in Parker, Volume III · Death personified, trapped by a physicianMarduk's tomb creature (Stargate)Stargate · Fictional enclosed predatorMare who travels twelve kos through the airSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Speaking horse whose aerial speed is overheard by the monkey boyMareaniePokémon · Creature speciesMareepPokémon · Creature speciesMargaret of the Boray Island PoemSelected Orcadian literary and narrated accounts · Seal-form spirit in literary verseMaria’s crab mother and wishing treePhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Maternal animal apparition and transforming remainsMaria’s speaking fighting cockPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Prophetic animal helperMārīcaRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Deer-transforming rākṣasaMarie KirikitounBasque narratives collected chiefly in Labourd · Named supernatural sewing helper with a name-bargainMarillPokémon · Creature speciesMarineAngemonDigimon · Digital monsterMarmaraHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Rigid water-associated spirit and friend of DakakiMarowakPokémon · Creature speciesMarquesans (Ènana / Ènata)Living peoples & cultures · Living cultural communitiesMarsh-wiggleThe Chronicles of Narnia · Fictional peopleMarshadowPokémon · Creature speciesMarshallese cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living cultural and language communitiesMarshtompPokémon · Creature speciesMarula and Fig Guides of Maholia’s SearchProvenance differs: chapter labelled ’Msuto; preface attributes Shining Princess to Mapoch contributors · Speaking fruit trees in a rescue journeyMarusia, the Returning Flower BrideRussian collected narrative through Afanasief and Ralston · Dead woman returning through flower transformationMary Kerwan (Weasel)Irish tale through Douglas Hyde and Jacobs · Penitent human-animal shapeshifterMasakiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Weaver spirit with shuttle and treadling representationMasala Mbubulwa in Camilla’s Halandi TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Giant sala fruits forming an armed pursuing companyMaschiffPokémon · Creature speciesMasilo of the Zebra TransformationBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Man transformed into a zebra after eating forbidden meatMasilonyane of the Heart-BirdBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Murdered brother whose heart becomes a revealing birdMason Wasp (|Xam tale)|Xam collected narratives · Former-human insect personMasquerainPokémon · Creature speciesMassangMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Bull-headed heroic beingMassang’s span-high witchMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Tiny Schimnu antagonistMassariol in Bernoni’s Venetian AccountsVenetian historical collected narrative in Crane’s selection · Mischievous domestic spiritMastadge (Stargate)Stargate · Fictional domesticated desert animalMastermaid’s GiantNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Individual supernatural giant masterMatinta PereiraBrazilian Amazonian traditions, especially northern regional narratives · Transforming nocturnal bird-and-woman figureMatkiNahua and Sierra Popoluca narratives of Veracruz, Mexico · Forest beings and dangerous supernatural spousesMatlazihuaOaxacan regional legends, Mexico · Nocturnal female apparitionMatukutakotako in Grey’s Rata NarrativeMāori narratives edited and translated in Grey’s collection · Underground human-eater with a periodic emergenceMatuu in Turner’s Heron AccountSamoan traditions recorded by George Turner · Heron-associated war deity and transformation figureMauary and Sleep (Rio Branco tale)Rio Branco animal tale in Rodrigues · Bird confronting approaching personified sleepMaui Atalanga (Tongan Telling)Tongan traditions recorded by Collocott · Divine culture figureMaui in Gill’s Mangaian Fire and Sky NarrativesMangaian narratives in Gill’s collected witness · Transforming guardian and culture heroMaui Kijikiji (Tongan Telling)Tongan traditions recorded by Collocott · Divine culture hero and tricksterMaui Motua (Tongan Fire Tale)Tongan traditions recorded by Collocott · Divine Underworld fire keeperMaui the Third in the Manihiki NarrativeManihiki and Rakahanga regional accounts in Gill · Island-raising and transforming culture heroMauike, Mangaian Keeper of FireMangaian narratives in Gill’s collected witness · Fire deity and underworld strongmanMauritian Creole cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living cultural communities; selected heritage and language documentationMausholdPokémon · Creature speciesMawilePokémon · Creature speciesMāyāvī (Rāmāyaṇa demon)Rāmāyaṇa named beings · Cave-retreating vanara rivalMaymūnahArabian Nights named supernatural figures · Winged protective jinniyah in the NightsMayrah, the Wind Bringing PlentyNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Personified seasonal windMbalangwéLouyi collected Mbalangwé tale · Traditional extraordinary humanMbaxi a KokaKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Animal escape tricksterMbói Tu’iParaguayan popular and literary mythology; Capiatá museum reception · Serpent-parrot hybrid and wetland guardianMbulu a NgongaKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking jackal companionMbulu in the Stolen-Clothes TaleXhosa tales collected under Theal’s direction · Tailed human impersonatorMbumba LuanguMayombe reported rainbow traditions · Traditional narrative beingMbwasheheCoastal East African reports in Alice Werner’s 1915 notes · Black slug believed to prevent food from cookingMchaawee (Zanzibar cannibal magician)Swahili tales in Bateman’s translation · Predatory magicianMeamei, the Seven SistersNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Sky-dwelling sister groupMearas (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Exceptional horse lineageMẽbengôkre (Kayapó)Mẽbengôkre communities · Living Indigenous people and diverse communitiesMecha-mynah (Dragon Quest)Dragon Quest · Clockwork bird monsterMechagodzillaGodzilla · Fictional creatureMedichamPokémon · Creature speciesMedicine bear (John Ax’s account)John Ax’s Cherokee story as recorded by James Mooney · Mind-reading host who returns after dismembermentMedititePokémon · Creature speciesMedusaAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Mortal GorgonMedusoid (Avatar)Avatar · Buoyant airborne faunaMegaGargomonDigimon · Heavy machine DigimonMegaguirusGodzilla · Fictional creatureMegaKabuterimon (Red)Digimon · Digital monsterMegalodonCenozoic marine vertebrates · Extinct speciesMegalonGodzilla · Fictional creatureMeganeuraPaleozoic arthropods · Extinct insect genusMeganiumPokémon · Creature speciesMegidramonDigimon · Catastrophic dragon DigimonMelmetalPokémon · Creature speciesMeloettaPokémon · Creature speciesMeltanPokémon · Creature speciesMelting Child in the Akan Co-wives TaleAkan-Ashanti collected tales · Child-to-fish transformationMelu in Cole’s two Bilaan creation accountsBilaan narratives in Cole’s collection · Great creator whose two tellings use different earth-making materialsMelusineMedieval French Lusignan romance · Fairy-tale and romance figureMem Loimis (Curtin’s Wintu account)Wintu narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Water person and mother whose gift becomes springsMemory-restoring Doves of Snow-white-fire-redSicilian tale in Crane’s English selection · Enchanted speaking bird pairMenders of Men in the Hausa Restoration TaleHausa collected tales · Collective of supernatural human restorersMenehuneNative Hawaiian traditions · Supernatural peopleMenghuaiShanhaijing creatures · Protective red-haired beastMengjiShanhaijing creatures · Concealing leopard-like beastMenmä’ntauk’, the stone-headed peopleLku’ngen narratives in Boas’s 1895 collection, southern Vancouver Island · Stone-headed people of a narrativeMenominee NationMenominee people and community institutions · Living Indigenous nationMenreikiJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated theatrical masksMeowscaradaPokémon · Creature speciesMeowsticPokémon · Creature speciesMeowthPokémon · Creature speciesMerambuto (Mera-mbuto / Mera-Mbito)Selected Ambae / historical Lepers’ Island collected narratives through Codrington · Named antagonistic vuiMerciful ogress who conceals two princessesUpper Indus beings in Swynnerton’s Panjabi tales · Ogress who changes endangered children into fliesMerereua Yurupari (Manaós account)Manaós-attributed account in Rodrigues · Removable skin that transfers a predatory identityMergo's Wet NurseBloodborne · Multi-armed nightmare guardianMermaid (merrow)Irish coastal folklore in nineteenth-century collections · Water beingMermaid of Edmondston’s Seal-Skin RescueSelected Northern Isles sea-person accounts · Marine being in a collected taleMermaid of Gob Ny OoylSelected Manx accounts in Sophia Morrison’s collection · Local sea benefactorMespritPokémon · Creature speciesMessenger of HeboChinese textual creature traditions · Water-trailing supernatural horsemanMester Stove Worm in Dennison’s AccountOrcadian sea narratives recorded by Walter Traill Dennison · Gigantic devouring sea serpent in an Orcadian narrated traditionMetagrossPokémon · Creature speciesMetal slime (Dragon Quest)Dragon Quest · MonsterMetal snakes and copper dogs of Hong’s underworld visionKorean narrated supernatural beings · Infernal animal tormentors in a morally framed visionMetal-eating fly (Alien: Earth)Alien · Extraterrestrial insect-like organismMetalGarurumonDigimon · Digital monsterMetalGreymon (Vaccine)Digimon · Digital monsterMetalSeadramonDigimon · Digital monsterMetangPokémon · Creature speciesMetapodPokémon · Creature speciesMétis of SaskatchewanMétis communities in Saskatchewan · Living Indigenous people, regional scopeMetlakatla First Nation (British Columbia)Metlakatla / Coast Ts’msyen · Living Coast Tsimshian First NationMetroid (species)Metroid · Engineered energy-absorbing lifeformMewPokémon · Creature speciesMewtwoPokémon · Fictional creatureMi’kmaqMi’kmaq communities of Mi’kma’ki · Living Indigenous people with distinct First NationsMichael's experimental creatures (Stargate)Stargate · Fictional engineered predatorsMicura and Cenemue (Rio Negro account)Rio Negro narrative recorded by Barbosa Rodrigues · Opossum and iguana in a bare-tail origin taleMidnight entity (Doctor Who)Doctor Who · Unique possessing entityMienfooPokémon · Creature speciesMienshaoPokémon · Creature speciesMightyenaPokémon · Creature speciesMijikendaLiving peoples & cultures · Living peoplesMikchich / Chick-we-notchkMi’kmaq and Passamaquoddy versions combined by Charles G. Leland · Transforming turtle relative and culture figureMikko, the Fox of Fillmore’s Nursery EpicFinnish-derived animal tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Speaking fox tricksterMikoshiJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Long-necked apparitionMikumwessMi’kmaq narrative through Silas T. Rand’s manuscript · Forest being and magically transformed helperMilceryPokémon · Creature speciesMiloticPokémon · Creature speciesMiltankPokémon · Creature speciesMiluSelected Hawaiian narratives collected by Westervelt · Ruler of the deadMilu’s Liver-Seizing BirdSelected Hawaiian narratives collected by Westervelt · Supernatural attacking birdMime Jr.Pokémon · Creature speciesMimic (Dark Souls)Dark Souls · MonsterMimic (Dragon Quest)Dragon Quest · MonsterMimic (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional creatureMimihBininj; western Arnhem Land traditions · Rock-country spiritMimikyuPokémon · Creature speciesMinccinoPokémon · Creature speciesMind flayerDungeons & Dragons · Fictional creatureMing snakeShanhaijing creatures · Four-winged drought serpentMinga Nudite Milá (Thousand Eyes)Buryat narratives recorded by Jeremiah Curtin · A cattle-destroying monster defeated during a spirit journeyMinhocãoBrazilian regional folklore · Giant aquatic or subterranean creatureMini Auna brothers (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Fire-wielding brothers and restorers of the deadMiniorPokémon · Creature speciesMink / K’äiq (Boas’s Lower Fraser accounts)Lower Fraser narratives in Boas1895 · Fire-acquiring trickster and unsuccessful suitorMink and the fire ransom, SnanaimugSnanaimug narratives in Boas’s 1895 collection · Animal trickster and fire-bringerMink bridegroom (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Animal-person husbandMino-warajiJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated straw clothingMinogame in Hearn’s garden essayJapanese traditions in Hearn’s historical accounts · Long-tailed tortoise of traditional imageryMinotaurAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Bull-headed individualMinotaur (Destiny)Destiny · Fictional synthetic creatureMinotaur (Narnia)The Chronicles of Narnia · Sapient bovine-headed peopleMintuchiAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Water spirits linked with drowning and transformed human soulsMinunPokémon · Creature speciesMiraidonPokémon · Creature speciesMirir, the Combat-Assisting BirdChaouia of the Aurès narrative reprinted by Basset · Legendary bird helper in an attributed lineage narrativeMirri, the Fox’s Cat ServantFinnish-derived animal tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Speaking domestic catMirror-lending bonga captorsSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Male spirits who use grooming objects to attract human womenMiru of MangaiaSelected Mangaian narratives recorded by Gill · Underworld consumer of spiritsMiryek, the speaking stone imageKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Granite colossus who acknowledges the power of burrowing molesMisakMisak communities · Living Indigenous people and regional communitiesMischievous mole (Dragon Quest)Dragon Quest · Shovel-bearing mole monsterMisdreavusPokémon · Creature speciesMismagiusPokémon · Creature speciesMiss Li, later Yen-êrhChinese literary supernatural narratives · Dead woman restored through another bodyMiss Mole and her ambitious fatherKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Speaking mole family whose search for power returns them to their own kindMiss Tsêng, the returning and reborn spiritChinese literary supernatural narratives · Returning ghost subsequently reborn and revivedMistress of ObuBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Woman commanding a fabulous animal and a nocturnal companyMistress SwanAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Swan woman who preserves a devastated communityMistwraithCosmere · Fictional creatureMither of the SeaOrcadian sea narratives collected by Walter Traill Dennison · Invisible seasonal sea spiritMixe peoplesMixe regional communities · Living Indigenous communities and cultural institutionsMîyân Bhûngâ (Sir Buzz)Punjabi collected folktales · Tiny flying helper with immense strength and a succession of fighting formsMiz Mast o Khumar (Prince Sleepy-Head)Persian tale beings · Snake-form princeMizutsuneMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureMmoatiaAkan narratives collected by Rattray · Forest little folkMnemiopsis leidyi — lobate comb jellyCtenophores · Living speciesMo-acha and Shi-achaAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Sea-weather brothers or a whale-shaped rescuer in variant accountsMo-o-inaneaSelected Hawaiian narratives collected by Westervelt · Ancestral dragon-womanMo’s Returning SpiritKorean narratives in Gale’s 1913 translation · Dead wife briefly seen by her grieving husbandMoa (Halo)Halo · Alien flightless colonial farm animalMoa and Uafta, Rotuma’s Rooster and Hen StonesRotuman accounts in MacGregor’s 1932 field notes · Animal-associated sacred stonesMoa of ʻEuaTongan narrative set in ʻEua and Tongatapu · Giant predatory birdMoa, the Gaze-Restraining ChiefPulekula’s written Niuean traditions; S. Percy Smith’s English translation · Chief with destructive gazeMoblinThe Legend of Zelda · MonsterModdey Doo of Peel CastleSelected Manx accounts in Sophia Morrison’s collection · Silent spectral dogMogarzea, the Soul-Robbed PrinceRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Giant-sized prince with exchanged soulMogoi Khan in Curtin’s two eagle-war talesBuryat narratives recorded by Jeremiah Curtin · A two-headed adversary of Khan Herdik with differing vulnerable placesMoguera / M.O.G.U.E.R.A.Godzilla · Fictional creatureMohánMagdalena River and Colombian Andean regional traditions · River beingMoʻoNative Hawaiian traditions · Reptilian water deityMokhali oa MolataBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Human woman transformed by impossible thirstMökkurkálfiOld Norse Eddic tradition · Artificial clay giantMoko, Ngaru’s GrandfatherSelected Mangaian narratives recorded by Gill · Lizard sovereign and protective ancestorMokugyo DarumaJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated wooden-fish instrumentMokumokurenJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Many-eyed house apparitionMoldugaThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureMole-god of the counterfeit villageAinu narratives recorded by Chamberlain · A mole deity who creates a humanlike village to reform two foxesMolgon and MolworGaua / Vanua Lava telling, Banks Islands · Brothers transformed into watercourse stonesMoltresPokémon · Creature speciesMomonjiiJapanese yōkai · Elder apparitionMon CalamariStar Wars · Aquatic sapient peopleMoñáiParaguayan popular narratives and authored Guaraní-language retellings · Landscape guardian or destructive being in differing narrativesMoney-bearing Bird in Pedroso’s Step-motherPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XII · Bird summoned through a fairy’s flower giftMoney-Laying Ass of MontaleTuscan tale from Montale · Wealth-producing fairy-tale animalMonfernoPokémon · Creature speciesMonkey chief who refuses untouched fruitIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Speaking leader who reasons from villagers’ avoidance of fruitMonkey chief whose dream warns of the cauldronIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Bodisat monkey who evacuates his troop after a prophetic dreamMonkey husband of the fruit-eating caveSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Speaking monkey whose human wife leaves their mountain homeMonkey troop rescued from the Tinduka treeIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Speaking monkeys saved by a captive youngster’s diversionMonkey who escapes the tortoise’s invitationTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Speaking forest host who defeats a heart-taking plot and a false echoMonkey who exchanges a damaged tail for a razorIlocano narratives in Cole’s collection · Speaking monkey who exploits a chain of damaged or consumed giftsMonkey-born ninth childSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Human mother’s speaking monkey son who gains rice-filled pumpkins and a flying mareMonkey-Woman in the Hausa Tomato-Farm TaleHausa collected tales · Human-to-monkey shapeshifterMonkeys who carry supposed corpses to treasure cavesTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Speaking animal benefactors deceived by two gardeners’ feigned deathsMonkeys who mistake a reflection for the fallen moonIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Speaking troop misled by its leader’s interpretation of moonlightMonster Family of the Big Men’s KingdomScottish Gaelic Fenian tale collected by J. G. Campbell · Three related giant adversariesMonster XGodzilla · Fictional creatureMonstrous Nightmare (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Self-igniting dragonMonyoheBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Serpent husband in distinct narrative variantsMoogleFinal Fantasy · Fictional peopleMooinaskw, the foster bear (Rand’s accounts)Mi’kmaq accounts relayed by Benjamin Brooks and Mrs. Jim Paul · Talking foster mother in a bear-family origin narrativeMoon Man (southeastern Greenland)Southeastern Greenland Inuit (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Celestial figure who revives a dog and restores a visitor’s heartMoon PresenceBloodborne · Cosmic dream-bound entityMooncalf (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Nocturnal magical beastMooninguggahgul, the Mosquito-Bird SistersNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Ancestral sisters with a bird-form endingMoopsyStar Trek · Bone-consuming predatorMooregoo, the Whirlwind FatherNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Whirlwind-changing ancestral fatherMooroonumildah, the Eyeless Honey-GathererNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Eyeless figure with extraordinary perceptionMooshroom (Minecraft)Minecraft · Mushroom-bearing bovine creatureMorelullPokémon · Creature speciesMorfei the CookLocated East Slavic collected narratives in Ralston’s English translation · Supernatural food-producing servantMorgremPokémon · Creature speciesMorioriLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleMorolaath (Halo)Halo · Alien blind pack predatorMoros of Monte de los GuanacosLocally attributed Chilean narratives in Vicuña Cifuentes’s 1915 collection · Jealous woodland apparitionsMorozko (Frost)Located East Slavic collected narratives in Ralston’s English translation · Personified winter coldMorpekoPokémon · Creature speciesMortar-Legged Elephant TransformationSierra Leone collected tales · Human transformed into an elephantMōryōJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Small woodland demonMosasaurusMesozoic marine reptiles · Extinct genusMoshiri ikkewe chepAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · World-supporting troutMosimoliBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Killed woman restored beneath a poolMosoSamoan traditions; local versions and Savaiʻi landscape association · Named land deity and giantMosoansoanyaneBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Being emerging from an egg and entering an animal’s nostrilsMothemelleBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Fabulous transporting birdMother Friday of the Flax DustTambov-region legend · Personified day enforcing a spinning tabooMother of the white hind witchPunjabi collected folktales · Eye-eating sorceress who restores a boy from ashesMother Owl of Kapoi’s RescueHawaiian narrated traditions · Speaking guardian animalMother Wednesday of the Spinning HouseOryol-region tale · Personified day and deceptive household helperMother-in-law transformed into an assSouthern Indian collected folktales · A human woman changed into an ass by a goddess’s fruitMothimPokémon · Creature speciesMothraGodzilla · Fictional creatureMoulalaLouyi collected fabulous-animal account · Traditional narrative beingMountain banshee (Avatar)Avatar · Fictional creatureMountain game-players encountered by Keel WeeKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Timeless fairy players whose game spans centuriesMountain spirits who sell stone mortarsTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Coercive mountain spiritsMountain Uncle, the unmannerly tigerKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Speaking tiger who threatens his rescuerMountain-goat household (Kamloops)Shuswap narratives collected at Kamloops in Boas1895 · Goat women who transform and return a hunterMountain-goat people (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Animal people who punish waste and reciprocate kindnessMountain-spirit household (fog-origin tale)Smith Sound, northern Greenland; narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Corpse-eating mountain beingsMourning Man Transformed into a Hare|Xam collected narratives; Katkop dialect witness · Human transformed into an animalMouse and Cake Offspring in the Hausa TaleHausa collected tales · Miraculously born animal and edible beingMouse lover and his children (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Animal-person lover and mouse communityMouse Magician of the Rabbit PrinceShangani tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Speaking animal magician and protective adviserMouse Maiden (Mī Paeṭikkī)Sri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Princess who wears a removable mouse-jacket and directs a harvestMouse mother of three extraordinary childrenTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Mouse whose prayers precede the births of a tiger, peacock and human sonMouse Princess of Fillmore’s Forest BrideFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Enchanted princess in a mouse formMouse seeking to have her tail sewn onPersian tale beings · Speaking mouse in an unfinished chain of exchangesMouse Woman (Tate’s accounts)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Animal-person adviser in otherworld encountersMouse-deer who retries the tiger’s contractMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Animal judge who traps a faithless tiger by reconstructing its releaseMouse, Thunderbird’s bride (Lower Fraser)Lower Fraser narratives in Boas1895 · Long-haired animal-person dancer and rejected brideMoutipi in Modouméla’s TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Shapeshifting boy guided by invisible warning feathersMphotanyaneBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Powerful mountain raider among animal peopleMr. Hu, the fox tutorChinese literary supernatural narratives · Fox in human guise and commander of a fox companyMr. Long Body Wum and Miss Thousand Feet PilKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Earthworm and pill millipede whose arranged engagement collapsesMr. MimePokémon · Creature speciesMr. RimePokémon · Creature speciesMr. Spider and Miss FlyVisayan narratives in Cole’s collection · Rejected spider suitor whose vow explains hostility toward fliesMuad'Dib desert mouse (Dune)Dune · Fictional desert animalMuato’a, Also Called AnapouRotuman accounts in MacGregor’s 1932 field notes · Named giant and strong manMuchie Rajah, the enchanted Fish PrinceSouth Indian oral tales in Mary Frere’s collection · Prince punished with fish formMud-armoured lizard and defeated leopardSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking farming rivals whose fight is won with layered mud armourMudbrayPokémon · Creature speciesMudcrab (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Shore-dwelling crustaceanMudkipPokémon · Creature speciesMudsdalePokémon · Creature speciesMuelonaColombian regional rural traditions, including Tolima · Toothed female apparitionMugashaLake Victoria-region reported traditions · Traditional narrative beingMugatoStar Trek · Venomous primate-like predatorMujinaJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Animal in human guiseMukPokémon · Creature speciesMukenge of the Shared MealsKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking animal companion and predatorMukhara, the fish-dividing jackalIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Speaking arbitrator who manipulates two otters into surrendering their catchMukiMining traditions of Peru's central highlands · Subterranean mine guardianMukradi (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureMukwe-Leza, the Rain BirdSubiya collected tales · Traditional narrative beingMula sem cabeçaBrazilian headless-mule traditions · Transforming legendary creatureMulefaHis Dark Materials · Fictional peopleMulha, the Skin-Disguised BeautySwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Human heroine empowered by an ogress skinMullyangah, the Morning-Star Eagle HawkNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Predatory eagle-hawk figure and celestial transformationMultiplying monkeys of the Shan brothers’ taleShan narrative spirits and beings · Talking monkeys whose divided bodies become additional monkeysMûmak (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Giant elephant-like war beastMuncher (Ghostbusters)Ghostbusters · Metal-eating apparitionMunchlaxPokémon · Creature speciesMuṇḍa (Devī-Māhātmya)Devī-Māhātmya named asuras · Asura scout and missile-fighterMunkidoriPokémon · Creature speciesMunnaPokémon · Creature speciesMurkrowPokémon · Creature speciesMurtlap (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Tentacled magical beastMusaiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Subordinate Asben warrior spiritMuscogee NationMuscogee Nation · Living Indigenous nation and cultural communitiesMusharnaPokémon · Creature speciesMushu, the mouse bridegroomPersian tale beings · Speaking mouse who rescues and later mourns his beetle wifeMuskrat (Boas’s Kamloops account)Shuswap narratives collected at Kamloops in Boas1895 · Deceptive killer and lake fugitiveMusqueamxʷməθkʷəy̓əm · Living Indigenous people and communityMusti, Kerttu’s Warning DogFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Talking protective animalMutaliskStarCraft · Flying attack creatureMutelembe and NgungaKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Returning animal witness pairMutton vindaloo beast (Red Dwarf)Red Dwarf · Unique engineered creatureMwaléLouyi collected tale · Traditional extraordinary humanMynockStar Wars · Space-adapted energy parasiteMyotismonDigimon · Digital monsterMyrddraalThe Wheel of Time · Fictional creatureMysterious rider in the Mushkil Gusha storyPersian tale beings · Vanishing horseman who directs a poor thorn-cutter to precious stonesMystic (The Dark Crystal)The Dark Crystal · Fictional divided alien contemplatives
