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Lavellan A Lavellan, làbh-allan, la-mhalan or la-bhallan etc. is a mythological creature from northern Scotland. It was generally considered to be a kind of rodent, and indeed the name "làbh-allan" is also used for a water shrew or water vole in Scottish Gaelic.
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.
Äbädä – Forest spirit. Abaia – Huge magical eel. Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) – Savage humanoid with backward feet. Abath – One-horned animal. Abura-sumashi – Creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture. Acephali – Headless humanoids. Acheri – Disease-bringing ghost.
Badalisc – Goat-like creature from the southern central Alps; Bagiennik – Malevolent water spirit; Bahamut – Giant fish; Bai Ze – Talking beast which handed down knowledge on harmful spirits; Ba Jiao Gui – Banana tree spirit; Bak (Indian) – Assamese shape-shifting aqueous creature
Imugi – Flightless, dragon-like creatures (sometimes thought of as proto-dragons) Inapertwa – Simple organisms, used by creator-gods to make everything else; Incubus (Medieval folklore) – Male night-demon and seducer; Indrik – One-horned horse-bull hybrid
Mujina (Japanese mythology) – Shapeshifting badger spirit; Muldjewangk (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Water monster; Multo (Philippine mythology) – Spirit of a deceased person seeking justice or has unfinished business; Mummy – Undead creature who revives; Muma Pădurii (Romanian folklore) – Forest-dwelling hag
10. Sirens. Origin: Greek Sirens are another mythological species that have found a home in modern times. There are movies and TV shows about the seductresses with beautiful and enchanted singing ...
Cercopes – Mischievous forest spirit; Cericopithicus (Medieval Bestiary) – Apes who always bear twins, one the mother loves, the other it hates; Ceryneian Hind – Hind with golden antlers and bronze or brass hooves; Cetus; Chakora – Lunar bird; Chalkydri (Apocryphal writings) – Angelic birds; Chamrosh – Dog-bird hybrid