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Female evil spirits or malicious monsters in folklore, legends, and mythology. These monstrous women are often portrayed as predatory creatures, who are usually seen seducing male humans or snatching young children in order to kill, eat, or otherwise harm them.
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Amanojaku – Small demon. Amarok – Giant wolf. Amarum – Water boa spirit. Amazake-babaa – Disease-causing hag. Amemasu – Lake monster. Ammit (Ancient Egyptian) – Female demon who was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile and devoured the souls of the wicked.
Pages in category "Female legendary creatures" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 211 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson (c. 1220): The Valkyries, female creatures (often depicted as winged) of Norse mythology, who choose which fighters live and die in battle Roman de Mélusine by Jean d'Arras (1392–94): Mélusine , a water spirit of European folklore [ 1 ]
A.A. Barb connected Abyzou and similar female demons to the story of the primeval sea, Abzu, in ancient Mesopotamian religion.Barb argued that although the name "Abyzou" appears to be a corrupted form of the Greek ἄβυσσος ábyssos ' abyss ', [3] the Greek itself was borrowed from Akkadian Apsu or Sumerian Abzu.
Kigatilik – Night-demon; Kholomodumo – Gluttonous monster that was one of the first beasts of creation; Kijimunaa – Tree sprite from Okinawa; Kijo – She-devil; Kikimora – Female house spirit; Killmoulis (English and Scottish) – Ugly, mischievous mill spirit; Kinnara – Human-bird hybrid
Empusa – Female demon that waylays travelers and seduces and kills men; Encantado – Dolphin-human shapeshifter; Enchanted Moor – Enchanted princesses; Enfield – Fox-greyhound-lion-wolf-eagle hybrid; Engkanto – Neutral nature spirit; Enkō – Kappa of Shikoku and western Honshū