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Description
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Legendary creature
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Origin (est.)
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Half-human, half-fish
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Merman / Mermaid
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Worldwide
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Big serpentine, often with wings and ability to breath fire
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Dragon
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Worldwide
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Head of a bull, body of a man
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Minotaur
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Greek
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Horse- or goat-like creature with 1 horn, sometimes tail of boar
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Unicorn
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Worldwide
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Undead, who visit loved ones and cause mischief or death
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Vampire
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Europe
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Skeleton, often robed, that collects people's souls
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Grim Reaper
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Western Europe
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Head and wings of eagle, body and tail of lion, guards treasure
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Griffin
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Greek
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Dog, bringer of death, supernaturally strong and fast, glowing eyes, ghostly
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Hellhound
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Worldwide
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Apelike man, who lives in the Himalayas, assumed abominable
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Yeti
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Nepal, Tibet
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Man with moth wings
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Mothman
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West Virginia
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Half-bird, torso and head of a woman, ugly, steals food
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Harpy
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Greek, Roman
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Multi-headed dog, guard of the underworld
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Cerberus
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Greek, Roman
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Head of human, body of lion, tail of venomous spines or of scorpion
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Manticore
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Persian
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Ape-like creature who chills in North American woods
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Sasquatch
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USA, Canada
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Dark feathered messengers of a top god (name either)
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Huginn / Muninn
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Norse
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Fish who is a transformed wise seer, statue in Belfast N.I.
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Salmon of Knowledge
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Irish
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Jackrabbit with antelope horns, possibly variation of Wolpertinger
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Jackalope
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North America
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Upper body of a human, lower body of a horse
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Centaur
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Greek
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Bakery comes to life, taunts people and animals he outruns, eaten by fox
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Gingerbread Boy
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German
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Giant cephalopod-like sea monster, sometimes whale- or crab-like
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Kraken
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Nordic, North Atlantic
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Bird representative of the Sun, with too many feet (two naming options)
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Golden Crow / Three-legged bird
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East Asia
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Evil witch with ability to turn into or possess animal
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Skin-walker
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Navajo
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Corpses reanimated by supernatural forces (general term)
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Undead
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Worldwide
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Guardians of the underworld, human body and animal head or face (name either)
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Ox-Head / Horse-Face
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China, Japan
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Wailing and shrieking fairy woman, heralds death
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Banshee
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Irish
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Reptile, serpent king, can cause death with a single glance, venomous, often confused with cockatrice
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Basilisk
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Europe
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Demon attacking people sexually during night, causes impaired health, -mental state or death (name male or female)
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Incubus / Succubus
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Middle East, Mediterranean
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Shaman-/witch-like old woman, may help, hinder or kill according to whim, sometimes trio of sisters
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Baba Yaga
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Slavic
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Demon-like humanoid creature living in graveyards consuming flesh
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Ghoul
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Arabic
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Male nature spirit, permanent horse-sized erection, ears and tails of horse
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Satyr
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Greek
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Shapeshifting water spirit with intent to drown
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Nix / Näkki
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Germanic, Scandinavian, Finnic
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Shapeshifting spirit living in lakes, black horse or human
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Kelpie
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Scottish, Celtic
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Malicious entity riding on people's chest as they sleep, brings bad dreams
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Nightmare
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Germanic, Slavic
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Attacks especially livestock and drinks their blood
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Chupacabra
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Latin America
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One-legged youngster, smokes pipe, wears red cap that enables him to disappear/reappear anywhere, annoying prankster
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Saci
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Brazil
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Two-faced demon (man and hyena), seduces young women and eats them
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Kishi
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Angola region
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Comes out at night to suck blood from the shadows of victim, walks backwards head between hind legs, invisibility skill, nauseating odor
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Sigbin
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Philippine
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Spider, trickster, clever, sometimes holds all wisdom there is
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Anansi
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West Africa
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Also wanted to include Wild Hunt, but since it's a group, it was excluded.