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Ivan Bilibin's Alkonost The
Egyptian Ammit, who eats the wicked dead in the afterlife, has the body of a lion and hippopotamus and
the head of a crocodile.
1. Á Bao A Qu (Malay) – Entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
2. Aatxe (Basque) – Bull spirit.
3. Abaasy (Yakuts) – Iron-toothed demons.
4. Abada (African) – Unicorn that inhabits the African Congo.
5. Äbädä (Tatar) – Forest spirit.
6. Abaia (Melanesia) – Huge magical eel.
7. Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) – Savage humanoid with backward feet.
8. Abath (Malay) – One-horned animal.
9. Abura-sumashi (Japanese) – Creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture.
10. Acephali (Greek) – Headless humanoids.
11. Acheri (Hindu) – Disease-bringing ghost.
12. Achiyalabopa (Pueblo) – Huge bird god.
13. Achlis (Roman) – Curious elk.
14. Adar Llwch Gwin (Welsh) – Giant birds that understand human languages.
15. Adaro (Solomon Islands) – Malevolent merfolk.
16. Adhene (Manx) – Nature spirit.
17. Adlet (Inuit) – Vampiric dog-human hybrid
18. Adroanzi (Lugbara) – Nature spirit.
19. Adze (Ewe people) – African vampiric-forest being.
20. Aerico (Greek) – Disease demon.
21. Æsir (Norse) – Norse deities.
22. Afanc (Welsh) – Lake monster (exact lake varies by story).
23. Agni (Hindu) – God of fire and sacrifices.
24. Agathodaemon (Greek) – Spirit of vinefields and grainfields.
25. Agloolik (Inuit) – Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen.
26. Agogwe (East Africa) – Small, ape-like humanoid.
27. Ahkiyyini (Inuit) – Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.
28. Ahuizotl (Aztec) – Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid.
29. Ahura (Zoroastrianism) – Zoroastrian spirits.
30. Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) – Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep.
31. Aigikampoi (Etruscan) – Fish-tailed goat.
32. Airavata (Hindu) – Divine elephant.
33. Aitu (Polynesian) – Malevolent spirits or demons.
34. Aitvaras (Lithuanian) – Household spirit.
35. Ajatar (Finnish) – Dragon/snake female spirit, is said to spread diseases
36. Akateko (Japanese) – Tree-dwelling monster.
37. Akhlut (Inuit) – Orca-wolf shapeshifter.
38. Akka (Finnish) – Female spirits or minor goddesses.
39. Akki (Japanese) – Large, grotesque humanoid.
40. Akkorokamui (Ainu) – Sea monster.
41. Akuma (Japanese) – Evil spirit or devil
42. Akupara (Hindu) – Giant turtle that supports the world.
43. Akurojin-no-hi (Japanese) – Ghostly flame which causes disease.
44. Al (Armenian and Persian) – Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women.
45. Ala (Slavic) – Bad weather demon.
46. Alal (Chaldean) – Queen of the full moon.
47. Alan (Philippine) – Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.
48. Alce (Heraldic) – Wingless griffin.
49. Aleya (Bengali) – Spirit of a dead fisherman.
50. Alicanto (Chilean) – Bird that eats gold and silver.
51. Alicorn (Bestiario medieval) – Winged unicorn.
52. Alkonost (Slavic) – Angelic bird with human head and breasts.
53. Allocamelus (Heraldic) – Ass-camel hybrid.
54. Almas (Mongolian) – Savage humanoid.
55. Al-mi'raj (Islamic) – One-horned rabbit.
56. Aloja (Catalan) – Female water spirit.
57. Alom-bag-winno-sis (Abenaki) – Little people and tricksters.
58. Alp (German) – Male night-demon.
59. Alphyn (Heraldic) – Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs.
60. Alp-luachra (Irish) – Parasitic fairy.
61. Al Rakim (Islamic) – Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers.
62. Alseid (Greek) – Grove nymph.
63. Alû (Assyrian) – Leprous demon.
64. Alux (Mayan) – Little people.
65. Amaburakosagi (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku.
66. Amala (Tsimshian) – Giant who holds up the world.
67. Amamehagi (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku.
68. Amanojaku (Japanese) – Small demon.
69. Amarok (Inuit) – Giant wolf.
70. Amarum (Quechua) – Water boa spirit.
71. Amazake-babaa (Japanese) – Disease-causing hag.
72. Amemasu (Ainu) – Lake monster.
73. Ammit (Ancient Egyptian) – Female demon who was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile and
devoured the souls of the wicked.
