All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "Mythological creatures": list

αράπης (Noun) [Greek] A type of supernatural boogeyman-type being that appears in several forms: as a guardian of households who enriches the owner (but eats greedy persons); as a dark guardian of hidden treasures; or as a brawny opponent to the hero of the story, whom Arapis serves after he is defeated by him. Often used in previous times to scare small children

βαμπίρ (Noun) [Greek] vampire (creature who rises from the grave at night and drinks the blood of the living)

βορβόλακας (Noun) [Greek] Alternative form of βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)

βουρβούλακας (Noun) [Greek] Alternative form of βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)

βουρβόλακας (Noun) [Greek] Alternative form of βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)

βουρκόλακας (Noun) [Greek] Alternative form of βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)

βούτραγος (Noun) [Ancient Greek] fabulous animal, half ox and half goat

βρικόλακας (Noun) [Greek] vampire (the Greek folklore depiction, a dead person who rises from the grave at night and drinks the blood of the living)

βρυκόλακας (Noun) [Greek] Alternative form of βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)

γοργόνα (Noun) [Greek] mermaid

δράκαινα (Noun) [Greek] dragonet (any of the fish in the family Callionymidae)

δράκος (Noun) [Greek] dragon (legendary serpentine or reptilian creature)

δράκος (Noun) [Greek] beast, monster (a serial rapist and/or murderer)

δράκος (Noun) [Greek] A male baby born with a lot of hair (especially on the back), who in older times was thought to grow up to be brave and courageous.

δράκουλας (Noun) [Greek] vampire (the Western 'Dracula'-based depiction common in films and literature i.e. wearing black cape and having sharp canine teeth)

δράκων (Noun) [Ancient Greek] the constellation Draco

κάμπος (Noun) [Ancient Greek] sea monster

κένταυρος (Noun) [Greek] centaur (mythical beast that is half man, half horse)

καλικάντζαρος (Noun) [Greek] gremlin, goblin (creature which according to Greek folklore lives underground and comes up on Christmas Day to cause minor mischief, like putting out fires, and disappearing back into the earth on the feast of the Epiphany)

κριός (Noun) [Ancient Greek] ram; battering ram

κυνοκέφαλος (Noun) [Ancient Greek] cynocephalus, doghead

λυκάνθρωπος (Noun) [Greek] person suffering from lycanthropy (delusion in which they believe they are a wolf)

μονόκερος (Noun) [Greek] unicorn

μπαμπούλας (Noun) [Greek] bogeyman, bugbear (menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories)

μπαμπούλας (Noun) [Greek] bogeyman, bugbear (imaginary source of dread or fear)

νάνος (Noun) [Greek] dwarf (member of a race of beings, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking)

νεράιδα (Noun) [Greek] fairy, sprite (mythical being with magical powers, often depicted in modern illustrations only as small and spritely with gauze-like wings)

ξάνδαρος (Noun) [Ancient Greek] fabulous sea monster of the Atlantic

ξωτικό (Noun) [Greek] elf, sprite, imp, pixie, gnome (any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings)

πέλωρ (Noun) [Ancient Greek] a monster or unusually big animal, such as the Cyclops, Gorgon, or a large stag

πέλωρον (Noun) [Ancient Greek] Synonym of πέλωρ (pélōr, “monster, freak”)

σάτυρος (Noun) [Ancient Greek] satyr

τίτυρος (Noun) [Ancient Greek] satyr

τραγέλαφος (Noun) [Ancient Greek] kind of wild goat or antelope

φοίνικας (Noun) [Greek] phoenix (bird which rose from the ashes)

φοῖνιξ (Noun) [Ancient Greek] phoenix, the mythical bird derived from Egyptian mythology

χαραδριός (Noun) [Ancient Greek] caladrius (a mythical bird that had healing powers)

ἀνθόλοψ (Noun) [Ancient Greek] antelope (a fierce legendary creature said to live on the banks of the Euphrates, having long serrated horns and being hard to catch)