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Na Mbua at the Royal InstallationKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Animal royal candidateNa Ngo of the Forked TreeKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking animal narrativeNa Nzua the Animal ShapeshifterKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Human hero with animal transformationsNa-gun-a’ks (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Undersea chief and giver of crestsNa'viAvatar · Fictional peopleNabandji in Camilla’s Chitchwéya TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Human-form bride who becomes a horned grazing beastNacliPokémon · Creature speciesNaclstackPokémon · Creature speciesNafuShanhaijing creatures · White-tailed bovine marvelNāgaSouth Asian and Southeast Asian Hindu, Buddhist and related traditions · Sacred serpent beingNāga King in The Golden TreeSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Cobra ruler whose emitted stone casts a deadly lightNāga king of the princesses’ roadside anthillSri Lankan tales in Parker, Volume III · Cobra benefactor creating treasure and punishing a sisterNāga kings Nanda and UpanandaIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Nāga pair whose regular visits inspire Girika and SundaraNāga maiden who becomes the princess in Parker’s No.249Sri Lankan tales collected by H. Parker · Snake-form nurse revealed as an apparently murdered motherNāga Raksha (Sri Lankan mask character)Sri Lankan performed beings · Cobra-adorned protective demonNagakaburiJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated court capNaganadelPokémon · Creature speciesNāgas who shelter the fisher-lad poetIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Water-dwelling Nāga community sheltering a persecuted princeNāgayā of the waist-chain riddleSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Cobra lover whose death becomes the subject of a lethal riddleNaggeneen, Croker’s Cellar CluricauneIrish fairy legends; Croker’s edited Cluricaune section · Named small household fairyNahakoboniWarao Nohi-abassi narrative recorded by Roth · Named giant female forest spiritNahualMesoamerican traditions; regionally differentiated · Transformation and animal-counterpart traditionNaiad (Narnia)The Chronicles of Narnia · Sapient water spiritsNakhōda Rágam’s crocodile embodimentMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Dead ship-master whose spirit enters an old crocodileNala (vanara bridge-builder)Rāmāyaṇa named beings · Divinely skilled vanara engineerNalaussartoqPolar Inuit of Smith Sound (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Hunter transformed into a low western starNalougwana, Mwalé’s Messenger BirdLouyi collected tale · Traditional narrative beingNalq and his siblings (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Miraculously born transformers and wind companionsNalunkalamba, the Mantis SmithSubiya collected tales · Traditional narrative beingNamaLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleNambwa-MutalatiSubiya collected tales · Traditional narrative beingName-Revealing Bird of the Bride’s MortarKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Revealing birdNamielleMonster Hunter · Elder DragonNana Aberewa in Child-Kwasi-Gyinamoa’s TaleAkan-Ashanti collected tales · Shapeshifting child-threatening beingNana ArzikkiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Spirit nurse with a poverty-to-marriage accountNana Ayesha BabaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Spirit of courtship and rival-wife jealousyNana Ayesha KaramaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Farm-owning Little Spots spiritNana ChediyaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Second ficus-associated female spiritNana DurimiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Ficus-associated female spiritNana HassanaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Blood-collecting Little Spots spiritNana MagajiyaBori spirit representations recorded by Tremearne · Child-threatening Bori spiritNana MariyamuHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Cloth-washing spirit among the Little SpotsNana MedinaHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountNana TsamiyaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Tamarind-associated wife of Mai-AskaNana TsiwaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Quarrel-provoking daughter of Ba-MagujeNanabozhoAnishinaabe narratives, including Ojibwe and Odawa witnesses · Transformer and sacred narrative figureNanaueHawaiian moʻolelo associated with Waipiʻo, Maui and Molokaʻi · Shark-human shapeshifterNandasena, Nanda and Gaṇgādatta in the flooded refugeIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Named speaking animals whose truce is broken by threatened predationNang Hsa NaeShan narrative spirits and beings · Ancestral spirit princess who carries a fiery headNang Hsen GawShan narrative spirits and beings · Queen restored from a flower-spirit formNang Hsen Gaw’s tortoise motherShan narrative spirits and beings · Murdered woman transformed into a tortoise and musical treeNannie, Cutty-SarkScottish literary witch representation in Robert Burns · Named witch in a Scots literary supernatural taleNarahdarn, Bat Honey-SeekerNoongahburrah Narran accounts in K. Langloh Parker’s collection · Animal-named husband narrativeNarāntakaRāmāyaṇa named beings · Mounted rakshasa princeNargacugaMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureNarikamaJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated cauldronNaro of D’KarLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleNarwhal mother (Boas narrative)Eastern Canadian Arctic narratives recorded by Franz Boas; precise narrator unspecified in selected passage · Woman transformed into a marine animalNasaNasa communities · Living Indigenous people with diverse territorial communitiesNatuPokémon · Creature speciesNautolanStar Wars · Fictional peopleNazgûl (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Ring-bound wraith collectiveNdikafiriCoastal East African reports in Alice Werner’s 1915 notes · House lizard in two distinct betrayal accountsNdondo, the River BeingLouyi collected fabulous-animal account · Traditional narrative beingNe HwasPassamaquoddy story collected through W. Wallace Brown · Serpent-bodied aquatic sistersNeanderthalsHuman evolution · Extinct human lineageNebrieThe Dark Crystal · Fictional semi-aquatic livestockNeck-Coiling Viper of the Ungrateful Rescue TaleZouaoua animal narratives translated by Basset · Speaking viper refusing to leave its former benefactorNecronWarhammer · Fictional artificial peopleNecrozmaPokémon · Creature speciesNed Quayle’s Fairy PigSelected Manx accounts in Sophia Morrison’s collection · Luring supernatural pigNeedle-Form Chameleon of Shaihu’s Marriage ContestHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Animal shapeshifter and suitorNeeoka, Grateful Snake of the WellSwahili-language tales in Bateman’s Zanzibar collection · Speaking serpent benefactorNegrinho do PastoreioSouthern Brazilian regional legend · Benevolent apparition and legendary childNeimoidianStar Wars · Sapient humanoid speciesNekhbetAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Protective deityNekker (The Witcher)The Witcher · Burrowing pack monsterNekomataJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Cat apparitionNemean LionAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Extraordinary lionNemesis (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional bioweaponNeomorph (Alien)Alien · Pathogen-produced predatorNephthysAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Divine beingNeptune (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional shark bioweaponNergiganteMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureNerrivikSmith Sound, northern Greenland; narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Sea ruler and source of marine foodNetch (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Floating invertebrateNetherworld constable befriended by DungChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Underworld officer and supernatural sworn brotherNewborn (Alien)Alien · Cloning-induced hybrid creatureNewborn Who Settles His Father's DebtHausa collected tales · Supernaturally precocious human childNexiferaWarframe · Fictional creatureNexuStar Wars · Alien creatureNgāi Tahu (Kāi Tahu)Living peoples & cultures · Living iwi and regional communitiesNgake and WhātaitaiTe Whanganui-a-Tara traditions; Wiremu Grace teaching narrative and Te Āti Awa publication · Named taniwha pairNgana Hima, the Alert GrandsonKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking animal narrativeNgana Ngulungu, the Framed GrandsonKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking animal narrativeNgana, Sky-Flying Thief of Ina’s TreasuresCook Islands accounts collected and translated by William Wyatt Gill · Incantation-working flying thiefNgārara HuarauRangitāne o Wairarapa; selected H. P. Tunuiarangi account · Named taniwhaNgāti AwaLiving peoples & cultures · Living iwi; public institutional self-descriptionNgāti KahungunuLiving peoples & cultures · Living Māori iwi; selected governance and education accountsNgāti Mutunga of TaranakiLiving peoples & cultures · Living iwi community; regional institutional self-descriptionNgāti PorouLiving peoples & cultures · Living iwi and regional communitiesNgāti RangiLiving peoples & cultures · Living Māori iwi; selected institutional and environmental accountsNgāti Toa RangatiraLiving peoples & cultures · Living iwi; contemporary public institutional self-descriptionNgāti TūwharetoaLiving peoples & cultures · Living iwi; selected institutions and educational testimonyNgāti Whātua ŌrākeiLiving peoples & cultures · Living hapū; selected cultural and environmental institutionsNgatyi (Rainbow Serpent)Barkandji; Barka/Darling River Country · Creator and water beingNgenlafkenMapuche/Lafkenche traditions in Chile · Sea guardian in Mapuche and Lafkenche religious accountsNgojamaPokomo forest tale · Traditional narrative beingNgolokoPokomo reported forest encounter · Traditional narrative beingNgondwa-TwiyaLouyi collected fabulous-animal account · Traditional narrative beingNgongodiSubiya collected tales · Traditional narrative beingNguadi of the Fire BoastKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking bird and defeated disputantNgulu and KiomboKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking domestic and wild pig pairNgumbangumbaRonga collected tale · Traditional narrative beingNgunza Kilundu kia NgunzaKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Underworld traveler transformed into a spiritNguruviluMapuche-related river traditions in historical Chilean collections · Aquatic fox-serpent with varying collected formsNi-kotukAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Barn owl born from a discarded deer bladderNi-Vanuatu cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living communitiesNiall’s Rod-Wielding WifeWest Irish wonder tale; Morraha · Human enchantressNiamatsaneBasotho tales in Casalis’s collection · Fabulous herd animalNianga dia Ngenga’s Speaking DogsKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Paired animal rescuers and secret keepersNickitPokémon · Creature speciesNíðhöggrOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Root-gnawing serpentNidokingPokémon · Creature speciesNidoqueenPokémon · Creature speciesNidoran♀Pokémon · Creature speciesNidoran♂Pokémon · Creature speciesNidorinaPokémon · Creature speciesNidorinoPokémon · Creature speciesNieh Hsiao-ch’ienChinese literary supernatural narratives · Coerced ghost who finds a home after reburialNietieShenyi jing creatures · Iron-eating buffalo-like beastNifflerHarry Potter · Fictional creatureNight Chorus of the Two HumpbacksTuscan collected tale featuring travellers from Parma · Anonymous supernatural singing companyNight elf (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional kaldorei peopleNight Fury (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Stealth dragonNight Terror (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Coordinated nocturnal swarm dragonNightmarchersNative Hawaiian traditions · Ancestral spirit processionNightmare (God of War)God of War · Flying parasitic monsterNightwraith (Avatar)Avatar · Aerial apex predatorNightwraith (The Witcher)The Witcher · Night-associated rural specterNihilegoPokémon · Creature speciesNīla (Agni’s vanara son)Rāmāyaṇa named beings · Fire-descended vanara commanderNim Tanak (Half-Boy)Persian tale beings · Miraculously born half-bodied heroNincadaPokémon · Creature speciesNine Giants of the Baš Čelik QuestSerbian collected tale: Baš Čelik · Cave-dwelling cannibal giantsNine Peahens of the Golden Apple-treeSerbian collected tale: The Golden Apple-tree and the Nine Peahens · Bird-form royal sistersNine-headed bird of the abducted princessChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Storm-bringing captor with a wounded tenth neckNine-Headed Serpent Holding the SunFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Multi-headed celestial captorNine-Mouthed Wife in the Ungrateful Men TaleHausa collected tales · Revealed supernatural antagonistNine-Thousand-Headed Ma-kishi of LumbaKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Many-headed figure in a gift-giving householdNinetalesPokémon · Creature speciesNingyoJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Human-faced aquatic creatureNinjaskPokémon · Creature speciesNisg̱a’a NationNisg̱a’a communities and institutions · Living Indigenous nationNiśumbhaDevī-Māhātmya named asuras · Many-armed asura rulerNitat unarabe and the marsh spiritsAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Marsh ancestress and spirits arising from discarded divine toolsNiueansLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleNix-Hound (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Blood-draining arthropod predatorNixie of the Mill-PondGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Bargaining water beingNo-Face (Studio Ghibli)Studio Ghibli · Mimetic spiritNoble dragon (Discworld)Discworld · Fictional magic-dependent dragonNobusumaJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Flying mammal-like yōkaiNoctowlPokémon · Creature speciesNodal MonokoWintu narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Small supernatural visitor with immense strength and capacityNoderabōJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Illustrated temple apparitionNoibatPokémon · Creature speciesNoivernPokémon · Creature speciesNomagodaXhosa tales collected under Theal’s direction · Swift cannibal auntNomhawena / Pom PokailaWintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Root-digging grandmother and guardianNomoto Yajiyémon’s returning spiritJapanese supernatural tales in Hearn’s Kottō · Dead official possessing a servantNoonwraith (The Witcher)The Witcher · Day-associated rural specterNopituMota and Motlav, Banks Islands · Familiar spirits associated with material abundanceNorbis KiemilaWintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · White-oak-derived claimant and war leaderNord (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Fictional peopleNorka-BeastLocated East Slavic collected narratives in Ralston’s English translation · Huge otherworld beastNorwan (Curtin’s Wintu account)Wintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Food-giving dancer of the first worldNorwanchakus and KerihaWintu narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · World-travelling brothers who name places and depart beyond the skyNoseless Ones (South-East Greenland)South-East Greenland; narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Subterranean benefactors encountered at seaNosepassPokémon · Creature speciesNostoc punctiformeFilamentous cyanobacteria · Living cyanobacteriumNota´rmêChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · Chief of predatory ke´letNoua-mpfoundla in Kouézou’s Hare CyclesRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Speaking animal trickster in two collected cyclesNouamoubia, Ogre-Conqueror in Camilla’s TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Rapid-growing human hunter and tricksterNozuchiJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Hairy serpentine creatureNtengu of the Wonderful FeatherXhosa tales collected under Theal’s direction · Tree-restoring protective birdNuckelaveeOrcadian sea narratives recorded by Walter Traill Dennison · Skinless sea-being with horse-and-rider appearanceNuckelavee (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureNueJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Composite monsterNugDragon Age · Thedas animalNukhudu (Master Pea)Persian tale beings · Pea child with an enormous carrying capacityNum-se-podeTeresina urban traditions and contemporary Piauí artists · Elongating nocturnal apparitionNumelPokémon · Creature speciesNunAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Primordial divine beingNunaStar Wars · Flightless domestic birdNundaSwahili collected tale · Traditional narrative beingNundu (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Disease-breathing magical predatorNunnehiCherokee narrated traditions; southern Appalachian named places · Helpful immortal spirit communityNunyunuwiCherokee religious narratives · Stone-clad supernatural beingNuppeppōJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Amorphous illustrated yōkaiNurarihyonJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Illustrated human-like yōkaiNure-onnaJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Snake-woman apparitionNuribotokeJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Dark corpse-like apparitionNurlocThe Dark Crystal · Fictional cave-herd animalNursing Deer of the Three Royal ChildrenSicilian tale in Crane’s English selection · Speaking animal foster guardianNursing Ogress of the Youth-Apple QuestMzab narratives communicated to Basset · Ogre-family fosterer and quest adviserNutAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Sky deityNuu-chah-nulth PeoplesNuu-chah-nulth · Living Indigenous peoples and First NationsNuzleafPokémon · Creature speciesNya-nya Bulembu Water BeastSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Moss-covered fairy water beastNyandzoumoula-ndéngélaRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Swallowing ogre exposed by captive’s voiceNydus worm (StarCraft)StarCraft · Zerg creature formNyker of Nikkesen’s PoolSelected Manx accounts in Sophia Morrison’s collection · Named water goblinNym (The Wheel of Time)The Wheel of Time · Constructed beingNymblePokémon · Creature speciesNyūnai-suzumeJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Sparrow-associated spiritNzambi in Fenda Maria’s JourneyKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Shape-changing divine testerNzaziLoango and Lower Congo reported traditions · Traditional narrative being
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O Le Nifo Loa, the Long ToothSamoan traditions recorded by George Turner · Mobile disease-associated tooth deity in a historical accountO-Kamé’s returning ghostJapanese supernatural tales in Hearn’s Kottō · Dead wife visiting her husbandO-Kiku in Hearn’s Himeji accountJapanese traditions in Hearn’s historical accounts · Counting ghost and transformed insectO-Sono’s returning ghostJapanese tale beings · Silent apparition protecting a private letterO-Tsuyu in Hearn’s Peony-Lantern accountJapanese literary ghost accounts · Returning dead loverO-Yoné in Hearn’s Peony-Lantern accountJapanese literary ghost accounts · Ghostly attendant and negotiatorO’Donoghue, Returning Chief of the LakeKillarney lake legend; Croker’s Thierna na Oge section · Prophetic chieftain who returns from a lakeOak-god who retrieves the stolen wifeAinu narratives recorded by Chamberlain · A tree deity who distracts an underworld captor through a journey to heavenObedalo, Opivalo and Moroz TreskumRussian collected water tales translated by Ralston · Extraordinary eater, drinker and frost helpersOborogurumaJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · Animated carriageObstagoonPokémon · Creature speciesObuBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Very large ear-carrying fabulous animalOccamy (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Winged serpentine beastOchu (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Plantlike monsterOctilleryPokémon · Creature speciesOctorokThe Legend of Zelda · MonsterOddishPokémon · Creature speciesOdin (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Mounted supernatural summonOdogaronMonster Hunter · Fanged WyvernOffspring (Alien: Romulus)Alien · Compound-induced hybrid creatureOffspring of Hakuturi in Grey’s Rata NarrativeMāori narratives edited and translated in Grey’s collection · Collective forest beings, birds and insectsOgerponPokémon · Creature speciesOgiekLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleOgierThe Wheel of Time · Fictional peopleOgre (Destiny)Destiny · Fictional creatureOgre (God of War)God of War · Large combat beastOgre and Ogress of ThirteenthSicilian tale in Crane’s English selection · Human-eating ogre householdOgre Brothers of the Silver-Ornamented WomanZouaoua narratives translated by Basset · Trial-setting and summoned ogre brotherhoodOgre defeated by Ruby PrincePunjabi collected folktales · Man-eating ogre demanding a daily victim from a townOgre of the prince’s castleTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Disguised donor whose life depends on an external boyOgre whose life is in a green parrotTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Cave-dwelling captor with dancing glass pillarsOgres of Makényi in Nkoulounkoulou’s TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · People-eating settlement with human-scent detectionOgress Mother of the King of LoveSicilian folktale in Crane’s English translation from Pitrè · Anthropophagous mother and task-setterOgunfunminire in the Serpent-Hunter TaleYoruba narratives in Ogumefu’s collection · Human hunter transformed into serpentOhimè in Crane’s Sicilian SummarySicilian tale in Crane’s English selection · Murderous magician with life-restoring ointmentOhlone peoplesDistinct Ohlone communities · Living Indigenous peoplesOhmu (Studio Ghibli)Studio Ghibli · Giant intelligent insectOil Woman (Southern Nigerian tale)Southern Nigerian collected fairy tales · Regenerating supernatural womanOinkolognePokémon · Creature speciesOkidogiPokémon · Creature speciesOkonorotéWarao narratives presented by William Henry Brett; named narrator McLeod in the surrounding frame · Sky-land hunter who opens a route to earthOlachen-keeping household (Moses and Philip’s accounts)Nisga’a narratives told by Moses and Philip at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Supernatural fish keepersOlano in Mariño Amyot’s VariantBasque and Pyrenean narratives in Webster’s collection · Intelligent formidable servant animal of the TartaroOld Dog of the Mayamah TaleNoongahburrah Narran accounts in K. Langloh Parker’s collection · Speaking petrification guardianOld Hige (Jamaican accounts)Jamaican accounts recorded by Martha Warren Beckwith · Skin-changing witch in household belief and comic talesOld man of Uhn Hah’s vanishing shelterKorean literary narrative in Allen’s collection · Mysterious host who knows a disguised traveller and grants her strengthOld Man WillowMiddle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Hostile enchanted treeOld Powers (Earthsea)Earthsea · Supernatural powersOld Speckled Back, the tiger’s judgeKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Speaking toad who saves a priest through delay and refugeOld Timber TopKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Lumber dealer transformed into a bull by fairy sticksOld White WhiskersKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Speaking tiger employed by a mountain spirit and humbled by a rabbitOld Woman of the MountainWelsh regional folklore · Named mountain apparitionOld Woman of the Three MarvelsRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Human-form seller of supernatural travel and resurrection aidsOldest Animals of Culhwch and OlwenMedieval Welsh Culhwch and Olwen · Ancient speaking animal guidesOlelbis (Curtin’s Wintu accounts)Wintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Upper-world organizer and transformerOmanytePokémon · Creature speciesOmar (Essequibo)Essequibo account told to Everard im Thurn; Akawaio piai protagonist · Rapids-dwelling monsterOmastarPokémon · Creature speciesOmega (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Artificial superbossOne-Eye and Three-EyesGerman collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Two extraordinary wonder-tale sistersOne-eyed demon in Prince Half-a-sonPunjabi collected folktales · Well-dwelling possessor who devours the hero’s six brothersOne-eyed woman in Enmu´wġi’s taleChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · One-eyed woman with dangerous genital teethOne-handed spirits of Mount GangShanhaijing spirits · Beast-bodied mountain spirits with one hand and one footOne-Legged Lake Cannibals of Mothemelle’s TaleBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Fabulous human-eating inhabitants beneath a lakeOne-sided Giantess in the Hausa Lake TaleHausa collected tales · Asymmetric giantessOne-Sided Ogres of Sofia’s Namachouké TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Asymmetric people-eating ogres with enticing songOne-Sided Villagers of Ntotoatsana’s TaleBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Imaginary people with one-sided bodiesOne-Tusked Elephant of Unanana-boseleZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Swallowing elephant containing inhabited countryOneida Nation of WisconsinOneida communities and institutions in Wisconsin · Living Indigenous nationOniJapanese folklore: narrative ogres · Horned ogre / demonOni-hitokuchiJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · Devouring ogre apparitionOnini (Python Bridegroom)Akan narratives collected by Rattray · Serpent shapeshifterOnixPokémon · Creature speciesOnmorakiJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Bird-shaped demonOnocentaurGreek animal-writing tradition · Ass-human composite creatureOolah and Galah, Prickles and Bald PatchNoongahburrah Narran accounts in K. Langloh Parker’s collection · Speaking lizard and bird encounterOoscoon and the giant household (Nancy Jeddore’s account)Mi’kmaq narrative told by Nancy Jeddore to Silas Tertius Rand · Hospitable giant chief and magical householdOoze (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional liquefied infected humanOpabiniaCambrian life · Extinct genusOphanimonDigimon · Digital monsterOpo-opo (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Jungle primate familyOranguruPokémon · Creature speciesOrbeetlePokémon · Creature speciesOrc (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Fictional peopleOrc (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Fictional Orsimer people and diverse clan societiesOrc (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional peopleOrchid organism (Alien: Earth)Alien · Carnivorous alien podOrdduMedieval Welsh Culhwch and Olwen · Cave-dwelling adversarial witchOrgaGodzilla · Fictional creatureOricorioPokémon · Creature speciesOriyu (Arawak)Arawak accounts collected in the Guiana region · Water spirit and giver of cultural giftsOrk (Warhammer 40,000)Warhammer · Fictional peopleOroanGuianan sky legend in Brett’s collection; community and individual teller unspecified · Celestial attacker associated with eclipsesOrochimaru, Dragon-coilJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Serpent-born robber who alternates between man and snakeOroliArawak accounts recorded around the Pomeroon and Moruca rivers · Giant forest serpentOromoLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleOrphan Healer of Shaihu’s Skin-and-Metal ProverbHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Fortunate orphan and extraordinary healerOrthrusAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Two-headed guardian houndOrthwormPokémon · Creature speciesOsage Nation (Wahzhazhe)Osage Nation · Living Indigenous nation and cultural institutionsOsakabe-himeJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Castle spiritOshawottPokémon · Creature speciesOshiroibabaJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Powder-associated elderly apparitionOsip, the Water-Snake HusbandRussian collected water tales translated by Ralston · Serpent husband and underwater personOsip, the Water-Snake HusbandTula Government tale through Erlenvein · Snake-to-human spouseOsirisAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Divine beingOsmo, the Bear of Mikko’s Nursery EpicFinnish-derived animal tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Speaking bear and deceived partnerOtak (Earthsea)Earthsea · Fictional animalOtapatche guruAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Spirit of the sand and wave-washed shoreOther (A Song of Ice and Fire)A Song of Ice and Fire · Fictional beingOtomí peoplesRegionally diverse Otomí communities · Living Indigenous peoplesOtoroshiJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Hairy gate apparitionOtter prince and son (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Animal bridegroom and rescuing childOtyugh (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Tentacled scavenging aberrationOuniJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Hair-covered mountain creatureOuyan, the Curlew in Parker’s CollectionNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Ancestral figure with a bird-form conclusionOvambanderu communities in Botswana and NamibiaLiving peoples & cultures · Living cross-border cultural communitiesOven Witch in Pedroso’s Children’s TalesPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XIV · Cannibalistic fairy-tale captorOverlord (StarCraft)StarCraft · Flying support organismOverqwilPokémon · Creature speciesOverseer (StarCraft)StarCraft · Zerg creature formOwl messengers of XibalbaK’iche’ Popol Vuh; Ximénez’s Spanish translation in Scherzer’s 1857 edition · Four supernatural owl messengersOwl wife of the restored hunter (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Human-to-owl transformationOwl-form Ghost chief (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Dead shaman appearing as an owlOwlbearDungeons & Dragons · Fictional creatureOx who snares a predatory jackalIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Speaking ox who uses its horns and a supplied noose to defend itselfOx-eared prince in the barber’s secret taleSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Royal child born with bovine earsOx-fish of the BundahishnZoroastrian cosmological beings · Reproduction-affecting marine beingOx-hide and paper-clad demon companiesMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Nocturnal revelers with contrasting dress and horse coveringsOx-Riding Prince of Ubongopa’s TaleZulu-language tale contributed by Umatshotsha (Umkamafuta) · Human prince commanding death and revivalOyaikanSouthern Nigerian collected fairy tales · Transforming witch
