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Bahamut – Whale monster whose body supports the earth. Word seems far more ancient than Islam and may be origin of the word Behemoth in modern Judeo-Christian lore. Bake-kujira – Ghost whale; Cetus – a monster with the head of a boar or a greyhound, the body of a whale or dolphin, and a divided, fan-like tail
Merpeople: humans with fish tail after torso (Mermaid as female, Merman as male). They lure adventurers to drown them. Minotaur: a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus in the Labyrinth created by Daedelus. Multi-headed Dogs Cerberus : the three-headed giant hound that guarded the gates of the Underworld.
Amemasu – Lake monster. Ammit (Ancient Egyptian) – Female demon who was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile and devoured the souls of the wicked. Amorōnagu – Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima. Amphiptere – Winged serpent. Amphisbaena – Serpent with a head at each end. Anak – Giant.
Madam Koi Koi (West African Mythology) – Female ghost; Madremonte (Colombian folklore) – Nature guardian; Maero – Savage, arboreal humanoids; Magog (English folklore) – Giant protector of London; Mahaha - Undead humanoids with long fingernails as claws. Maha-pudma (Hindu mythology) – Giant elephant that holds up the world
Dökkálfar – Male ancestral spirits; the Dark Elves; Dola – Tutelary and fate spirit; Domovoi – House spirit; Doppelgänger – Ghostly double; Drac – Lion or bull-faced dragon; Drac – Winged sea serpent; Drakon – Greek dragons; Drakaina (Greek) – Dragons depicted with female characteristics
Yacumama (South America) – Sea monster; Yacuruna (Indigenous people of the Amazon) – Mythical water people, with backwards heads and feet; Yadōkai – Malevolent, nocturnal spirit; Yagyō-san – Demon who rides through the night on a headless horse; Yaksha (Buddhist, Hindu, and Jainism) – Male nature spirit
Pope Lick Monster (American Folklore) Kentucky Urban Legend – Cryptid, a murderous creature that is part man, sheep, and goat; Popobawa – One-eyed creatures bat-like; Poubi Lai (Meitei mythology) – Evil dragon python from the Loktak lake; Pouākai – Giant bird; Preta (Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain) – Ghosts of especially greedy people
Empusa – Female demon that waylays travelers and seduces and kills men; Encantado – Dolphin-human shapeshifter; Enchanted Moor – Enchanted princesses; Enfield – Fox-greyhound-lion-wolf-eagle hybrid; Engkanto – Neutral nature spirit; Enkō – Kappa of Shikoku and western Honshū