page_title: List of legendary creatures (L)
hierarchical_section_title: List of legendary creatures (L)
caption_attribution_description: Statue of Rangda, the personification of evil in Balinese Hinduism, at a temple in Bali, Indonesia
context_page_description: La-bar-tu - Disease demon
  Labbu - Sea snake
  Lady midday - Sunstroke spirit
  Ladon - Dragon guarding the golden apples of the Hesperides
  Laelaps - Enchanted dog that always caught his prey
  Laestrygonians - Anthropophagic giants
  Lakanica - Field spirit
  Lake monster - Gigantic animals reported to inhabit various lakes around the world
  Lakhey - Demon with fangs
  La Llorona - Death spirit associated with drowning
  Lamassu - Protective spirit with the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion
  Lambton Worm - Giant worm
  Lamia - Child-devouring monster
  Lamiak - Water spirit with bird feet
  La Mojana - Shapeshifting, female water spirit
  Lampades - Underworld nymph
  Landvættir - Nature spirits
  Langmeidong - Semi human, semi hornbill creature
  Lares - House spirit
  La Sayona - Female ghost that punishes unfaithful husbands
  La Tunda - Nature spirit that seduces and kills men
  Lava bear - Miniature bear thought to inhabit the lava beds of south central Oregon
  Laukų dvasios - Field spirit
  Lauma - Sky spirit
  Lavellan - Gigantic water rat
  Leanan sidhe - Fairy lover
  Leanashe - Possessing spirit or vampire
  Leimakids - Meadow nymph
  Leokampoi - Fish-tailed lion
  Leontophone - Tiny animal poisonous to lions
context_section_description: La-bar-tu (Assyrian) - Disease demon
  Labbu (Akkadian) - Sea snake
  Lady midday (Slavic) - Sunstroke spirit
  Ladon (Greek) - Dragon guarding the golden apples of the Hesperides
  Laelaps (Greek) - Enchanted dog that always caught his prey
  Laestrygonians (Greek) - Anthropophagic giants
  Lakanica (Slavic) - Field spirit
  Lake monster (Worldwide) - Gigantic animals reported to inhabit various lakes around the world
  Lakhey (Nepalese) - Demon with fangs
  La Llorona (Latin America) - Death spirit associated with drowning
  Lamassu (Akkadian and Sumerian) - Protective spirit with the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion
  Lambton Worm (English) - Giant worm
  Lamia (Greek) - Child-devouring monster
  Lamiak (Basque) - Water spirit with bird feet
  La Mojana (Colombian) - Shapeshifting, female water spirit
  Lampades (Greek) - Underworld nymph
  Landvættir (Norse) - Nature spirits
  Langmeidong  (Manipuri mythology) - Semi human, semi hornbill creature
  Lares (Roman) - House spirit
  La Sayona (Venezuela) - Female ghost that punishes unfaithful husbands
  La Tunda (Colombian) - Nature spirit that seduces and kills men
  Lava bear - Miniature bear thought to inhabit the lava beds of south central Oregon
  Laukų dvasios (Lithuanian) - Field spirit
  Lauma (Baltic) - Sky spirit
  Lavellan (Scottish) - Gigantic water rat
  Leanan sidhe (Celtic) - Fairy lover
  Leanashe (Irish) - Possessing spirit or vampire
  Leimakids (Greek) - Meadow nymph
  Leokampoi (Etruscan) - Fish-tailed lion
  Leontophone (Medieval Bestiary) - Tiny animal poisonous to lions
  Leprechaun (Irish) - Cobbler spirit
  Leszi (Slavic) - Tree spirit
  Leuce (Greek) - White poplar tree nymph
  Leucrota (Medieval Bestiary) - Crocotta-lion hybrid
  Leviathan (Jewish) - Sea monster seen in Job 41
  Leyak (Balinese) - Anthropophagous flying head with entrails
  Libyan Aegipanes (Medieval Bestiaries) - Human-horse hybrid
  Libyan Satyr (Medieval Bestiaries) - Human-goat hybrid
  Lidérc (Hungary) - Magical chicken that transforms into a humanoid
  Lightning Bird (Southern Africa) - Magical bird found at sites of lightning strikes
  Likho (Slavic) - One-eyed hag or goblin
  Lilin (Jewish) - Night-demoness
  Lilitu (Assyrian) - Winged demon
  Limnades (Greek) - Lake nymph
  Lindworm (Germanic) - Dragon
  Ljósálfar (Norse) - Sunlight spirits; the Light Elves
  Ljubi (Albanian)- Demoness
  Llamhigyn Y Dwr (Welsh) - Frog-bat-lizard hybrid
  Loch Ness Monster (Scottish) - Serpentine sea monster
  Loki (Norse mythology) - God of night
  Lo-lol (Abenaki) - Hideous monster
  Lóng - Chinese dragon
  Longana (Italian) - Female human-goat hybrid and water spirit
  Long Ma (Chinese) - Dragon-horse hybrid
  Loogaroo (French America) - Shapeshifting, female vampire
  Lou Carcolh (French) - Snake-mollusk hybrid
  Loup-garou (French) - Werewolf
  Loveland frog (American Folklore) (Ohio) - Cryptid, Humanoid Frog
  Lubber fiend (English) - House spirit
  Luduan (Chinese) - Truth-detecting animal
  Lugat (Albanian) - Vampire
  Luison (Guaraní) - Werewolf | Cadaver-eating dog
  Lusca - Sea Monster
  Lutin (French) - Amusing goblin
  Lycanthrope (Greek) - Werewolf
  Lyngbakr
  Lynx (Medieval Bestiaries) - Feline guide spirit
caption: A statue of Rangda, the queen of the Leyak.
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