List of legendary creatures (A)

• Á Bao A Qu - Entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
• Aatxe - Bull spirit.
• Abaasy - Iron-toothed demons.
• Abada - big dog reported to live in the lands of the African Congo.
• Äbädä - Forest spirit.
• Abaia - Huge magical eel.
• Abarimon - 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.
• Achlis - Curious elk.
• Adar Llwch Gwin - Giant birds that understand human languages.
• Adaro - Malevolent merfolk.
• Adhene - Nature spirit.
• Adlet - Vampiric dog-human hybrid
• Adroanzi - Nature spirit.
• Adze - African vampiric-forest being.
• Aerico - Disease demon.
• Æsir - Norse deities.
• Afanc - Lake monster.
• Agni - God of fire and sacrifices.
• Agathodaemon - Spirit of vinefields and grainfields.
• Agloolik - Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen.
• Agogwe - Small, ape-like humanoid.
• Ahkiyyini - Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.
• Ahuizotl - Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid.
• Ahura - Zoroastrian spirits.
• Aigamuxa - Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep.
• Aigikampoi - Fish-tailed goat.
• Airavata - Divine elephant.
• Aitu - Malevolent spirits or demons.
• Aitvaras - Household spirit.
• Ajatar - Dragon/snake female spirit, is said to spread diseases
• Akateko - Tree-dwelling monster.
• Akhlut - Orca-wolf shapeshifter.
• Akka - Female spirits or minor goddesses.
• Akki - Large, grotesque humanoid.
• Akkorokamui - Sea monster.
• Akuma - Evil spirit or devil
• Akupara - Giant turtle that supports the world.
• Akurojin-no-hi - Ghostly flame which causes disease.
• Al - Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women.
• Ala - Bad weather demon.
• Alal - Queen of the full moon.
• Alan - Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.
• Alce - Wingless griffin.
• Aleya - Spirit of a dead fisherman.
• Alicanto - Bird that eats gold and silver.
• Alicorn - Winged unicorn.
• Alkonost - Angelic bird with human head and breasts.
• Allocamelus - Ass-camel hybrid.
• Almas - Savage humanoid.
• Al-mi'raj - One-horned rabbit.
• Aloja - Female water spirit.
• Alom-bag-winno-sis - Little people and tricksters.
• Alp - Male night-demon.
• Alphyn - Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs.
• Alp-luachra - Parasitic fairy.
• Al Rakim - Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers.
• Alseid - Grove nymph.
• Alû - Leprous demon.
• Alux - Little people.
• Amaburakosagi - Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku.
• Amala - Giant who holds up the world.
• Amamehagi - Ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku.
• Amanojaku - Small demon.
• Amarok - Giant wolf.
• Amarum - Water boa spirit.
• Amazake-babaa - Disease-causing hag.
• Amemasu - Lake monster.
• Ammit - Female demon who was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile.
• Amorōnagu - Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima.
• Amphiptere - Winged serpent.
• Amphisbaena - Serpent with a head at each end.
• Anak - Giant.
• Androsphinx - Human-headed sphinx.
• Angel - Divine beings of Heaven who act as mediators between God and humans; the counterparts of Demons.
• Anqa - Legendary Huge Satanic Eagle with Human Face. sometimes can resurrect herself like phoenix did.
• Ani Hyuntikwalaski - Lightning spirit.
• Ankou - Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and scythe.
• Anmo - Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture.
• Antaeus - Giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground.
• Anubis - God of the Underworld
• Antero Vipunen - Subterranean giant.
• Anzû - Divine storm bird
• Ao Ao - Anthropophagous peccary or sheep.
• Aobōzu - Blue monk who kidnaps children.
• Apkallu - Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki.
• Apsaras - Female cloud spirit.
• Aqrabuamelu - Human-scorpion hybrid.
• Ardat-Lili - Disease demon.
• Argus Panoptes - Hundred-eyed giant.
• Arikura-no-baba - Old woman with magical powers.
• Arimaspi - One-eyed humanoid.
• Arion - Swift green-maned talking horse.
• Arkan Sonney - Fairy hedgehog.
• Asag - Hideous rock demon.
• Asakku - Demon.
• Asanbosam - Iron-toothed vampire.
• Asena - Blue-maned wolf.
• A-senee-ki-wakw - Stone giant.
• Ashi-magari - Invisible tendril that impedes movement.
• Asiman - Vampiric possession spirit.
• Askefrue - Female tree spirit.
• Ask-wee-da-eed - Fire elemental and spectral fire.
• Asobibi - Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture.
• Aspidochelone - Island-sized whale or sea turtle.
• Asrai - Water spirit.
• Astomi - Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food.
• Asura - Hindu malevolent divinities.
• Aswang - Carrion-eating humanoid.
• Atomy - Surprisingly small creature.
• Ato-oi-kozō - Invisible spirit that follows people.
• Atshen - Anthropophagous spirit.
• Auloniad - Pasture nymph.
• Avalerion - King of the birds.
• Awa-hon-do - Insect spirit.
• Axex - Falcon-lion hybrid.
• Ayakashi - Sea serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil.
• Ayakashi-no-ayashibi - Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture.
• Aziza - Little people that help hunters.
• Azukiarai/Azukitogi - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.
• Azukibabaa - Bean-grinding hag who devours people.