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P’lando’ and KuwisMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Mouse-deer and flying squirrel who expose a tiger to its reflectionPachirisuPokémon · Creature speciesPadfootYorkshire collected traditions · Nocturnal apparition and death warningPadre sin Cabeza (El Salvador)Salvadoran family narratives and contemporary cultural portrayal · Headless priest apparitionPahMindanao narrative in Cole’s Moro section · Sun-obscuring giant birdPaildramonDigimon · Combined Dragon Man DigimonPainted Skin demonChinese literary supernatural narratives · Skin-wearing demonPak Oo, king in the otherworldKorean narrated supernatural beings · Deceased official holding an underworld kingshipPakalai Jawichi and Howichinaipa (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Rapidly growing avenger and deer-concealing opponentPakchuso Pokaila (the two grandmothers)Wintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Paired upper-world advisers and keepers of rain skinsPakshiraj of the Hiraman storyBengali collected folktales · Winged horse whose flight depends on feeding and a single starting strokePalace Fish Holding BianchinettaFlorentine folktale through Imbriani and Crane · Underwater monster and captorPalafinPokémon · Creature speciesPalauans (Rechad er Belau)Living peoples & cultures · Living peoplePalawa / Tasmanian Aboriginal communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living regional cultural communitiesPaliuli and Palikea in Wahanui’s VoyageHawaiian Wahanui voyage narrative; Fornander collection witness · Paired moving hillsPalkiaPokémon · Creature speciesPalmonDigimon · Fictional digital creaturePalossandPokémon · Creature speciesPalpitoadPokémon · Creature speciesPanchamPokémon · Creature speciesPānchikaBeings of the Sudhana avadāna · Yaksha commander who conjures an overwhelming armyPaṇḍaraBuddhist Jātaka narrative beings · Nāga king betrayed by a confidantPandarenWarcraft · Fictional people of Pandaria and the Wandering IslePangoroPokémon · Creature speciesPanpourPokémon · Creature speciesPansagePokémon · Creature speciesPansearPokémon · Creature speciesPaolumuMonster Hunter · Flying WyvernPaoxiaoShanhaijing creatures · Armpit-eyed human eaterPapa-FigoBrazilian northeastern regional folklore and Recife reception · Child-threatening folklore figureParanderLatin Christian bestiary tradition; selected English manuscript · Camouflaging bestiary beastParasPokémon · Creature speciesParasectPokémon · Creature speciesParrot chief of The Kinnarā and the ParrotsSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking flock leader who engineers a collective escape by feigned deathParrot containing Punchkin’s lifeAnna de Souza’s Deccan tale beings · Bird whose injuries determine an enchanter’s survivalParrot king who brings rejuvenating seedsTibetan beings in Shelton’s folk-tale collection · Grateful talking bird wrongly killed by its ownerParrot of the disguised schoolteacherSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking bird who warns a princess about the king’s testsParrot who brings the fairies’ rejuvenating applesUpper Indus beings in Swynnerton’s Panjabi tales · Royal bird bearing magical fruit and honored after deathPartridge whose voice changes above treasureIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Speaking bird whose changed voice marks hidden wealthPartridge woman (Tomah Josephs tale)Passamaquoddy narrative told by Tomah Josephs to Leland · Supernatural forest helper and forbidden loverPascua Yaqui TribePascua Yaqui · Living Indigenous tribal nationPassamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peopleDistinct cross-border communities · Living Indigenous peoplePassimianPokémon · Creature speciesPatamonDigimon · Fictional digital creaturePatasolaColombian regional folklore · Forest apparitionPataxóPataxó communities · Living Indigenous people and diverse communitiesPatetarroColombian mining-region and rural traditions · Crop-damaging apparitionPatratPokémon · Creature speciesPatrick Rooney (Andrew Coffey’s Encounter)Irish uncanny tale transmitted through D. W. Logie and Alfred Nutt · Returning dead adversaryPatupaiareheMāori; traditions differ among iwi · Supernatural peoplePava in Turner’s Taro-Leaf NarrativeSamoan traditions recorded by George Turner · Extraordinary traveller subsequently honoured as a war deityPawmiPokémon · Creature speciesPawmoPokémon · Creature speciesPawmotPokémon · Creature speciesPawniardPokémon · Creature speciesPayshtha-more of the Breffni TreasureIrish treasure legends; Croker’s Linn-na-Payshtha account · Eellike treasure guardian with a little-man formPe chu kuh rukKorean bird legends in Allen’s collection · Omen bird whose call warns of robbers or a failed rice harvestPé-de-GarrafaRegional Brazilian forest narratives · Forest apparition and predatorPeach-fed prince and palace maidenKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Long-lived lovers reunited after a millennium and restored to the island courtPeacock son of the mouseTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Summoned bird brother whose flock carries a boy to the palacePeahatThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creaturePearl’s ghost in the Yin family tragedyChinese tales retold by Macgowan · Revenant of an abused wifePeccary owners (Conzemius’s Sumu account)Sumu narrative and Miskito/Sumu names recorded by Conzemius · Cave-dwelling keepers of gamePecharuntPokémon · Creature speciesPeeper beetle (The Dark Crystal)The Dark Crystal · Fictional punishment predatorPeeter the Cock and His Dog CompanionRussian picture-tale adaptation in Carrick/Forbes English edition · Speaking travelling animal pairPeg-Transforming Ogre of Mamza’s TaleOuargla narratives collected by Basset · Shape-changing abductor and swallowing ogrePegasusAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Winged horsePekehauaNgāti Rangiwewehi and Te Arawa Māori public narratives; Te Awahou · Water guardian with contrasting narrated rolesPekka, the Wolf of Mikko’s Nursery EpicFinnish-derived animal tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Speaking wolf and deceived fatherPelesitMalay Peninsula traditions in historical collection · Insectlike familiar spiritPelipperPokémon · Creature speciesPenanggalanMalay Peninsula traditions in historical collection · Flying severed head with stomach attachedPenghou / HōkōChinese tree-spirit narratives and Japanese yōkai art · Tree-associated spiritPenicillium rubensPenicillium moulds · Living filamentous fungusPeople of the town of the air (Philip’s account)Nisga’a narratives told by Moses and Philip at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Invisible hospitable communityPeri king of the magic-turban taleKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Enchanter ruling a hidden palacePeri of the silent princePersian tale beings · Peri whose relationship with a prince prevents his ordinary married lifePeri queen of the Crow-Peri taleKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Fairy ruler with transformative powerPeri-Queen of the golden-haired childrenKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Fairy ruler who petrifies and restores seekersPerna CabeludaRecife urban folklore and cordel reception · Urban monstrous limbPerrserkerPokémon · Creature speciesPersianPokémon · Creature speciesPersonal Luck in the Lorimers’ two brothers talesPersian tale beings · Human-shaped personification of an individual’s fortunePetililPokémon · Creature speciesPetrification-Warning Black BirdPiedmontese tale from Monferrato · Speaking prophetic birdPeuchenChilote and other Chilean regional historical traditions · Variable transformed or composite beingPhaeodactylum tricornutum — marine diatomDiatoms · Living speciesPhanpyPokémon · Creature speciesPhantasm (Bloodborne)Bloodborne · Arcane invertebrate familiarPhantom (Minecraft)Minecraft · Insomnia-linked flying monsterPhantumpPokémon · Creature speciesPheromosaPokémon · Creature speciesPheru (Halo)Halo · Ancient domesticated alien animalPhionePokémon · Creature speciesPhoenixGreek and Roman accounts of an Egyptian-associated bird · Legendary birdPhoenix (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Reviving bird summonPhoenix (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Magical birdPhoenixmonDigimon · Digital monsterPhysarum polycephalumAmoebozoa · Plasmodial slime mouldPhyscomitrium patensPlants · Living speciesPhysician of Kitamba’s Underworld JourneyKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Living traveler to the deadPiasaMississippi River rock-image history and Illinois folklore · Composite spirit image and later legendPichuPokémon · Creature speciesPidgeotPokémon · Creature speciesPidgeottoPokémon · Creature speciesPidgeyPokémon · Creature speciesPidovePokémon · Creature speciesPied Robin bride (Polmiccā kirilli)Sri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Bird who prepares a wedding cake and marries a human in an imitative-song talePiedmonDigimon · Digital monsterPig Dukes in Pedroso’s Vain QueenPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale I · Pigs transformed into noblemenPig-Prince of Smallhead’s TaleIrish wonder tale adapted from Jeremiah Curtin · Enchanted human in animal formPig-transformed elder of Kim Yu’s familyKorean narrated supernatural beings · Human-to-pig transformationPigeon Devil of the Forbidden ForestSierra Leone collected tales · Shapeshifting forest predatorPigeon sisters of the Haur TreePersian tale beings · Speaking birds who reveal an island tree’s magical propertiesPigeons who husk Pigling’s riceKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Flock that performs a mistreated girl’s impossible household taskPiggiebillah, the Spear-Covered Food SeizerNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Ancestral figure with an animal-identity conclusionPignitePokémon · Creature speciesPikachuPokémon · Fictional creaturePikaiaCambrian life · Extinct genusPike of Tuoni’s RiverKalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Giant death-stream fishPikipekPokémon · Creature speciesPilgrim Cat and the Wary Old RatOued Righ animal narratives collected by Basset · Speaking predator and cautious animal leaderPilgrim Dog of Beni MenacerBeni Menacer narratives collected by Basset · Speaking failed imitator of Half-CockPilgrim-Carrying Hyena of Shaihu’s TaleHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Talking hyena and unwilling mountPilka, Ilona’s Speaking DogFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Talking animal messengerPiloswinePokémon · Creature speciesPincoyaChilote coastal folklore · Sea beingPincurchinPokémon · Creature speciesPinecoPokémon · Creature speciesPingala of the wildernessIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Flesh-eating Yaksha killed by his own hunting dogsPinsirPokémon · Creature speciesPiplupPokémon · Creature speciesPira-nuMisiones and Paraguayan regional water traditions recorded by Ambrosetti · Horse-headed aquatic monsterPiriang’s devil fiancéPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Disguised devil and possessing spiritPiśācaSouth Asian religious and supernatural traditions · Flesh-associated hostile spiritPisadeiraBrazilian regional folklore · Nocturnal oppression figurePishtacoPeruvian Andean traditions and documented Amazonian reinterpretations · Predatory humanlike figure in Andean and Amazonian narrativesPiti in Camilla’s Shepherd TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Human shepherd boy linked to a fatal reproach and village revivalPlague Crawler (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional insect bioweaponPlant benefactors of the bald wifeBengali collected folktales · Speaking cotton, plantain and tulasi plants who reward carePlateosaurusMesozoic dinosaurs · Extinct genusPlatypusExtant mammals · Living speciesPlesiothMonster Hunter · Piscine WyvernPleurotus ostreatus — oyster mushroomBasidiomycete wood-decay fungi · Living speciesPluff'MThe Dark Crystal · Fictional rodent-like companionPluslePokémon · Creature speciesPodling (The Dark Crystal)The Dark Crystal · Fictional horticultural peoplePohila and the fire householdWintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Fire-child, mother and torch-carrying relativesPoipolePokémon · Creature speciesPoison-MouthTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Girl whose words alter the worldPoisoning Spring Dragon of CherchelBéni Menacer narratives collected by Basset · Cave-dwelling dragon and avenging parentPolitoedPokémon · Creature speciesPoliwagPokémon · Creature speciesPoliwhirlPokémon · Creature speciesPoliwrathPokémon · Creature speciesPōlō, the Skin-Clad BrideBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Chief’s daughter concealed in an aquatic-animal skinPolongMalay Peninsula traditions in historical collection · Tiny flying female familiarPoltchageistPokémon · Creature speciesPolteageistPokémon · Creature speciesPolymorph (Red Dwarf)Red Dwarf · Fictional creaturePolyphemusAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Named CyclopsPomberoParaguayan and Argentine Litoral popular traditions · Ambivalent forest guardian and encounter beingPomegranate-Revealing Head in Beddo’s TaleZouaoua narratives collected by Basset · Murdered companion’s head revealed through a pomegranatePonaturiMāori; Tāwhaki narrative tradition · Supernatural peoplePong of the treasure islandChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Giant speaking bird who transports two brothersPontianak (Mati-anak)Malay Peninsula traditions in historical collection · Stillborn-child night spirit in Skeat’s accountPonytaPokémon · Creature speciesPoochyenaPokémon · Creature speciesPook-jin-skwessPassamaquoddy version in Leland · Transforming adversary and mosquito-origin figurePool Fairy of Setuli’s TaleSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Bird-associated supernatural womanPool Guardian of LilahloaneBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Old woman sustaining a child beneath the waterPopoki-chiriAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Banished heavenly gardener’s son in bird formPopplioPokémon · Creature speciesPorcupine and Beaver (Moses’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Moses at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Animal persons with unequal powersPorcupine Stepfather in the Hausa Afterlife TaleHausa collected tales · Animal parent with transformative quillsPorgStar Wars · Alien creaturePoro-wauna-ahe, the Wave-Controller in Ivens’s Ulawa StoriesUlawa narratives recorded by W. 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Ivens · Supernatural wave-controlling figurePorunga (Dragon Ball)Dragon Ball · Fictional magical dragonPorygonPokémon · Creature speciesPorygon-ZPokémon · Creature speciesPorygon2Pokémon · Creature speciesPostomaniBengali collected folktales · Mouse transformed through animal lives into a queen and a poppy plantPot Woman of the Two BrothersZulu-language narrative contributed by Ukofana Dhladhla · Cattle-giving elder emerging from a potPot-Dwelling Ogre of Mulha’s TaleSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Giant magician released from a forbidden potPotteromyces asteroxylicolaEarly terrestrial fungi · Extinct plant-pathogenic fungusPower-Bearing Bird of Hammed and MuhammedTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Bird whose consumed parts confer giftsPraetorian (Mass Effect)Mass Effect · Collector-made composite creaturePrahastaRāmāyaṇa named beings · Rakshasa commander opposed by NilaPredasiteWarframe · Fictional creaturePregnant Cow Formed from an Ox-Hide (Ferrand Tale)Antambahoaka collected marvellous tales · Hide transformed into a speaking pregnant animalPride demon (Dragon Age)Dragon Age · Fade demonPrimarinaPokémon · Creature speciesPrimeapePokémon · Creature speciesPrince Ahmed’s wooden flying horseUpper Indus beings in Swynnerton’s Panjabi tales · Artificial horse controlled by a hidden springPrince Half-a-son (Adhiâ)Punjabi collected folktales · Half-bodied prince who commands ropes and outwits his brothersPrince Hero’s Speaking War-HorseGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Flying and swimming enchanted chargerPrince of AgaddezHausa collected narratives · Supernatural nocturnal royal visitorPrince Snail (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Animal bridegroom and giant snail familyPrince whose life is in his swordSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Exiled prince recreated when his damaged life-sword grows wholePrince Wolf’s household (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Wolf prince, mother and daughtersPrincess Aubergine (Baingan Bâdshâhzâdî)Punjabi collected folktales · Fairy girl born from an aubergine, with life held in a necklacePrincess Blossom (Phûlî)Punjabi collected folktales · Wonderfully light princess weighed against five flowersPrincess Elephant (Gold Coast tale)Gold Coast collected and arranged tales · Animal shapeshifterPrincess Lily of the bee courtChinese literary supernatural narratives · Bee princess encountered in a human dreamPrincess Miranda, the Ice-Gaze QueenGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Supernatural island queenPrincess Nang CháyangMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Fairy princess cast into a river and borne safely on foamPrincess Pepperina (Shâhzâdî Mirchâ)Punjabi collected folktales · Bulbul-born princess whose body becomes a garden and soul a pair of birdsPrincess Sādong of the CavesMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Bamboo-born ruler of limestone caves, Little People and hill-goatsPrincess Sĕrei, Prince Pērak and TĕgahMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Betrothed pair and mediator transformed into neighbouring hillsPríncipe TortuguitaNahua traditions of Pajapan, Veracruz, Mexico · Turtle prince and sea guardianPrinplupPokémon · Creature speciesPristionchus pacificus — mouth-polyphenic nematodeNematodes · Living speciesProbopassPokémon · Creature speciesProcession of souls (Israel Bojorge’s telling)Salvadoran public storytelling · Nocturnal spirit processionProlemuris (Avatar)Avatar · Alien arboreal herbivoreProtective Dog of DjiwaôRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Danger-detecting animal guardian and ring retrieverProtective Mouse of Khoeli-SefubengBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Mouse guardian who anticipates two lethal plotsProtective Scorpion of the Mzab Charity TaleMzab narratives collected by Basset · Animal rescuer interpreted as a providential rewardProtective Talking Bananas in Ker’s TaleSelected northeastern Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Speaking plant guardiansProterocladus antiquusEarly green algae · Fossil algaPseudodragon (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Small telepathic dragonPsiren (Red Dwarf)Red Dwarf · Fictional telepathic predatorPsyduckPokémon · Creature speciesPteranodonMesozoic flying reptiles · Extinct genusPtingDoctor Who · Fictional energy-feeding creaturePuagssuaqGodthaab, West Greenland Inuit (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Hidden-house spirit consulterPuapualenalenaHawaiian moʻolelo associated with Hawaiʻi Island · Supernatural dog and ingenious thiefPúcaIrish tales in Croker’s selected edition · Spirit represented in horse and goatlike formsPuffskein (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Magical companion beastPufu and spouseShenyi jing creatures · Primordial giant pairPugut of Suac’s talePhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Bearded tree-dwelling food thiefPuhi Moana ĀrikiNgāpuhi and Hokianga traditions; selected rūnanga narrative and Tribunal testimony · Named voyaging guardian taniwhaPuhi-nui-aau-too in Titi-ohu’s Fatuhiva TaleTiti-ohu, Omoa, Fatuhiva; Handy’s Marquesan text and translation · Human-born speaking eelPukei-PukeiMonster Hunter · Bird WyvernPulowechMi’kmaq-labelled Rand manuscript narrative · Partridge hero and avenging magicianPumpkabooPokémon · Creature speciesPuniaiki, Fish-Form Son of AiaiHawaiian narrated traditions · Transforming supernatural heroPuṇṇakaBuddhist Jātaka narrative beings · Yaksha general and supernatural gamblerPunya InTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Heavenly wisdom deity who carries a fisherman in crow formPupitarPokémon · Creature speciesPuppetmonDigimon · Digital monsterPupu-kani-oiSelected Hawaiian narratives collected by Westervelt · Singing shell-bodied messengerPupualenalenaHawaiian collected narrative; Fornander collection witness · Understanding dog and shell retrieverPurépecha peopleDiverse Purépecha communities in Michoacán and beyond · Living Indigenous peoplePurple Worm (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Colossal tunneling predatorPurrgilStar Wars · Alien creaturePurrloinPokémon · Creature speciesPursuing Ogress of Snow-white-fire-redSicilian tale in Crane’s English selection · Cannibalistic fairy-tale motherPursuing rocks of AtungaitPolar Inuit of Smith Sound (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Magically mobilized rocky ridgesPuruglyPokémon · Creature speciesPushpavatiBengali collected folktales · Captive princess repeatedly killed and restored with magical sticksPutokya Hitchinna (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s1898 California collection · Destructive rolling head transformed from wildcat personPutrid Defiler (Diablo)Diablo · Parasitic infernal creaturePwca’r TrwynWelsh regional folklore · Named household hauntingPyjak (Mass Effect)Mass Effect · Alien scavenging animalPyroarPokémon · Creature speciesPyrovore (Warhammer 40,000)Warhammer · Tyranid digestion and assault bioformPythonAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Oracle-guarding serpentPython Husband of Kidd’s Gazaland TaleTshindao-speaking Gazaland tales in Kidd’s collection · Husband who takes a python’s formPyukumukuPokémon · Creature species
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Qaggim inuaEastern Canadian Arctic narratives recorded by Franz Boas; precise narrator unspecified in selected passage · Spirit owner of a communal singing houseQalaganguaseSouth-East Greenland (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Human transformed into a ghostQallupilluk / KalopalingEastern Canadian Arctic narratives recorded by Franz Boas; precise narrator unspecified in selected passage · Sea-ice abductor with a carrying hoodQasavaraBanks Islands; Qat cycle · Cannibal fighting spiritQatBanks Islands, especially Vanua Lava, Mota and Gaua · Culture-making vui and narrative heroQeytasPersian tale beings · Speaking and flying protective coltQiangliang (彊良)Shanhaijing creatures · Tiger-headed serpent-holding deityQianyang (羬羊)Chinese Shanhaijing beings · Horse-tailed sheep-like creatureQiezhiShanhaijing creatures · Fire-protecting red owlQilinChinese literary and artistic traditions; selected Korean girin ceramic witness · Auspicious beingQinchong (琴蟲)Shanhaijing creatures · Beast-headed serpent-bodied creatureQinggengShanhaijing creatures · Epidemic-protecting birdQinpiShanhaijing creatures · Executed monster transformed into a raptorQinyuanShanhaijing creatures · Deadly bee-like birdQiongqiChinese classical bestiary and Four Perils traditions · Composite beastQiqueShanhaijing creatures · Tiger-clawed human-eating birdQitongShanhaijing spirits · Mountain-dwelling spirit whose sound resembles bells and stone chimesQiuyu of the ShanhaijingShanhaijing creatures · Rabbit-shaped locust omenQiyuShanhaijing creatures · Three-headed protective birdQizhong birdShanhaijing creatures · One-footed epidemic owlQuadwing (Halo)Halo · Alien flying animalQuagsirePokémon · Creature speciesQuail seeking her trapped eggSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking mother bird who sets a chain of reluctant helpers in motionQuantum weather butterfly (Discworld)Discworld · Fictional weather-generating insectQuaquavalPokémon · Creature speciesQuarianMass Effect · Fictional peopleQuarrelling Corpses of the ChapelRussian collected narrative through Ralston · Paired predatory revenantsQuarrenStar Wars · Aquatic sapient peopleQuarrian and Gidgereegah, the Celestial HuntersNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Bird-changing and star-placed huntersQuaxlyPokémon · Creature speciesQuaxwellPokémon · Creature speciesQuechua peoplesLiving peoples & cultures · Umbrella of living peoplesQueen (StarCraft)StarCraft · Brood support creatureQueen Leech (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional intelligent leech controllerQueen Muhongo in KalungaKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Deceased advising queenQuematriceMonster Hunter · Fire-using scavenging brute wyvernQuibungoAfro-Brazilian Bahian oral narrative · Child-eating ogreQuilavaPokémon · Creature speciesQuilladinPokémon · Creature speciesQujavarssukGodthaab, West Greenland Inuit (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Supernaturally protected hunterQunari (Dragon Age)Dragon Age · Fictional peopleQuru (瞿如)Shanhaijing creatures · Human-faced three-footed birdQut (Lower Fraser food-maker and teacher)Lower Fraser narratives in Boas1895 · Bird-woman who produces food and teaches preparationQwilfishPokémon · Creature species
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R75 Prior bug (Stargate)Stargate · Fictional engineered insectRaAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Solar deityRabakaka, the Protective ToadMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · House-bellied rescuer who calls down lightningRabbit (Boas’s Kamloops account)Shuswap narratives collected at Kamloops in Boas1895 · Animal trickster with a detachable leg-weaponRabbit Prince in Pedroso’s TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale VII · Enchanted prince with rabbit and apparently dead appearancesRabbit Prince of Bourhill and Drake’s TaleShangani tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Rabbit transformed into a human rulerRabbit who claims to wear crystal eyesKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Speaking rabbit who escapes a fish court by inventing removable eyesRabesaritaka, the Adopting BeastMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Healing foster parent and human-swallowing predatorRabootPokémon · Creature speciesRabscaPokémon · Creature speciesRadiant mountain bridegroom and son (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Mountain family and supernatural marriageRadobaanMonster Hunter · Brute WyvernRafatazmia chitrakootensisProterozoic microorganisms · Fossil microorganism; proposed red algaRafotsibe of the Transforming WaterMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Shape-changing old helper with a truth-revealing tree giftRage demon (Dragon Age)Dragon Age · Fade demonRaging BoltPokémon · Creature speciesRahlabakoane’s Swallowing RockBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Dead father become a huge-mouthed swallowing rockRāhuSouth Asian religious iconography · Eclipse-devouring being and earth-diver in distinct South Asian witnessesRai-taroJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Thunder child who departs as a white dragonRaichuPokémon · Creature speciesRaidramonDigimon · Armor Beast DigimonRaikouPokémon · Creature speciesRain Bull (|Xam narratives)|Xam collected narratives · Animal-shaped weather beingRainette, Daughter of the CrocodileRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Burrowing frog hero who becomes an animal rulerRairu (Rodrigues’s Tapajós account)Munduruku account labelled Rio Tapajós in Rodrigues · Resilient creator’s son and underground intermediaryRaivato, the Stone Man of Alasora’s TaleMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Stone-hard abductor defeated by a superhuman rivalRāja Siung, the Tusky PrinceMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Human ruler who develops four tusks through cannibal eatingRajako of LoholokaMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Speaking monkey tricksterRajangMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureRājyavardhanaIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · White royal elephant given away by the Bodisat princeRakenThe Wheel of Time · Fictional animalRakna-KadakiMonster Hunter · TemnoceranRakshasaSouth Asian epic and religious traditions · Shape-changing supernatural beingRākshasa father in The Seven PrincessesSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Man-eater who mistakes his own daughter for a sheltered princessRākshasa killed by a thorn in his crownSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Man-eater whose approach is marked by successive criesRākshasa pursuing the Black Storks’ girlSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Human-scenting predator who follows an ash trail and imitates foster parentsRākshasa who raises WimalīSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Girl-claiming man-eater whose wished-for second mouth splits his headRakshasi demanding a nightly temple victimBengali collected folktales · Enormous predator repelled by a defender’s Rakshasa ancestryRakshasi maid in Sahasra Dal’s palaceBengali collected folktales · Human-disguised servant who abducts a princess in an enchanted boatRakshasi mother beyond the oceanBengali collected folktales · Ogress who guards her daughter’s external life and owns sea-crossing implementsRākshasī mother in The Seven PrincessesSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Ogress hostess who supplies sight-restoring tree juice after a letter is alteredRākshasī queen in The Seven PrincessesSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Ogress daughter who magically removes the eyes of seven sleeping rivalsRakshasi queen in the seven-mothers taleBengali collected folktales · Human-disguised devourer whose life is held in a distant caged birdRākshasī who captures three giantsSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Man-eater who becomes a promise-bound helper after releasing captivesRaktabīja (Pargiter’s Raktavīja)Devī-Māhātmya named asuras · Blood-multiplying asuraRaltsPokémon · Creature speciesRamamba and the Dog-Rescue Crocodile TalesMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Speaking predatory crocodile in two compared fablesRamambabe, the Field SerpentMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Enormous speaking serpent with a white bellyRamathallus lobatusProterozoic microorganisms · Fossil microorganism; proposed red algaRamazzottius cf. varieornatus — Japanese study strainTardigrades · Living tardigradeRambé and AmbéTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Mouse friends whose call-and-answer defeats a falsely penitent catRamjit BongaSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Enormous shaggy stream spirit involved in a narrated death compactRampardosPokémon · Creature speciesRamuh (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Lightning summonRancorStar Wars · Alien creatureRangdaBalinese ritual and performance beings · Balinese ritual witch figureRanyi fishShanhaijing creatures · Six-footed snake-headed fishRapa Nui peopleRapa Nui communities · Living Polynesian Indigenous peopleRapidashPokémon · Creature speciesRapidmonDigimon · Fast cyborg DigimonRarámuri peoplesRarámuri / Ralámuli · Living Indigenous peoples and communitiesRāshṭrapāla and the rejected peacock bridegroomIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Speaking bird king who vetoes his daughter’s chosen suitorRasoa, the Wife from the Bleeding TreeMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Tree-emerging wife who rises out of reach after an insultRasoabe and Rasoamasay (Ferrand’s Lake Wives)Betsimisaraka collected landscape tradition · Submerged wives with underwater settlementsRasoandranomanga, the Feathered WifeMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Wife changed into a bird by planted feathersRasoazanakomby’s Half-Cow MotherMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Half-woman, half-cow anthropophagous parentRat Boy in Penri’s accountAinu narratives recorded by Chamberlain · A rat that assumes the appearance of a wanted childRat Guide of SekholomiBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Speaking marsh rat who provides a warning companionRat guild that frees the amber charmKorean animal and supernatural narratives in Allen’s collection · Organized rodent helpers who gnaw a stone box under a pact of protectionRat King of the Golden ApplePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXX · Writing animal ruler and coordinated rescuerRat king who sustains GangazaraSouth Indian Soothsayer’s Son narrative beings · Rodent sovereign organising a prison supply routeRataolandohamivolana, the Living HeadMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Bodyless youngest son who gains wealth through warningsRatatoskrOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · World-tree squirrelRathalosMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureRathianMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureRathtarStar Wars · Tentacled pack predatorRaticatePokémon · Creature speciesRattataPokémon · Creature speciesRaudalo, King of the SnakesSelected northeastern Papuan narrative collected by Annie Ker · Flood-stopping guardian snakeRavager (Minecraft)Minecraft · Illager raid beastRavager (StarCraft)StarCraft · Zerg creature formRāvaṇaRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Many-headed rākṣasa kingRavana (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Insectoid warrior primalRaven (Haida)Haida Skidegate narratives · Transformer and trickster beingRaven (Rasmussen’s Greenland tales)Southeastern Greenland and Upernivik, northern Greenland Inuit (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Speaking bird in distinct colour, language and courtship storiesRaven MockerCherokee narrated traditions · Life-stealing witch figureRaven of the Battle of the BirdsScottish Gaelic tale in Campbell/Jacobs transmission · Enchanted human carrierRaven Princess (Grimm)German collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Enchanted human princessRaven-girl of the two giversAinu narratives recorded by Chamberlain · A divine raven who guides a benefactor to her familyRavijojla (Raviyoyla)Serbian selected collected traditions and heroic narratives · Flying archer VilaRavoailahy, the Crocodile HusbandMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Human-presenting crocodile bride-abductorRavoaimena, Soafara’s False FerrymanMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Speaking crocodile and unsuccessful feast hostRavòrombéMalagasy folktales translated by Sibree · Bird mother and supernatural helperRayquazaPokémon · Creature speciesRazatovo and Ranonera, the Vorondreo LoversMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Dead lovers who become speaking birdsRazazavavindrano, the Water DaughterMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Lake wife bringing cattle and maintaining visits after separationRe´kkẹñ in Vịyê´nto’s taleChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · Predatory spirits taught griefReachfolk (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Fictional peopleReanimated Horde (Diablo)Diablo · Revenant soldier familyReaper (Doctor Who)Doctor Who · Fictional temporal predatorReborn Ostrich (|Xam tale)|Xam collected narratives · Regenerating animal personReborn parrot of the youth-giving mangoSouthern Indian collected folktales · A speaking fostered parrot reborn after an unjust executionRed and Spots (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Pair of size-changing supernatural dogsRed bear bridegroom (Boas’s 1916 version)Tsimshian narrative reprinted by Franz Boas from his earlier collection · Supernatural sea bearRed dog wifeMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Woman wearing a removable dog formRed-coated fugitive of The Flying OgreChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Girl-shaped flying ogre pursued by a celestial officerRed-Eyed Enchanter of MahistrubaBasque-area narratives in Webster’s collection · Old woman who holds a prince in serpent formRed-haired Inzimu Pair in the Three Eggs TaleSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Horned cannibal ogres in a shared householdRedcapScottish and English Border castle traditions · Murderous Border goblinReDead (The Legend of Zelda)The Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureRedguard (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Fictional