Origin: Europe

Angel
An angel is a supernatural being found in many religions, whose duties are to assist and serve God. They typically act as messengers, as believed in the main three monotheistic religions.

Anthropophagi
Creatures from English folklore with no heads and a mouth in their chests. Their diminutive brain was located in their groin, and their eyes on their shoulders.

Banshee
In Irish folklore, the Bean Sidhe ("woman of the mounds") is a spirit or fairy who presage a death by wailing. She is popularly known as the Banshee. Whatever her origins, the banshee chiefly appears in one of three guises: a young woman, a stately matron or a raddled old hag which corresponds to the triple aspects of the Celtic goddess of war and death, namely Badhbh, Macha and Mor-Rioghain.
When seen, she is wearing the clothes of a country woman, usually white, but sometimes grey, brown, green or red. She often have long, fair white, blond hair which they brush with a silver comb as she laments, a detail scholar Patricia Lysaght attributes to confusion with local mermaid myths. This comb detail is also related to the centuries-old traditional romantic Irish story that, if you ever see a comb laying on the ground in Ireland, you must never pick it up, or the banshees, having placed it there to lure unsuspecting humans, will spirit such gullible humans away.

Basilisk
The basilisk or king of the serpents is a fabulous beast which has been depicted as the most dangerous that ever existed on Earth. His appearance has always been a matter of dispute since there is no way to see a basilisk and survive. Looking at it, according to legend, brings death. The basilisk was depicted in a few illuminated manuscripts in the Middle Ages but appeared much more often as an ornamental detail in church architecture, adorning capitals and medallions. The best representation of the basilisk is found in the decorative field of heraldry where the basilisk had the head and legs of a cock, a snake-like tail, and a body like a bird’s. It seems that the wings could be depicted as either being covered with feathers or scales.
The antique Romans called him "regulus" or little king, not only because of his crown, but because he terrorized all other creatures with his deadly look and poison. His color was either a greenish black or yellow, sometimes with a kind of blackish hue. Plinius mentioned a white spot on his head, which could be misinterpreted as a diadem or a crown. Others speak of three spikes on his forehead.

Beast of Bodmin Moor
The Beast of Bodmin is a phantom wild cat which ranges in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. The creature looks like a black panther to some extent but other describe it as a cougar. Bodmin Moor became a centre of these sightings with occasional reports of mutilated slain livestock: the alleged leopard-like cats of the same region came to be popularly known as the Beast of Bodmin Moor. There have also been recent sightings in Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire.

Boogyman
The boogyman is a legendary ghost-like monster that children often believe is real. The bogeyman has no specific appearance. He is sometimes equated with specific real-life persons, such as serial killer Albert Fish. The term bogeyman is also used metaphorically to mean a person or thing of which someone else has an irrational fear.
The commonest of childhood fears associated with the bogeyman is that of someone (usually a monster) hiding in one's room (such as behind the door or under the bed). The bogeyman is said to lurk like this and then attack the sleeper.

Callicantzaros
The callicantzaros is a Greek vampire which attack people and tear them up on the holy days between Christmas and Epiphany. They often appear in half-human, half-animal shapes and are active during the time from the beginning of Christmas to New Year's Day. They roam the countryside and enter villages at night but sleep in caves during the daytime. At the end of this period, they travel down caverns or other tunnels to Hades in the bowels of the earth. While on the world's surface, a male Callicantzaros is apt to kidnap a mortal woman to bring her back with him to the underworld as his bride and have children with her who also became callicantzaroi.

Centaur
Centaurs are human-horse hybrids in Greek mythology and the followers of the wine god Dionysus. The head, arms, and chest of the centaur are human while the rest of its body, including four legs, hindquarters, and a tail is like that of a horse.
In early Attic vase-paintings centaurs were represented as human beings in front, with the body and hind legs of a horse attached to the back. The depiction of centaurs on painted vases changed after the Archaic period: from the sixth century BCE onwards, centaurs were depicted with a horse's body and a human torso joined at the waist to the horse's withers where the horse's neck would be

Cerberus
Cerberus was the guardian hound of Hades, the Greek Underworld, and a faithful servant of Hades (the god who ruled that gloomy realm). He was represented as a grotesque dog who had three heads, all of which snarled at those foolish enough to attempt to leave the Underworld; the hound was also said to sport the tail of a snake.

