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

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* Á Bao A Qu (Malay) – Entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
* Aatxe (Basque) – Bull spirit.
* Abaasy (Yakuts) – Iron-toothed demons.
* Abada (African) – Unicorn that inhabits the African Congo.
* Äbädä (Tatar) – Forest spirit.
* Abaia (Melanesia) – Huge magical eel.
* Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) – Savage humanoid with backward feet.
* Abath (Malay) – One-horned animal.
* Abura-sumashi (Japanese) – Creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture.
* Acephali (Greek) – Headless humanoids.
* Acheri (Hindu) – Disease-bringing ghost.
* Achiyalabopa (Pueblo) – Huge bird god.
* 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 (Greek) – Disease demon.
* Æsir (Norse) – Norse deities.
* Aeternae (Greek) – Saw-horned monster.
* Afanc (Welsh) – Lake monster (exact lake varies by story).
* Agni (Hindu) – God of fire and sacrifices.
* Agathodaemon (Greek) – Spirit of vinefields and grainfields.
* Agloolik (Inuit) – Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen.
* Agogwe (East Africa) – Small, ape-like humanoid.
* Akhekh (Ancient Egypt) - Oryx-Bird hybrid that brings chaos.
* Ahkiyyini (Inuit) – Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.
* Ahuizotl (Aztec) – Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid.
* Ahura (Zoroastrianism) – Zoroastrian spirits.
* Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) – Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep.
* Aigikampoi (Etruscan) – Fish-tailed goat.
* Airavata (Hindu) – Divine elephant.
* Aitu (Polynesian) – Malevolent spirits or demons.
* Aitvaras (Lithuanian) – Household spirit.
* Ajatar (Finnish) – Dragon/snake female spirit, is said to spread diseases
* 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 or devil
* 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) – Queen of the full moon.
* Alan (Philippine) – Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.
* Alce (Heraldic) – Wingless griffin.
* Aleya (Bengali) – Spirit of a dead fisherman.
* Alicanto (Chilean) – Bird that eats gold and silver.
* Alicorn (Bestiario medieval) – Winged unicorn.
* Alkonost (Slavic) – Angelic bird with human head and breasts.
* Allocamelus (Heraldic) – Ass-camel hybrid.
* 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.
* Amemasu (Ainu) – Lake monster.
* Ammit (Ancient Egyptian) – Female demon who was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile and devoured the souls of the wicked.
* Amorōnagu (Japanese) – Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima.
* Amphiptere (Heraldic) – Winged serpent.
* Amphisbaena (Greek) – Serpent with a head at each end.
* Anak (Jewish) – Giant.
* Andean wolf (Argentina) – Mountain wolf
* Androsphinx (Ancient Egyptian) – Human-headed sphinx.
* Angel (mainly Christian, Jewish, Islamic traditions) – Divine beings of Heaven who act as mediators between God and humans; the counterparts of Demons.
* Anqa (Arabian) – Giant mythical female bird similar to a phoenix.
* Ani Hyuntikwalaski (Cherokee) – Lightning spirit.
* Ankou (French) – Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and scythe.
* Anmo (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture.
* Antaeus (Greek) – Giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground.
* Anubis (Ancient Egyptian) – God of funerals
* Antero Vipunen (Finnish) – Subterranean giant.
* Anzû (Sumerian) – Divine storm bird
* Ao Ao (Guaraní) – Anthropophagous peccary or sheep.
* Aobōzu (Japanese) – Blue monk who kidnaps children.
* Apkallu (Sumerian) – Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki.
* Apsaras (Buddhist and Hindu) – Female cloud spirit.
* Aqrabuamelu (Akkadian) – Human-scorpion hybrid.
* Arachne (Greek mythology) - Centaurid, human-spider hybrid.
* Ardat-lilî (Akkadian) – Disease demon.
* Aralez (Armenian) – The oldest gods in the Armenian pantheon
* Argus Panoptes (Greek) – Hundred-eyed giant.
* Arikura-no-baba (Japanese) – Old woman with magical powers.
* Arimaspi (Greek) – One-eyed humanoid.
* Arion (Greek) – Swift green-maned talking horse.
* 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 (Greek) – Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food.
* Asura (Hindu) – Hindu malevolent divinities.
* Aswang (Philippine) – Carrion-eating humanoid.
* Atomy (English) – Surprisingly small creature.
* Ato-oi-kozō (Japanese) – Invisible spirit that follows people.
* Atshen (Inuit) – Anthropophagous spirit.
* Augerino (American) - Subterranean creature.
* Auvekoejak (Inuit) – Furry merman.
* 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/Azukitogi (Japanese) – Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.
* Azukibabaa (Japanese) – Bean-grinding hag who devours people.

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