peopleReefclaw (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureReekStar Wars · Alien creatureReetouStargate · Fictional out-of-phase insectoid peopleRegenerador (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional bioweaponRegicePokémon · Creature speciesRegidragoPokémon · Creature speciesRegielekiPokémon · Creature speciesRegigigasPokémon · Creature speciesRegirockPokémon · Creature speciesRegisteelPokémon · Creature speciesRegrowing-Head Ma-kishi Chief of the Widow’s ChildrenKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Many-headed chief with successive replacement headsRegurgitator (Diablo)Diablo · Corpse-consuming demonReindeer-born devourer in Bogoras’s collectionNorthern Asian narratives published by Bogoras · Cannibal child born from a reindeerRejuvenating Smithy DemonRussian collected narrative through Ralston · Demon assuming apprentice formRelicanthPokémon · Creature speciesRellorPokémon · Creature speciesRemoraidPokémon · Creature speciesRemorhaz (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Heated arctic burrowerRenamonDigimon · Beast Man DigimonRenewing Moon of the |Xam Death Account|Xam collected narratives; Katkop dialect witness · Celestial personRennell Island cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living island cultural communitiesRescued rats of The Glass PrincessSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking rodents who answer a remembered promise and excavate a secret passageRescuing Crow of the Aggelamusch TaleTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Speaking bird protectorRescuing son of the seven-brothers bonga brideSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Spirit-human child who marks a squirrel and releases petrified relativesReshiramPokémon · Creature speciesRestored Maiden of Casalis’s Crocodile TaleBasotho narrative recorded by Eugène Casalis · Human woman reformed from scattered dustRestoring brother in The Golden Kaekiri FruitSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Boy whose appeals renew his sister’s eyes and summon her from snake formRestoring Crocodile of MosimoliBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Crocodile that remakes a killed womanRestoring Fairy of Tombi-ende’s SistersSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Supernatural woman reviving slain sistersResurrection Birds of NgélétchaneRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Pair of birds that revive one another with leavesReturning bridegroom (Calvun’s telling)Calvun / Segundo Jara, Chilean Pehuenche narrative in Lenz · Dead lover who returns for a living womanReturning Dead Woman of SaddaeddaSicilian historical collected narrative in Crane’s selection · Corpse reclaiming stolen bodily remainsReturning Fish of the Craving WifeKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking fish that survives cooking and ingestionReturning Ghost DancersSierra Leone collected tales · Collective of visiting deadReturning Nursing MotherRussian collected narrative through Ralston · Silent maternal revenantReuniclusPokémon · Creature speciesReuniting Grave Palms of Sidi Fadl and the PrincessTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Supernatural vegetation of dead loversRevavroomPokémon · Creature speciesReveling spirits of the Ink Town loftKorean narrated supernatural beings · Unseen nocturnal musicians who repel intrudersRevenant (God of War)God of War · Seiðr-corrupted witchRevenant Princess of Sofia’s Portuguese-Transmitted TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Nocturnally predatory princess restored to lifeRevenant Sisters of the Haunted GardenBou Semghoun narratives collected by Basset · Murdered sisters returning above their gravesRevenant snake of Seoul’s Water GateKorean narrated supernatural beings · Snake reborn as an adversary’s sonRevived Benefactor of NgélétchaneRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Human resurrection witness and royal healerReviving Chameleon of Spoon’s Rainette EpicRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Reassembling animal ally and deceptive heraldReviving Ox of MbulukaziXhosa tales collected under Theal’s direction · Rescue and restorative animalReviving Tarente of the Beni Menacer Brothers’ TaleBeni Menacer narratives collected by Basset · Speaking animal demonstrator of a life-restoring herbRey DauMonster Hunter · Flying wyvernRhiannon (First Branch)Welsh Mabinogi; Guest-derived Jacobs adaptation · Otherworld-associated woman and enchantressRhiannon’s White HorseWelsh Mabinogi; Guest-derived Jacobs adaptation · Uncatchable Otherworld mountRhizophagus irregularisFungi · Living speciesRhydonPokémon · Creature speciesRhyhornPokémon · Creature speciesRhyperiorPokémon · Creature speciesRibombeePokémon · Creature speciesRidley (Metroid)Metroid · Recurring dragon-like antagonistRigi of the Nauru Creation AccountsNauru creation narratives recorded through historical collectors · World-separating worm or butterfly in distinct recorded versionsRillaboomPokémon · Creature speciesRīmau and Buáya at the Lĕbih RiverMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Tiger and crocodile whose hunting agreement turns against the tigerRing-Giving Dog of the Fire TaleIcelandic collected narrative; The Tale of how Three Damsels went to fetch Fire · Savage-looking cave dog and gift bearerRing-necked lake serpents (St John’s narrative)Passamaquoddy-labelled story in Leland’s collection · Serpentine offspring of a transformed birthRing-Retrieving Mouse of DjiwaôRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Speaking animal helper who steals a magical ring backRing’s Shifting StepmotherPrince Ring in the Yellow Fairy Book · Shape-changing enchantress and treasure keeperRinnaBori spirit representations recorded by Tremearne · Hornet hunting spiritRioluPokémon · Creature speciesRisanaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Soul-seizing wife of KuriRitoThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional peopleRiver Creature’s Daughter in Nkoulounkoulou’s TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Persecuted human girl with river powersRiver horse (Haycurupá)Amazonian Haycurupá island tradition recorded by Nery · Horse-shaped river beingRiver-Drinking Bull of the Búkolla ChaseIcelandic collected folktale; second Búkolla account · Enormous bull used by pursuing ogressesRiver-Making Hippopotamus of Spoon’s EpicRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Animal rival who creates obstacles and steals a trumpetRiver-Spirit Daughter of the Spear JourneyHausa collected narratives · Water-crossing supernatural helperRo SomMota, Banks Islands · Female supernatural source of money and provisionRoach (StarCraft)StarCraft · Zerg creature formRoadside Skull of the Failed DemonstrationKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking human skullRoar and RustleGaelic wonder tale; Jacobs’s combined Kayn narrative · Paired scaled bridge guardiansRoaring MoonPokémon · Creature speciesRobin Woman (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Bird-person wife and seasonal providerRocSindbad voyage narratives and Arabic marvel literature · Legendary birdRockruffPokémon · Creature speciesRodanGodzilla · Fictional creatureRodianStar Wars · Fictional peopleRoggenrolaPokémon · Creature speciesRohu fish that carries LailiStokes-derived Loving Laili narrative beings · Speaking fish containing a traveller for twelve yearsRokurokubiJapanese neck and detached-head tales · YōkaiRolling CalfJamaican night-travel stories · Ghostly creatureRolycolyPokémon · Creature speciesRom, the Vacuous SpiderBloodborne · Arcane spider-like creatureRomulanStar Trek · Fictional peopleRongxuan Wang Shi (戎宣王尸)Shanhaijing creatures · Headless red horse-shaped beingRookideePokémon · Creature speciesRoper (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Cave-camouflaged predatorRose-forehead Maiden in Pedroso’s TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XV · Extraordinarily born girl preserved in an enchanted chestRose, the Fairy Queen’s Dog-GoddaughterBasque-area collected tale; Webster suspects French transmission · Speaking dog and active companionRoseliaPokémon · Creature speciesRosemonDigimon · Digital monsterRoseradePokémon · Creature speciesRotomPokémon · Creature speciesRotumansLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleRowletPokémon · Creature speciesRoyal vultures (Tapacuma account)Arawak people of Tapacuma, as specifically credited by Brett · Sky-dwelling bird people with human formsRu, Mangaian Sky-SupporterMangaian narratives in Gill’s collected witness · Sky-supporting ancestral giantRuamanoTe Reinga and Wairoa river traditions; selected Tiniroto school retelling · Named landscape-forming taniwhaRūan the Creeping FishMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Fish who steals an egg to help a squirrel’s wifeRuby Prince (La’ljî)Punjabi collected folktales · Ruby-like snake-stone who becomes a prince and a crowned serpentRuffletPokémon · Creature speciesRug of Smothering (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional animated constructRuhembeduhakukaBunyoro narrative in Kitching’s collection · Returning one-sided elder with bullRumblehorn (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Scent-tracking dragonRumpelstiltskinGerman tales collected by the Brothers Grimm · Fairy-tale figureRuna UturuncoNorthwestern Argentine popular traditions · Human-feline transformer in regional storiesRunamulaPeruvian Amazonian regional traditions · Punitive transformation figureRunebearElden Ring · MonsterRunerigusPokémon · Creature speciesRunespoor (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Three-headed magical serpentRupeMāori public narratives; selected Hinauri–Rehua account · Pigeon-form ancestral figureRupe and the Karaurau Birds of Ina’s VoyageCook Islands accounts collected and translated by William Wyatt Gill · Bird-entering voyager and consenting conveyance birdsRupi fishShanhaijing creatures · Pearl-producing vessel-shaped fishRuru (獳如)Chinese textual creature traditions · Scaled, bristled canine beastRush Horses in Croker’s Master and ManIrish fairy legends; Croker’s edited Cluricaune section · Plant materials transformed into magical mountsRushou (蓐收)Chinese legendary beings · Western dragon-riding spiritRusset Dog (Master Rory)Scottish Gaelic animal fables adapted by Jacobs · Speaking fox tricksterRust Monster (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Metal-corroding monstrosityRyshadiumCosmere · Fictional creature
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S’iringBagobo collected traditions · Forest echo-maker and deceptive abductorS'reditThe Wheel of Time · Fictional animalSa:sq’ets (Sasquatch)Sts’ailes public cultural account · Spiritual beingSa’idiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Bori spirit in a historical performance accountSableyePokémon · Creature speciesSaboulanaRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Human intermediary admitted to an ancestral forestSabwizaTotela legend in Louyi-language collection · Traditional narrative ghostSachamamaPeruvian Amazonian narrated traditions · Forest mother serpentSaciBrazilian Saci-pererê traditions · Trickster beingSaco giant sorcerersPenobscot-labelled Maria Saksis narrative · Cannibal family transformed into fishSaddell Church ApparitionKintyre Scottish narrative collected by Cuthbert Bede · Emerging giant-like hauntingSæhrímnirOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Renewing feast animalSafeyd, giant king of Kôh KâfUpper Indus beings in Swynnerton’s Panjabi tales · Giant ruler who becomes a white horse and aids his beloved princeSahasra DalBengali collected folktales · Son of a Rakshasi and a Brahman who protects his human half-brotherSahasra Dal’s Rakshasi motherBengali collected folktales · Beautiful human-disguised devourer who claims a Brahman as her husbandSahelanthropus tchadensisHuman evolution · Extinct speciesSahuagin (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional peopleSailfin Goliath (Avatar)Avatar · Peaceful garden-tending megafaunaSaindronga and Railovy in Renel’s Bird-King TalesMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Black-clad bird ruler in an origin fableSak Hikai and Kol Tibichi’s spirit birdWintu narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Rainbow spirit and great bird associated with a legendary healerSakatabélaRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Many-headed ogress with enchanted hospitalitySakatimunaMalay Peninsula traditions in historical collection · Creation-account serpentSakuyamonDigimon · Priestess-form DigimonSalamander (bestiary)Latin Christian bestiary tradition; selected English manuscript · Fire-resistant bestiary creatureSalamencePokémon · Creature speciesSalanditPokémon · Creature speciesSalarianMass Effect · Fictional peopleSalazzlePokémon · Creature speciesSalevaoSamoan traditions; selected Turner accounts · Named deity with animal and environmental manifestationsSalmon chief in Ishanashte’s rescue taleAinu narratives recorded by Chamberlain · A divine fish chief who shelters a storm-tossed fishermanSalpingoeca rosettaMicrobes · Living speciesSalt-Carrying Giant of VatomandryBetsimisaraka collected landscape tradition · Anonymous giant whose cargo changes the seaSalusan bull (Dune)Dune · Fictional bovine animalSamboHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountSamburu communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living cultural communitiesSamébito of Lake BiwaJapanese tale beings · Exiled sea-person whose tears become jewelsSámiLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleSaṃkhapālaBuddhist Jātaka narrative beings · Self-sacrificing nāga kingSamoansLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleSampātiRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Sun-scorched prophetic vultureSamurottPokémon · Creature speciesSan (Old Age)Diné / Navajo Origin Legend: Hatali Nez version translated by Washington Matthews, with separately labelled variants · Spared personification of agingSan-Shinron (Dragon Ball GT)Dragon Ball · Fictional ice dragonSan’ShyuumHalo · Fictional peopleSanchytrium tribonematisSanchytriomycota · Microscopic algal-parasitic fungusSanctuary GuardianDark Souls · Chimeric demonSand Maggot (Diablo)Diablo · Burrowing arthropodSandacondaPokémon · Creature speciesSandilePokémon · Creature speciesSandshrewPokémon · Creature speciesSandslashPokémon · Creature speciesSandtroutDune · Fictional creature life stageSandworm (Dune)Dune · Fictional creatureSandy Bay water family (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Underwater chief and interworld familySandy ShocksPokémon · Creature speciesSandygastPokémon · Creature speciesSanemori’s rice-devouring insectJapanese traditions in Hearn’s historical accounts · Warrior spirit transformed into an insectSangheiliHalo · Fictional peopleSanihas Yupchi (Curtin’s Wintu account)Wintu narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Archer of daylight and spirit-assisted water finderSankchinniBengali collected folktales · Female tree-haunting ghost who replaces a wife and lengthens her limbsSanseiJapanese yōkai · Mountain spiritSao birdTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Truth-speaking bird deceived into discrediting its own testimonySararuma / Aima SunéYurakaré source-specific cosmological accounts · World-burning being and restorer of vegetationSarikin BakkaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Chief bowman caring for forest beastsSarikin GwariHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Chief spirit of the groveSarikin KofaHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountSarikin MakafiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Spirit represented as chief of blind menSarikin PawaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Chief butcher spirit calling for bloodSarikin RafiHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountSarlaccStar Wars · Alien creatureSaru Prince (Gindu Raja)Santal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Caterpillar-skinned hero with extraordinarily long hairSas and Chanahl (Tulchuherris cycle)Wintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Primordial hostile father-in-law divided into sun and moonSasabonsamAsante-associated supernatural imagery · Forest supernatural figureSasnalkahiDiné / Navajo Origin Legend: Hatali Nez version translated by Washington Matthews, with separately labelled variants · Pursuing bear transformed into plantsSateré-MawéSateré-Mawé communities · Living Indigenous peopleSathaConan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureSatoriJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Mind-reading mountain beingSatori (The Legend of Zelda)The Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureSault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa IndiansSault Tribe / Anishinaabe · Living Indigenous nationSaveasiʻuleoSamoan Pulotu traditions; selected Turner witness · Named hybrid-form deitySawbill-Duck Woman (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Bird-person wife and rejected providerSawkPokémon · Creature speciesSawsbuckPokémon · Creature speciesSayadaatee ShemsSwahili tales in Bateman’s translation · Bird-form genie princessSayenTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Shape-changing son of an Alan who becomes fish or chickenScagdead (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional resistant-host mutationScamp (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Small lesser Daedric creatureScarab Demon (Diablo)Diablo · Electrically altered insectScatterbugPokémon · Creature speciesSceptilePokémon · Creature speciesSchalûMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Wolf-reared human boy who interprets his foster parents’ warningsSchimnu impersonating a minister’s sonMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Perfect human double trapped after shrinking into a water jugSchimnu-KhanMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Schimnu ruler in distinct ox-form and multiplying-body narrativesSchmidtea mediterraneaPlanarian flatworms · Living speciesScion (Mass Effect)Mass Effect · Collector-made composite weapons organismScitalisLatin Christian bestiary tradition; selected English manuscript · Dazzling bestiary serpentScizorPokémon · Creature speciesScolipedePokémon · Creature speciesScolopendraGreek imperial animal writing · Many-footed marine monsterScorbunnyPokémon · Creature speciesScourge (StarCraft)StarCraft · Explosive flying creatureScourge beast (Bloodborne)Bloodborne · Transformed predatory beastScovillainPokémon · Creature speciesScraftyPokémon · Creature speciesScraggyPokémon · Creature speciesScream TailPokémon · Creature speciesScreebDestiny · Fictional creatureScreen-maiden loved by TokkeiJapanese tale beings · Living spirit of a painted portraitScyllaAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Many-headed sea monsterScytherPokémon · Creature speciesSë’nötlk’ë and Nuk’ö’mak’en, SquamishSquamish narratives in Boas’s 1895 collection · Two-ended serpent and dangerous supernatural remainsSea Creeper (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional aquatic infected humanSea King (One Piece)One Piece · Fictional marine monster groupSea King who shelters Sim ChungKorean literary narrative in Allen’s collection · Underwater monarch who explains a star’s former life and returns her to earthSea monster that wrecks Kshemaṅkara’s shipIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Unnamed sea creature that disables a returning jewel shipSea Oak-Feller of the KalevalaKalevala compiled epic, selected Crawford translation · Size-changing copper-equipped sea heroSea serpent (Narnia)The Chronicles of Narnia · Marine monsterSea-Drinking Mosquito of the Tazerwalt FableTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Minute creature capable of drinking the seaSea-horse of the Wind-Demon taleKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Speaking sea steed and rescuing mountSea-Jumper’s wolf-changing wife in Theodosia’s taleNorthern Asian narratives published by Bogoras · Woman who changes into a she-wolfSea-Maiden (Campbell/Jacobs)Scottish Gaelic tale collected by Campbell and adapted by Jacobs · Bargaining water being with external soulSea-Risen Slayer of the Giant OxKalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Small iron-handed sea figureSeadraPokémon · Creature speciesSeakingPokémon · Creature speciesSealeoPokémon · Creature speciesSeashocker (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Electrical marine dragonSeasoning Maidens of Shaihu’s Name ContestHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Food ingredients transformed into maidensSechobochoboIla reported traditions · Traditional narrative beingSecwépemc PeopleSecwépemc / Shuswap · Living Indigenous peopleSedit (Curtin’s Wintu account)Wintu narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Primordial coyote figure and opponent of rejuvenationSedna (Boas’s Oqomiut and Akudnirmiut accounts)Oqomiut and Akudnirmiut Inuit; Cumberland Sound and the Davis Strait coast of Baffin Island · Sea-animal origin figure and mistress of AdlivunSéédimwéSubiya collected tales · Traditional narrative beingSeedotPokémon · Creature speciesSeelPokémon · Creature speciesSehinom ChabatuWintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · First-world warrior and underground survivorSehlatStar Trek · Vulcan companion and wild animalSeilatsatsi oa MohaleBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Woman transformed into an ant heap by daylightSeismitoadPokémon · Creature speciesSekholomi of the Bee EscapeBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Traveller who becomes a bee and creates a mountain barrierSĕladang Chĕrang and Sĕladang B’lūkarMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Wild bulls provoked into a fatal fight by fabricated insultsSelf-loathing beast (Red Dwarf)Red Dwarf · Psychically manifested creatureSelk’namSelk’nam · Living Indigenous people and communitiesSelkieOrkney and Shetland seal-person traditions · Shapeshifting beingSelomakupuBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Long-toothed flesh-eating hut mistressSelwangaBaganda religious accounts collected by John Roscoe · Python deity in a collected temple accountSemai-mai, the Fairy DogSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Human king punished with a magical dog formSeminole Tribe of FloridaSeminole Tribe of Florida and its communities · Living Indigenous nationSenasurā in Parker’s farming taleSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Saturn deity whose hostile influence is overcome by an adaptable farmerSeneca Nation (New York)Seneca / Onöndowa’ga:’ · Living Indigenous nationSenso DojinJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Mountain teacher whose true body is a huge frogSentretPokémon · Creature speciesSĕpah putri, the flower-peckerMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Tiny speaking bird that escapes by promising an impossible treasureSeparated-Body Guide of Sudika-MbambiKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Helpful woman with separable upper and lower bodySepo Malosi in Turner’s Animal AccountsSamoan local deity accounts in George Turner’s collection · Flying-fox and other local manifestationsSerapele of Raseretsana’s TaleBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Fabulous animal offering deceptive childcareSeraphimonDigimon · Digital monsterSeregiosMonster Hunter · Scale-projecting flying wyvernSerena (La Serena river account)Regionally distinguished Chilean reports in Vicuña Cifuentes’s 1915 collection · Woman transformed into a fish-tailed water beingSerpent d’Isabit in Webster’s RecollectionBasque and Pyrenean narratives in Webster’s collection · Enormous valley-spanning serpentSerpent guarding Balatama’s roadMindanao narrative in Cole’s Moro section · Speaking snake that challenges Bantugan’s son during a marriage missionSerpent king who aids GangazaraSouth Indian Soothsayer’s Son narrative beings · Serpent sovereign claiming descent from AdiseshaSerpent of Dagon (Conan)Conan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureSerpent-form monkey guardian in Shelton’s taleTibetan tales in Shelton’s English collection · Monkey guardian who becomes a great snakeSerpent-gods who release SunshineMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Water-controlling serpent beingsSerpent-Peri of the magic mirror taleKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Elephant-swallowing fairy serpentSerpentón of Tacurú PucúParaguayan Alto Paraná place legends collected by Ambrosetti · Treasure-guarding giant serpentSerperiorPokémon · Creature speciesServants of Bit-YakinConan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureServinePokémon · Creature speciesSetAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Divine antagonistSetuli, King of the BirdsSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Human ruler with magically supplied bird armiesSetuli’s Bird RegimentsSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Bird companies transformed into warriors and attendantsSeven div sisters of the wellsPersian tale beings · Giant horned sisters who hide a prince from their sonsSeven Foal PrincesNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Enchanted human brothersSeven Giants of Thorsteinn’s TaleIcelandic Thorsteinn prince narrative; 1866 second series · Troll-like giant household and captive keeperSeven Handmaidens of the Frog PrincessGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Flying magical attendantsSeven hundred Rakshasas of Keshavati’s countryBengali collected folktales · Devouring company whose shared life depends on two submerged beesSeven hundred Rakshasas of the kataki gardensBengali collected folktales · Garden-guarding company whose deaths depend on two boxed beesSeven Hyndet-bread fairies in RafyKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Invisible forest fairies taking winged human formsSeven mounted demons encountered by ShanggasbaMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Horse-riding demons accidentally poisoned by a prospective victim’s provisionsSeven Raven BrothersGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Cursed sibling flockSeven Restorers of Isongompodisiailahy’s TaleMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Companions with sight and successive body-reconstruction powersSeven scorpions of IsisAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Protective animal companySeven warriors of the stone spiritSubanun narratives in Cole’s collection · Colour-matched warriors defeated and restored at a peace feastSeven White Cows of Cormac’s VisitIrish literary tradition; Cormac’s Otherworld journey · Mythic milk-providing animal herdSeven-headed bird of Mount GuraynMindanao narrative in Cole’s Moro section · Many-headed predatory birdSeven-Headed Captor Below the WellTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Long-eared seven-headed swordsmanSeven-headed Dragon (The Two Brothers)German collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Individual fire-breathing dragonSeven-Headed Milk Serpent in Sofia’s AccountRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Wealth-giving serpent who grants animal understandingSeven-Headed Serpent of the Fisherman’s SonCatherine Elizondo’s Fisherman tale in Webster · Mountain serpent demanding daily victimsSeven-Headed Snake of Sultan DaraiSwahili collected tales · Serpentine ruler and captorSeven-headed Tigress of the Cloud FairyTuscan folktale from Pisa through Comparetti and Crane · External-life guardian beastSeven-headed witch-man of Juggin Straw BlueJamaican narrative: David Roach, Lacovia · Many-headed cannibal adversarySeven-Tongued Serpent of Imbahatrila’s TaleMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Terrible serpent defeated by a rapidly growing child heroSeviperPokémon · Creature speciesSewaddlePokémon · Creature speciesSeychellois Creole cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living cultural communitiesSgoe’të, the sky-reaching tree of GalianoCowichan narratives in Boas’s 1895 collection · Sky-reaching tree and island-origin landscape beingShadow (Earthsea)Earthsea · Supernatural beingShadow of Kihei’s wifeJapanese supernatural tales in Hearn’s Kottō · Living woman’s hostile spiritShadow-Seizing Pool Beast in Callaway’s AppendixZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Water-being category in attributed explanationShadowcat (A Song of Ice and Fire)A Song of Ice and Fire · Fictional predatorShakkoumonDigimon · Combined Mutant DigimonShalk (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Fire-bearing beetleShambling Mound (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Ambulatory predatory plantShangaoShanhaijing creatures · Abusive red speaking beastShangfu (𪁺𩿧)Shanhaijing creatures · Three-headed chicken-like birdShangyangChinese weather-omen narratives · One-legged rain birdShanhuiShanhaijing creatures · Laughing wind-omen beastShankar, the prince’s guardian dogStokes-derived moon-marked prince tale beings · Speaking royal dog who shelters an abandoned infantShansaoShenyi jing creatures · Small mountain spiritShape-Changing Boy of the Dodo MarriageHausa collected narratives · Human animal-transforming escapeeShape-changing master and pupil in Ali the MerchantUpper Indus beings in Swynnerton’s Panjabi tales · Human rivals who assume animal and equipment formsShape-changing pupil in Parker’s final taleSri Lankan beings in Parker’s village tales · Human pupil repeatedly manifested as animals and objectsShape-changing tigers of Kándang BālokMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Tiger community using separate pools to assume human and animal shapesShara Nagóy (Yellow Dog)Buryat narratives recorded by Jeremiah Curtin · An enormous devourer defeated with heated stonesSharabha (Himalayan throne-back figure)Himalayan sacred animal imagery · Composite flying horse of a toranaSharpedoPokémon · Creature speciesSharquoi (Halo)Halo · Collectively sapient altered alien peopleShayminPokémon · Creature speciesShe-goblins of SirīsavatthuBuddhist Jātaka narrative beings · Shipwreck-enticing goblinsShebishiShanhaijing creatures · Snake-adorned hybrid spiritShedinjaPokémon · Creature speciesSheep-form bhūta in the Two Mighties taleSouthern Indian collected folktales · A goblin frightened by an imaginary stronger enemyShelgonPokémon · Creature speciesShell-losing jellyfish in Griffis’s sea-court taleJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Transformed ancestral jellyfishShellderPokémon · Creature speciesShellosPokémon · Creature speciesShelmetPokémon · Creature speciesSheltering Frog of Maçingué’s DaughtersRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Speaking frog whose belly conceals ten fugitivesSheltering tree in the Sobur taleBengali collected folktales · Speaking tree that opens its trunk to protect two womenShengyuShanhaijing creatures · Red fish-eating flood-omen birdShenron (Dragon Ball)Dragon Ball · Fictional magical dragonShield-bearing Frog ArmySwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Organized talking frog defendersShieldonPokémon · Creature speciesShiftryPokémon · Creature speciesShih Ch’ing-hsü, the wonderful stoneChinese literary supernatural narratives · Choosing and dream-speaking stoneShiinoticPokémon · Creature speciesShikibu HeinaiJapanese supernatural tales in Hearn’s Kottō · Samurai apparition in an unfinished taleShilangShanhaijing creatures · Long-eared war-omen foxShinkirōJapanese yōkai · Mirage-producing shell creatureShinryu (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Dragon superbossShinxPokémon · Creature speciesShip-Swallowing Monster of the Zenaga Rescue VoyageZenaga narratives dictated to Basset · Unnamed marine swallowing monsterShipibo-Konibo peopleShipibo-Konibo-Xetebo communities and institutions · Living Indigenous peopleShipwrecked mouse-deer and the deceived sharkMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Shipwreck survivor who tricks a shark and tigerShirouneriJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated clothShirrenStarfinder · Fictional peopleShiva (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Ice summonShoggoth (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureShōkeraJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Roof-crawling creatureShokuin / ZhuyinJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Human-faced serpentShrieker (Destiny)Destiny · Fictional supernatural sentinelShrikantha’s mouse, ape and bearMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Grateful speaking animals who rescue a condemned man and recover his talismanShroodlePokémon · Creature speciesShroomishPokémon · Creature speciesShroud-Demanding CorpseVoronezh-region narrative · Returning corpse demanding restitutionShuAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Atmospheric deityShu fishShanhaijing creatures · Many-headed chicken-like fishShuairanShenyi jing creatures · Coordinated defensive serpentShuarShuar communities · Living Indigenous nationality and regional communitiesShucklePokémon · Creature speciesShuhuShanhaijing creatures · Human-faced winged horse hybridShui-mang ghostsChinese literary supernatural narratives · Ghosts seeking substitutes, with an explicit refusal of that practiceShuimaShanhaijing creatures · Patterned water horseShulker (Minecraft)Minecraft · Shelled levitation creatureShumpallMapuche oral narratives in south-central Chile · Sacred aquatic being and spouse in narrativeShuppetPokémon · Creature speciesShurimonDigimon · Armor Mutant DigimonShushu Marimi and the fire carriers (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Primordial dog-woman preserving stolen fireShusiShanhaijing creatures · Bird with human feetShuten-dōjiJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Named demon leaderSiä’latsa, Cowichan sky-descended ancestorCowichan narratives in Boas’s 1895 collection · Sky-descended healer and culture heroSick tiger king and the mouse-deer successorMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Beast court where a threatened mouse-deer redirects the proposed cureSiddhî-kürMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Storytelling mighty deadSidi Belabbas in the Dove-Miracle TaleTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Saint who assumes dove formSidi Massud, the Departing Dove BridegroomTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Servant transformed into a doveSidioulou, the Little DespisedRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Rapidly grown human hero with transforming speechSiege Beast (Diablo)Diablo · Armored infernal beastSierpePanamanian and Colombian Pacific narrative traditions · Giant water serpentSigilyphPokémon · Creature speciesSigrdrífa, the Sleeping Valkyrie TeacherSelected Eddic poetic and prose witnesses · Punished valkyrie and supernatural teacherSiguanabaGuatemalan and wider Central American storytelling · Deceptive female apparitionSikulumeXhosa tales collected under Theal’s direction · Transforming human monster-slayerSilbónVenezuelan and Colombian Llanos folklore · Whistling revenantSilcoonPokémon · Creature speciesSilesaloma (Hairy-grip)Buddhist Jātaka narrative beings · Shaggy forest yakkhaSilicobraPokémon · Creature speciesSilitTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Speaking thunder who tests travelers by their response to its soundSilk-Napkin Spirit CompanyAïn Sfisifa narratives collected by Basset · Summoned nocturnal spirits and dancerSilkworm maiden and living horse-hideChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Woman transformed into a silkworm and later worshippedSilphymonDigimon · Combined Beast Man DigimonSilt Strider (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Giant transport arthropodSilumba, the Ghost ServantLouyi collected ghost-servant accounts · Traditional narrative ghostSilvallyPokémon · Creature speciesSim Chung in Allen’s tellingKorean literary narrative in Allen’s collection · Former heavenly star whose sea journey ends in queenship and reunionSiṃhikāRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Shadow-seizing sea predatorSimipourPokémon · Creature speciesSimisagePokémon · Creature speciesSimisearPokémon · Creature speciesSimo (honey-bee son-in-law)Warao narrative recorded in historical Guiana · Bee-person spouse and extraordinary hunterSimulant (Red Dwarf)Red Dwarf · Fictional artificial beingSimurghPersian Shāhnāmeh tradition · Epic bird beingSinga Barong of ReogEast Javanese performance beings · Lion-like peacock-crested monsterSinging Accusation Gourds of the Sleepless TownHausa collected narratives · Animated detecting objectsSinging Cistern Reed of the Horned SultanTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Flute that grows into a revealing reedSinging Fish of the Twin BrothersYoruba narratives in Ogumefu’s collection · Animal witness to concealed deathSinistchaPokémon · Creature speciesSinisteaPokémon · Creature speciesSinking Bride of the Chameleon’s MarriageRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Human-form bride whose forbidden work opens a lakeSinspawn (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureSiònaBetsileo marvellous-creature accounts translated by Sibree · Concealed wilderness beingSiren (The Witcher)The Witcher · Aquatic and flying hybrid predatorSirena of HagåtñaCHamoru proverb and transformation narrative · Human–fish transformed maidenSirensAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Luring supernatural singersSirfetch’dPokémon · Creature speciesSirocco in LionbrunoBasilicata Lionbruno narrative in Crane’s selection · Personified guiding windSisimiteHonduran and eastern Mesoamerican traditions; Pesh narrative witness · Hairy cave-dwelling being with regional formsSister Nazi, the mouse and Mistress AntBakhtiari tale beings · Speaking animal triangle at the centre of a cumulative mourning taleSitari JogiSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Shape-changing teacher whose severed head continues a pursuitSivalu, the match-making jackalBengali collected folktales · Speaking jackal who arranges a poor weaver’s royal marriageSiwaraWarao narrative recorded by Roth · Named forest spirit and game-giving relativeSix Extraordinary ServantsGerman collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Six individual supernatural helpersSix grateful souls who assist Don JuanPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Returned dead with extraordinary abilitiesSix monkeys who deliver magic gongsTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Speaking animal messengers sent to reward laborSix peepul-riding wives of the transformed-boy taleSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Sisters-in-law who travel on an uprooting tree and use nails to transform a witnessSix speaking skulls in Kali’s templeBengali collected folktales · Murdered victims who advise a prince and recover their bodiesSix Swan BrothersGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Enchanted sibling flockSix-Headed Serpent Holding the MoonFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Multi-headed celestial captorSizzlipedePokémon · Creature speciesSk’oö’ts (Kamloops gambler)Shuswap narratives collected at Kamloops in Boas1895 · Human remade with a feather-covered headSkarmoryPokémon · Creature speciesSkavenWarhammer · Fictional peopleSkeever (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Disease-bearing rodentSkeksisThe Dark Crystal · Fictional divided alien rulersSkeledirgePokémon · Creature speciesSkeletal King of the Hausa Flesh-Taste TaleHausa collected tales · Human ruler reduced to moving bonesSkiddoPokémon · Creature speciesSkimwing (Avatar)Avatar · Alien amphibious-gliding marine animalSkin-Wearing Demons of the Dead WitchRussian collected narrative through Ralston · Paired corpse-taking demonsSkinless Returning Deer of Dinianga dia NgombeKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking animal narrativeSkiploomPokémon · Creature speciesSkittyPokémon · Creature speciesSköllOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Sun-pursuing wolfSkorupiPokémon · Creature speciesSkrelpPokémon · Creature speciesSkrill (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Storm-powered electrical dragonSkull Bridegroom (Calabar tale)Southern Nigerian collected fairy tales · Disguised spiritSkunk and the East Wind’s snow (Lower Fraser)Lower Fraser narratives in Boas1895 · Animal opponent saved by a weather-making helperSkuntankPokémon · Creature speciesSkwovetPokémon · Creature speciesSky chief and his children (Chief Mountain’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Chief Mountain at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Sky household and earth-changing descendantsSky chief of the lightning origin taleTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Deceased chief who takes fish and old-man formsSky leviathan (Halo)Halo · Large floating alien animalSlakingPokémon · Creature speciesSlakothPokémon · Creature speciesSlaughterfish (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Aggressive aquatic fishSlave of the Serpent Ring (Conan)Conan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureSleep’s household (Chief Mountain’s account)Nisga’a narrative continued by Chief Mountain; recorded by Franz Boas at Kinkolith · Supernatural sleeper and responsive household objectsSleeper parasite (Stargate)Stargate · Fictional neurological parasiteSleipnirOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Eight-legged horseSlender Red ChampionWest Irish wonder tale; Morraha · Magical sea-arriving challengerSlig (Dune)Dune · Fictional engineered food animalSliggooPokémon · Creature speciesSlime (Dragon Quest)Dragon Quest · MonsterSlime (Minecraft)Minecraft · Dividing gelatinous monsterSlime knightDragon Quest · MonsterSlimer (Ghostbusters)Ghostbusters · Gluttonous apparitionSlither WingPokémon · Creature speciesSlowbroPokémon · Creature speciesSlowkingPokémon · Creature speciesSlowpokePokémon · Creature speciesSlugmaPokémon · Creature speciesSlurpuffPokémon · Creature speciesSmall Profit and Great DutyChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Created childlike helpers who ascend to the cloudsSmallheadIrish wonder tale adapted from Jeremiah Curtin · Human enchantress and shapeshifterSmearglePokémon · Creature speciesSmilodonCenozoic mammals · Extinct genusSmith Who Became the Spider in Shaihu’s TaleHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Human transformed into the first spiderSmoke-hole chief (Philip’s Raven episode)Nisga’a narratives told by Moses and Philip at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Householder commanding living architectureSmolivPokémon · Creature speciesSmoochumPokémon · Creature speciesSnake Child of Kulawa and BolanaiSelected northeastern Papuan accounts collected by Annie Ker · Human-born snake associated with taro originsSnake destroyed by its own ash-making pillsUpper Indus beings in Swynnerton’s Panjabi tales · Enormous serpent with lethal magical powderSnake enchanter of the white-leaved treePhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Speaking tree-associated serpentSnake household that rewards LitaSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Rescued serpent and his parents who give a wish-producing ringSnake Man (Chief Smith’s account)Chief Smith’s Cherokee narrative recorded by James Mooney · Hunter transformed into a water snakeSnake Mother of BasiDama and Tanoriki, Maewo, Vanuatu · Great serpent with a woman’s headSnake of Ha Yun’s flour jarKorean narrated supernatural beings · Deadly household serpentSnake Ogre of the Reward of IndustryZulu tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Speaking ogre in a giant snake disguiseSnake royal daughters who shelter the Saru PrinceSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Two underwater sisters whose compassion reunites a transformed prince with his wifeSnake who brings blindness and its remedyTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Summoned helper whose harmful intervention frees a rescued manSnake who takes and restores Bussunt’s breathUpper Indus beings in Swynnerton’s Panjabi tales · Snake capable of removing and returning human breathSnake-king in The Ruby PrincePunjabi collected folktales · Ruler of a nocturnal dancing court emerging from a snake-holeSnake-woman of Ali MardanKashmiri tale in a Punjabi collection · Two-hundred-year-old snake who lives as a beautiful womanSnaptrapper (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Four-headed scent-luring dragonSnati-Snati, the Dog-PrincePrince Ring in the Yellow Fairy Book · Enchanted prince and animal helperSneaselPokémon · Creature speciesSneaslerPokémon · Creature speciesSneezing colossusKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Animated monumental stone Buddha in Griffis’s taleSniffer (Minecraft)Minecraft · Revived seed-seeking herbivoreSnivyPokémon · Creature speciesSnomPokémon · Creature speciesSnorlaxPokémon · Creature speciesSnoruntPokémon · Creature speciesSnoverPokémon · Creature speciesSnow lionHimalayan sacred animal imagery · Himalayan symbolic lionSnow-white-fire-red in Pitrè’s TaleSicilian tale in Crane’s English selection · Enchanting ogress’s daughterSnubbullPokémon · Creature speciesSoap-Stair Judge Turned HeronTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Human transformed into a birdSobblePokémon · Creature speciesSoldier Construct (The Legend of Zelda)The Legend of Zelda · Fictional constructSolgaleoPokémon · Creature speciesSolosisPokémon · Creature speciesSolrockPokémon · Creature speciesSombrerónGuatemalan oral tradition; wider regional uses kept distinct · Hat-wearing apparition with regional formsSomnacanthMonster Hunter · LeviathanSon of Jhebbal Sag (Conan)Conan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureSon of seven mothers in Steel’s Punjabi talePunjabi collected folktales · Precocious infant hero who survives destruction and restorationSon of Zaberrima, the Fighting RamHausa collected tales · Exceptionally powerful animal defenderSongòmbyBetsileo marvellous-creature accounts translated by Sibree · Man-eating fabulous animalSongsiShanhaijing creatures · Human-faced pheasant-like birdSontaranDoctor Who · Fictional peopleSoot Sprite (Studio Ghibli)Studio Ghibli · Tiny household spiritSorceress queen in Princess AuberginePunjabi collected folktales · Jealous royal spell-worker who discovers and controls a fairy’s external lifeSoria Moria Castle TrollsNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Three individual many-headed trollsSoucouyantGrenadian family transmission; other Caribbean traditions distinct · Transforming folkloric beingSoulbound Doll (Pathfinder)Pathfinder · Fictional creatureSoundblast Colossus (Avatar)Avatar · Wind-powered acoustic megafaunaSouth and North (Calvun’s helper dogs)Calvun / Segundo Jara, Chilean Pehuenche narrative in Lenz · Paired monster-killing and reviving dogsSouth Wind in Catherine Elizondo’s TabakieraBasque-area narratives in Webster’s collection · Personified wind with a mother and a far-reaching surveySouthern Ndebele communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living regional cultural communitiesSpaceborne tardigrade (Star Trek)Star Trek · Mycelial-network organismSpaceGodzillaGodzilla · Fictional creatureSpanling (Bita)Santal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Span-high human trickster with a longer beardSparrow fairy of the two neighboursTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Disguised fairy whose grateful gift produces jewelsSparrow-hawk who fetches two otherworldly watersTagalog narrative in Cole’s collection · Grateful bird whose final flight supplies water from heaven and the lower worldSpeaking Baboon Band of the Flour-Carrier’s Account|Xam collected personal and animal narratives · Speaking animal bandSpeaking bell of Miidera in GriffisJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Sentient temple bell in a legendary accountSpeaking Bird of the Three Royal ChildrenSicilian tale in Crane’s English selection · Petrifying and truth-revealing tale birdSpeaking Dog of Fair AngiolaSicilian folktale through Gonzenbach and Crane · Loyal negotiating dogSpeaking Fish of Elizondo’s Three SonsCatherine Elizondo’s Fisherman tale in Webster · Prophetic fish and supernatural birth-giverSpeaking Gander of Daniel O’RourkeIrish literary folklore; Croker’s selected Daniel O’Rourke narrative · Migrating dream-bird rescuerSpeaking Geese of Oraggio and BianchinettaFlorentine folktale through Imbriani and Crane · Avian chorus revealing a concealed brideSpeaking Goat of Fenda Maria’s InheritanceKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Animal helper inherited from deceased parentsSpeaking Mirror of Fenda Maria’s MotherKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking enchanted objectSpeaking Omen Crows in Callaway’s AccountsZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Prophetic birds in two separately credited accountsSpeaking Straw Ox in Carrick’s TaleRussian picture-tale adaptation in Carrick/Forbes English edition · Constructed pitch-coated oxSpeaking, self-harvesting riceTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Animate giant grain of an origin taleSpearfingerCherokee narrated traditions · Stone-skinned predatory figureSpearowPokémon · Creature speciesSpectre (His Dark Materials)His Dark Materials · Fictional creatureSpectrierPokémon · Creature speciesSpell-bound Giant in Pedroso’s TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale VIII · Prince held in an enchanted giant formSpewpaPokémon · Creature speciesSphealPokémon · Creature speciesSphinx (Egyptian)Ancient Egyptian royal imagery · Sacred composite beingSphinx (Greek)Ancient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Riddle-setting composite monsterSpider Bride in Pedroso’s TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXVII · Speaking spider later revealed as a princessSpider husband (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Animal-person teacher of net makingSpidopsPokémon · Creature speciesSpike Fiend (Diablo)Diablo · Quill-launching beastSpinarakPokémon · Creature speciesSpindaPokémon · Creature speciesSpindle-tailed first monkeyVisayan narratives in Cole’s collection · Boy transformed into a monkey who changes his fellow gamblersSpinosaurusMesozoic dinosaurs · Extinct genusSpirit guide to the magic wellTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Dream guide who reveals a hidden mountain spring to heal a sick rulerSpirit Horses of BulaqTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Summoned supernatural horse hostSpirit in the BottleGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Expanding confined spiritSpirit in the Cherry-tree of the Sixteenth DayJapanese tale beings · Samurai’s ghost sustaining a winter-flowering treeSpirit jellyfish (Elden Ring)Elden Ring · SpiritSpirit of Spider's Forbidden Rice FarmSierra Leone collected tales · Unseen agricultural spiritSpirit of the great stoneSubanun narratives in Cole’s collection · Rock-dwelling host who secretly sends warriors against his guestSpirit Physician (Itam tale)Southern Nigerian collected fairy tales · Cannibal spiritSpirit retinue of the South Ward houseKorean narrated supernatural beings · Nocturnal robed figure, colored demons and red-eyed dogsSpirit wife of SogsogotTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Deceased spouse who shelters a living visitor in the spirit townSpirit-bride of Hanagaki BaishūJapanese tale beings · Living woman’s double in Benten’s matchmaking miracleSpiritombPokémon · Creature speciesSpirits deceived by a striped blanketTinguian collected traditions · Two nocturnal spirits who mistake a covered hunter for a wild pigSpirits deprived of the dead king’s nightly offeringMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Devas, earth and water genii, and eight spirit classes who punish neglected ritesSpirits guarding the refugees’ treasure caveTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Protectors of entrusted treasureSpirits of NuhasSwahili collected tales · Command-bound jinn collectiveSpirits of the soldiers denied their rationsKorean literary narrative in Allen’s collection · Angry dead whose dreams explain rain blocking a rescue campaignSpoinkPokémon · Creature speciesSpongilla lacustrisDemosponges · Living freshwater spongeSpotted Sea-Serpent of Rata’s CanoeSelected Aitutaki telling recorded by Gill · Speaking tree-climbing antagonistSpotted Snake of KibirikaniCoastal East African reports in Alice Werner’s 1915 notes · Serpent appearing at a ruined mosque after rain prayersSprigatitoPokémon · Creature speciesSpriggan (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Woodland nature spiritSpriggina floundersiEdiacaran animals · Extinct Ediacaran organismSpring Jinn who gives Mehmed three giftsKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Great-lipped water-dwelling gift giverSpring Salmon people (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Fish-person community and chiefSpring-Operated Iron Horse of the Sous TaleSous Chelha manuscript narratives translated by Basset · Magical manufactured flying mountSpring-Producing Toad of GazalandTshindao-speaking Gazaland tales in Kidd’s collection · Toad that produces water where larger animals failSpring-Transformed Dove Brother of TazerwaltTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Human transformed into a doveSpritzeePokémon · Creature speciesSpy-fly (His Dark Materials)His Dark Materials · Fictional creatureSqä’lek’en and the Thunderbird’s eyesCowichan narratives in Boas’s 1895 collection · Human recipient of lethal Thunderbird eyesSquamish NationSḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw · Living Indigenous people and governmentSquash-seed birds in Shelton’s Black Tent taleTibetan tales in Shelton’s English collection · Birds that bring seeds with supernatural rewards and punishmentsSquawkabillyPokémon · Creature speciesSquig (Warhammer)Warhammer · Variable fungal-associated fantasy beastSquiggoth (Warhammer 40,000)Warhammer · Ork-bred giant warbeastSquirrel chief and daughter (Moses’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Moses at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Animal community and initiatory benefactorsSquirrel woman (Matthias’s account)Tsimshian story told by Matthias of Metlakatla and recorded by Franz Boas · Animal woman and avenging survivorSquirtlePokémon · Creature speciesStag-Prince in Kúnos and BainKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Human prince transformed into a healing stagStakatakaPokémon · Creature speciesStalfosThe Legend of Zelda · UndeadStantlerPokémon · Creature speciesStar husbands and returning sisters, Lku’ngenLku’ngen narratives in Boas’s 1895 collection, southern Vancouver Island · Celestial husbands and transformed returning womenStar people (Moses’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Moses at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Sky inhabitants and captorsStar prince in frog formKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Enormous frog who drains a lake and marries a human womanStar-Making Girl (|Xam narrative)|Xam collected narratives · Early-race maker of celestial lightsStaraptorPokémon · Creature speciesStaraviaPokémon · Creature speciesStarlet sea anemone — Nematostella vectensisInvertebrates · Living speciesStarlyPokémon · Creature speciesStarmiePokémon · Creature speciesStaryuPokémon · Creature speciesStay Puft Marshmallow Man (Ghostbusters)Ghostbusters · Manifested destructorSteelixPokémon · Creature speciesSteeneePokémon · Creature speciesStegosaurusMesozoic dinosaurs · Extinct genusStentor coeruleusCiliate protists · Living speciesStick-Giving Fairy of Kitila’s TaleSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Old male fairy granting a transforming stickStingbat (Avatar)Avatar · Alien nocturnal flying animalStinger (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional giant scorpion bioweaponStingmonDigimon · Insectoid DigimonStirge (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional monsterStone and Elderberry Bush (Moses’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Moses at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Personified mothers in a mortality accountStone goats guarding Naran’s caveMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Sculptured he-goats that speak warnings and bar a supernatural woman’s entranceStone TalusThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureStone that swallows ElonenTinguian collected traditions · Speaking stone that encloses a grieving boy and resists rescueStone-Boat Troll Who Impersonates Sigurd’s QueenIcelandic stone-boat narrative in the Yellow Fairy Book · Shape-changing royal impostorStone-Donor Woman of Ayong KitaSouthern Nigerian collected stories · Dream-visiting supernatural helperStone-giant (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Mountain giant creatureStone-giving Fairy of the Magic SongSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Supernatural herdsman helperStone-throwing goblins of Prince Cheung’s homeKorean narrated supernatural beings · Daylight household attackers repelled by an offeringStonjournerPokémon · Creature speciesStork carrying a man to heavenKorean bird legends in Allen’s collection · Great bird used as a celestial mount in a brief reported storyStork-Men of AtaruHausa collected narratives · Human-form bird communityStorm-Wind and Frost of the Ferryman’s JourneyGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Embodied weather helpers and prospective in-lawsStormcutter (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Four-winged dragonStormglider (Avatar)Avatar · Venomous aerial predatorStoutlandPokémon · Creature speciesStrange VisitorScottish cumulative nursery narrative Anglicised by Jacobs · Assembling supernatural intruderStream-sucker and Hill-borerNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Two individual supernatural pursuit helpersStrider (Minecraft)Minecraft · Lava-walking mountStriga (The Witcher)The Witcher · Fictional creatureStriped Children of the Water|Xam collected narratives · Water beingsStromatolitesEarliest-life evidence · Biogenic structureStubborn and willing ox caravansIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Speaking draft animals whose leaders debate resistanceStuffulPokémon · Creature speciesStump-Changing Bride of the Girringa TaleHausa tales collected by Tremearne · Shape-changing human survivorStunfiskPokémon · Creature speciesStunkyPokémon · Creature speciesSturmbeest (Avatar)Avatar · Large alien herd herbivoreStymphalian BirdsAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Mythic flockSuanyuShanhaijing creatures · Six-eyed four-winged omen birdSubāhuRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Sacrifice-raiding rākṣasaSubmarimonDigimon · Armor Aquatic DigimonSuccubus (Diablo)Diablo · Mobile demonic spellcasterSūciloma (Needle-hair)Buddhist discourse yakkhas · Questioning yakkhaSudaṇshṭhra and SubāhuIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Lion and tiger foster brothers who expose a lying jackalSudika-MbambiKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Miraculously born hero associated with answering thunderSudowoodoPokémon · Creature speciesSugrīvaRāmāyaṇa named beings · Sun-descended vanara king and allySugrīva (asura messenger)Devī-Māhātmya named asuras · Asura court envoySugugé KuériBocotá (Buglere) public narrative, Chiriquí · Predatory bat kingSuicunePokémon · Creature speciesSuikoChinese textual learning in Japanese yōkai illustration · Water-tiger apparitionSuko (Tasbapauni flood account)Panamaka Sumu account from Tasbapauni, Río Prinsapolca, recorded1921 · Man transformed into a human-headed giant serpentSullustanStar Wars · Sapient humanoid speciesSultaanee Waa NeeokaSwahili tales in Bateman’s translation · Serpent sovereignSumma-verminothStar Wars · Spaceborne predatorSummoned water elemental (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional summoned elementalSun and Moon in Cole’s Mandaya accountMandaya narratives in Cole’s collection · Quarrelling celestial spouses whose children become stars and a sea crabSun and Moon in the Mbaka Marriage TaleKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Celestial household pairSun WukongChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Stone-born monkey king and immortal shape-changerSun-Armpit (|Xam narratives)|Xam collected narratives · Person transformed into the SunSun, Moon and Great Paddy, the three siblingsSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Human siblings assigned celestial and crop identities by their motherSun’s son with lightning garments (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Supernatural avenger and reviverSunfloraPokémon · Creature speciesSunguraSwahili hare tales · Animal tricksterSunkernPokémon · Creature speciesSuparṇa, bird king of the Suśroṇī taleBeings in Schiefner/Ralston’s Indian-derived Tibetan tales · Bird ruler with a human brotherSupernatural halibuts (Tate’s accounts)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Aquatic beings in distinct crest narrativesSupernatural woodman encountered by ImKorean narrated supernatural beings · Air-leaping outlaw and sword teacherSuqe-matua and SuqeMaewo, Araga and parts of Omba, Vanuatu · Contrary creation companionSurasāRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Nāga mother in testing monster formSuri, the prince’s guardian cowStokes-derived moon-marked prince tale beings · Speaking royal cow who shelters a persecuted childSurskitPokémon · Creature speciesSurya Bai’s eagle foster-parentsSouth Indian oral tales in Mary Frere’s collection · Speaking eagle spouses who raise a human childSurya Bai’s sunflower and mango manifestationsSouth Indian oral tales in Mary Frere’s collection · Human heroine continuing through plant formsSusku, the beetle bridePersian tale beings · Speaking beetle whose death sets off a cumulative chain of mourningSute of the Hidden TunnelKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Speaking burrowing tricksterSuttungrOld Norse Eddic tradition; selected Skáldskaparmál account · Named jötunn and shapeshifterSuyettar in Fillmore’s True BrideFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Witch and false bride in a Finnish-derived retellingSuzuhiko-himeJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated ritual bellSvaðilfariOld Norse Eddic traditions; medieval Icelandic literary witness · Extraordinary working stallionSwabluPokémon · Creature speciesSwadloonPokémon · Creature speciesSwallowing Mother of KwallabbeHausa collected narratives · Appearance-transforming motherSwallowing Whale of Rata’s VoyageSelected Aitutaki telling recorded by Gill · Whale-sized swallowing monsterSwalotPokémon · Creature speciesSwamp dragon (Discworld)Discworld · Fictional combustible domestic animalSwampertPokémon · Creature speciesSwan of TuonelaKalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Death-river birdSwannaPokémon · Creature speciesSwarm host (StarCraft)StarCraft · Zerg creature formSwellowPokémon · Creature speciesSwinubPokémon · Creature speciesSwirlixPokémon · Creature speciesSwoobatPokémon · Creature speciesSworn Ogre Companion of Sidi MuhammedTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Man-eating swordsman turned loyal companionSyilx Okanagan PeopleSyilx / Okanagan · Living Indigenous peopleSylveonPokémon · Creature speciesSynechocystis sp. PCC 6803Microbes · Laboratory strain
