List of legendary creatures (M)

* Maa-alused (Estonian mythology) - Subterranean spirit
* Machlyes (Medieval bestiaries) - Hermaphroditic humanoid
* Macrocephali (Medieval bestiaries) - Giant-headed humanoid
* Madremonte (Colombian folklore) - Nature guardian
* Maero (Māori) - Savage, arboreal humanoids
* Magog (English folklore) - Giant protector of London
* Maha-pudma (Hindu mythology) - Giant elephant that holds up the world
* Mairu (Basque mythology) - Megalith-building giant
* Mājas gari (Latvian mythology) - Benevolent house spirit
* Makara (Indian mythology) - Aquatic beings
* Makura-gaeshi (Japanese mythology) - Pillow-moving spirit
* 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
* Mareikura (Tuamotu) - Attendant of Kiho-tumu, the supreme god
* Mares of Diomedes (Greek mythology) - Man-eating horses
* Marid (Arabian mythology) - Jinn associated with open waters of the seas and oceans
* Maro deivės (Lithuanian mythology) - Disease spirits
* Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os (Abenaki mythology) - Shapeshifting toad spirit
* Matagot (French mythology) - Spirit that takes animal form, usually 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
* Mazikeen (Jewish mythology) - Invisible, malevolent spirit
* Mbói Tu'i (Guaraní mythology) - Snake-parrot hybrid
* Mbwiri (Central Africa) - Possessing demon
* 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 (multiple cultures) - Human-fish hybrid
* Merrow (Irish and Scottish mythology) - 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) - a 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
* Mokoi (Australian Aboriginal mythology) - Malevolent spirit that kills sorcerers
* 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
* 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
* Moss people (Continental Germanic mythology) - Little people and tree spirits
* Mujina (Japanese mythology) - Shapeshifting badger spirit
* Muldjewangk (Australian Aboriginal mythology) - Water monster
* Muma Pădurii (Romanian folklore) - Forest-dwelling hag
* Muscaliet (Medieval bestiaries) - Extremely hot hare-squirrel-boar hybrid
* Muse (Greek mythology) - Spirits that inspire artists
* Musimon (Heraldic) - Sheep-goat hybrid
* Myling (Scandinavian folklore) - Ghosts of unbaptized children
* Myrmecoleon (Medieval bestiaries) - Ant-lion hybrid
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