List of legendary creatures (M)

Contemporary poster of a Mami Wata, "serpent priestess" painted by Hamburg, German artist Schleisinger, c. 1926, displayed in shrines as a popular image of Mami Wata in Africa and in the Diaspora.[1][2]
  1. Maa-alused (Estonian mythology) – Subterranean spirit
  2. Machlyes (Medieval bestiaries) – Hermaphroditic humanoid
  3. Macrocephali (Medieval bestiaries) – Giant-headed humanoid
  4. Madam Koi Koi (West African Mythology ) – Female ghost
  5. Madremonte (Colombian folklore) – Nature guardian
  6. Maero (Māori) – Savage, arboreal humanoids
  7. Magog (English folklore) – Giant protector of London
  8. Mahaha - Undead humanoids with long fingernails as claws.
  9. Maha-pudma (Hindu mythology) – Giant elephant that holds up the world
  10. Mahuika (Māori mythology) - Māori fire goddess
  11. Mairu (Basque mythology) – Megalith-building giant
  12. Mājas gari (Latvian mythology) – Benevolent house spirit
  13. Majitu – in Swahili mythology, shape-shifting spirits that can pass as humans
  14. Makara (Indian mythology) – Aquatic beings
  15. Makura-gaeshi (Japanese mythology) – Pillow-moving spirit
  16. Mallt-y-Nos (Welsh mythology) – Spirit of the hunt
  17. Mami Wata (Africa and the African diaspora) – Supernaturally beautiful water spirits
  18. Manananggal (Philippine mythology) – Vampires that sever their torsos from their legs to fly around
  19. Mandi (Medieval bestiaries) – Humanoid with a forty-year lifespan
  20. Mandrake (Medieval folklore) – Diminutive, animated construct
  21. Manes (Roman mythology) – Ancestral spirits
  22. Mannegishi (Cree) – Little people with six fingers and no noses
  23. Manticore (Persian mythology) – Lion-human-scorpion hybrid
  24. Mapinguari (Brazilian mythology) – Giant sloth
  25. Mara (Scandinavian folklore) – Female night-demon
  26. Marabbecca (Italian folklore) – Malevolent water spirit
  27. Mare (Germanic and Slavic folklore) – Malicious entity of dream.
  28. Mareikura (Tuamotu) – Attendant of Kiho-tumu, the supreme god
  29. Mares of Diomedes (Greek mythology) – Man-eating horses
  30. Marid (Arabian mythology) – Jinn associated fortune tellers
  31. Marmennill (Norse mythology) – Mermen with prophetic abilities
  32. Maro deivės (Lithuanian mythology) – Disease spirits
  33. Marozi (Kenya) – Lion hybrid leopard
  34. Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os (Abenaki mythology) – Shapeshifting toad spirit
  35. Matagot (French mythology) – Spirit that takes animal form; usually that of a black cat
  36. Matsya (Hindu mythology) – First Avatar of Vishnu in the form of a half-fish and half-man
  37. Mayura (Hindu mythology) – Peacock spirit
  38. Mazzikin (Jewish mythology) – Invisible, malevolent spirit
  39. Mbói Tu'ĩ (Guaraní mythology) – Snake-parrot hybrid
  40. Mbwiri (Central Africa) – Possessing demon
  41. Medusa (Greek mythology) – Serpent-female hybrid (Gorgon) with numerous snake heads
  42. Melek Taus- biblical bird
  43. Meliae (Greek mythology) – Ash tree nymph
  44. Melusine (Medieval folklore) – Female water spirit, with the form of a winged mermaid or serpent
  45. Menehune (Hawaiian mythology) – Little people and craftsmen
  46. Menninkäinen (Finnish mythology) – Little people and nature spirits
  47. Mephistopheles
  48. Merlion (Singapore) – Combination of a lion and a fish, the symbol of Singapore
  49. Mermaid/Merman (multiple cultures) – Human-fish hybrid
  50. Merlin (English mythology) – Elderly wizard
  51. Merrow (Irish mythology and Scottish) – Human-fish hybrid
  52. Metee-kolen-ol (Abenaki mythology) – Ice-hearted wizards
  53. Mimi (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Extremely elongated humanoid that has to live in rock crevasses to avoid blowing away
  54. Minka Bird (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Death spirit
  55. Minokawa (Philippine) – Giant swallow
  56. Minotaur (Greek mythology) – Human-bull hybrid
  57. Mishibizhiw (Ojibwa) – Feline water spirit
  58. Misi-ginebig (Ojibwa) – Serpentine rain spirit
  59. Misi-kinepikw (Cree) – Serpentine rain spirit
  60. Mizuchi (Japanese mythology) – Water dragon
  61. Mogwai (Chinese mythology) – Vengeful ghost or demon
  62. Mohan (Latin American folklore) – Nature spirit
  63. Moirai (the fates)
  64. Mokèlé-mbèmbé (Congo) – Water-dwelling creature
  65. Mokoi (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Malevolent spirit that kills sorcerers
  66. Mokorea (Polynesian mythology) – Amphibious humanoid living in the spirit world (underground world)
  67. Moñái (Guaraní mythology) – Giant snake with antennae
  68. Monocerus (Medieval bestiaries) – One-horned stag-horse-elephant-boar hybrid, sometimes treated as distinct from the unicorn
  69. Mono Grande (South America) – Giant monkey
  70. Monopod (Medieval bestiaries) – Dwarf with one giant foot
  71. Mooinjer veggey (Manx folklore) – Nature spirit
  72. Moon rabbit (Far Eastern folklore) – Legendary animal
  73. Mora (Slavic mythology) – Disembodied spirit
  74. Morgens (Breton and Welsh mythology) – Water spirits
  75. Morinji-no-okama (Japanese mythology) – Animated tea kettle
  76. Mormolykeia (Greek) – Underworld spirit
  77. Moroi (Romanian) – Vampiric ghost
  78. Mo-sin-a (Taiwanese folklore) – Mountain demon
  79. Moss people (Continental Germanic mythology) – Little people and tree spirits
  80. Mothman (American folklore) – Large grey winged humanoid with glowing red eyes
  81. Mugwump (Canadian folklore) – Fish-like lake monster
  82. Mujina (Japanese mythology) – Shapeshifting badger spirit
  83. Muldjewangk (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Water monster
  84. Multo (Philippine mythology) – Spirit of a deceased person seeking justice or has unfinished business
  85. Mummy (Egyptian) – Undead creature who revives
  86. Muma Pădurii (Romanian folklore) – Forest-dwelling hag
  87. Mungoon-Gali (Australian Aboriginal) – Giant goanna
  88. Muscaliet (Medieval bestiaries) – Hare-squirrel-boar hybrid that has an intense body heat
  89. Muse (Greek mythology) – Spirits that inspire artists
  90. Mushusshu (Mesopotamian mythology)
  91. Musimon (Heraldic) – Sheep-goat hybrid
  92. Myling (Scandinavian folklore) – Ghosts of unbaptized children
  93. Myrmecoleon (Medieval bestiaries) – Ant-lion hybrid

References for M

  1. ^ Jell-Bahlsen 1997, p. 105
  2. ^ Chesi 1997, p. 255
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