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Native American demons (2 C, 16 P) G. Native American giants (13 P) I. ... Pages in category "Legendary creatures of the indigenous peoples of North America"
Legendary creatures of the indigenous peoples of North America (10 C, 47 P) A. ... Native American mythology in popular culture (5 C, 2 P) Navajo mythology (13 P)
In North American mythologies, common themes include a close relation to nature and animals as well as belief in a Great Spirit that is conceived of in various ways. As anthropologists note, their great creation myths and sacred oral tradition in whole are comparable to the Christian Bible and scriptures of other major religions.
Thunderbird (Native American) – (Native American, American Southwest, Great Lakes, and Great Plains) Thoth (Ancient Egyptian) – deity; Turul – mythological bird of prey; Veðrfölnir - (Scandinavian) a hawk that sits atop an eagle that rests atop the world tree, Yggdrasil. Vucub Caquix – bird demon
Pope Lick Monster (American Folklore) Kentucky Urban Legend – Cryptid, a murderous creature that is part man, sheep, and goat; Popobawa – One-eyed creatures bat-like; Poubi Lai (Meitei mythology) – Evil dragon python from the Loktak lake; Pouākai – Giant bird; Preta (Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain) – Ghosts of especially greedy people
The following is a list of lists of legendary creatures, beings and entities from the folklore record. Entries consist of legendary and unique creatures , not of particularly unique individuals of a commonly known species.
Underwater panther (Native American) – Feline water spirit; Undine – Water elemental; Unhcegila – Dragon; Unicorn (Medieval Bestiaries) – Horse-like creature with the legs of an antelope, the tail of a lion and a single magical healing horn. Unktehi – Serpentine rain spirit; Unktehila – Reptilian water monster
List of creation myths; List of legendary creatures by type; List of mythology books and sources; List of mythological objects; List of culture heroes; List of world folk-epics; Lists of deities; Lists of legendary creatures; National myth; Mythopoeia