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T’au (Warhammer 40,000)Warhammer · Fictional peopleTa-hong’s Prophetic SpiritKorean narratives in Gale’s 1913 translation · Deceased beloved appearing to warn Sim Heui-suTaa-po’s Returning Ghost in Titi-ohu’s TaleTiti-ohu, Omoa, Fatuhiva; Handy’s Marquesan text and translation · Returning soul and song bearerTadbulbPokémon · Creature speciesTaekekeSelected Aurora / Maewo collected narratives through Codrington · Fish-form human-eating figureTaema and TilafaigaSamoan tatau traditions; selected historical and museum versions · Named divine sistersTaepupulitiMaewo (Aurora), Vanuatu · Fish-changing child abductorTagamalingBagobo collected traditions · Alternating protective and dangerous Buso typeTagaroMaewo, Araga and Omba, Vanuatu · Culture-making wui with island-specific narrativesTai-naCosmere · Fictional creatureTaifengShanhaijing creatures · Tiger-tailed luminous spiritTaikiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Spirit associated with swelling and aversion to ironTail-Recovering Fly of ZouaouaZouaoua narratives collected by Basset · Speaking insect in a cumulative exchange taleTail-Restored Baboon of RabaiCoastal East African reports in Alice Werner’s 1915 notes · Baboon who lives as a human husband until relatives expose himTaillowPokémon · Creature speciesTakireiōJapanese yōkai · Waterfall spiritTakyayenTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Finger-born son of Gaygayoma and AponitolauTaling (Half-Boy)Persian tale beings · Miraculously born one-armed, one-legged rescuerTalking Beast (Narnia)The Chronicles of Narnia · Fictional people categoryTalking foxes of Tower MountainChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Speaking and possessing fox-spirits near a coastal shrineTalking guillemot (Godthaab)Godthaab, West Greenland Inuit (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Speaking bird whose unexpected recognition frightens a visitorTall Man of BallacurrySelected Manx accounts in Sophia Morrison’s collection · Spectral roadside figureTalli-tree whose betrayal condemns good deedsUpper Indus beings in Swynnerton’s Panjabi tales · Speaking tree that shelters a fugitive and pronounces a curseTalonflamePokémon · Creature speciesTam LinScottish ballad tradition in Jacobs’s composite prose retelling · Enchanted captive knightTama’s returning flyJapanese supernatural tales in Hearn’s Kottō · Insect identified with a dead servantTamamo-no-MaeJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Named fox apparitionTamaquaré in Rodrigues’s animal talesRio Solimões and Rio Negro tales in Rodrigues · Speaking reptile in regional animal talesTamarind ṬikkāSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Resource-multiplying trickster who revives a buffalo with a white stickTambanokanoMandaya narratives in Cole’s collection · Sea crab whose eyes flash lightning and whose attacks cause lunar eclipsesTambolo, the Bamboo-Found ChildMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Miraculously found child and weather-commanding conquerorTamecan, the seven ascending childrenMakuchy-labelled Rio Branco narratives in Rodrigues · Seven siblings who become the PleiadesTamumu-ki-te-rangi in Grey’s Hatupatu AccountTe Arawa Māori public narratives; Hatupatu and Rotorua · Named reviving spirit in flag formTandemausPokémon · Creature speciesTangarirana, the Chameleon ImpostorMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Female chameleon impersonating a brideTangaroa-tui-mata, Tattooed-Faced Fire KeeperManihiki and Rakahanga regional accounts in Gill · Ancestral fire deityTangelaPokémon · Creature speciesTangrowthPokémon · Creature speciesTaniwhaMāori; iwi and hapū traditions vary · Water beingTanukiJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Raccoon-dog spiritTaomonDigimon · Talisman-using DigimonTaotaomo’na, CHamoru Ancestral SpiritsCHamoru scholarly accounts of changing ancestral relationships · Ancestral and place-associated spiritsTaotieChinese ritual art and classical monster traditions · Zoomorphic maskTaowuChinese Four Perils and strange-creature literature · Composite beastTapairu of Ati’s FountainSelected Rarotongan account recorded by Gill · Underworld woman and returning teacherTapairu of MangaiaSelected Mangaian account recorded by Gill · Collective fairy visitorsTapirus (Avatar)Avatar · Small domesticated faunaTapu BuluPokémon · Creature speciesTapu FiniPokémon · Creature speciesTapu KokoPokémon · Creature speciesTapu LelePokémon · Creature speciesTapuiteaSamoan traditions; Turner and Tui Atua accounts distinguished · Named transformative celestial beingTarabusawMindanao narrative in Cole’s Moro section · Human-shaped devouring monsterTarasqueProvençal Christian hagiographic tradition · River dragon of a saint’s legendTargStar Trek · Fictional domesticated animalTarountulaPokémon · Creature speciesTarrasque (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional monsterTarsagone, the Red TurtleRotuman accounts in MacGregor’s 1932 field notes · Mana-associated turtle and relicTartaro in Webster’s Basque AccountsBasque and Pyrenean narratives in Webster’s collection · Giant whose forms and conduct vary between recorded talesTash (Narnia)The Chronicles of Narnia · Monstrous divine beingTask-Giving Ogress of Little and Trittle’s TaleIcelandic collected narrative; Carl’s Son, Little, Trittle, and the Birds · Giant cave hostess with impossible demandsTask-performing Aunts in Pedroso’s TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XIX · Extraordinary textile and hearing helpersTasoMaewo (Aurora), Vanuatu · Tree-breaking man-eaterTāṭakāRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Cursed shape-changing forest predatorTatangia and the Fijian Banian ChampionSamoan narratives collected by George Turner · Speaking trees in a narrated contestTatapuifüta’s household, Kurüwal’a’s MenocoMapuche narrative of Juan Manuel Kurüwal’a, Panguipulli · Deadly task-giver and animal-person householdTatrapaiPehuenche and Argentine Indigenous narratives compared by Lehmann-Nitsche · Supernatural ruler in contrasting trial narrativesTatsugiriPokémon · Creature speciesTatterhoodNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Supernatural wonder-tale heroineTattooing companions transformed into lizard and crowIgorot narratives in Cole’s collection · Two human friends transformed after unequal treatmentTatzelwurm (God of War)God of War · Burrowing monsterTau TanaBilaan narratives in Cole’s collection · Being from beneath the earth who helps complete the first humansTaumanupepe, the Butterfly-Associated GodSamoan household accounts in George Turner’s collection · Butterfly manifestation and three-mouth variantTauntaunStar Wars · Alien creatureTaurenWarcraft · Fictional peopleTauribolenaSelected northeast-coast Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Chief with extraordinary bodily resilienceTaurosPokémon · Creature speciesTaurus demon (Dark Souls)Dark Souls · Lesser demonTavogivogiLepers’ Island context in Codrington’s Vanuatu account · Human-appearing seductive spiritTawi’skala (Flint)John Ax and Swimmer’s eastern Cherokee accounts, confirmed by Wafford in the west · Personified stone shattered by RabbitTe Wheke-o-MuturangiMāori; Kupe voyage traditions · Named giant octopusTe-manava-roa, the Buried GiantSelected Mangaian landscape narrative recorded by Gill · Landscape-bodied buried giantTe-moo-nieve in Haapuani’s Hivaoa NarrativeIsaac Puhetete (Haapuani), Atuona, Hivaoa; Handy’s Marquesan text and translation · Cave-dwelling woman and ogressTeaching King of the SpiritsZouaoua narratives translated by Basset · Spirit ruler directing a child’s failed returnTeddiursaPokémon · Creature speciesTede Wiu brothers (Norwan cycle)Wintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Brilliant dancers and first-world war leadersTeelgetDiné / Navajo Origin Legend: Hatali Nez version translated by Washington Matthews, with separately labelled variants · Horned four-footed monsterTeeval, Princess of the OceanSelected Manx accounts in Sophia Morrison’s collection · Mermaid and protective image donorTefnutAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Divine beingTegrijin Naran DâkinîMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Silent supernatural woman won through deliberately mistaken interpretations of storiesTehi TegiSelected Manx accounts in Sophia Morrison’s collection · Enchantress with bat transformationTeiniaguáRio Grande do Sul tradition in Simões Lopes Neto’s authored1913 retelling · Enchanted lizard princess and keeper of subterranean treasureTeju JaguaParaguayan popular tradition and Colmán's literary mythology · Hybrid reptilian being with differing regional rolesTekea the Great, Guardian Shark of InaCook Islands accounts collected and translated by William Wyatt Gill · Named king and protective sharkTektite (The Legend of Zelda)The Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureTellariteStar Trek · Fictional founding Federation people with varied civic rolesTen Children of the Snake in Callaway’s TaleZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Human siblings emerging from one immense snakeTen Tails (Naruto)Naruto · Fictional chakra monsterTenguJapanese mountain and Buddhist narrative traditions · Yōkai and spirit beingTenjō-nameJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Ceiling-licking apparitionTenjōkudariJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Ceiling-descending creatureTenomeJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Eye-handed apparitionTentacoolPokémon · Creature speciesTentacruelPokémon · Creature speciesTentomonDigimon · Fictional digital creatureTeostraMonster Hunter · Elder DragonTepas (Huasteca)Nahua, Teenek and mestizo traditions of the Huasteca, Mexico · Earth guardians and female apparitionsTepigPokémon · Creature speciesTeran in Dennison’s Sea MythOrcadian sea narratives collected by Walter Traill Dennison · Invisible winter sea spiritTerapagosPokémon · Creature speciesTeratsutsukiJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Temple-associated bird spiritTerrakionPokémon · Creature speciesTerrible Terror (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Small group-travelling dragonTerriermonDigimon · Beast DigimonTerror Dog (Ghostbusters)Ghostbusters · Demonic possessing creatureTerrorgheist (Warhammer)Warhammer · Necromantically animated giant bat-beastTessoJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Rat-associated revenantTetranadonMonster Hunter · AmphibianTetrapteron (Avatar)Avatar · Four-winged wetland faunaTeyú of Teyú CuaréAlto Paraná river narratives collected by Ambrosetti · Cliff-dwelling giant reptileThada, Thati, Hiri and OotoppaBurmese spirits in Mimosa’s literary retelling · Four supernatural women named for virtuesThakConan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureThakane of the Nanabolele QuestBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Heroine protected during an underwater monster questThanatorAvatar · Fictional creatureThaugConan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureThe Andriana Wife from Faralahy’s TrapMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Abundance-bearing bride whose robe removes hostile relatives’ wealthThe Animal Husband of SoamiririolonaMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Richly dressed beast who buries his brideThe badger-goddess in Buying a DreamAinu narratives in a specifically attributed historical collection · Goddess who protects and marries a persecuted chiefThe Banana-Requesting Tomb AngatraMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Helpful speaking ghosts in an unfinished journey taleThe Beast (Doctor Who)Doctor Who · Unique imprisoned entityThe bell-priest of En-gaku-jiAsian religious and narrative traditions in identified regional witnesses · Sacred bell assuming a giant priest’s formThe Bird that Exposes SingalambaLouyi collected tale · Traditional narrative beingThe Branchless Cattle TreeLouyi collected tale · Traditional narrative plantThe Brothers Changed into FandramaMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Speaking humans transformed into water-conducting bambooThe butterfly admonisherChinese literary supernatural narratives · Dream visitor who assumes butterfly formThe child-eating goblin of AyogharaBuddhist Jātaka narratives in Rouse’s English translation · Reborn hostile she-goblinThe Child-Swallowing FatherLouyi collected marriage tale · Traditional extraordinary humanThe children’s voices in the Tottori futonJapanese traditions in Hearn’s historical accounts · Haunted bedding and voices of dead childrenThe cobra in Vicram’s throatSouth Indian oral tales in Mary Frere’s collection · Speaking cobra that lives inside a wandering kingThe Corpse-Eating Monster Company of IvohibéMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Named pursuing beasts with hands and powerful tailsThe Crossroads Skull of Dobrotek’s QuestGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Speaking skull with released soulThe crows that save the sunAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Birds defending the first sunriseThe Death Waiting in the Ruined ChestRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Personal death embodied at quest’s endThe denied dog motherPhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Canine mother who becomes a womanThe Dog Father of Besorongola’s BrideMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Long-haired dog who becomes a man and changes visitors into dogsThe dog wife and abandoned youth, CowichanCowichan narratives in Boas’s 1895 collection · Transformed animal spouse and supernatural householdThe Dragon and His Mother in Stan BolovanRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Speaking dragon mother and sonThe dry-clothed badger of TosaJapanese tales translated and retold by A. B. Mitford · Animal disguised as a young womanThe earth-forming water-wagtailAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Divine bird helper in two creation accountsThe Eel That Carried RasoanoromangaMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Man-shaped river predatorThe Enchanted Bear-King of the Forest HutGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Speaking bear who returns to kingshipThe Enemy in LionbrunoBasilicata Lionbruno narrative in Crane’s selection · Contract-making fiery devilThe Eye-Keeping Mother of ZanakaminaninaMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Forest-dwelling cannibal mother and restorative craftswomanThe Fairy Bride of the Sweet-milk LakeRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Rose-bound dancing fairyThe faithful cat in Mitford’s Osaka storyJapanese tales translated and retold by A. B. Mitford · Speaking protective household catThe famine-saving eagleAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Divine eagle helper in two rescue accountsThe Ferryman’s Water-Nymph WifeGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Captive mermaid who becomes a human queenThe finwhale’s undersea household, SnanaimugSnanaimug narratives in Boas’s 1895 collection · Woman-abducting sea being and undersea householdThe Five Fosa HusbandsMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Predatory animal spouses under human appearanceThe Flood (Doctor Who)Doctor Who · Fictional infectious organismThe Flute-Stealing HowlerMiskito fable translated by Conzemius from Berckenhagen · Speaking animal of an origin fableThe Foster Griffin and Its YoungRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Ambiguously named bird familyThe Four Ratsimanola HusbandsMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Human-imitating, tailed beasts who plan to eat their wivesThe Four-Winged Horse of the Deathless QuestRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Enchanted speaking guideThe Fox Released by HospitalityRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Enchanted human helperThe fox wedding householdChinese literary supernatural narratives · Foxes appearing as a human wedding partyThe giant trout at the source of the SaruAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Man-eating lake monsterThe Giant-Head with Basilisk EyesGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Animated severed giant headThe Goddess Sunday of the Two Step-SistersRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Sacred household testerThe grateful eagles in PunchkinSouth Indian oral tales in Mary Frere’s collection · Speaking eagle family whose young carry their rescuerThe grateful gold-gathering badgerJapanese tales translated and retold by A. B. Mitford · Speaking animal benefactorThe Grey Seer-Horse with the Golden ManeGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Summoned speaking and reviving horseThe Ham-kyong Mist ApparitionKorean narratives in Gale’s 1913 translation · Foul-smelling presence dispersed by a magistrate’s swordThe heavenly father of serpentsAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Serpent ancestor who follows the fire goddessThe hill spiritChinese literary supernatural narratives · Unidentified hill apparitionThe Hornless Cow, Rasoalavavolo’s MotherMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Domestic craftswoman, punishing parent and bone-tree benefactorThe Imsil Scholar’s Demon GuardsKorean narratives in Gale’s 1913 translation · Claimed spirit attendants with an unseen punitive handThe Island Cannibal GiantsKorean narratives in Gale’s 1913 translation · Giants encountered in an anonymous shipwreck survivor’s accountThe jackal spouses who reveal a prince’s revivalSouth Indian oral tales in Mary Frere’s collection · Speaking forest jackals with knowledge of a reviving treeThe Kang-wha Silk ButterfliesKorean narratives in Gale’s 1913 translation · Pieces of silk briefly changed into living butterfliesThe Katkatchila brothersWintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Swift flint-owner and cloud-trapping brothersThe learned owl and his wifeSouth Indian oral tales in Mary Frere’s collection · Talking owl spouses whose conversation foretells eventsThe Lion-and-Water HusbandLouyi collected marriage tale · Traditional narrative shapeshifterThe living wooden parrots of Panch-Phul RaneeSouth Indian oral tales in Mary Frere’s collection · Carved birds given life who provision and carry their makerThe Louyi Leopard HusbandLouyi collected marriage tale · Traditional narrative beingThe Luggage (Discworld)Discworld · Fictional sapient wooden constructThe luminous sea creatureChinese literary supernatural narratives · Unidentified immense marine apparitionThe Man Who Bound Up His Wrinkles (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Deceptive shape-changing arrow makerThe Moon-maiden of MiwoJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Heavenly attendant whose feathered garment enables flightThe Mother-Answering Fosa of AnkazoaboMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Voice-imitating child-capturing fosaThe mountain fairies of BhallāṭiyaBuddhist Jātaka narratives in Rouse’s English translation · Long-lived mountain fairy pairThe Mouse Who Jingles the Bear’s KeysGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Speaking gratitude helperThe moving corpse of Ts’ai-tienChinese literary supernatural narratives · Dangerous returning corpse in a roadside-inn taleThe Murdered King Raised by the GuitarGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Accusing royal revenantThe Nine Riddle-Dragon BrothersRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Dragon family enforcing a child bargainThe one-eyed giant whose ashes become fliesAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Man-eating mountain giant transformed after deathThe Palm-Transformed Wife of MbalangwéLouyi collected Mbalangwé tale · Traditional transformed humanThe picture horseChinese literary supernatural narratives · Horse moving between a painting and the outside worldThe pine-tree goddess of the underworldAinu narratives in a specifically attributed historical collection · Dream-speaking tree goddessThe privy god in Buying a DreamAinu narratives in a specifically attributed historical collection · Protective household deityThe Queen Changed into a BasiliskGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Sorceress transformed into a lethal-gazing creatureThe rafter goblin of the Gagga JātakaBuddhist Jātaka narratives in Rouse’s English translation · Sneeze-provoking household goblinThe Rainbow-Winged Rescue BirdGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Summoned giant healing birdThe Rakshas couple of the forest palaceSouth Indian oral tales in Mary Frere’s collection · Man-eating palace owners defeated by a fugitive princessThe Rakshas whose nail strikes Surya BaiSouth Indian oral tales in Mary Frere’s collection · Predatory Rakshas with a poisonous broken nailThe rescued queen of Tung-t’ingChinese literary supernatural narratives · Aquatic queen encountered in an uncertain animal formThe returning bride of MinobuJapanese traditions in Hearn’s historical accounts · Returning dead womanThe Rewarding Dog of the Step-SistersRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Speaking recipient and repayer of careThe River-Parting Mother of Mouenda-NdjangolaLouyi collected Mouenda-ndjangola tale · Traditional extraordinary humanThe Rooster with the Two-Halfpenny PurseRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Speaking, vast-swallowing treasure retrieverThe Scorpion WitchRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Three-headed cursed sisterThe Sea-Maiden Beloved of the SunGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Singing marine helper and captured sisterThe sea-spirit helmsmanBuddhist Jātaka narratives in Rouse’s English translation · Rescuing sea deityThe Secretary’s Mother’s SpiritKorean narratives in Gale’s 1913 translation · Deceased mother linked through a dream and a medium’s reportThe serpent of the thousand-year curseAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Village-swallowing female serpent whose remains become insectsThe Seven Swallowing Monsters of VatomandryMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · A mother and six swift, blade-tailed offspringThe seven-headed cobra who shelters Muchie RaneeSouth Indian oral tales in Mary Frere’s collection · Speaking cobra benefactor with a family and treasure dwellingThe Seven-Inch Whirlwind MagicianGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Shape-changing dwarf enchanterThe Shachihoko of Jingu’s FleetJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Dragon-fishes that tow ships through a stormThe Shark and Large Lizard of Colenso’s FableMāori fables published by William Colenso · Speaking brothers in a marine separation accountThe ship-shaped serpent kingBuddhist Jātaka narratives in Rouse’s English translation · Serpent king transformed into a shipThe Shōji of Little Silver’s DreamJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Red-haired island beings in a morally framed dreamThe Sky-born Poultry in Renel’s TalesMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Celestial animal kin cast down to earthThe small Lasaswa rope-makerWintu narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Spider-associated child whose growing rope reaches the skyThe Soul-Stealing Elves of MogarzeaRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Dancing captors of soulsThe Speaking Pear Tree of the Step-SistersRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Responsive giant-growing treeThe subscription-collecting frogChinese literary supernatural narratives · Size-changing frog enforcing a temple pledgeThe Sun and His Spinning MotherGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Celestial household with transformative hospitalityThe swan daughters of Esege MalanBuryat narratives recorded by Jeremiah Curtin · Divine daughters with removable swan plumageThe talking pupilsChinese literary supernatural narratives · Miniature human-shaped eye inhabitantsThe three genii of Su-ch’ienChinese literary supernatural narratives · Crab, snake and frog appearing as learned companionsThe Three Sisters of the Deathless PalaceRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Fairy household preserving youthThe Three Winged Princesses of the Brazen MountainGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Sisters with detachable wingsThe Three-Headed Healing-Blood ScorpionRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Dangerous creature whose blood restores injuriesThe Tongue-cut Sparrow’s HouseholdJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Courteous sparrow family controlling supernatural giftsThe Tung-t’ing princess who marries Ch’ênChinese literary supernatural narratives · Spirit princess whose mother repays a rescueThe Turtle Brothers of JujuRotuman accounts in MacGregor’s 1932 field notes · Transformed brothers appearing as turtlesThe Turtle in Kwon Jai’s DreamKorean narratives in Gale’s 1913 translation · Turtle pleading in an old man’s dream appearanceThe Twelve Eagle Brothers of Gliński’s TaleGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Enchanted royal siblingsThe Twelve-Headed Dragon of the Poison WellRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Fiery nest-raiding dragonThe Twins with Golden StarsRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Royal children surviving successive transformationsThe Two KabidibidiKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Paired animal friends and adversariesThe Two Shags Who Begin the Bird BattleMāori fables published by William Colenso · Speaking river and sea birds in a war fableThe Unseen Caller of The Voice of DeathRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Selective summons associated with disappearanceThe vampire cat of NabéshimaJapanese tales translated and retold by A. B. Mitford · Cat that replaces a murdered womanThe Vanishing Steward of the Pea EmperorRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Unknown helper with lethal verbal authorityThe vengeful Phandana tree-spiritBuddhist Jātaka narratives in Rouse’s English translation · Tree-dwelling deity in human disguiseThe Walking Imandé TreeLouyi collected tale · Traditional narrative plantThe wei-ch’i ghostChinese literary supernatural narratives · Dead player who misses an opportunity for releaseThe wen-taking elves in Mitford’s taleJapanese tales translated and retold by A. B. Mitford · Mountain revellers with bodily magicThe Whale in Gini-fale’s StoryPulekula’s written Niuean traditions; S. Percy Smith’s English translation · Woman-swallowing narrative whaleThe willow wife of KyotoJapanese traditions in Hearn’s historical accounts · Tree spirit in human formThe wine insectChinese literary supernatural narratives · Supernatural drink-producing bodily inhabitantThe Wonderful Bird of the Falling SteepleRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Radiant recognition birdThe Wood Witch Who Swallowed BusujokRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Human-devouring forest adversaryThe woodcutter’s green-pigeon ghostAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · Human soul transformed into a birdThe Wooden Head of Puarata and TautohitoMāori narratives edited and translated in Grey’s collection · Carved head whose voice kills in a sorcery narrativeThe Woodpecker FairyRomanian tales in Kremnitz/Percival’s 1885 English edition · Cursed territorial fairyThe Zavatra of the Marsh IsletMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Territorial being who fixes an intruder to the earthThemselves, Manx Little PeopleSelected Manx accounts in Sophia Morrison’s collection · Collective fairy peopleThestral (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Magical winged horseThievulPokémon · Creature speciesThigh-Bone Ruler of Shaihu’s Forest HutHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Speaking human bone with a courtly householdThird Orange-Peri in Kúnos and BainKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Fruit-emergent fairy who survives through bird and feather formsThirty-two wooden guardians of Vikramâditja’s throneMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Speaking carved warriors and bards who judge a king’s worthinessThogConan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureThorn beast (Halo)Halo · Alien resilient herbivoreThorn-Tree Sisters of the Little Wise Woman TaleNama translated household tales · Escaping sisters transformed into thorn treesThorned Hulk (Diablo)Diablo · Corrupted woodland guardianThothAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Divine beingThrall (Destiny)Destiny · Fictional creatureThree agricultural giants of the sword-life taleSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Powerful companions who nurse a broken sword back to lifeThree Black PrincessesGerman collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Enchanted royal sistersThree celestial sisters in the Fancha taleManchu ancestry tale retold by Griffis · Heavenly maidens whose youngest bears a founder after receiving a magpie’s fruitThree devil mothers who help the orange seekerKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Related supernatural mothers sheltering a human travellerThree Dove-Maidens of the Spell-bound GiantPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale VIII · White, grey and cinnamon-colored enchanted womenThree Egg Princes of the Refugee Mother’s TaleSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Enchanted princes speaking from eggsThree Extraordinary Companions of HamedZouaoua narratives translated by Basset · Superhuman helper companyThree Fairies of Pedroso’s Hearth-CatPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XVIII · Household visitors who bestow blessings and cursesThree Gosling SistersVenetian nursery tale · House-building speaking animal sistersThree Guardian Fairies of the Royal ChildrenSicilian tale in Crane’s English selection · Fairy rescuers and disguised guidesThree Hoofed Women of the Hausa Road TaleHausa collected tales · Collective of disguised predatory spiritsThree Horses of the Suspended PavilionSerbian selected collected traditions and heroic narratives · Flying and transporting palace steedsThree hungry goblins of Yee Man-jiKorean narrated supernatural beings · Dark sackcloth-like house spiritsThree Marvel Buyers in Camilla’s Ship TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Collective human travellers with complementary supernatural objectsThree nāga princesses of the Golden TreeSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Sisters who become a golden tree, silver flower and silver cockThree Peris who protect Rose-BeautyKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Fairy birth attendants and later restorers of a familyThree Princes of Shaihu’s Baobab ContestHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Horsemen of extraordinary strength and skillThree Shirt-Enchanted ChallengersScottish Gaelic Fenian tale collected by J. G. Campbell · Three magically strengthened human championsThree Stream-Crossers of Shaihu’s Skill ContestHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Companions with extraordinary specialist skillsThree Tailed Animal BrothersMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Predatory animal husbands hiding their tailsThree Winds of the Crows’ Tower QuestPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXVI · Personified south, north and north-east windsThree Witch-Wives of the Hidden Listener TaleHausa collected tales · Collective of contrasting magic practitionersThree-faced devil defeated by Cinder-YouthKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Three-faced devourer with more than one soulThree-foot Horse (Jamaican accounts)Jamaican Mico College student account and Beckwith comparison · Three-legged horse duppyThree-footed turtles of the Kuang RiverShanhaijing creatures · Three-footed aquatic turtlesThree-Headed Giant of MealsheadIcelandic collected narrative; A Giant Tricked · Human-disguised giant bridegroomThree-Headed Loch Beast (Sea-Maiden)Scottish Gaelic tale in Campbell/Jacobs transmission · Tribute-demanding lake monsterThree-Headed Serpent Holding the DawnFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Multi-headed celestial captorThree-Headed Underground Giant of the Stone-Boat TaleIcelandic stone-boat narrative in the Yellow Fairy Book · Underground captive keeperThree-knock White Horse of the Enchanted PalacePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale X · Timed transport animal in an enchanted householdThree-legged assZoroastrian cosmological beings · Many-eyed cosmic purifierThresher maw (Mass Effect)Mass Effect · Subterranean alien predatorThri-kreen (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional peopleThrohPokémon · Creature speciesThunder household (Tallulah)Cherokee narrative from John Ax, with additions and variants from Swimmer and others · Water-dwelling thunder familyThunder lizard (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional magical animalThunder Sheep and Lightning RamSouthern Nigerian collected fairy tales · Animal-shaped storm familyThunder sisters (Smith Sound)Smith Sound, northern Greenland; narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Former human sisters becoming weather