Fantasy Creatures - A

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Á Bao A Qu (Malay) - Entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.

Aatxe (Basque) - Evil spirit that takes the form of a bull.

Abada (African) - Small type of unicorn reported to live in the lands of the African Congo.

Äbädä (Tatar) - Forest spirit.

Abaia (Melanesian) - Huge magical eel/

Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) - Savage humanoid with backward feet.

Abath (Malay) - One-horned animal.

Abatwa (Zulu) - Little people that ride ants.

Abumi-guchi (Japanese) - Furry creature formed from the stirrup of a mounted military commander.

Abura-akago (Japanese) - Oil-drinking infant.

Abura-bō (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Shiga Prefecture, in which the shape of a monk can often be seen.

Abura-sumashi (Japanese) - Ghost of oil thieves.

Acephali (Greek) - Headless humanoids.

Acheri (Indian) - Disease-bringing ghost.

Achiyalabopa (Puebloan) - Rainbow-feathered birds.

Achlis (Roman) - Curious elk.

Adar Llwch Gwin (Welsh) - Giant birds that understand human languages.

Adaro (Solomon Islands) - Malevolent merfolk.

Adhene (Manx) - Nature spirit.

Adlet (Inuit) - Vampiric dog-human hybrid.

Adroanzi (Lugbara) - Nature spirit.

Adze (Ewe people) - African vampiric forest being.

Aerico (Macedonian) - Disease demon.

Afanc (Welsh) - Lake monster (exact lake varies by story).

Agathodaemon (Greek) - Spirit of vinefields and grainfields.

Agloolik (Inuit) - Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen.

Agogwe (East Africa) - Small, ape-like humanoid.

Ahkiyyini (Inuit) - Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.

Ahuizotl (Aztec) - Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid.

Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) - Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep.

Aigikampoi (Etruscan) - Fish-tailed goat.

Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) - Man-eating Ogres.

Aitu (Polynesian) - Malevolent spirits or demons.

Aitvaras (Lithuanian) - Household spirit.

Ajatar (Finnish) - Dragon.

Akabeko (Japanese) - Red cow involved in the construction of Enzō-ji in Yanaizu, Fukushima.

Akamataa (Japanese) - Snake spirit from Okinawa.

Akaname (Japanese) -Bathroom spirit.

Akashita (Japanese) - Giant beast.

Akateko (Japanese) - Tree-dwelling monster.

Akhlut (Inuit) - Orca-wolf shapeshifter.

Akka (Finnish) - Female spirits or minor goddesses.

Akki (Japanese) - Large, grotesque humanoid

Akkorokamui (Ainu) - Sea monster.

Akuma (Japanese) - Evil spirit.

Akupara (Hindu) - Giant turtle that supports the world.

Akurojin-no-hi (Japanese) - Ghostly flame which causes disease.

Al (Armenian and Persian) - Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women.

Ala (Slavic) - Bad weather demon.

Alal (Chaldean) - Demon.

Alan (Philippine) - Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.

Al Basti (Turkish) - Female night-demon.

Alce (Heraldic) - Wingless griffin.

Alicanto (Chilean) - Bird that eats gold and silver.

Alicorn - Technically a unicorn's horn. In modern times is commonly misapplied to winged unicorns.

Alkonost (Slavic) - Angelic bird with human head and breasts.

Allocamelus (Heraldic) - Ass-camel hybrid.

Allu (Akkadian and Sumerian) - Faceless demon.

Almas (Mongolian) - Savage humanoid.

Al-mi'raj (Islamic) - One-horned rabbit.

Aloja (Catalan) - Female water spirit.

Alom-bag-winno-sis (Abenaki) - Little people and tricksters.

Alp (German) - Male night-demon.

Alphyn (Heraldic) - Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs.

Alp-luachra (Irish) - Parasitic fairy.

Al Rakim (Islamic) - Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers.

Alseid (Greek) - Grove nymph.