74. Amorōnagu (Japanese) – Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima.
75. Amphiptere (Heraldic) – Winged serpent.
76. Amphisbaena (Greek) – Serpent with a head at each end.
77. Anak (Jewish) – Giant.
78. Andean wolf (Argentina) – Mountain wolf
79. Androsphinx (Ancient Egyptian) – Human-headed sphinx.
80. Angel (mainly Christian, Jewish, Islamic traditions) – Divine beings of Heaven who act as
mediators between God and humans; the counterparts of Demons.
81. Anqa (Arabian) – Giant mythical female bird similar to a phoenix.
82. Ani Hyuntikwalaski (Cherokee) – Lightning spirit.
83. Ankou (French) – Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and scythe.
84. Anmo (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture.
85. Antaeus (Greek) – Giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the
ground.
86. Anubis (Ancient Egyptian) – God of funerals
87. Antero Vipunen (Finnish) – Subterranean giant.
88. Anzû (Sumerian) – Divine storm bird
89. Ao Ao (Guaraní) – Anthropophagous peccary or sheep.
90. Aobōzu (Japanese) – Blue monk who kidnaps children.
91. Apkallu (Sumerian) – Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki.
92. Apsaras (Buddhist and Hindu) – Female cloud spirit.
93. Aqrabuamelu (Akkadian) – Human-scorpion hybrid.
94. Arachne (Greek mythology) - Centaurid, human-spider hybrid.
95. Ardat-lilî (Akkadian) – Disease demon.
96. Aralez (Armenian) – The oldest gods in the Armenian pantheon
97. Argus Panoptes (Greek) – Hundred-eyed giant.
98. Arikura-no-baba (Japanese) – Old woman with magical powers.
99. Arimaspi (Greek) – One-eyed humanoid.
100. Arion (Greek) – Swift green-maned talking horse.
101. Arkan Sonney (Manx) – Fairy hedgehog.
102. Asag (Sumerian) – Hideous rock demon.
103. Asakku (Sumerian) – Demon.
104. Asanbosam (West Africa) – Iron-toothed vampire.
105. Asena (Turkic) – Blue-maned wolf.
106. A-senee-ki-wakw (Abenaki) – Stone giant.
107. Ashi-magari (Japanese) – Invisible tendril that impedes movement.
108. Asiman (Dahomey) – Vampiric possession spirit.
109. Askefrue (Germanic) – Female tree spirit.
110. Ask-wee-da-eed (Abenaki) – Fire elemental and spectral fire.
111. Asobibi (Japanese) – Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture.
112. Aspidochelone (Medieval Bestiaries) – Island-sized whale or sea turtle.
113. Asrai (English) – Water spirit.
114. Astomi (Greek) – Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food.
115. Asura (Hindu) – Hindu malevolent divinities.
116. Aswang (Philippine) – Carrion-eating humanoid.
117. Atomy (English) – Surprisingly small creature.
118. Ato-oi-kozō (Japanese) – Invisible spirit that follows people.
119. Atshen (Inuit) – Anthropophagous spirit.
120. Augerino (American) - Subterranean creature.
121. Auloniad (Greek) – Pasture nymph.
122. Auvekoejak (Inuit) – Furry merman.
123. Avalerion (Medieval Bestiary) – King of the birds.
124. Awa-hon-do (Abenaki) – Insect spirit.
125. Axex (Ancient Egyptian) – Falcon-lion hybrid.
126. Ayakashi (Japanese) – Sea serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil.
127. Ayakashi-no-ayashibi (Japanese) – Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture.
128. Aziza (Dahomey) – Little people that help hunters.
129. Azukiarai/Azukitogi (Japanese) – Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.
130. Azukibabaa (Japanese) – Bean-grinding hag who devours people.

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