List of legendary creatures by type

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This is a list of legendary creatures from mythology, folklore and fairy tales, sorted by their classification or affiliation. Creatures from modern fantasy fiction and role-playing games are not included.

Contents

[edit] Angels

[edit] Artificial or mechanical creatures

This listing includes creatures that are man-made, mechanical or of alchemical origins.

[edit] Creatures associated with animals

[edit] Antelopes and deer

[edit] Arthropods

[edit] Bears

[edit] Birds

[edit] Boars

[edit] Bovines

[edit] Canines

[edit] Elephants

[edit] Equines

[edit] Felines

[edit] Fish and molluscs

[edit] Goats

[edit] Lizards and tortoises

Note: see Dragon

[edit] Marsupials

[edit] Primates

[edit] Rodents

[edit] Serpents and worms

[edit] Creatures associated with astronomical objects

[edit] Sun

[edit] Moon

[edit] Constellation

[edit] Creatures associated with the body

[edit] Blood

Note: see Vampires

[edit] Eye

[edit] Face

[edit] Head

[edit] Limb

[edit] Tail

[edit] Creatures associated with concepts

[edit] Afterlife or underworld

Note: see Angels, Demons

[edit] Fertility and human sexuality

[edit] Fortune and wealth

[edit] Sound

[edit] Dream and mind

[edit] Generalization

[edit] Wisdom

[edit] Creatures associated with elements

[edit] Air and weather

[edit] Earth

This listing also includes subterranean and cave-dwelling creatures.

[edit] Fire

[edit] Ice and winter

[edit] Thunder and lightning

[edit] Water

[edit] Creatures associated with plants

[edit] Demons

[edit] Dragons

[edit] Humanoids

[edit] Hybrids

[edit] Shapeshifters

[edit] Human turn into an animal

Main article: Zoanthropy

[edit] Existent-nonhuman turn into a human

[edit] Other

[edit] Undead

[edit] Incorporeal

[edit] Corporeal

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