Chimera
In Greek mythology, the Chimera is the monstrous creature of Greek mythology classicaly fought by the hero Bellerophon. Its name can also refer to any monster of mismatched animal parts especially in church statuary. Descriptions vary – some say it had the body of a goat, the tail of a snake or European dragon and the head of a lion, though others say it had heads of both the goat and lion, with a snake for a tail. It is generally considered to have been female, despite the mane adorning its lion's head. All descriptions, however, agree that it breathed fire from one or more of its heads.
Sighting the chimera was a sign of storms, shipwrecks, and natural disasters (particularly volcanos). In Medieval Christian art, the chimera appears as a symbol of Satanic forces.

Cyclops
In Greek mythology a Cyclops, or Kyklops (Greek Κύκλωψ), is a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his forehead. The plural is Cyclopes or Kyklopes.

Dryad
Dryads are female spirits in Greek mythology. Dryads, like all nymphs, were supernaturally long-lived and tied to their homes, but some were a step beyond most nymphs. These were the hamadryads who were an integral part of their trees, such that if the tree died, the hamadryad associated with it died as well. For these reasons, dryads and the Greek gods punished any mortals who harmed trees without first propitiating the tree-nymphs.

Echidna
Echidna was called the "Mother of All Monsters" and described by Hesiod as a female monster spawned in a cave, who mothered with her mate Typhon every major monster in the Greek mythos. She was depicted with the face and torso of a beautiful woman, sometimes wings in archaic vase-paintings, and always with the body of a serpent. She is also sometimes described as having two serpent's tails. Karl Kerenyi noted an archaic vase-painting with a pair of echidnas performing sacred rites in a vineyard, while on the opposite side of the vessel, goats were attacking the vines. Echidna as protector of the vineyard perhaps.

Eurynome
Eurynome is a lunar Goddess of ancient Greek religion and a demon in modern demonology. She was represented by a statue of what we would call a mermaid. According to Collin de Plancy, Eurynome wears a fox skin to cover the sores covering his body, and he has huge teeth. A statue of him exists in the temple of Delphi depicting him having a black complexion, huge wolf-like teeth, and sitting on a vulture skin. Pausanias said he fed on carrion and dead bodies.

Fury
n Greek mythology the Erinyes or Eumenides (the Romans called them the Furies) were female personifications of vengeance. The Furies were considered hideous in appearance. Like the Keres, they take the appearance of clawed women dressed in black and red with hair bristling of serpants. Sometimes they had the wings of a bat or bird, or the body of a dog. They carry whips and torches and are seen pursuing their victims. Despite their negative interactions with humans, they were called Eumenides, or "kindly ones" in remembrance of their indulgence when Orest seek refuge after his mother’s murder. They are sometimes represented by flies which harass their victims as remorse.

Gargouille
The gargouille was a mythological water dragon originating from France. The Gargouille is described as a colossal monster with a long neck, a slender snout and eyes greaming like moonstones.

Gigante
In Greek mythology, the Gigantes were a race of giants, who defied the olympians gods.

Goblins
Goblin is a general term that can apply either to the ugliest members of the fae, or to certain sub-races. Those fae numbered among the goblin subraces, include the Scottish Trows, English Spriggans, Welsh Knockers, Cornish Knockers, German Kobolds and Wichtlein, the Irish Phooka and even Shakespeare's infamous Puck .
Aka: Hobgobs, Gobelins, Hob-thrush, Blobins, Bogles, Bogies, Brags, Boggarts

Gorgon
In Greek mythology, the Gorgons were vicious female monsters with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. They were said to live in the west, near the ocean, and guard the entrance to the underworld. A stone head or picture of a gorgon was often placed or drawn on temples and graves to avert evil, but also on the shields of soldiers. Such a head could also be found on the older coins of Athens.