ἀσπιδοχελώνη (Noun) [Ancient Greek] aspidochelone

Ἅρπυια (Proper name) [Ancient Greek] a harpy

ἰχθυοκένταυρος (Noun) [Ancient Greek] half-man and half-fish, merman/mermaid

ἱππόκαμπος (Noun) [Ancient Greek] monster with the body of a horse and the tail of a fish, hippocampus

ὕδρα (Noun) [Ancient Greek] the constellation Hydra

ਅਸੁਰ (Noun) [Punjabi] demon, ogre, monster

ਜੱਖ (Noun) [Punjabi] yaksha

ਦੁਮੂੰਹੀ (Noun) [Punjabi] amphisbaena

ਪਰੀ (Noun) [Punjabi] very beautiful or graceful woman

ਪਿਸ਼ਾਚ (Noun) [Punjabi] demon, evil spirit

ਬਲ਼ਾ (Noun) [Punjabi] Alternative form of ਵਲ਼ਾ (vaḷā)

ਭੂਤ (Noun) [Punjabi] ghost, spirit, demon, wraith, apparition, goblin, spectre, fiend, revenant

ਰਾਖਸ਼ (Noun) [Punjabi] demon, monster

ਹੂਰ (Noun) [Punjabi] houri (beautiful nymph)

거인 (Noun) [Korean] giant (mythical human)

기린 (Noun) [Korean] a qilin

다이몬 (Noun) [Korean] daimon

데몬 (Noun) [Korean] demon

도깨비 (Noun) [Korean] dokkaebi (mythical being in Korean folklore or fairy tales)

드래건 (Noun) [Korean] Standard form of 드래곤 (deuraegon, “dragon”).

드래곤 (Noun) [Korean] dragon

레비아탄 (Noun) [Korean] leviathan (for all senses)

레프러콘 (Noun) [Korean] leprechaun

불가사리 (Noun) [Korean] starfish

불사조 (Noun) [Korean] phoenix

악령 (Noun) [Korean] evil spirit, malspecter

악마 (Noun) [Korean] The Devil (Tarot card)

오거 (Noun) [Korean] ogre (brutish giant)

오크 (Noun) [Korean] orc (evil, monstrous humanoid creature)

요정 (Noun) [Korean] fairy (mythical being)

익룡 (Noun) [Korean] a winged dragon

인어 (Noun) [Korean] merperson; merfolk

좀비 (Noun) [Korean] zombie

텐구 (Noun) [Korean] tengu

흡혈귀 (Noun) [Korean] vampire

איינהאָרן (Noun) [Yiddish] unicorn

בהמות (Noun) [Aramaic] behemoth

בר יוכני (Noun) [Hebrew] a kind of a giant bird

גולם (Noun) [Hebrew] a golem, a clay automaton

גולם (Noun) [Yiddish] golem

דיבוק (Noun) [Yiddish] dybbuk

דראַקאָן (Noun) [Yiddish] dragon (mythical creature)

דרקון (Proper name) [Hebrew] Darkon, the name of a minor biblical figure mentioned in Ezra 2:56 and again in Nehemiah 7:58.

וואַמפּיר (Noun) [Yiddish] vampire (mythological creature)

וואָלקעלאַק (Noun) [Yiddish] werewolf

טאָפּיעל (Noun) [Yiddish] A malevolent water spirit from Polish myth, the topielec.

ים־מאָנסטער (Noun) [Yiddish] sea monster

ים־מיידל (Noun) [Yiddish] mermaid

לווייתן (Noun) [Hebrew] leviathan

לוויתן (Noun) [Yiddish] leviathan (Biblical sea monster)

לויתן (Noun) [Aramaic] leviathan

לילית (Noun) [Hebrew] "Lilith, lady of the night"

פֿיפּערנאָטער (Noun) [Yiddish] dragon (mythical creature)

שד (Noun) [Hebrew] A demon, devil, fiend, sprite, bogey, fantom, genie, ghost, phantom, poltergeist, shade, spirit.

