List of legendary creatures (J)

Taxidermy altered to resemble a "jackalope"


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