List of fictional species by type

Creatures associated with the air and weather (including birds and other avians)

• Ariel
• Boobrie
• Djinn
• Dragon
• Elemental
• Erinyes
• Firebird
• Gargoyle
• Garuda
• Griffin
• Harpy
• Odin's ravens, Hugin and Munin
• Pegasus
• Phoenix
• Roc
• Simurgh
• Sphinx
• Stymphalian Birds
• Sylph
• Tzafrir
• Zephyr

Artificial, alchemical, mechanical and man-made creatures

• Familiar
• Galatea
• Golem
• Homunculus
• Talos
• see also List of fictional robots, List of famous puppets

Bears

• Drop Bear

Boars and pigs

• Calydonian Boar
• Erymanthian Boar

Bovines (bulls and cows)

• Audumla
• Bull of Heaven
• Kujata
• Lamassu
• Minotaur

Cats (including great cats)

• Beast of Bodmin
• Griffin
• Kirin
• Lamassu
• Leo
• Manticore
• Sphinx

Deer, Stags and Antelope

• Kirin

Demons

• see list of specific demons and types of demons

Dogs and wolves

• Barghest
• Cerberus
• Chupacabra
• Fenris
• Garm
• Orthrus
• Tanuki
• Werewolf

Dragons

• see List of dragons

Creatures associated with the earth (including subterranean creatures)

• Bahamut
• Behemoth
• Dwarf
• Elemental
• Gargoyle
• Gnome
• Goblin
• Golem
• Human
• Kobold
• Nymph

Elves, Fairies and house spirits

• Boggart
• Brownie
• Changeling
• Domovoi
• Dryad
• Elf
• Fairy
• Gremlin
• Haltari
• Knocker
• Leprechaun
• Pixie
• Pookha / Puck
• Redcap
• Seelie
• Sidhe
• Spriggan
• Sprite
• Titania
• Tomte
• Vetter

Creatures assocociated with the eyes

• Argus/Panoptes
• Catoblepas
• Cyclopes
• Lamia

Creatures associated with fertility and human sexuality

• Abatwa
• Nymph
• Satyr
• Unicorn

Creatures associated with fire

• Angel
• Demon
• Devil
• Dragon
• Efreet/Ifrit
• Elemental
• Firebird
• Phoenix
• Salamander
• Surtur

Foxes

• Kitsune

Giants

• see list of giants in folklore and mythology

Goats

• Sidehill Gouger
• Thor's magical goats, Tanngnjóstr and Tanngrisnir

Horses, Ponies and Mules

• Centaur
• Chiron
• Haizum
• Hippocampus
• Hippogriff
• Kelpie
• Pegasus
• Sileni/Silenus
• Slepnir
• Unicorn

Humanoids and monstrous humans

• Abarimon
• Abatwa
• Baba Yaga
• Beast (as in Beauty and the...)
• Bestia
• Bigfoot
• Bogeyman
• Bunyip
• Caliban
• Cyclopes
• Ghoul
• Giant / Giantess
  • see also List of giants in mythology and folklore
• Gigantes
• Grendel
• Hag
• Jotuns
• Ogre / Ogress
• Titan
• Troll
• Trowe
• Vampire
• Wendigo
• Yeti
• Yowie

Hybrids (partly human)

• Centaur
• Satyr
• Sphinx

Hybrids (non-human)

• Chimera

Creatures associated with ice and winter

• Ymir

Insects and arachnids

• Arachne
• Centipede

Otherworldly and spiritual creatures

• Angel
• Cerberus
• Charon
• Daemon
• Demon
  • see also list of specific demons and types of demons
• Deva
• Devil
• Elemental
• Geryon
• God/deity
  • see also list of deities
• Houri
• Loa
• Orisha
• Psychopomp
• Spirit
• Totem
• Youkai

Plants and fungi

• Dryad
• Leshi
• Mandrake
• Vegetable Lamb of Tartary

Rabbits

• Jackalope
• Skvader

Serpents and snakes

• Amphisbaena
• Apep/Apophis
• Azhi Dahaka
• Basilisk
• Cockatrice
• Dragon
  • see also List of dragons
• Drake
• Echidna
• Fafnir
• Gorgons
• Hoopsnake
• Hydra
• Jaculus/Jaculi
• Jasconius
• Jormungand
• Lamia
• Medusa
• Naga
• Nidhogg
• Ouroboros
• Python
• Sea serpent
• Tarasque
• Wyvern

Shapeshifters

• Changeling
• Doppelganger
• Empusa
• Lamia
• Lycanthrope
• Skin-walker
• Werewolf

Undead creatures

• Banshee
• Ghost
• Mummy
• Phantom
• Poltergeist
• Rusalka
• Sluagh
• Spectre
• Spirit
• Vampire
• Will o' the wisp
• Wraith
• Zombie

Creatures associated with water (including fish, amphibians and whales)

• Afanc
• Bunyip
• Capricorn
• Charybdis
• Dragon
• Elemental
• Fur-bearing trout
• Hippocampus
• Kami
• Kappa
• Kelpie
• Kraken
• Lake monster
• Leviathan
• Loch Ness monster
• Mermaid
• Merrow
• Nereid
• Nix
• Nymph
• Pisces
• Ri
• Sea monster
• Sea serpent
• Siren
• Taniwha
• Tiamat
• Triton
• Undine
• Zaratan

Creatures associated with wealth, fortune and wishes

• Carbuncle
• Djinn
• Genie
• Leprechaun

See also

• List of fictional species
• List of dragons
• List of giants in mythology and folklore
• List of specific demons and types of demons
• List of deities
• List of species in fantasy fiction

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