שד (Noun) [Yiddish] demon (in Jewish folklore)

תנינא (Adjective) [Aramaic] second

あやかし (Noun) [Japanese] a type of Noh mask representing ghosts or spirits

うわん (Noun) [Japanese] a woof, a bark (sound made by a dog)

お化け (Noun) [Japanese] apparition, specter, ghost

ふらり火 (Noun) [Japanese] furaribi (a fire yōkai)

ウンディーネ (Noun) [Japanese] an undine

エルフ (Noun) [Japanese] elf

オーガ (Noun) [Japanese] an ogre (brutish giant)

オーク (Noun) [Japanese] an orc (evil, monstrous humanoid creature)

ガルム (Proper name) [Japanese] Garmr

キマイラ (Proper name) [Japanese] the Chimera

キュクロープス (Noun) [Japanese] a cyclops

キョンシー (Noun) [Japanese] a jiangshi

グリフォン (Noun) [Japanese] griffon

ケット・シー (Proper name) [Japanese] the Cat Sìth

ケルベロス (Proper name) [Japanese] Cerberus, the mythical three-headed dog

ケンタウロス (Noun) [Japanese] a centaur

コカトリス (Noun) [Japanese] a cockatrice (legendary creature)

ゴブリン (Noun) [Japanese] a goblin

ゴーレム (Noun) [Japanese] a golem

サテュロス (Noun) [Japanese] a satyr

サラマンダー (Noun) [Japanese] a salamander (amphibian)

サラマンダー (Noun) [Japanese] a salamander (mythical creature)

シルフ (Noun) [Japanese] a sylph (the elemental being of air)

ジン (Noun) [Japanese] Short for ジン・ラミー (jin ramī, “gin rummy”).

スフィンクス (Noun) [Japanese] a sphinx (creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)

セイレーン (Noun) [Japanese] a siren

ゾンビ (Noun) [Japanese] a zombie

デビル (Noun) [Japanese] devil

トッケビ (Noun) [Japanese] dokkaebi, Korean ghost/spirit

ドラゴン (Noun) [Japanese] Western dragon (mythical creature)

ドリュアス (Noun) [Japanese] a dryad

ドワーフ (Noun) [Japanese] a dwarf (being from folklore, underground dwelling nature spirit)

ノーム (Noun) [Japanese] a gnome (elemental being of earth)

バシリスク (Noun) [Japanese] basilisk

バンパイア (Noun) [Japanese] Alternative form of ヴァンパイア

ヒュドラー (Proper name) [Japanese] the Hydra

ファウヌス (Noun) [Japanese] a faun

フェニックス (Proper name) [Japanese] Phoenix (the capital city Arizona)

フェンリル (Proper name) [Japanese] Fenrir

ペーガソス (Proper name) [Japanese] Pegasus

ホムンクルス (Noun) [Japanese] homunculus

マンティコア (Noun) [Japanese] a manticore

マーフォーク (Noun) [Japanese] merfolk

マーメイド (Noun) [Japanese] a mermaid

マーメード (Noun) [Japanese] Alternative spelling of マーメイド (māmeido, “mermaid”)

ミノタウロス (Proper name) [Japanese] Minotaur

メドゥーサ (Proper name) [Japanese] Medusa

ユニコーン (Noun) [Japanese] a unicorn

ヨルムンガンド (Proper name) [Japanese] Jörmungandr

リザードマン (Noun) [Japanese] a lizardman

リヴァイアサン (Noun) [Japanese] leviathan

レプラコーン (Noun) [Japanese] leprechaun

レヴィアタン (Noun) [Japanese] leviathan (for all senses)

ワイバーン (Noun) [Japanese] a wyvern

ヴァンパイア (Noun) [Japanese] vampire

ꯆꯤꯡꯂꯥꯏ (Noun) [Manipuri] dragon

ꯍꯤꯡꯆꯥꯕꯤ (Noun) [Manipuri] fiend

ကရဝိက် (Noun) [Burmese] mythical bird with a melodious voice

ကိန္နရာ (Noun) [Burmese] kinnara, mythical bird with human head and torso

ကိန္နရီ (Noun) [Burmese] kinnari, female mythical bird with human head and torso

ဂဠုန် (Noun) [Burmese] garuda; mythical king of birds and also the enemy of the naga.

