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Opposite of a will o the wisp, as it appears to the lost and leads people back to where they want to be. Believed to be the same thing as the Shagfoal, Skriker, Padfoot and Barguest. Haizum – horse of the archangel Gabriel (Islam)
Bak (Assamese aqueous creature); Bakeneko and Nekomata (cat); Boto Encantado (river dolphin); Itachi (weasel or marten); Jorōgumo and Tsuchigumo (spider); Kitsune, Huli Jing, hồ ly tinh and Kumiho (fox)
Creatures from the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game that come from or are based on real-life folklore or mythology. Note that many of these although taking the name from the mythological version, have very little in common with them, instead being based on modern fantasy fiction.
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; Pricolici (Romanian – Roman) – Undead wolf; Psoglav – Dog-headed monster; Psotnik – Mischievous spirit
Akurojin-no-hi – Ghostly flame which causes disease. Al (Armenian and Persian) – Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women. Ala – Bad weather demon. Alal – Queen of the full moon. Alan – Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.
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.
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; Yakshi [broken anchor] – Vampire
Nevertheless, "fairy" has come to be used as a kind of umbrella term in folklore studies, grouping comparable types of supernatural creatures since at least the 1970s. [1] The following list is a collection of individual traditions which have been grouped under the "fairy" moniker in the citation given.