Alû (Assyrian) - Leprous demon.

Alux (Mayan) - Little people.

Amaburakosagi (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku.

Amala (Tsimshian) - Giant who holds up the world.

Amamehagi (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku.

Amanojaku (Japanese) - Small demon.

Amarok (Inuit) - Giant wolf.

Amarum (Quechua) - Water boa spirit.

Amazake-babaa (Japanese) - Disease-causing hag.

Amefurashi (Japanese) - Child-like monster.

Amefurikozō (Japanese) - Child-like weather spirit.

Amemasu (Ainu) - Lake monster.

Ameonna (Japanese) - Female rain spirit.

Amikiri (Japanese) - Snake-bird-lobster hybrid.

Amorōnagu (Japanese) - Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima.

Amphiptere (Heraldic) - Winged serpent.

Amphisbaena (Greek) - Serpent with a head at each end.

Anakim (Jewish) - Giant.

Androsphinx (Ancient Egyptian) - Human-headed sphinx.

Angel (Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and Zoroastrian) - Heavenly being, usually depicted as a winged humanoid.

Angha (Persian) - Dog-lion-peacock hybrid.

Ani Hyuntikwalaski (Cherokee) - Lightning spirit.

Ankou (French) - Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern.

Anmo (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture.

Antaeus (Greek) - A giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground.

Antero Vipunen (Finnish) - Subterranean giant.

Aoandon (Japanese) - Spirit summoned at the end of a story-telling contest.

Ao Ao (Guaraní) - Anthropophagous peccary or sheep.

Aobōzu (Japanese) - Blue monk who kidnaps children.

Aonyōbō (Japanese) - Female ghost who lurks in an abandoned imperial palace.

Aosaginohi (Japanese) - Glowing heron.

Apkallu (Sumerian) - Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki.

Apsaras (Buddhist and Hindu) - Female cloud spirit.

Aqrabuamelu (Akkadian) - Human-scorpion hybrid.

Ardat-Lili (Akkadian) - Disease demon.

Argus Panoptes (Greek) - Hundred-eyed giant.

Arikura-no-baba (Japanese) - Old woman with magical powers.

Arimaspi (Greek) - One-eyed humanoid.

Arion (Greek) - Extremely swift horse with a green mane and the power of speech.

Arkan Sonney (Manx) - Fairy hedgehog.

Asag (Sumerian) - Hideous rock demon.

Asakku (Sumerian) - Demon.

Asanbosam (West Africa) - Iron-toothed vampire.

Asena (Turkic) - Blue-maned wolf.

A-senee-ki-wakw (Abenaki) - Stone-giant.

Ashi-magari (Japanese) - Invisible tendril that impedes movement.

Asiman (Dahomey) - Vampiric possession spirit.

Askefrue (Germanic) - Female tree spirit.

Ask-wee-da-eed (Abenaki) - Fire elemental and spectral fire.

Asobibi (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture.

Aspidochelone (Medieval Bestiaries) - Island-sized whale or sea turtle.

Asrai (English) - Water spirit.

Astomi (Hindu) - Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food.

Aswang (Philippine) - Carrion-eating humanoid.

Atomy (English) - Surprisingly small creature.

Ato-oi-kozō (Japanese) - Invisible spirit that follows people.

Atshen (Inuit) - Anthropophagous spirit.

Auloniad (Greek) - Pasture nymph.

Avalerion (Medieval Bestiary) - King of the birds.

Awa-hon-do (Abenaki) - Insect spirit.

Axex (Ancient Egyptian) - Falcon-lion hybrid.

Ayakashi (Japanese) - Sea-serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil.

Ayakashi-no-ayashibi (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture.

Aziza (Dahomey) - Little people that help hunters.

Azukiarai (Japanese) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.

Azukibabaa (Japanese) - Bean-grinding hag who devours people.

Azukitogi (Japanese) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.