တိုးနရား (Noun) [Burmese] fabulous creature that inhabits the Himalayas.

နဂါး (Noun) [Burmese] naga

နရား (Noun) [Burmese] naga with four legs

နဝရူပ (Noun) [Burmese] chimeric animal found in Burmese art

ပဉ္စရူပ (Noun) [Burmese] chimeric animal with component parts of an elephant, bullock, horse, carp and tonaya (တိုးနရား (tui:na.ra:)), or alternately lion, elephant, buffalo, carp and brahminy duck (ဟင်္သာ (hangsa)).

ဘီလူး (Noun) [Burmese] ogre (brutish giant that eats human flesh)

မကန်း (Noun) [Burmese] mythical sea monster resembling a crocodile with a prehensile snout

မကန်း (Noun) [Burmese] mythical marine creature resembling a large crayfish

မနုဿီဟ (Noun) [Burmese] chimeric creature with a man's torso and a lion's hindquarters, depicted in a squatting posture on forked haunches

ရေသူမ (Noun) [Burmese] mermaid

ဝလာဟကမြင်း (Noun) [Burmese] mythical flying horse; Pegasus

ဟင်္သာ (Noun) [Burmese] hamsa

ၽီလူး (Noun) [Shan] ogre

அரவம் (Noun) [Tamil] snake

அரவம் (Noun) [Tamil] dragon

கடற்கன்னி (Noun) [Tamil] mermaid

கழுகரிப்பரி (Noun) [Tamil] hippogriff, winged horse

நீர்மங்கை (Noun) [Tamil] mermaid

ఎరచితిండి (Noun) [Telugu] Alternative form of ఎఱచితిండి (eṟacitiṇḍi)

ఎఱచితిండి (Noun) [Telugu] An Asura, a demon.

గండభేరుండము (Noun) [Telugu] A gryphon, a fabulous bird of a huge size and two heads.

నంజుడుతిండి (Noun) [Telugu] An Asura, a demon.

మత్స్యకన్య (Noun) [Telugu] mermaid

రాక్షసుడు (Noun) [Telugu] A giant, demon, fiend.

އިބިލީސް (Noun) [Dhivehi] a devil

ޖިންނި (Noun) [Dhivehi] demon, djinn, genie

กระสือ (Noun) [Thai] a type of turmeric that resembles zedoary, traditionally believed to be of a supernatural power to possess a woman like the said spirit.

การเวก (Noun) [Thai] (นก~) a mythical bird said to be immortal, living in the Himavanta Forest, having an enchanting melodious cry, having feathers that can turn into gold, and having a long flowing tail, also believed by the East Asians to have a human's head and a bird's torso.

การเวก (Noun) [Thai] (นก~) fenghuang: Chinese phoenix.

การเวก (Noun) [Thai] (นก~) phoenix.

กินนร (Noun) [Thai] kinnara.

กุมาร (Noun) [Thai] child ghost servant, created by surgically removing an unborn baby from the womb of its mother, roasting the baby until its body dries during a rite held at a graveyard, and covering the dry-roasted corpse with gold leaf. The corpse is carried by someone who believes that the ghost dwelling in it may be employed.

ครุฑ (Noun) [Thai] garuda.

จิงโจ้ (Noun) [Thai] half-bird, half-man monster.

ฉมบ (Noun) [Thai] a type of spirit in Thai folklore, believed to be the ghost of a woman that dwells at the place of her death, especially in a forest.

