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Mesingw – (Algonquian) Lenape name for the spirit of the forests. Hairy dwarf who wears a wooden mask to hide deformed face and rides on the back of a white stag. Mothman – A winged, legendary man with the features of a moth. Paagak – (Anishinaabeg) skeletal monster. Ghost of human cursed for horrific acts in life.
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
Adlet – Vampiric dog-human hybrid; Adroanzi – Nature spirit. Adze – African vampiric-forest being. Aerico – Disease demon. Æsir – Norse deities. Aeternae – Saw-horned monster. Afanc – Lake monster (exact lake varies by story). Agni – God of fire and sacrifices.
Changeling – Humanoid child (fairy, elf, troll, etc.) substituted for a kidnapped human child; 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
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.
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Manticore (Persian mythology) – Lion-human-scorpion hybrid; Mapinguari (Brazilian mythology) – Giant sloth; Mara (Scandinavian folklore) – Female night-demon; Marabbecca (Italian folklore) – Malevolent water spirit; Mare (Germanic and Slavic folklore) – Malicious entity of dream. Mareikura – Attendant of Kiho-tumu, the supreme god
Psoglav – Dog-headed monster; Psotnik – Mischievous spirit; Psychai – Butterfly-winged nymphs, daughters of Psyche; Psychopomp – Creatures, spirits, angels, or deities in many religions who escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife; Púca – Shapeshifting animal spirit