spiritsThunder spirits of KatahdinPassamaquoddy narratives in Leland · Mountain-dwelling weather personsThunder-Bird of U´ttịqäi’s refuge taleChukchi narratives recorded by Bogoras · Protective bird with an internal dwellingThunderbird (Apsáalooke)Apsáalooke account told by Joe Medicine Crow · Sacred bird beingThunderclastCosmere · Fictional creatureThunderdrum (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Concussive-voiced marine dragonThundurusPokémon · Creature speciesThwackeyPokémon · Creature speciesThylacineRecent extinctions · Extinct speciesTi-lalo-fonua, the Wing-Lending RatPulekula’s written Niuean traditions; S. Percy Smith’s English translation · Rat once possessing wingsTiaioSelected Mangaian narratives recorded by Gill · Eel and shark-bodied ancestral deityTiangou of the ShanhaijingShanhaijing creatures · Protective white-headed beastTianma of Mount MachengShanhaijing creatures · Flying dog-shaped beastTianwuShanhaijing creatures · Many-headed water spiritTieen (Poverty)Diné / Navajo Origin Legend: Hatali Nez version translated by Washington Matthews, with separately labelled variants · Paired personification of material wantTien-ho water demon in Macgowan’s taleChinese tales retold by Macgowan · Child-devouring river demonTigbanuaBagobo collected traditions · Continuously flesh-seeking Buso typeTiger husband of the Brāhmin girlSouthern Indian collected folktales · A tiger using learned magic to assume human formsTiger king who aids GangazaraSouth Indian Soothsayer’s Son narrative beings · Speaking tiger sovereign and giver of a fatal crownTiger son of the mouseTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Summoned animal brother who supplies a royal guard of tigersTiger whose burns become stripesShan narrative spirits and beings · Speaking ancestral tiger whose injuries explain coat and facial featuresTiger with the twelve strengths in RafyKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Tiger who obtains a divine gift intended for humanityTiger’s decoy spiritChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Captive victim’s spirit that lures a replacementTigers of the drowsy-making tuneMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Tiger hunters defeated by a soporific tune and their own agreementTigress who gives Sir BuzzPunjabi collected folktales · Grateful tiger-form bhût who supplies a magical servantTigrexMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureTik’aisis, Siä’latsa’s daughterCowichan narratives in Boas’s 1895 collection · Dangerous ancestral daughter and child-taking figureTikgi maidenTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · One woman who becomes a flock of magical rice-harvesting birdsTikokuraSelected Mangaian narratives recorded by Gill · Personified storm-waveTiktaalikPaleozoic vertebrates · Extinct genusTikuna (Magüta)Tikuna communities · Living Indigenous people across three statesTilin, the rice birdIgorot narratives in Cole’s collection · Rice-seeking girl transformed into a small brown birdTimba, Bride of the King of the WatersShangani story as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Human queen with a water-ruler’s magic staffTimberjack (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Razor-winged forest dragonTimbo LimboJamaican narrative: Thomas White, Maroon Town; separately compared tellers · Fish-person and river helperTimburrPokémon · Creature speciesTime jungle creature (Stargate)Stargate · Fictional nocturnal predatorTing-LuPokémon · Creature speciesTinirau clackaeExtinct vertebrates · Extinct speciesTinirau, Lord of Fish in Gill’s Cook Islands AccountsCook Islands accounts collected and translated by William Wyatt Gill · Human–fish ancestral rulerTinkatinkPokémon · Creature speciesTinkatonPokémon · Creature speciesTinkatuffPokémon · Creature speciesTinkuan (Río Negro account)Río Negro narrative in Barbosa Rodrigues’s Nheengatu collection · Enchanted chief’s son and disastrous omen-birdTíoBolivian mining religious traditions · Mine divinity and underground guardianTiri (Rodrigues’s Yurukaré account)Yurukaré account labelled Rio Mamoré in Rodrigues · Culture hero and maker of transformationsTirie´tiangOqomiut and Akudnirmiut Inuit accounts in Franz Boas’s Canadian Arctic collection · Dappled lunar dog and sledge animalTirtougaPokémon · Creature speciesTirukala and his water helpers (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s1898 California collection · Landscape arranger and singing river householdTishtrya (rain-bearing animal forms)Zoroastrian Avestan beings · Animal-manifesting yazataTitan (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Earth summonTitanite DemonDark Souls · MonsterTitanosaurus (Godzilla)Godzilla · Fictional creatureTitildi Marimi and Titindi Maupa (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Bear-associated siblings with protective and restoring powersTlacanexquimilliHistorical Nahua accounts of central Mexico · Rolling nocturnal apparitionTlacatecolotlHistorical Nahua terminology and colonial representations, central Mexico · Nahua category of harmful sorceryTlaltecuhtliMexica/Nahua cosmology; Templo Mayor archaeological evidence · Earth deity with generative and devouring aspectsTlanuwaCherokee traditions; separately attributed Natchez collected variant · Giant predatory birdTlé’esa (Boas’s Kamloops account)Shuswap narratives collected at Kamloops in Boas1895 · Dog-transformed travelling heroTlilcoatlNahua historical animal accounts · Legendary water serpent in colonial natural historyTlingit (Łingít)Tlingit communities · Living Indigenous people with clan and regional communitiesTłı̨chǫTłı̨chǫ communities and self-government · Living Indigenous peopleTo’ Panjang and his unnamed pupilMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Executed teacher and pupil whose remains and graves display miraclesTo'rakenThe Wheel of Time · Fictional animalToa and PaleSamoan narratives collected by George Turner · Brothers who transform into treesToad Royal Household (The Iron Stove)German collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Enchanted royal householdTobe-horoanna (Black Tiger)Warao traditions documented in Guiana · Shapeshifting forest predatorTobi-KadachiMonster Hunter · Fanged wyvernTōdaikiJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Lamp-bearing demonToedscoolPokémon · Creature speciesToedscruelPokémon · Creature speciesTogedemaruPokémon · Creature speciesTogekissPokémon · Creature speciesTogemonDigimon · Fictional digital creatureTogepiPokémon · Creature speciesTogeticPokémon · Creature speciesToglai and ToglibonBagobo narratives in Cole’s collection · First ancestral couple who become spirits after deathTogrutaStar Wars · Fictional people of Shili and other communitiesTohono O’odham NationTohono O’odham · Living Indigenous nationTòkan-tòngotraBetsileo marvellous-creature accounts translated by Sibree · Swift nocturnal man-eaterTokelauansLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleTokgabi in Griffis’s Korean talesKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Sooty household sprite and capricious helperTokolosheNguni-speaking southern African traditions and wider South African usage · Spirit beingTololi-phatšoaBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Speaking protective ox that returns to lifeTom Tit TotSuffolk tale transmitted through the Ipswich Journal and Edward Clodd · Name-guessing spinning spiritTonberryFinal Fantasy · Fictional creatureTonga / BaTonga communities of Zambia and ZimbabweLiving peoples & cultures · Living regional cultural communitiesTongansLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleTongo in Turner’s Animal AccountsSamoan household accounts in George Turner’s collection · Household deity with varying animal manifestationsTongtongShanhaijing creatures · Pearl-bearing pigTorchicPokémon · Creature speciesTorkoalPokémon · Creature speciesTormThe Wheel of Time · Fictional animalTormentor (Destiny)Destiny · Fictional creatureTornado and Wave (Nancy Jeddore’s account)Mi’kmaq narrative told by Nancy Jeddore, 2 February1871 · Inseparable brothers with destructive and provisioning powersTornadusPokémon · Creature speciesTorracatPokémon · Creature speciesTorrent (Elden Ring)Elden Ring · Spectral steedTorres Strait Islander peoplesLiving peoples & cultures · Living regional peoples and cultural communitiesTorterraPokémon · Creature speciesTortoise in Ogumefu’s Yoruba CollectionYoruba narratives in Ogumefu’s collection · Animal tricksterTotodilePokémon · Creature speciesTotoro (Studio Ghibli)Studio Ghibli · Forest creatureToucannonPokémon · Creature speciesTower spider (Conan)Conan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureToxapexPokémon · Creature speciesToxelPokémon · Creature speciesToxicroakPokémon · Creature speciesToxtricityPokémon · Creature speciesToydarianStar Wars · Winged sapient speciesTranquillPokémon · Creature speciesTransforming Girls of MorianaBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Girls assuming pick-handle, gourd and lard formsTrapinchPokémon · Creature speciesTraucoChilote public folklore · Forest beingTreant (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Mobile tree monster familyTreasure serpent in Prince Half-a-sonPunjabi collected folktales · Speaking serpent who guards the wealth of seven kingsTreasure-Carrying Ants of the Yoruba TaleYoruba narratives in Ogumefu’s collection · Grateful collective animal helpersTreasure-Swallowing Horse of the Sultan's SonSwahili collected tales · Speaking animal rescuerTree and rock spirits who judge the tigerKorean tales as retold by Griffis · Two unnamed indwelling spirits who condemn ingratitudeTree bearing agate beadsTinguian collected traditions · Speaking subterranean tree whose apparent berries are valuable beadsTree deity who addresses the five waiting loversIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Fig-tree inhabitant who comments on disappointed human visitorsTree goddesses who foretell Drashup’s marriageTibetan beings in Shelton’s folk-tale collection · Tree-dwelling goddesses who forecast a newborn child’s fateTree of odors (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Embracing living treeTree-and-Whirlwind Witch of Shaihu’s TaleHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Cannibal human shapeshifterTree-Dwelling Benefactor of the Tazerwalt WoodcutterTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Speaking tree-dwelling spiritTree-dwelling goddesses of Drashup’s fateTibetan beings in Shelton’s folk-tale collection · Female spirits who foretell marriage and deathTree-Repairing Bird of MakényiRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Shell-carrying bird that restores a treeTreeckoPokémon · Creature speciesTrentren ViluMapuche narratives; separately located Chiloé collected variant · Protective land serpent in flood narrativesTrevenantPokémon · Creature speciesTribbleStar Trek · Rapidly reproducing animalTriceratopsMesozoic dinosaurs · Extinct genusTrichoplax adhaerensPlacozoans · Living marine animalTrijaṭāRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Dreaming rākṣasa matronTrilobite (Alien)Alien · Tentacled parasitic organismTrilobitesPaleozoic arthropods · Extinct classTriśiras (Ravana’s son)Rāmāyaṇa named beings · Three-headed rakshasa princeTroglodyte (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Fictional peopleTrollNorwegian oral tales in Asbjørnsen and Moe’s collections · Legendary beingTroll (Discworld)Discworld · Fictional mineral-based peopleTroll (God of War)God of War · Pillar-wielding monsterTroll (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Magical humanoid beastTroll (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Powerful hostile humanoid creatureTroll (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Regenerating three-eyed beastTroll (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional peopleTroll Bride Who Enchants HlinikIcelandic Hlinik and Thora collected narrative · Captive keeper and beautiful court impostorTroll Couple of Fillmore’s Terrible OlliFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Cannibal troll householdTroll Mother Who Curses the Twelve PrincesIcelandic Thorsteinn the carl’s son narrative · Captive keeper and transformation-cursing ogressTrollocThe Wheel of Time · Fictional creatureTropiusPokémon · Creature speciesTrows of Spence’s Shetland AccountsShetland accounts collected by John Spence · Subterranean fairy community in collected local narrativesTrubbishPokémon · Creature speciesTrumbeakPokémon · Creature speciesTs’ak’ (Moses’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Moses at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Supernatural trickster and ordeal survivorTs’ipPeninsular Maya hunting traditions · Deer guardian and master of animalsTsag’atiläo and his son (Matthias’s account)Tsimshian story told by Matthias of Metlakatla and recorded by Franz Boas · Supernatural lake household and rescuing descendantsTsaggiHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Mounted-combat warrior spiritTsangarira (Ferrand’s Dancing Ogre)Antambahoaka collected marvellous tales · Disguised predatory husbandTsareenaPokémon · Creature speciesTsauda and Halus (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Heavenly prince and transformed rivalTse-na-haleDiné / Navajo Origin Legend: Hatali Nez version translated by Washington Matthews, with separately labelled variants · Human-eating winged pairTsEgu’kskʷ (Chief Mountain’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Chief Mountain at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Shaman with animated helpers and owl-form returnTselane, the Elephant WifeBasotho narratives in Jacottet’s bilingual collection · Wife transformed into a speaking elephantTsenagahiDiné / Navajo Origin Legend: Hatali Nez version translated by Washington Matthews, with separately labelled variants · Travelling stone becoming a water guardianTsetahotsiltaliDiné / Navajo Origin Legend: Hatali Nez version translated by Washington Matthews, with separately labelled variants · Cliff-path kicker fixed by rooted hairTsetse BumbaKuba or Bushongo creation narrative · Traditional narrative beingTshibrumandziTshindao-speaking Gazaland tales in Kidd’s collection · Extraordinary donor of fire and chieftainshipTsian TangChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Dragon ruler and rescuer of his nieceTsis’ila, the Half-Bodied ChildMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Half-bodied child whose animal kindness wins a transforming amuletTsuchigumoJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Spider-associated narrative monsterTsugk’i’n (Kamloops)Shuswap narratives collected at Kamloops in Boas1895 · Transforming woodpecker thief and rescuerTsukánYucatec Maya narrative and sacred-place traditions · Cenote guardian serpentTsul ‘KaluCherokee traditions; Judaculla and southern Appalachian places · Giant and guardian of gameTsunadé’s Snail TeacherJapanese tales in Griffis’s English retelling · Ancient mountain being who changes from an old man into a snailTsundigewiCherokee narrated traditions; western and southern journey variants · Small-bodied society in a travel narrativeTsunohanzōJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated washbasinTsy-aomby-aomby (Ferrand’s Mahavelona Notice)Betsimisaraka collected creature notices · Man-eating ox-like forest beastTualapiHis Dark Materials · Fictional creatureTuareg cultural communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living cultural communities across national bordersTuhirangiKupe and Cook Strait traditions; selected 1913 public retelling · Named marine guardian taniwhaTūhoeLiving peoples & cultures · Living iwi and cultural communitiesTui FitiSamoan Savaiʻi village tradition; selected Turner witness · Named spirit deityTuimotulikiTongan narrative connecting Motuliki and Tonga · Miraculously born strong childTuina and Machperkami (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Personified Sun travelling with a hidden protective dogTukuyuhaArawak accounts in Roth; Akawaio Dai-dai terminology separately credited · Hairy forest- and tree-associated spirit collectiveTulala-MadindiSubiya collected tales · Traditional narrative peopleTulchuherrisWintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Earth-emergent hero who divides the primordial SunTuliviejaPanamanian legends; poetic reception · River apparitionTulkunAvatar · Fictional peopleTulouShanhaijing creatures · Four-horned man-eating beastTumuitearetokaSelected Mangaian narratives recorded by Gill · Man-eating shark powerTuna of MangaiaSelected Mangaia recorded by Gill · Eel-bodied lover and guardianTunchePeruvian Amazonian regional folklore · Whistling spiritTundaAfroecuadorian and Afro-Colombian Pacific traditions · Forest shapeshifterTungujuluk and SaunikoqGodthaab, West Greenland (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Rival walrus and bear shapeshiftersTuofeiShanhaijing creatures · One-legged human-faced birdTūpai the SquirrelMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Faithful squirrel who enters a crocodile inside a coconutTupilakSoutheastern and Godthaab, West Greenland narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Magically created adversaryTupilaq (Boas’s Davis Strait revenant)Davis Strait Inuit in Boas’s 1888 account · Dangerous unsettled human soulTuresh in Kuteashguru’s dragon-transformation taleAinu narratives recorded by Chamberlain · Okikurumi’s food-bearing wife who becomes a dragon when seizedTurianMass Effect · Fictional peopleTurkanaLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleTurtle carried by storks who escapes the jackalsSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking turtle who survives a fall and defeats a false wedding schemeTurtle of the Wooden-Bowl ShellSelected northeast-coast Papuan narratives collected by Annie Ker · Speaking shell-origin animalTurtle Prince in Parker’s No.207Sri Lankan tales collected by H. Parker · Prince who removes and resumes a turtle jacketTurtle-dove whose halves confer sovereigntySri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Bird whose right and left portions grant kingship at different timesTurtonatorPokémon · Creature speciesTurtwigPokémon · Creature speciesTusk elephant of the Divine World in ParkerSri Lankan tales collected by H. Parker · Heaven-traveling elephant that raids cultivated fieldsTuskarr (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional peopleTusken RaiderStar Wars · Fictional peopleTūtaeporoporoNgā Wairiki Ngāti Apa and Whanganui traditions; selected descendant account · Named taniwhaTutunuiMāori public Tinirau–Kae narratives · Named whale companionTuvaluansLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleTwelve Ox Princes of Thorsteinn’s TaleIcelandic Thorsteinn the carl’s son narrative · Royal brothers transformed into oxenTwelve Raven BrothersGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Enchanted sibling flockTwelve Wild Duck BrothersNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Enchanted human brothersTwelve-Headed Gate Dragon of Miranda’s PalaceGliński’s tales in Biggs’s shortened English translation · Multi-headed siege guardianTwelve-slice Fish in Pedroso’s TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXV · Speaking fish whose portions produce human and animal birthsTwi'lekStar Wars · Fictional peopleTwins of the Brewery of EggshellsWelsh narrative attributed to Cambrian Quarterly Magazine1830 · Legendary changeling pairTwo captive demons in the Labam taleMúniyá’s Labam tale beings · Caged opponents in a marriage testTwo Hus brothers (Curtin’s Wintu account)Wintu narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Sky-road builders associated with turkey buzzardsTwo Protective Dolls of Fenda MariaKi-mbundu narratives collected by Chatelain · Animated object pairTwo wounded snakes and the life-restoring grassTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Snakes whose fight reveals a plant’s healing and reviving powerTwo-Eyed One-Legged Ogre of Setuli’s TaleSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · One-armed one-legged enchanterTwo-Toed Envoy of the Valley FairySwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Unusual old woman bearing magical aidTwrch TrwythMedieval Welsh narrative · Transformed royal boarTxa’msEm (Moses and Philip’s Nass River accounts)Nisga’a narratives told by Moses and Philip at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Transforming culture hero and tricksterTympolePokémon · Creature speciesTynamoPokémon · Creature speciesTynnanStar Wars · Furred sapient speciesType: NullPokémon · Creature speciesTyphlosionPokémon · Creature speciesTyphonAncient Greek literary and mythographic traditions · Cosmic composite monsterTyranidWarhammer · Fictional creature collectiveTyranitarPokémon · Creature speciesTyrannosaurus rexMesozoic dinosaurs · Extinct speciesTyrant (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional bioweaponTyrantrumPokémon · Creature speciesTyroguePokémon · Creature speciesTyruntPokémon · Creature speciesTzitzi-Ya-KuMonster Hunter · Bird WyvernTzitzimimeNahua and Mexica cosmological traditions · Collective celestial beingsTzontecomatlHistorical Nahua night-apparition accounts, central Mexico · Pursuing skull apparition
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U BiskuromKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Heavenly crafts teacher who returns on a kiteU HynrohKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Giant toad-magician who attacks the sunU Ksuid TynjangKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Voice-mimicking forest demon whose remaining form is a creeperU LurmangkharaKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Star who descends to marry a tortoiseU PyrthatKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Thunder giant who takes a silver sword into the skyU RamhahKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Giant whose scattered bones become limestoneU SuidnohKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Forest demon who defeats U Thlen by a disguised offeringU ThlenKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Blood-seeking serpent that changes size and returns from a surviving fragmentU Yak Jakor in The Blessing of the MendicantKhasi narratives in Rafy’s selected English collection · Water dragon who impersonates a murdered fatherUaçá (Rio Negro fisherman)Rio Negro plant-origin variant in Rodrigues · Transformative figure in a plant-origin narrativeUacauan helper (Rio Solimões tale)Rio Solimões animal tale in Rodrigues · Bird helper opposing a giant serpentUapanipani, Rescuing CraneSelected northeastern Papuan accounts collected by Annie Ker · Speaking rescue birdUbongopa-kamagadhlelaZulu-language tale contributed by Umatshotsha (Umkamafuta) · White ox revived from an assembled carcassUbumeJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Maternal ghostUcay, the monkey princePhilippine tales collected by Fansler · Enchanted human prince in monkey formUcumarNorthwestern Argentine regional traditions; related Andean names · Wild human-bear being and abducting encounter figureUdaZoroastrian textual beings · Spiritually striking demonUgungqu-kubantwanaZulu-language account contributed by Lydia (Umkasetemba) · Landscape-bodied mother and ruler of beastsUksuhiCherokee narrated traditions; Hickory-log and Hiwassee setting · Giant serpent in a named hunter narrativeUktenaCherokee public storytelling traditions · Horned serpentUlat bag (man-tiger)Santal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Human who changes into a tiger and requires a root to returnUlavai in Turner’s Crayfish AccountSamoan household accounts in George Turner’s collection · Household god associated with an infant-transformation accountUlcerated Tree SpiritElden Ring · MonsterUlé (Rodrigues’s Yurukaré account)Yurukaré account labelled Rio Mamoré in Rodrigues · Tree transformed into a human partnerUltraliskStarCraft · Heavy assault creatureUluliernangOqomiut and Akudnirmiut Inuit accounts in Franz Boas’s Canadian Arctic collection · Hollow-bodied dancer in the moon man’s householdUluthlazaseZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Human princess who resists a water monsterUmamba in Callaway’s Serpent-Skin TaleZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Human prince concealed in a serpent skinUmber Hulk (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Rock-burrowing monstrosityUmbreonPokémon · Creature speciesUmkxakaza-wakogingqwayoZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Human princess with storm and bodily transformation powersUmnyama in Callaway’s Rainbow AccountsZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Animate rainbow and pool-dwelling beingUmpengempe and the Revived OxenZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Revived travelling oxen in a recognition taleUnanana-boseleZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Human mother and rescuer in a swallowing-monster taleUnasStargate · Fictional reptilian humanoid peopleUncama-ngamanzi-eguduZulu narratives collected by Callaway · Human traveler to an underground countryUndan the Pelican and Kĕtam the CrabMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · False fish-rescuer exposed and killed by his crab passengerUndazoaWarframe · Fictional creatureUnderground panthers (Cherokee)John Ax’s Cherokee narrative recorded by James Mooney · Subterranean animal communityUnfezantPokémon · Creature speciesUngaikyōJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Animated mirrorUnggoyHalo · Fictional peopleUnhudo da Pedra BrancaDois Córregos and neighboring middle-Tietê traditions, São Paulo · Named dried-corpse apparitionUnicornMedieval western European bestiaries and art · Legendary creatureUnicorn (A Song of Ice and Fire)A Song of Ice and Fire · Reported fictional ungulateUnicorn (Harry Potter)Harry Potter · Magical equineUnicorn who rescues an ungrateful hunterTibetan beings in Shelton’s folk-tale collection · Compassionate marvelous animal killed by its beneficiaryUnownPokémon · Creature speciesUntombi-yapansiZulu narratives in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Brass-shining earth-opening heroineUragaanMonster Hunter · Brute WyvernUrarina peopleUrarina riverine communities in Loreto · Living Indigenous peopleUriskScottish Highland collected traditions · Solitary landscape spiritUrsalunaPokémon · Creature speciesUrsaringPokémon · Creature speciesUrshifuPokémon · Creature speciesurSkekThe Dark Crystal · Fictional alien peopleUrubu household (Rio Negro in-laws account)Rio Negro narrative recorded by Barbosa Rodrigues · Animal household divided by work and revengeUselesele, Umdhlubu’s Frog RescuerZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Speaking frog rescuer and rulerUshi-oniJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Bull-associated monsterUshirogamiJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias · One-eyed apparitionUsilosimapunduZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Landscape-bodied beast and cattle ownerUsitungusobenthle in Callaway’s Two TalesZulu-language accounts in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Human heroine with sea-dividing speechUstilago maydis — corn smut fungusBasidiomycete smut fungi · Living speciesUstutliCherokee narrated traditions; Cohutta Mountain · Footed giant serpentUtricularia gibbaBladderworts · Living carnivorous flowering plantUwanJapanese yōkai: Sekien illustrated witnesses · Wall apparitionUwtsuntaCherokee narrated traditions; Nantahala River · Ravine-spanning giant serpentUxiePokémon · Creature species
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Vagrant (Dark Souls)Dark Souls · MonsterVajradaṃṣṭraRāmāyaṇa named beings · Armoured rakshasa captainValāhassaBuddhist Jātaka narrative beings · Flying horseVāli (Bāli in Griffith)Rāmāyaṇa named beings · Divinely descended vanara kingValkyriesSelected Eddic poetic and prose witnesses · Supernatural women associated with battle and the slainValley Bird of HinazinciXhosa tales collected under Theal’s direction · Growing supernatural birdValley Fairy of Semai-mai’s TaleSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Supernatural judge and reviverVampireSelected eastern/central European revenant reports and English Gothic reception · Returning predatory deadVampire (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Bat-shaped dark creatureVampyrella lateritiaVampyrellid amoebae · Living freshwater amoebaVampyrella pendulaVampyrellid amoebae · Living freshwater amoebaVānaraRamayana epic traditions · Epic forest-associated beingsVanillishPokémon · Creature speciesVanillitePokémon · Creature speciesVanilluxePokémon · Creature speciesVaotere, the Ironwood-Tree BeingMangaian tree and spirit-world accounts in Gill · Regenerating tree-bodied adversaryVaporeonPokémon · Creature speciesVaractylStar Wars · Alien creatureVaranGodzilla · Fictional creatureVaris, the Crow Who Outwits MikkoFinnish-derived animal tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Speaking crow adviserVaroomPokémon · Creature speciesVarren (Mass Effect)Mass Effect · Alien pack animalVarterralDragon Age · Elven guardian creatureVas of PanchasadvaranZoroastrian cosmological beings · Immense guardian fishVashta NeradaDoctor Who · Fictional carnivorous swarmVasilissa the Wise, Spoonbill DaughterRussian collected water tales translated by Ralston · Bird-transforming aquatic princessVātāpiRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Ram-transforming killing accompliceVatea (Avatea), Mangaian Fish-Sided AncestorCook Islands accounts collected and translated by William Wyatt Gill · Asymmetrical human–marine ancestral beingVave in Turner’s Bird and Eel AccountsSamoan local deity accounts in George Turner’s collection · Bird-associated guardian with local eel variantVeemonDigimon · Mini Dragon DigimonVelkhanaMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureVelocipodWarframe · Fictional creatureVelociraptorMesozoic dinosaurs · Extinct genusVeluzaPokémon · Creature speciesVengeful Boar of the Harakta TaleHarakta animal narrative communicated to Basset · Speaking animal adversaryVengeful Eagle of Daniel O’RourkeIrish literary folklore; Croker’s selected Daniel O’Rourke narrative · Speaking dream eagleVengeful wife of The Corpse-RiderJapanese tale beings · Moving corpse of a divorced womanVenipedePokémon · Creature speciesVenomothPokémon · Creature speciesVenonatPokémon · Creature speciesVenus flytrap — Dionaea muscipulaCarnivorous flowering plants · SpeciesVenusaurPokémon · Creature speciesVerethraghna (animal manifestations)Zoroastrian textual beings · Many-form victory yazataVertodub and VertogorLocated East Slavic collected narratives in Ralston’s English translation · Paired tree-uprooting and mountain-levelling giantsVeskStarfinder · Fictional peopleVespiquenPokémon · Creature speciesVetālaSouth Asian corpse-spirit and storytelling traditions · Corpse-inhabiting spiritVex (Minecraft)Minecraft · Summoned flying attackerVexisStar Wars · Armored desert serpentVibravaPokémon · Creature speciesVictiniPokémon · Creature speciesVictreebelPokémon · Creature speciesViera (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Fictional forest peoples with game-specific traditionsVigorothPokémon · Creature speciesVikavoltPokémon · Creature speciesVikemonDigimon · Digital monsterVikhor (Whirlwind Abductor)Located East Slavic collected narratives in Ralston’s English translation · Flying wind-associated abductorVikramâditja in Busk’s throne cycleMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Extraordinary royal child and shape-changing conqueror of SchimnusVila (Serbian Veele)Serbian selected collected traditions and heroic narratives · Female landscape spiritVile Mother (Diablo)Diablo · Offspring-producing demonVileplumePokémon · Creature speciesVillage-reared boar of the Roḍiyā taleSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Speaking boar who organizes wild pigs against their predatorsViper (StarCraft)StarCraft · Zerg creature formViperwolf (Avatar)Avatar · Alien pack predatorVirādhaRāmāyaṇa narrative beings · Weapon-resistant forest giantVirizionPokémon · Creature speciesViśākha whose merit sustains mountain foodIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Bodisat prince whose merit strengthens roots and berriesVishnu and Saman in Parker’s earth-making accountSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Divine collaborators who establish land and make the first human pairVisible Hands of the Rabbit Prince’s CourtPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale VII · Enchanted courtiers visible only as working handsViuda of ChiloéChilote oral traditions; Chiloé archipelago, Chile · Dangerous nocturnal apparitionVivillonPokémon · Creature speciesVixen wife (West Greenland)West Greenland (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Fox woman and human spouseVizareshZoroastrian textual beings · Departed-soul assailantVoidwalker (Warcraft)Warcraft · Fictional void creatureVoladoraChilote oral traditions; Chiloé archipelago, Chile · Nocturnal flying sorcerous figureVolbeatPokémon · Creature speciesVolcanionPokémon · Creature speciesVolcaronaPokémon · Creature speciesVoltorbPokémon · Creature speciesVölund, the Captive Flying SmithNamed beings in selected Eddic poetic witnesses · Supernatural smith and avenging captiveVolvagiaThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureVolvidonMonster Hunter · Armored fanged beastVorombetsivaza, the Messenger BirdMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Talking divine and royal messenger, with a separate revival missionVorondreo in Renel’s Collected TalesMalagasy collected marvellous tales translated by Renel · Talking bird in separate rescue and retaliatory fablesVortaStar Trek · Fictional engineered people and Dominion administrative casteVucub CaquixK'iche' Maya; Popol Vuh · Named bird being in a sacred narrativeVuhi the Goat and Dinas the RamFinnish-derived animal tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Speaking hoofed companionsVulcan (Star Trek)Star Trek · Fictional peopleVullabyPokémon · Creature speciesVulpaphylaWarframe · Fictional creatureVulpixPokémon · Creature speciesVulptexStar Wars · Alien creatureVulture Sisters (|Xam tale)|Xam collected narratives · Transforming animal familyVumatitiCoastal East African reports in Alice Werner’s 1915 notes · Owl associated with a baby’s convulsions
