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Ligeia – name meaning "clear-toned", daughter of Achelous and either Melpomene or Terpsichore; Parthenope – name meaning "maiden-voiced", Daughter of Achelous and Terpsichore; Pisinoe – daughter of Achelous and either Melpomene or Sterope; Thelxinoë – name meaning "mind charming" Swan maiden (Multi-cultural) – shapeshifts from human ...
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
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.
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
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.
Lake monster (Worldwide) – Gigantic animals reported to inhabit various lakes around the world; Lakhey – Demon with fangs; La Llorona (Latin America) – Death spirit associated with drowning; Lamassu (Akkadian and Sumerian) – Protective spirit with the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion; Lambton Worm – Giant worm
Charybdis – Sea monster in the form of a giant mouth; Chenoo (Mi'kmaq/Algonquian) – Giant, human-eating ice monsters; former humans who either committed terrible crime(s) or were possessed by evil spirits, turning their hearts to ice; Chepi (Narragansett) – Ancestral spirit that instructs tribe members
Fachen (Irish and Scottish) – Monster with half a body; Fafnir (Germanic mythology) – Dwarf who was cursed and turned into a dragon. He was later slain by Sigurd in the Saga of Nibelung. Fairy (many cultures worldwide, esp. Germanic mythology/folklore) – Nature spirits; Falak – Giant serpent; Familiar – Animal servant