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Chollima – a winged horse too swift to be mounted by any mortal (Chinese) Drapé - (France) Ghostly horse monster who finds and spirits away children wandering at night to an unknown location, never to be seen again. Gytrash- (english) shapeshifting spirit usually taking the form of a horse, mule or other animal. Opposite of a will o the wisp ...
The nuckelavee (/ n ʌ k l ɑː ˈ v iː /) or nuckalavee is a horse-like demon from Orcadian folklore that combines equine and human elements. British folklorist Katharine Briggs called it "the nastiest" [1] of all the demons of Scotland's Northern Isles. The nuckelavee's breath was thought to wilt crops and sicken livestock, and the creature ...
Indrik – One-horned horse-bull hybrid; Indus Worm (Medieval Bestiaries) – Giant, white, carnivorous worm; Inkanyamba – Horse-headed serpent; Inugami – Dog spirit; Ior – Giant creature, with good spirit; Ipotane – Two-legged horse-human hybrid, (as opposed to the four-legged centaur)
The following is a list of lists of legendary creatures, beings and entities from the folklore record. Entries consist of legendary and unique creatures , not of particularly unique individuals of a commonly known species.
Monocerus (Medieval bestiaries) – One-horned stag-horse-elephant-boar hybrid, sometimes treated as distinct from the unicorn; Mono Grande (South America) – Giant monkey; Monopod (Medieval bestiaries) – Dwarf with one giant foot; Mooinjer veggey (Manx folklore) – Nature spirit; Moon rabbit (Far Eastern folklore) – Legendary animal
Echidna – A half-woman and half-snake monster that lives inside a cave. Fu Xi – A god said to have been made by Nu Wa. Glaistig – A Scottish fairy or ghost who can take the form of a goat-human hybrid. [8] [9] Griffin – A creature with the front quarters of an eagle and the hind quarters of a lion. Some depictions also depict it as ...
Bukavac – Six-legged lake monster; Bunyip (Australian Aboriginal) – Horse-walrus hybrid lake monster; Bunny Man (American Folklore) Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. Urban Legend – Spirit/Maniac that wears a bunny costume and wields an ax; Bush Dai Dai – Spirit that seduces and kills men
The hippogriff or hippogryph is a legendary creature with the front half of an eagle and the hind half of a horse. It was invented at the beginning of the 16th century by Ludovico Ariosto in his Orlando Furioso. Within the poem, the hippogriff is a steed born of a mare and a griffin—something considered impossible. [1]