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Word seems far more ancient than Islam and may be origin of the word Behemoth in modern Judeo-Christian lore. Bake-kujira – Ghost whale; Cetus – a monster with the head of a boar or a greyhound, the body of a whale or dolphin, and a divided, fan-like tail; Devil Whale – Whale capable of swallowing ships
Mummy – Undead creature who revives; Muma Pădurii (Romanian folklore) – Forest-dwelling hag; Mungoon-Gali (Australian Aboriginal) – Giant goanna; Muscaliet (Medieval bestiaries) – Hare-squirrel-boar hybrid that has an intense body heat; Muse (Greek mythology) – Spirits that inspire artists; Mushusshu (Mesopotamian mythology)
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.
Abaia – Huge magical eel. Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) – Savage humanoid with backward feet. Abath – One-horned animal. Abura-sumashi – Creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture. Acephali – Headless humanoids. Acheri – Disease-bringing ghost. Achiyalabopa – Huge bird god.
Nasnas – Half-human, half-demon creature with half a body; Nav' – Ghost; Nawao – Savage humanoid; N-dam-keno-wet – Fish-human hybrid; Neptune (Roman mythology) – God of freshwater and sea; Neck (Germanic mythology) – Female water spirit; Negret – Little people that turn into coins
Bak (Indian) – Assamese shape-shifting aqueous creature; Bake-kujira – Ghostly whale skeleton that drifts along the coastline of Shimane Prefecture; Bakeneko – Magical cat; Bakezōri – Animated straw sandal; Bakhtak – Night demon named Shaina; Baku – Dream-devouring, tapir-like creature
Legendary creatures of the Argentine Northwest region; Mythical creatures in Burmese folklore; List of Greek mythological creatures; List of legendary creatures from Japan; List of Philippine mythological creatures; Supernatural beings in Slavic folklore
Legendary creature, a folkloric or mythological creature Anthropomorphic animal, a non-human entity attributed with human traits, emotions, or intentions; Cryptid, an animal that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science