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Wa’se-at-each-end (Moses’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Moses at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Living two-ended canoeWadjetAncient Egyptian religious narratives · Protective serpent deityWahma of Korobona’s lakeWarao narratives presented by William Henry Brett; named narrator McLeod in the surrounding frame · Bound water spirit with human and serpent formsWaida Dikit, host of the world’s musiciansWintu narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Trout-associated host of a growing house and inexhaustible feastWaida Werris and WaitiWintu narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Northern star figure and his stay-at-home brotherWaikato-TainuiLiving peoples & cultures · Living iwi and tribal institutionsWailmerPokémon · Creature speciesWailordPokémon · Creature speciesWailyaGuianan Serikoai legend; community attribution uncertain · Named shapeshifting tapirWairaJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Clawed illustrated monsterWaiwin / Waiwan (Conzemius’s account)Miskito, Sumu, Rama and Creole usage reported by Conzemius · Fiery-eyed roaming animal with conflicting descriptionsWajãpiWajãpi communities; APINA source perspective · Living Indigenous people and local communitiesWakara’s celestial household (Curtin’s Yana account)Yana narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s1898 California collection · Moon father, star daughters and sun brotherWakonyingoChaga collected tales · Traditional narrative beingWaliaSelected Hawaiian narratives collected by Westervelt · Ghostly chiefWalking WakePokémon · Creature speciesWallisian and Futunian communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Distinct living island cultural communitiesWalreinPokémon · Creature speciesWampaStar Wars · Alien creatureWampis peopleWampis communities and their territorial institutions · Living Indigenous peopleWand Magician of the White DoveSouthern African tale in Bourhill and Drake’s collection · Magician appearing as an elderly mute womanWang Liu-langChinese literary supernatural narratives · Drowned ghost appointed a protective deityWanyūdōJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Burning wheel apparitionWapichanaWapichana communities · Living Indigenous people across a national borderWar hydra (Warhammer)Warhammer · Regenerating multiheaded fantasy warbeastWaraoWarao communities · Living Indigenous people and transnational communitiesWarden (Minecraft)Minecraft · Blind deep-dark monsterWarg (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Intelligent hostile wolfWarGreymonDigimon · Digital monsterWarGrowlmonDigimon · Cyborg dragon DigimonWarm-Spring Fairy Wife of Mouley ech CherifBou Semghoun narratives collected by Basset · Fairy spouse leaving her springWarning Bird and Feathers of Spoon’s EpicRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Speaking warning bird whose feathers reviveWarning Bird of the Two BrothersZulu-language narrative contributed by Ukofana Dhladhla · Speaking bird that guides a rescueWarning Fly of Untombi-yapansiZulu narratives in Callaway’s bilingual collection · Speaking fly that exposes concealed murderWarning Murungā tree in the Black Storks’ GirlSri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Protective speaking tree whose warning survives cutting and burningWarning Wagtail of Ker’s TaleSelected northeastern Papuan accounts collected by Annie Ker · Speaking warning birdWarracaba tigerAkawaio and Wapishana reports in nineteenth-century Guiana travel writing · Legendary pack-hunting predatorWartortlePokémon · Creature speciesWasher Witches in Pedroso’s TalePortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale VI · Prophetic witches and a phantom-shaped attackerWatchdog of the Old LordsBloodborne · Flaming subterranean guardianWatcher in the WaterMiddle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Unidentified tentacled monsterWatchogPokémon · Creature speciesWater cannibals (Cherokee)Swimmer’s Cherokee narrative recorded by James Mooney · Underwater hunters and deceptive substitutesWater Hag (The Witcher)The Witcher · Wetland necrophageWater Ju Ju (Adiaha tale)Southern Nigerian collected fairy tales · Protective water spiritWater King in Ralston’s Vasilissa TaleRussian collected water tales translated by Ralston · Aquatic monarch and coercive taskmasterWater Neugle in Spence’s Mill AccountShetland accounts collected by John Spence · Named water-being associated with a millWater ogre of NaḷapānaBuddhist Jātaka narrative beings · Lake-dwelling yakkhaWater Wife of the Zafimarano AccountBetsimisaraka collected ancestry narrative · River-dwelling wife whose daughters return to the waterWater-bargaining Inzimu of Tombi-ende’s TaleSwazi tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Ogre concealing himself as a huge human strangerWater-bullScottish Highland collected traditions · Supernatural lake bovineWattrelPokémon · Creature speciesWau-utaWarao Haburi narrative recorded by Roth · Shapeshifting woman and frog narrative figureWaula tara (Conzemius’s horned boa)Miskito and Sumu lagoon accounts in Conzemius’s survey · Aged horned serpent of secluded lagoonsWaux (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Supernatural hunter and stone transformationWave-raising dogs (Makite’s tale)West Greenland Inuit (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Opposing dogs whose barks create wavesWax Horse in Parker’s No.225Sri Lankan tales collected by H. Parker · Artificial winged horse destroyed by heatWayambeh, the Turtle in Parker’s CollectionNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Ancestral aggressor with a turtle-form conclusionWayeyi (Bayeyi)Living peoples & cultures · Living cultural and language communitiesWayuuWayuu communities of La Guajira · Living Indigenous people across Colombia and VenezuelaWealth-Bearing Animal Household of AutaHausa collected narratives · Supernatural animal collectiveWeavilePokémon · Creature speciesWeaving Wasp of Shaihu’s Origin TaleHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Talking insect rescuerWebubu and Nagari, Musical LizardsSelected northeastern Papuan accounts collected by Annie Ker · Speaking lizards and music originWeedah, Voice-Mimicking KillerNoongahburrah Narran accounts in K. Langloh Parker’s collection · Human-to-bird transformation figureWeedlePokémon · Creature speciesWeekly-Tribute Seven-Headed Serpent of TazerwaltTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Seven-headed girl-eating serpentWeeoombeen, the White-Throated BrothersNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Ancestral figure with an animal-identity conclusionWeepinbellPokémon · Creature speciesWeeping AngelDoctor Who · Fictional creatureWeewillmekq’Passamaquoddy testimony of Tomah Josephs and Noel Joseph · Horned water-being and variable small creatureWeezingPokémon · Creature speciesWeisumMi’kmaq-labelled Rand manuscript narrative · Formidable combat beastWell-Guard Rainette in Sofia’s TaleRonga narratives in Junod’s French collected edition · Speaking frog who captures an animal tricksterWelshLiving peoples & cultures · Living peopleWelwitschiaGnetophyte seed plants · Long-lived desert gymnospermWendat Nation of WendakeIndigenous peoples of northeastern North America · Living Indigenous nationWenlinShanhaijing creatures · Wind-omen yellow pigWenwenShanhaijing creatures · Bee-shaped calling beastWenyao fishShanhaijing creatures · Winged night-flying fishWereGarurumonDigimon · Digital monsterWerehyena (Conan)Conan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureWerewolfSelected Roman, Breton and Norse literary traditions; later European compilation · Human-wolf shapeshifterWerewolf (Middle-earth)Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) · Spirit-inhabited wolf monsterWerewolf (Narnia)The Chronicles of Narnia · Intelligent lupine monsterWestarwân, king of the mountainsKashmiri landscape legend · Proud mountain monarch lowered by love for GwâshbrâriWestern honey beeExtant arthropods · Living speciesWetehinen in Fillmore’s Three ChestsFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Underwater captor in a Finnish-derived retellingWetopunpunSelected Vanua Lava and Qakea collected narratives through Codrington · Ambiguously identified underground benefactorWhack-Me Whip of Shaihu’s TaleHausa manuscript tales in Rattray’s bilingual edition · Speaking autonomous household objectWhakatau in Grey’s Water-Born NarrativeMāori narratives edited and translated in Grey’s collection · Supernaturally formed hero raised beneath the waterWhale husband (West Greenland)West Greenland (source attribution); narratives collected by Knud Rasmussen · Marine abductor and pursuing spouseWhimsicottPokémon · Creature speciesWhirlipedePokémon · Creature speciesWhiscashPokémon · Creature speciesWhismurPokémon · Creature speciesWhispering Death (How to Train Your Dragon)How to Train Your Dragon · Burrowing drill-toothed dragonWhite and Black Spirit Dogs of the Well EscapeTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Contrasting summoned carrier pairWhite bear of the mountain house (Matthias’s account)Tsimshian story told by Matthias of Metlakatla and recorded by Franz Boas · Mountain-house guide and initiatorWhite Bear Prince (East of the Sun)Norwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Enchanted human princeWhite bird husbandMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Bird-form supernatural spouseWhite cuckoo who restores the Iron HeroBuryat narratives recorded by Jeremiah Curtin · A singing bird whose power empties a sea and restores a skeletonWhite Dove Princess of Sanfu’s TaleSouthern African tale in Bourhill and Drake’s collection · Princess under a bird-form enchantmentWhite Earth NationWhite Earth / Ojibwe · Living Anishinaabe nationWhite Guardian Dogs of the Lost Tazerwalt ChildrenTazerwalt Tashelhit narratives recorded by Stumme · Protective folktale dog pairWhite herons who save human benefactorsKorean bird legends in Allen’s collection · Bird rescuers in two distinct brief legendsWhite hind witch in The Son of Seven MothersPunjabi collected folktales · Shape-changing dâyan who blinds her royal rivalsWhite Mare of Ezkabi-FidelLaurentine’s Basque narrative in Webster · Enchanted speaking helper mareWhite Pigeon Prince (The Old Woman in the Wood)German collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Enchanted human princeWhite rat-snake of the kingship taleSri Lankan beings in Parker’s village tales · Snake whose head confers kingshipWhite Serpent-king of the pearl shellsMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Underwater serpent rulerWhite Snake (Grimm)German collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Knowledge-granting fairy-tale snakeWhite snake peri rescued by AdagarPersian tale beings · Serpent-form peri princessWhite Stag (Narnia)The Chronicles of Narnia · Legendary wish-associated animalWhite Turtle (Parker’s Sri Lankan tale)Sri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Returning mother in successive formsWhite-Bear Woman (Tate’s account)Tsimshian narrative recorded by Henry W. Tate of Port Simpson, British Columbia · Transforming animal wife and rescuerWhite-Breasted Crow of the Execution TaleHausa collected narratives · Transformation at a royal deathWhite-doe captive of the glass-pillared caveTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Human woman taught animal transformations by her captorWhite-duck fairy princessTibetan tales collected by O’Connor · Heavenly wife who chooses mortal lifeWhite-Snake Family of Mohammed the LanguidSwahili collected tales · Serpentine gratitude helpersWhiteland Castle TrollsNorwegian collected tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe · Three individual many-headed trollsWhitespineCosmere · Fictional creatureWichã akakiPesh publicly shared narrative tradition, Honduras · Mother of fishes in a Pesh foundational narrativeWigglytuffPokémon · Creature speciesWight (A Song of Ice and Fire)A Song of Ice and Fire · Reanimated creatureWiglettPokémon · Creature speciesWiinGuatemalan oral traditions; documented Samayac and Retalhuleu collections · Human animal-transformer in local narrativesWild-cat double of Kim Su-ik’s wifeKorean narrated supernatural beings · Domestic animal shapeshifterWilkie of the Westray KnollsOrcadian spirit accounts in historical printed extracts · Place-associated haunting spiritWillow, reborn as Precious PearlChinese tales retold by Macgowan · Visiting ghost subsequently reborn as a humanWillowelfChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Willow spirit in human formWimpodPokémon · Creature speciesWin-peMi’kmaq-labelled composite narrative in Leland · Abductor and sorcerer defeated by GlooskapWind Bird (|Xam narratives)|Xam collected narratives · Weather beingWind-Demon in Kúnos and BainKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Abducting wind spirit with an external lifeWindless Speaking TreeLouyi collected accounts · Speaking treeWindray (Avatar)Avatar · Propulsive airborne faunaWinged captor of the Lo Yang pagodaChinese tales in Wilhelm and Martens · Ogre who alternates between student and winged formsWinged one (Conan)Conan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureWinged Wife of TagaroLepers’ Island / Maewo versions, Vanuatu · Celestial woman with detachable wingsWingullPokémon · Creature speciesWinishuyat (Tulchuherris’s adviser)Wintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Thumb-sized hidden being of foresightWinter and Summer (Neptune’s Glooskap tale)Narration credited to Neptune through Mrs. W. Wallace Brown · Paired personifications of seasonal changeWinter lantern (Bloodborne)Bloodborne · Frenzy-inducing nightmare creatureWinter Wolf (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Cold-breathing intelligent predatorWirreenun, the Rainmaker in Parker’s CollectionNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Named weather-controlling figureWirrnDoctor Who · Fictional spacefaring insectWise adviser of the seventy-one parrotsMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Speaking parrot who rescues his flock and becomes a household storytellerWise Ewe of AutaHausa collected narratives · Reviving animal benefactorWish-Fish of the Baker’s Idle SonPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XVII · Enchanted prince in a wish-granting fish formWishiwashiPokémon · Creature speciesWispmother (The Elder Scrolls)The Elder Scrolls · Frost-wielding spirit with attendant wispsWitch of Bosen CornerJamaican narrative: Martha Roe, Maroon Town, Cockpit country · Cat-transforming supernatural hostWitch of Hansel and GretelGerman collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Individual child-eating witchWitch of the River BagajunHausa collected tales · Many-mouthed testing figureWitch Opposed by Dan-KuchingayaHausa collected tales · Disguising and eye-taking antagonistWitch-mother of the Horse-DevilKúnos–Bain Turkish tale beings · Cannibal supernatural mother and pursuing relativeWither (Minecraft)Minecraft · Summoned undead bossWiwaxiaCambrian life · Extinct genusWizard of the flying and wishing jewelsTai tale figures in Fleeson’s Laos collection · Magical benefactor who escapes through a jewel’s powerWizzrobeThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional creatureWo-ChienPokémon · Creature speciesWobbuffetPokémon · Creature speciesWok’üs, Siä’latsa’s horned hunting helperCowichan narratives in Boas’s 1895 collection · Horned mountain being and hunting helperWokwuk (Curtin’s Wintu accounts)Wintu narrative collected by Jeremiah Curtin in California; individual teller unnamed · Upper-world personage and earthly bird associated with powerful relicsWolastoqiyikIndigenous peoples of northeastern North America · Living Indigenous peopleWolf and Bear at Pohjola’s GateKalevala selected epic creatures; Finnish and Karelian-derived compiled tradition · Paired lethal entrance guardiansWolf claiming that its tail covers the worldIndian-derived Buddhist animal narratives in Tibetan transmission · Speaking predator whose impossible accusations excuse killing a sheepWolf foster parents of SchalûMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Speaking wolves who warn their human foster child of danger and a hidden jewelWolf of the Seven KidsGerman collected fairy tales; Grimm collection, Margaret Hunt translation · Disguising fairy-tale wolfWolf of the Three GoslingsVenetian nursery tale · Speaking house-destroying predatorWolf-auntPersian tale beings · Human-disguised man-eating wolfWolf-bridePersian tale beings · Bride momentarily transformed into a wolfWolf-Riding Ogre with the Eye CrownSouthern African tale in Bourhill and Drake’s collection · Forest ogre wearing animal eyesWolffia australiana — watermealDuckweeds · Living flowering plantWoman fashioned by four shepherdsMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Wooden figure successively shaped, colored, endowed with understanding and brought to lifeWoman Who Becomes a Lion (Alexander–Bleek tale)Southern African translated travel-account tales · Reversible animal transformationWoman-Demanding Fountain SerpentZouaoua narratives collected by Basset · Multiheaded water-controlling serpentWonderful Horse in the Hausa Hunter TaleHausa collected tales · Speaking protective animalWoobatPokémon · Creature speciesWoodcutter’s double, the displaced NātBurmese spirits in Mimosa’s literary retelling · Tree spirit who impersonates the man who felled its homeWooden garuda of Five to OneMongolian and Kalmouk tale figures · Crafted flying bird operated through internal controlsWooden man animated by prayerPersian tale beings · Crafted figure given life in the cowherd’s first dispute taleWooden sea lion (Moses’s account)Nisga’a narrative told by Moses at Kinkolith; recorded by Franz Boas · Animated hunting effigyWooden-legged Bear of Carrick’s Bear’s PawRussian picture-tale adaptation in Carrick/Forbes English edition · Singing bear with self-made prosthetic legWoodpecker and Eagle households (Lower Fraser)Lower Fraser narratives in Boas1895 · Bird-person families rescued from sky and deathWoodpecker Magician of the Rabbit PrinceShangani tale as labelled in Bourhill and Drake’s retelling · Speaking bird magician and rescuerWookieeStar Wars · Fictional peopleWoolly mammothCenozoic mammals · Extinct speciesWoolooPokémon · Creature speciesWooperPokémon · Creature speciesWorg (Dungeons & Dragons)Dungeons & Dragons · Intelligent wolf-like predatorWorgenWarcraft · Fictional transformed people, with focus on GilneasWorld elephant (Discworld)Discworld · Fictional cosmic support animalWorm Gods (Destiny)Destiny · Fictional creatureWorm sea anemone — Scolanthus callimorphusCnidarians · Living speciesWorm, the Castle Dragon in Mighty MikkoFinnish-derived tales retold by Parker Fillmore · Estate-owning dragonWormadamPokémon · Creature speciesWormmonDigimon · Larva DigimonWraith (Mass Effect)Mass Effect · Kett-engineered hunting animalWraith (Stargate)Stargate · Fictional predatory alien civilizationWrestling anthill mound of Dogedog’s companyTinguian narratives in Cole’s Philippine collection · Speaking earth mound that travels and defeats a human wrestlerWu-Shinron (Dragon Ball GT)Dragon Ball · Fictional electrical dragonWuchowsenPassamaquoddy narrative from Louis Mitchell’s manuscript collection · Immortal wind birdWugtrioPokémon · Creature speciesWuluoShanhaijing creatures · Leopard-marked mountain spiritWulver (God of War)God of War · Predatory monsterWurmplePokémon · Creature speciesWurrawilberoo, the Sons Beside the Sky TreesNoongahburrah/Narran-region narrative in Parker’s collection · Transported ancestral brothersWusun beastShenyi jing creatures · Regenerating food beastWynautPokémon · Creature speciesWyrdeerPokémon · Creature speciesWyvern (A Song of Ice and Fire)A Song of Ice and Fire · Fictional flying predatorWyvern (The Witcher)The Witcher · Winged venomous draconid
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Y-PoráMisiones and Paraguayan regional water traditions recorded by Ambrosetti · Collective category of water spiritsYa Biyu and KuwaraHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Twin sister-and-brother spiritsYacumamaPeruvian Amazonian regional traditions · Water guardian; serpent and separately attributed sirena accountsYacurutu and his sister (Rio Purus account)Rio Purus narrative of Mura resistance in Rodrigues · Transformative figure in a plant-origin narrativeYag-koshaConan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureYagán peopleIndigenous peoples of southern South America · Living Indigenous peopleYaguareté-abáParaguayan and Argentine Litoral regional narratives · Human-jaguar transformation beingYaguarónMisiones and Paraguayan regional river traditions recorded by Ambrosetti · Riverbank-undermining water monsterYakā (Parker’s Sri Lankan witnesses)Sri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Regional demon with varied narrative rolesYakamin father and the star-marked childrenRio Branco/Uanauá account in Barbosa Rodrigues · Bird-transforming family in a celestial origin narrativeYakobaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Cannibal grove spirit with disputed doubled identityYaksanī (Parker’s Sri Lankan witnesses)Sri Lankan recorded folk narratives · Human-disguised predatory female demonYakshaSouth Asian religious and sculptural traditions · Nature-associated supernatural beingYakshini / YakshiSouth Asian religious and sculptural traditions · Female nature-associated beingYal BawaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Zanfara spirit using onions as scentYal KunamaHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Scorpion-associated Little Spots spiritYaleLatin Christian bestiary tradition; selected English manuscript · Horned bestiary beastYallery BrownLincolnshire Fen narrative collected by Marie Balfour · Destructive helper spiritYama-oroshiJapanese yōkai: Sekien’s animated objects · Animated graterYama’s laughing serpent messengerSouthern Indian collected folktales · An invisible death messenger who takes serpent formYamabikoJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Mountain apparitionYamaskPokémon · Creature speciesYamaubaJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Mountain womanYamawaroJapanese yōkai: Sekien's illustrated encyclopedias · Mountain spiritYamperPokémon · Creature speciesYanakona peopleYanakona communities and their distinct local institutions · Living Indigenous peopleYang of the Shenyi jingShenyi jing creatures · Sickness-bringing lion-like beastYanmaPokémon · Creature speciesYanmegaPokémon · Creature speciesYanwei of the ShanhaijingShanhaijing creatures · Double-headed serpent spiritYapaitu (Curtin’s Wintu spirit account)Wintu narrative in Jeremiah Curtin’s 1898 California collection · Spirits that assist, possess or injure through projected missilesYar-MasoHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Knife-associated quarrelsome spiritYasy YateréParaguayan and Argentine Litoral popular traditions · Siesta spirit and child-abducting encounter beingYauraHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Gambling-patron spiritYawn (Resident Evil)Resident Evil · Fictional giant venomous snakeYayuShanhaijing creatures · Human-faced red bovine monsterYeitsoDiné / Navajo Origin Legend: Hatali Nez version translated by Washington Matthews, with separately labelled variants · Armoured giant wielding lightningYellow calf of Bakhtiari FatimaPersian tale beings · Separate animal helper whose ears supply food and rose-waterYellow FaceIrish tale from Curtin with Campbell touches in Jacobs · Cruel magical household masterYellow Fish-Prince of Pedroso’s Hearth-CatPortuguese collected narrative; Pedroso tale XXIV · Enchanted royal son and household helperYerimaHausa bori communities described by Tremearne in West and North Africa · Named spirit in a historical Hausa bori accountYijiShanhaijing creatures · Red-eyed fire-omen beastYilingia spiciformisEdiacaran animals · Extinct bilaterian animalYin of Mount FuzhuShanhaijing creatures · Human-eyed mammalYing-ning, the laughing girlChinese literary supernatural narratives · Fox-born woman raised by a ghostYinglong (應龍)Shanhaijing creatures · Rain-associated dragon of primordial battlesYingni (嬰蜺)Chinese textual creature traditions · Minute biting flying creatureYingruShanhaijing creatures · Four-horned hybrid beastYingshaoShanhaijing creatures · Spoon-tailed magpie hybridYingzhaoShanhaijing creatures · Winged guardian with a horse bodyYobaltabaRegional traditions of Los Tuxtlas and Calería, Veracruz, Mexico · Changing night apparitionYohualtepoztliHistorical Nahua accounts of central Mexico · Night apparition and divine manifestationYong (顒)Shanhaijing creatures · Four-eyed human-faced owl-like birdYongheShanhaijing creatures · Red-eyed fear-omen apeYorubaLiving peoples & cultures · Living peoplesYothgaConan the Barbarian · Fictional creatureYou Pang NooKorean literary narrative in Allen’s collection · Scholar and officer whose birth is linked to a star-attendant dreamYou’anShanhaijing creatures · Laughing ape-like beastYoung Giant (Grimm)German collected wonder tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · Human child raised into giant statureYoung Malbrouk, Four-Form RescuerLaurentine’s Malbrouk narrative in Webster · Human hero with acquired animal transformationsYounger twin taught by Sitari JogiSantal beings in the Bodding–Murmu–Bompas collection · Spell-learning prince who escapes a changing-form pursuitYoungest Princess transformed into an elephantMalay narratives collected by Walter Skeat · Queen’s daughter whose forbidden crop-raiding causes elephant transformationsYouyou of the ShanhaijingShanhaijing creatures · Four-horned equine omen beastYsbaddadenMedieval Welsh narrative · Giant task-giverYsgithyrwyn BenbaeddMedieval Welsh Culhwch and Olwen · Legendary hunted boarYsoki (Starfinder)Starfinder · Fictional peopleYu of Mount GuoShanhaijing creatures · Winged mouse-shaped birdYuan of the Northern MountainsShanhaijing creatures · Three-footed oxYuanhuShanhaijing creatures · Fish-eyed deerYugambeh communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living communities; regional language and institutional self-accountsYuk chikap kamuiAinu religious narratives in Batchelor’s historical account · White owl ancestor who grants hunting successYuki-onnaJapanese regional tales; Hearn’s Musashi version · Snow spiritYun’s Divine CourierKorean narratives in Gale’s 1913 translation · Suddenly appearing messenger called Kon-yun-noYungoosPokémon · Creature speciesYunwi TsunsdiCherokee narrated traditions; southern Appalachians · Small spirit community with helpful and boundary-setting rolesYurokonMainland Carib accounts recorded by Roth, with separate literary reception · Forest-spirit collective and narrative figureYurupari (Dacé/Tukano account in Rodrigues)Dacé or Tukano-attributed narrative of the Uaupés/Ukairy · Concealed, fire-emitting child of a supernatural birthYurupari, night abductor (Madeira and Kanumã)Madeira account and unnamed Munduruku woman’s Kanumã variant in Rodrigues · Deceptive cave-dwelling abductor in two regional versionsYveltalPokémon · Creature species
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ZacianPokémon · Creature speciesZakiBori spirit representations recorded by Tremearne · Lion spiritZakru (Avatar)Avatar · Migratory fungal-feeding megafaunaZamazentaPokémon · Creature speciesZamtriosMonster Hunter · AmphibianZanakaminaninaMalagasy fables and collected tales translated by Renel · Coin-producing bride whose bathing fire becomes waterZangoosePokémon · Creature speciesZankallalaHausa collected tales · Tiny animal-equipped defenderZanzammoHausa bori spirits in Tremearne’s West and North African accounts · Rest-preventing spirit who drives out rivalsZaorísMission-region legends in João Simões Lopes Neto’s literary collection · People with miraculous sight in a Christian legendZapdosPokémon · Creature speciesZapotec peoplesZapotec regional communities · Living Indigenous peoples and regional communitiesZarudePokémon · Creature speciesZebrafish — Danio rerioRay-finned fishes · SpeciesZebstrikaPokémon · Creature speciesZekromPokémon · Creature speciesZeraoraPokémon · Creature speciesZerglingStarCraft · Engineered assault creatureZhengShanhaijing creatures · Five-tailed horned beastZhi of Mount FuyuShanhaijing creatures · Human-eating tiger hybridZhituShanhaijing creatures · Fire-protecting red-footed crowZhuShanhaijing creatures · Human-handed birdZhuhuaiShanhaijing creatures · Four-horned man-eating beastZhujianShanhaijing creatures · One-eyed human-headed beastZhuruShanhaijing creatures · Fox-shaped fish-winged omen beastZhuyanShanhaijing creatures · War-omen apeZigzagoonPokémon · Creature speciesZillo BeastStar Wars · Armored giant reptilian creatureZim in the Tale of Demane and DemazanaXhosa tales collected under Theal’s direction · Voice-changing cannibal and transformed stumpZimwiSwahili coastal storytelling · Tale monsterZinogreMonster Hunter · Fictional creatureZipacnaK'iche' Maya; Popol Vuh · Named mountain-making beingZmaj of Jastrebac (Zmay of Yastrebatz)Serbian selected collected traditions and heroic narratives · Winged superhuman epic figureZoanthrope (Warhammer 40,000)Warhammer · Tyranid psychic bioformZombi (Martinique)Martinique accounts attributed to Adou and Théréza by Hearn · Variable night apparitionZoraThe Legend of Zelda · Fictional peopleZoroarkPokémon · Creature speciesZorse (A Song of Ice and Fire)A Song of Ice and Fire · Fictional domesticated animalZoruaPokémon · Creature speciesZouwu (騶吾)Shanhaijing creatures · Long-tailed multicoloured riding beastZu (Final Fantasy)Final Fantasy · Giant bird monsterZubatPokémon · Creature speciesZudomonDigimon · Digital monsterZulu communitiesLiving peoples & cultures · Living cultural communities; selected language and literary witnessesZuni (A:shiwi)Zuni communities · Living Indigenous people and sovereign tribal communityZuziShanhaijing creatures · Mane-bearing ape hybridZweilousPokémon · Creature speciesZygardePokémon · Creature speciesZygerrianStar Wars · Fictional people associated with Zygerria
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