ดุสิต (Proper name) [Thai] a male given name from Pali; Dusit

ตายทั้งกลม (Verb) [Thai] to die together with the child or children in her womb.

ทางสามแพร่ง (Noun) [Thai] T-junction, traditionally believed to be employed by the dead and thus deemed a very unholy spot.

นาค (Proper name) [Thai] Naga: tribesman living near the Naga Hills.

นางฟ้า (Noun) [Thai] air hostess.

นางเงือก (Noun) [Thai] mermaid.

ปอบ (Noun) [Thai] a type of evil spirit in Thai folklore, believed to possess a person and devour his or her viscera before leaving, thus causing the person to die.

ผีดิบ (Noun) [Thai] preternatural being believed to be a reanimated corpse, such as vampire, zombie, etc.

ผีเสื้อ (Noun) [Thai] (classifier ตัว) butterfly: insect of the order Lepidoptera.

ผีเสื้อ (Noun) [Thai] (classifier ตัว) butterflyfish: fish of the family Chaetodontidae, except โนรี (noo-rii), Heniochus spp.

พราย (Noun) [Thai] a type of imaginary creature, conceived of as inhabiting the rivers, mountains, trees, etc, as nymph, elf, naiad, etc.

ภุชงค์ (Noun) [Thai] snake; nāga; dragon.

มกร (Noun) [Thai] makara.

มนุษย์หมาป่า (Noun) [Thai] werewolf.

มังกร (Noun) [Thai] makara.

มัจฉา (Noun) [Thai] merperson.

มาร (Noun) [Thai] any malevolent supernatural being; a demon.

ยักข์ (Noun) [Thai] Alternative form of ยักษ์ (yák)

ยักษิณี (Noun) [Thai] (classifier ตน) yakṣiṇi, a female being of great strength and size.

ยักษิณี (Noun) [Thai] (classifier ตน) a giantess.

ยักษ์ (Noun) [Thai] (classifier ตน) similar being, as giant, ogre, etc.

ยักษ์ปักหลั่น (Noun) [Thai] person of extraordinarily large stature; person of extraordinary height.

วาสุกี (Proper name) [Thai] Vāsukī, a nāga in Hindu mythology.

สฟิงซ์ (Proper name) [Thai] Sphinx.

สมิง (Noun) [Thai] a type of evil spirit in Thai folklore, believed to be a person that turns into a tiger by the power of black magic or a tiger that can transform itself into a human due to being possessed by the ghosts of its human preys.

สาง (Noun) [Thai] mythological creature, said to be like a tiger or lion.

สาง (Noun) [Thai] supernatural tiger spirit

สิงห์ (Noun) [Thai] (ราช~) siṃha, lion-like mythological animal.

สิงห์ (Proper name) [Thai] (ราศี~) Leo.

สิงโต (Noun) [Thai] siṃha, lion-like mythological animal.

อมนุษย์ (Noun) [Thai] nonhuman being, as deity, demon, ghost, spirit, etc, especially malevolent one, but usually not including animals.

อสูร (Noun) [Thai] malevolent or dangerous and fearsome creature: demon, devil, monster, etc.

เงือก (Noun) [Thai] nāga; dragon; serpent.

เงือก (Noun) [Thai] malevolent creature having a snake- or crocodile-like appearance and associated with water.

เงือก (Noun) [Thai] merperson.

เงือก (Noun) [Thai] swimmer.

เซเทอร์ (Noun) [Thai] satyr.

เปรต (Noun) [Thai] preta: a type of supernatural creature born to undergo punishment or suffering as a result of sinful deeds committed in previous lives.

เปรต (Noun) [Thai] preta: a type of ghost in the Thai folklore, believed to have a very tall and thin body, the mouth as small as the hole of a needle, the hands as large as palm leaves, and to consume blood and pus as food, as well as to scream at night.

เปรต (Noun) [Thai] annoying, disturbing, or bothersome person; troublemaker.

เมษปิศาจ (Noun) [Thai] satyr.

