# List of legendary creatures (M)
## Lists of legendary creatures

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* Maa-alused (Estonian mythology) – Subterranean spirit
* Machlyes (Medieval bestiaries) – Hermaphroditic humanoid
* Macrocephali (Medieval bestiaries) – Giant-headed humanoid
* Madam Koi Koi (West African Mythology ) – Female ghost
* Madremonte (Colombian folklore) – Nature guardian
* Maero (Māori) – Savage, arboreal humanoids
* Magog (English folklore) – Giant protector of London
* Mahaha - Undead humanoids with long fingernails as claws.
* Maha-pudma (Hindu mythology) – Giant elephant that holds up the world
* Mahuika (Māori mythology) - Māori fire goddess
* Mairu (Basque mythology) – Megalith-building giant
* Mājas gari (Latvian mythology) – Benevolent house spirit
* Majitu – in Swahili mythology, shape-shifting spirits that can pass as humans
* Makara (Indian mythology) – Aquatic beings
* Makura-gaeshi (Japanese mythology) – Pillow-moving spirit
* Mallt-y-Nos (Welsh mythology) – Spirit of the hunt
* Mami Wata (Africa and the African diaspora) – Supernaturally beautiful water spirits
* Manananggal (Philippine mythology) – Vampires that sever their torsos from their legs to fly around
* Mandi (Medieval bestiaries) – Humanoid with a forty-year lifespan
* Mandrake (Medieval folklore) – Diminutive, animated construct
* Manes (Roman mythology) – Ancestral spirits
* Mannegishi (Cree) – Little people with six fingers and no noses
* Manticore (Persian mythology) – Lion-human-scorpion hybrid
* Mapinguari (Brazilian mythology) – Giant sloth
* Mara (Scandinavian folklore) – Female night-demon
* Marabbecca (Italian folklore) – Malevolent water spirit
* Mare (Germanic and Slavic folklore) – Malicious entity of dream.
* Mareikura (Tuamotu) – Attendant of Kiho-tumu, the supreme god
* Mares of Diomedes (Greek mythology) – Man-eating horses
* Marid (Arabian mythology) – Jinn associated fortune tellers
* Marmennill (Norse mythology) – Mermen with prophetic abilities
* Maro deivės (Lithuanian mythology) – Disease spirits
* Marozi (Kenya) – Lion hybrid leopard
* Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os (Abenaki mythology) – Shapeshifting toad spirit
* Matagot (French mythology) – Spirit that takes animal form; usually that of a black cat
* Matsya (Hindu mythology) – First Avatar of Vishnu in the form of a half-fish and half-man
* Mayura (Hindu mythology) – Peacock spirit
* Mazzikin (Jewish mythology) – Invisible, malevolent spirit
* Mbói Tu'ĩ (Guaraní mythology) – Snake-parrot hybrid
* Mbwiri (Central Africa) – Possessing demon
* Medusa (Greek mythology) – Serpent-female hybrid (Gorgon) with numerous snake heads
* Melek Taus- biblical bird
* Meliae (Greek mythology) – Ash tree nymph
* Melusine (Medieval folklore) – Female water spirit, with the form of a winged mermaid or serpent
* Menehune (Hawaiian mythology) – Little people and craftsmen
* Menninkäinen (Finnish mythology) – Little people and nature spirits
* Merlion (Singapore) – Combination of a lion and a fish, the symbol of Singapore
* Mermaid/Merman (multiple cultures) – Human-fish hybrid
* Merlin (English mythology) – Elderly wizard
* Merrow (Irish mythology and Scottish) – Human-fish hybrid
* Metee-kolen-ol (Abenaki mythology) – Ice-hearted wizards
* Mimi (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Extremely elongated humanoid that has to live in rock crevasses to avoid blowing away
* Minka Bird (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Death spirit
* Minokawa (Philippine) – Giant swallow
* Minotaur (Greek mythology) – Human-bull hybrid
* Mishibizhiw (Ojibwa) – Feline water spirit
* Misi-ginebig (Ojibwa) – Serpentine rain spirit
* Misi-kinepikw (Cree) – Serpentine rain spirit
* Mizuchi (Japanese mythology) – Water dragon
* Mogwai (Chinese mythology) – Vengeful ghost or demon
* Mohan (Latin American folklore) – Nature spirit
* Mokèlé-mbèmbé (Congo) – Water-dwelling creature
* Mokoi (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Malevolent spirit that kills sorcerers
* Mokorea (Polynesian mythology) – Amphibious humanoid living in the spirit world (underground world)
* Moñái (Guaraní mythology) – Giant snake with antennae
* Monocerus (Medieval bestiaries) – One-horned stag-horse-elephant-boar hybrid, sometimes treated as distinct from the unicorn
* Mono Grande (South America) – Giant monkey
* Monopod (Medieval bestiaries) – Dwarf with one giant foot
* Mooinjer veggey (Manx folklore) – Nature spirit
* Moon rabbit (Far Eastern folklore) – Legendary animal
* Mora (Slavic mythology) – Disembodied spirit
* Morgens (Breton and Welsh mythology) – Water spirits
* Morinji-no-okama (Japanese mythology) – Animated tea kettle
* Mormolykeia (Greek) – Underworld spirit
* Moroi (Romanian) – Vampiric ghost
* Mo-sin-a (Taiwanese folklore) – Mountain demon
* Moss people (Continental Germanic mythology) – Little people and tree spirits
* Mothman (American folklore) – Large grey winged humanoid with glowing red eyes
* Mugwump (Canadian folklore) – Fish-like lake monster
* Mujina (Japanese mythology) – Shapeshifting badger spirit
* Muldjewangk (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Water monster
* Multo (Philippine mythology) – Spirit of a deceased person seeking justice or has unfinished business
* Mummy (Egyptian) – Undead creature who revives
* Muma Pădurii (Romanian folklore) – Forest-dwelling hag
* Mungoon-Gali (Australian Aboriginal) – Giant goanna
* Muscaliet (Medieval bestiaries) – Hare-squirrel-boar hybrid that has an intense body heat
* Muse (Greek mythology) – Spirits that inspire artists
* Mushusshu (Mesopotamian mythology)
* Musimon (Heraldic) – Sheep-goat hybrid
* Myling (Scandinavian folklore) – Ghosts of unbaptized children
* Myrmecoleon (Medieval bestiaries) – Ant-lion hybrid

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## References for M

* ↑ Jell-Bahlsen 1997, p. 105
* ↑ Chesi 1997, p. 255