Top 200 Mythical Creatures and Monsters from Around the World Part 1
Mythical creatures have a huge part in worldwide mythologies, but just some of them are known to the mainstream world. That's the most complete list of creatures and monsters.
200 - Water Leaper
The Water Leaper, is an evil creature from Welsh folklore that lived in swamps and ponds. It is described as a giant frog with a bat's wings instead of forelegs, no hind legs, and a long, lizard-like tail with a stinger at the end. It jumps across the water using its wings, hence its name. It was blamed for problems ranging from snapping fishing lines to eating livestock or even fishermen.
199 - Samca
Samca is a character in Romanian legends, a very ugly and scary evil spirit: she most commonly takes the appearance of a naked woman, with dried out breasts that touch the ground, with small eyes that shine as brightly as the stars, with iron hands and long nails sharp as knitting needles. She appears to children under the age of four, who are so frightened that they become sick immediately.
198 - Monocerus
The Monoceros is a legendary animal from Greek Mythology with only one horn and is related to the unicorn. Was believed that the beast is invincible and that all its strength lied in its horn.
197 - Mboi Tui
Mbói Tui is one of the seven legendary monsters of Guaraní mythology. He has the form of an enormous serpent with a huge parrot head and a huge beak. He also has a red, forked tongue the colour of blood. He is considered the protector of aquatic animals and the wetlands.
196 - A-Senee-Ki-Wakw
A Senee Ki Wakw is a race Of Stone Giants In Abenaki Mythology. The people of Gluskab destroyed them because they crushed other animals and injured the earth with their great size.
195 - Teju Jagua
Teju Jagua is one of the seven legendary monsters of Guaraní mythology. He looks like a huge lizard with seven dog-heads and eyes that shoot out fire. He is considered the lord of the caves and protector of fruits. He is also mentioned as a brilliant protector of buried treasure.
194 - Onocentaur
The Onocentaur is similar to the centaur, but part human, part donkey. However, unlike a centaur, which is portrayed with four legs, the onocentaur is often portrayed with only two legs.
193 - Kee-Wakw
A Kee-wakw was a giant, cannibalistic, half-animal half-human creature that inhabited the forests and woodlands of the area of present-day New England during ancient times.
192 - Fossegrimen
The Fossegrim is a water spirit or troll in Scandinavian folklore. He has been associated with a mill spirit and is related to the water spirit. It is associated with rivers and particularly with waterfalls.
191 - Fish-Man
The Fish-man is an entity which belongs to the mythology of Cantabria, located in the north of Spain. The fish-man is an amphibian human-looking being, who looked a lot like a metamorphosis of a real human being who was lost at sea.
190 - Căpcăun
A Căpcăun is a creature in Romanian folklore, depicted as an ogre who kidnaps children or young ladies (mostly princesses). It is usually killed by the lover or the family of the kidnapped.
189 - Bannik
The Bannik is a bathhouse spirit in Slavic mythology. Slavic bathhouses resemble saunas, with an inner steaming room and an outer changing room. A place where women gave birth and practiced divinations. If disturbed by an intruder while washing, the Bannik might pour boiling water over him, or even strangle him.
188 - Psoglav
Psoglav is a demonic mythical creature in Balkan mythology; belief about it existed in parts of Bosnia and Montenegro. Psoglav was described as having a human body with horse legs, and a dog's head with iron teeth and a single eye on the forehead. They were known to eat people, or even digging out corpses from graves to eat them.
187 - Hadhayosh
The Hadhayosh is a land creature from ancient Persian mythology. In the 14th century, it was said to have raided Iran, giving itself a name as a fearsome beast.
186 - Aspidochelone
The Aspidochelone is a fabled sea creature, variously described as a large whale or vast sea turtle, and a giant sea monster with huge spines on the ridge of its back. The people thought that the creature represents Satan, who deceives those whom he seeks to devour.
185 - Asakku
The Asakku were one type of Mesopotamian evil spirits and monsters. These demons attacked and killed human beings, especially those who had fevers.
184 - Antero Vipunen
Antero Vipunen is a giant who appears in Finnish mythology and Kalevala folk poetry. He is buried underground and possesses very valuable spells and knowledge.
183 - Zmei
Zmei is a kind of multi-headed dragon from Slavic mythology. It is said that the dragon burned whole cities with flames, frightened all the inhabitants, and made them pay tribute to him. Sometimes people were enslaved.
182 - Vodyanoy
The Vodyanoy is a kind of Slavic mermaid, only she does not live in the sea and is not a beautiful woman. He is a masculine spirit, similar to an old man, with a fish body and an ugly frog face. If Vodyanoy gets upset he destroys the dams or the water mills.
181 - Erchitu
The Erchitu is a legendary creature of Sardinian tradition. The creature is a combination of human and a white ox with two large horns. The creature stops in front of a house and bellows three times: his roar is heard by all the inhabitants and according to tradition, the master of the house will die within the year.
180 - Indus Worm
The Indus Worm in ancient Greek writings, was an enormous carnivorous worm with a large pair of teeth that lived in the Indus River. Some legends depicted him as being so big that attacked entire armies.
179 - Cacus
In Roman mythology, Cacus was a fire-breathing giant and the son of Vulcan. He was killed by Hercules after terrorizing the Aventine Hill before the founding of Rome.
178 - Akurra
In the mythology of the Aboriginal people of South Australia, Akurra is a great snake deity, sometimes associated with the Rainbow Serpent. The elders Aboriginal people describe it as a giant water snake with a beard mane, scales and sharp fangs. Akurra is associated with the power of the shaman, and nobody else may go near him with impunity.
177 - Scorpion Man
Scorpion men are featured in several Akkadian language myths, including the Babylonian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh. The Scorpion Men are described to have the head, torso, and arms of a man and the body of a scorpion. They stand guard outside the gates of the sun god Shamash at the mountains of Mashu. They also warn travellers of the danger that lies beyond their post.
176 - Oozlum Bird
The Oozlum Bird is a legendary creature found in Australian and British folk tales and legends. Some versions have it that, when startled, the bird will take off and fly around in ever-decreasing circles until it manages to fly up its own backside, disappearing completely, which adds to its rarity.
