List of legendary creatures (J)


  1. Jackalope (American) – Rabbit with antlers
  2. Jack Frost - Personified of ice, winter and snow
  3. Jack-In-Irons (English) – Malevolent giant
  4. Jack-o'-lantern (Medieval folklore) – Vegetal lantern
  5. Jaculus (Medieval Bestiaries) – Winged serpent or small dragon
  6. Jake the Alligator Man
  7. Jaroszek
  8. Jasconius (Medieval folklore) – Island-sized fish
  9. Jasy Jaterei (Guaraní) – Nature guardian and bogeyman
  10. Jatayu (Hindu mythology) – Vulture demigod
  11. Jaud (Slavic) – Vampirised premature baby
  12. Jenglot (Java) – Vampiric little people
  13. Jengu (Sawa) – Water spirit
  14. Jentil (Basque) – Megalith-building giant
  15. Jenu (Mi'kmaq) – Anthropophagous giant
  16. Jerff (Swedish) – Gluttonous dog-cat-fox hybrid
  17. Jersey Devil (American) – Demonic dragon or flying demon who was given birth to by an American living in New Jersey
  18. Jian (Chinese) – One-eyed, one-winged bird who requires a mate for survival
  19. Jiangshi (Chinese) – Life-draining, reanimated corpse
  20. Jiaolong (Chinese) – Dragon
  21. Jibakurei (Japanese) – Spirit that protects a specific place
  22. Jievaras (Lithuanian) – House spirit
  23. Jikininki (Japanese) – Corpse-eating ghost
  24. Jinn (Arabian, Islamic) – Spiritual creatures; genii
  25. Jipijka'm (Mi'kmaq) – Underwater horned snake; lives in lakes and eats humans
  26. Jiufeng (Chinese) – Nine-headed bird worshiped by ancient natives in Hubei Province.
  27. Jiu tou niao (Chinese) – Nine-headed, demonic bird
  28. Jogah (Iroquois) – Little people nature spirit
  29. Jörmungandr (Norse) – Sea serpent
  30. Jorōgumo (Japanese) – Spider woman
  31. Jotai (Japanese) – Animated folding screen cloth
  32. Jötunn (Norse) – Gigantic nature spirits
  33. Jujak (Korean) – Bird
  34. Jumbee (Guyanese) – Malevolent spirit
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