List of legendary creatures (W)

  1. Waldgeist (German) – Forest spirit
  2. Wana-games-ak (Abenaki) – Water spirits
  3. Wangliang (Chinese) – Malevolent spirit or monster
  4. Wani (Japanese) – Crocodilian water monster
  5. Wanyūdō (Japanese) – Demon in the form of a burning human-headed ox cart
  6. Warak ngendog (Indonesian Muslim) – Egg-laying bird
  7. Warg (English and Scandinavian O.N. vargr) – Giant, demonic wolf
  8. Warlock (Worldwide) – Male witch
  9. Warraguk (Australian Aboriginal) – Flying humanoid
  10. Wassan-mon-ganeehla-ak (Abenaki) – Aurora spirits
  11. Water monkey (Chinese) – Water spirit
  12. Water sprite (Alchemy) – Water elemental
  13. Wati-kutjara (Australia Aboriginal) – Goanna spirits
  14. Wa-won-dee-a-megw (Abenaki) – Shapeshifting snail spirit
  15. Wechuge (Athabaskan) – Human-eating supernatural creature
  16. Weiße Frauen (German) – Female spirit
  17. Wekufe (Mapuche) – Demon
  18. Wendigo (Algonquian) – Cannibalistic evil spirit
  19. Wentshukumishiteu (Inuit) – Water spirit
  20. Werecat (Worldwide) – Feline-human shapeshifter
  21. Werehyena (African and Near Eastern) – Hyena-human shapeshifter
  22. Werejaguar (Olmec) – Jaguar-human shapeshifter
  23. Werewolf (Worldwide) – Wolf-human shapeshifter
  24. Wewe Gombel (Javanese) – Ghost who kidnaps children
  25. White Lady (Worldwide) – Ghost of a murdered or mistreated woman
  26. Whowie (Australian Aboriginal) – Giant frog-headed goanna with six legs
  27. Wihwin (Miskito) – Malevolent water horse spirit
  28. Wild Hunt
  29. Wild man (European) – Hairy, bipedal, man-like creature
  30. Wild people
  31. Will-o'-the-Wisp (Worldwide) – Spectral fire
  32. Winged genie (Assyrian) – Bearded male figures sporting birds
  33. Winged lion
  34. Wirry-cow (Scottish) – Malevolent spirit
  35. Witch (Worldwide) – Person who practices magic
  36. Witte Wieven (Dutch) – Female, ancestral spirit
  37. Wolpertinger (German) – Forest animal comprised from various animal parts (similar to a Chimera)
  38. Woman in Black (supernatural)
  39. Wondjina (Australia Aboriginal) – Weather spirit
  40. WORLD MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES
  41. World Turtle
  42. Wraith (Scottish) – Water spirit or ghostly apparition
  43. Wulver (Scottish) – Wolf-headed humanoid spirit
  44. Wu Tou Gui (Chinese) – Beheaded ghost
  45. Wyrm (European) – Dragon or serpent
  46. Wyvern (Germanic Heraldic) – Flying reptile, usually with two legs and two wings