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Á Bao A Qu (Malay) - An entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
Aatxe (Basque) - A spirit that takes the form of a bull.
Abaasy (Yakuts) - Demons that have teeth of iron.
Abada (African) - Small type of unicorn reported to live in the lands of 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 (Indian) - Disease-bringing ghost.
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) - An African vampiric-forest being.
Aerico (Greek) - Disease demon.
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.
Ahkiyyini (Inuit) - Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.
Ahuizotl (Aztec) - Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid.
Ahlden Gentree (Philippines) - Demon with enormous jaw.
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.
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.
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 - A winged unicorn from the Latin "ala" (wing) and "corn" (horn).
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 with a body that was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile.
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.
Androsphinx (Ancient Egyptian) - Human-headed sphinx.
Angel (mainly Christian, Jewish, Islamic traditions) - From the Greek ángelos, divine beings of Heaven who act as mediators between God and humans; the counterparts of Demons.
Angha (Persian) - Dog-lion-peacock hybrid.
Ani Hyuntikwalaski (Cherokee) - Lightning spirit.
Ankou (French) - Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and a scythe.
Anmo (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture.
Antaeus (Greek) - A giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground.
Anubis (Ancient Egyptian) - The God of the Underworld
Antero Vipunen (Finnish) - Subterranean giant.
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.
Ardat-Lili (Akkadian) - Disease demon.
Argus Panoptes (Greek) - Hundred-eyed giant.
Arikura-no-baba (Japanese) - Old woman with magical powers.
Arimaspi (Greek) - One-eyed humanoid.
Arion (Greek) - Extremely swift horse with a green mane and the power of speech.
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.
Aswang (Philippine) - Carrion-eating humanoid.
Atomy (English) - Surprisingly small creature.
Ato-oi-kozō (Japanese) - Invisible spirit that follows people.
Atshen (Inuit) - Anthropophagous spirit.
Auloniad (Greek) - Pasture nymph.
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 (Japanese) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.
Azukibabaa (Japanese) - Bean-grinding hag who devours people.
Azukitogi (Japanese) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.

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