เสื้อ (Adjective) [Thai] tutelar.

เสื้อ (Noun) [Thai] tutelar spirit.

เสื้อ (Noun) [Thai] shirt.

เหรา (Noun) [Thai] an aquatic creature, said to be a hybrid of a serpent and a dragon.

แทตย์ (Noun) [Thai] daitya; devil; fiend; demon; ghost; giant; monster; imp; vampire; incubus

โขมด (Noun) [Thai] gleaming light seen at night, traditionally believed to be a type of nocturnal ghost that leads travellers astray, scientifically explained to be light naturally produced by methane.

โสม (Noun) [Thai] Jewels of Opar, flameflower (Talinum paniculatum, family Portulacaceae)

โสม (Noun) [Thai] sweetheart (Talinum fruticosum, family Portulacaceae).

โสม (Noun) [Thai] any of the various plants of the genus Panax (family Araliaceae).

โสม (Noun) [Thai] a kind of beverage made from the juice of an ivy plant mixed with clarified butter, traditionally offered to Indra and other gods.

ไซเรน (Noun) [Thai] siren.

ཁྱུང (Noun) [Tibetan] garuda

མི་རྒོད (Noun) [Tibetan] ape

འབྲུག (Noun) [Tibetan] dragon

འབྲུག (Noun) [Tibetan] thunder

ཡི་དྭགས (Noun) [Tibetan] hungry ghost, preta

རོ་ལངས (Noun) [Tibetan] The ro-langs, an animated corpse similar to a zombie.

རླུང་རྟ (Noun) [Tibetan] wind horse (mythological creature that symbolises the soul and good luck)

𐎚𐎐𐎐 (Noun) [Ugaritic] dragon, sea monster

-cula (Suffix) [English] Denoting things associated with, or compared to, Dracula: Count Chocula, Bunnicula etc.

ܐܠܝܬܐ (Noun) [Classical Syriac] centaur

ܐܠܩܐܘܢ (Noun) [Classical Syriac] halcyon

ܐܡܝܐܢܛܘܢ (Noun) [Classical Syriac] salamander

ܐܬܠܝܐ (Proper name) [Classical Syriac] name of a star, possibly Eltanin (Gamma Draconis)

ܒܗܡܘܬ (Noun) [Classical Syriac] behemoth

ܓܕܐ (Noun) [Classical Syriac] god of fortune, genie

ܕܝܘܐ (Noun) [Classical Syriac] demon, devil, evil spirit

ܕܪܩܘܢܐ (Noun) [Classical Syriac] snake, serpent

ܛܠܢܝܬܐ (Noun) [Assyrian Neo-Aramaic] specter/spectre, in Assyrian folklore a genus of ghost or supernatural creatures resembling humans, said to live human-like lives, and are not inherently good or evil

ܠܘܝܬܢ (Proper name) [Classical Syriac] Leviathan

ܡܠܐܟܐ (Noun) [Classical Syriac] messenger

ܢܠܐ (Noun) [Classical Syriac] incubus, devil

ܦܢܝܟܣ (Noun) [Classical Syriac] phoenix

ܪܝܡܐ (Noun) [Classical Syriac] raising, elevating, lifting up, erection

ܪܝܡܐ (Noun) [Classical Syriac] removal

ܪܝܡܐ (Noun) [Classical Syriac] addax, pygarg (used to translate Hebrew dishon)

ܬܢܝܢܐ (Proper name) [Assyrian Neo-Aramaic] Draco

ܬܢܝܢܐ (Proper name) [Classical Syriac] Draco

डाकिनी (Noun) [Sanskrit] a female imp who feeds on human flesh

еднорогъ (Noun) [Old Church Slavonic] unicorn

𐔳𐔴𐕡 (Noun) [Aghwan] devil, demon

𐰠𐰇 (Noun) [Old Turkic] dragon

𗵃 (Character) [Tangut] the Dragon, the fifth of the twelve Earthly Branches (Chinese 辰 (chén)).

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