Monday, August 23, 2010

legendary beings list : A

• Á Bao A Qu (Malay) - An entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
• Aatxe (Basque) - A spirit that takes the form of a bull.
• Abassy (Yakuts) - Demons that have teeth of iron.
• Abada (African) - Small type of unicorn reported to live in the lands of the African Congo.
• Äbädä (Tatar) - Forest spirit
• Abaia (Melanesian) - Huge magical eel
• Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) - Savage humanoid with backward feet.
• Abath (Malay) - One-horned animal
• Abatwa (Zulu) - Little people that ride ants.
• Abura-bō (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Shiga Prefecture, in which the shape of a monk can often be seen.
• Abura-sumashi (Japanese) - creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture.
• Acephali (Greek) - Headless humanoids
• Acheri (Indian) - Disease-bringing ghost
• Achiyalabopa (Puebloan) - Rainbow-feathered birds
• Achlis (Roman) - Curious elk
• Adar Llwch Gwin (Welsh) - Giant birds that understand human languages.
• Adaro (Solomon Islands) - Malevolent merfolk
• Adhene (Manx) - Nature spirit
• Adlet (Inuit) - Vampiric dog-human hybrid
• Adroanzi (Lugbara) - Nature spirit
• Adze (Ewe people) - An African vampiric-forest being.
• Aerico (Macedonian) - Disease demon
• Afanc (Welsh) - Lake monster (exact lake varies by story).
• Agathodaemon (Greek) - Spirit of vinefields and grainfields.
• Agloolik (Inuit) - Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen.
• Agogwe (East Africa) - Small, ape-like humanoid.
• Ahkiyyini (Inuit) - Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.
• Ahuizotl (Aztec) - Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid.
• Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) - Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep.
• Aigikampoi (Etruscan) - Fish-tailed goat
• Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) - Man-eating Ogres
• Aitu (Polynesian) - Malevolent spirits or demons
• Aitvaras (Lithuanian) - Household spirit
• Ajatar (Finnish) - Dragon
• Akabeko (Japanese) - Red cow involved in the construction of Enzō-ji in Yanaizu, Fukushima
• Akamataa (Japanese) - Snake spirit from Okinawa.
• Akateko (Japanese) - Tree-dwelling monster
• Akhlut (Inuit) - Orca-wolf shapeshifter
• Akka (Finnish) - Female spirits or minor goddesses
• Akki (Japanese) - Large, grotesque humanoid
• Akkorokamui (Ainu) - Sea monster
• Akuma (Japanese) - Evil spirit
• Akupara (Hindu) - Giant turtle that supports the world.
• Akurojin-no-hi (Japanese) - Ghostly flame which causes disease.
• Al (Armenian and Persian) - Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women.
• Ala (Slavic) - Bad weather demon
• Alal (Chaldean) - Demon
• Alan (Philippine) - Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.
• Al Basti (Turkish) - Female night-demon
• Alce (Heraldic) - Wingless griffin
• Alicanto (Chilean) - Bird that eats gold and silver.
• Alicorn - Technically a unicorn's horn. In modern times is commonly misapplied to winged unicorns.
• Alkonost (Slavic) - Angelic bird with human head and breasts.
• Allocamelus (Heraldic) - Ass-camel hybrid
• Allu (Akkadian and Sumerian) - Faceless demon
• Almas (Mongolian) - Savage humanoid
• Al-mi'raj (Islamic) - One-horned rabbit
• Aloja (Catalan) - Female water spirit
• Alom-bag-winno-sis (Abenaki) - Little people and tricksters
• Alp (German) - Male night-demon
• Alphyn (Heraldic) - Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs.
• Alp-luachra (Irish) - Parasitic fairy
• Al Rakim (Islamic) - Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers
• Alseid (Greek) - Grove nymph
• Alû (Assyrian) - Leprous demon
• Alux (Mayan) - Little people
• Amaburakosagi (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku.
• Amala (Tsimshian) - Giant who holds up the world.
• Amamehagi (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku.
• Amanojaku (Japanese) - Small demon
• Amarok (Inuit) - Giant wolf
• Amarum (Quechua) - Water boa spirit
• Amazake-babaa (Japanese) - Disease-causing hag
• Amemasu (Ainu) - Lake monster
• Amorōnagu (Japanese) - Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima.
• Amphiptere (Heraldic) - Winged serpent
• Amphisbaena (Greek) - Serpent with a head at each end.
• Anakim (Jewish) - Giant
• Androsphinx (Ancient Egyptian) - Human-headed sphinx
• Angel (Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and Zoroastrian) - Heavenly being, usually depicted as a winged humanoid.
• Angha (Persian) - Dog-lion-peacock hybrid
• Ani Hyuntikwalaski (Cherokee) - Lightning spirit
• Ankou (French) - Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and a scythe.
• Anmo (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture
• Antaeus (Greek) - A giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground
• Antero Vipunen (Finnish) - Subterranean giant
• Ao Ao (Guaraní) - Anthropophagous peccary or sheep
• Aobōzu (Japanese) - Blue monk who kidnaps children
• Apkallu (Sumerian) - Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki
• Apsaras (Buddhist and Hindu) - Female cloud spirit
• Aqrabuamelu (Akkadian) - Human-scorpion hybrid
• Ardat-Lili (Akkadian) - Disease demon
• Argus Panoptes (Greek) - Hundred-eyed giant
• Arikura-no-baba (Japanese) - Old woman with magical powers
• Arimaspi (Greek) - One-eyed humanoid
• Arion (Greek) - Extremely swift horse with a green mane and the power of speech
• Arkan Sonney (Manx) - Fairy hedgehog
• Asag (Sumerian) - Hideous rock demon
• Asakku (Sumerian) - Demon
• Asanbosam (West Africa) - Iron-toothed vampire
• Asena (Turkic) - Blue-maned wolf
• A-senee-ki-wakw (Abenaki) - Stone-giant
• Ashi-magari (Japanese) - Invisible tendril that impedes movement
• Asiman (Dahomey) - Vampiric possession spirit
• Askefrue (Germanic) - Female tree spirit
• Ask-wee-da-eed (Abenaki) - Fire elemental and spectral fire
• Asobibi (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture
• Aspidochelone (Medieval Bestiaries) - Island-sized whale or sea turtle
• Asrai (English) - Water spirit
• Astomi (Hindu) - Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food
• Aswang (Philippine) - Carrion-eating humanoid
• Atomy (English) - Surprisingly small creature
• Ato-oi-kozō (Japanese) - Invisible spirit that follows people
• Atshen (Inuit) - Anthropophagous spirit
• Auloniad (Greek) - Pasture nymph
• Avalerion (Medieval Bestiary) - King of the birds
• Awa-hon-do (Abenaki) - Insect spirit
• Axex (Ancient Egyptian) - Falcon-lion hybrid
• Ayakashi (Japanese) - Sea-serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil
• Ayakashi-no-ayashibi (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture
• Aziza (Dahomey) - Little people that help hunters
• Azukiarai (Japanese) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides
• Azukibabaa (Japanese) - Bean-grinding hag who devours people
• Azukitogi (Japanese) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides

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