Hamadryad
Hamadryads are Greek nymphs that live in trees. They are a specific species of dryad, which are a particular type of nymph. Hamadryads are born bonded to a specific tree. If their tree died, the hamadryad associated with it died as well. For that reason, dryads and the gods punished any mortals who harmed trees.

Harpy
The Harpyiai (or Harpies) were the spirits of sudden, sharp gusts of wind. They were known as the hounds of Zeus and were despatched by the god to snatch away people and things from the earth. In earlier versions of Greek myth, Harpies were described as beautiful, winged guardians. Later they became fierce, filthy, winged monsters who had characteristics of a bird and a woman, similar to that of the early Sirens. Their hideous faces of women with sharp claws mounted on the bodies of vultures inspired both horror and disgust. They could fly as fast as a bolt of lightening.

Hippocampus
The hippocamp or hippocampus, often called a sea-horse in English, is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician and Greek mythology. They were depicted as hybrid creatures with the head and fore-parts of a horse and the serpentine tail of a fish. In mosaic art they were often covered with green scales and had fish-fin manes and appendages. The ancients believed they were the adult-form of the fish we call the "sea-horse".

Ichthyocentaur
In Greek mythology the Ichthyocentaur is a fish-centaur, or a particular kind of Triton. The sea creature is described as having the forefeet of a horse in addition to the human body and the fish tail. It is sometimes represented with a pair of lobster-claw horns. Traditionally, he is shown blowing on a conch shell to raise or calm a storm. Triton and other sea gods were sometimes also depicted in ancient mosaics as Ichthyocentaurs.

Incubus
In European medieval legend, an incubus is a demon in male form supposed to lie upon sleepers, especially on women in order to have sexual intercourse with them. They are also believed to do this in order to spawn other incubi. In medieval Europe, union with an incubus was supposed by some to result in the birth of witches, demons, and deformed human offspring. The legendary magician Merlin was said to have been fathered by an incubus. They will often visit the same victim repeatedly. A victim of an incubus will experience the visits as dreams. Religious tradition holds that repeated intercourse with such a spirit by either males or females (the female version of the incubus is called a succubus) may result in the deterioration of health, or even death.

Ipotane
In Greek mythology, Ipotanes were a race of half-horse, half-humans, unlike the satyrs, who were half-goat. The typical Ipotane looked overall human, but had the legs, hindquarters, tail, and ears of a horse. However, some had humanlike rather than horselike legs (compare with early Centaurs, whose front legs were often humanlike).

Jocu Mate
An equivalent being to the Devil or Velns in Latvian mythology. It does not have a special name or translation in English. Jodi (the plural form) are evil spirits that figure around in Latvian folklore. It is not clear, what they do or what are their actions as evil - they are just evil spirits...

Ker
In Greek mythology, the Keres (singular: Ker) were female death-spirits and sources of evils. In some texts, Ker is the single goddess of violent death. They were described as dark beings clad in red with gnashing teeth, sharp claws and with a thirst for human blood. They would hover over the battlefield and search for dying and wounded men.

Leimakid
In Greek mythology, Leimakids were nymphs of meadows.

Merman
Mermen are mythical male legendary creatures who are human from the waist up and fish-like from the waist down, whose consorts were their female counterparts, the more commonly known mermaids. In Greek mythology, mermen were often illustrated to have green seaweed-like hair, a beard, and a trident.

Minotaur
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur (Greek: Μινόταυρος, Minótauros) is a monstrous double, sometimes with the head of a bull and the body of a man or, conversely, with the body of a bull and the head of a man. In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature that was part man and part bull. It dwelt in the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze constructed for King Minos of Crete and designed by the architect Daedalus to hold the Minotaur. The actual historical site of Knossos is usually identified as the site of the labyrinth. The Minotaur was eventually killed by Theseus.
"Minotaur" is Greek for "Bull of Minos". The bull was also known as Asterius or Asterion, a name shared with Minos's foster father.

Naiad
In Greek mythology, the Naiads were a type of nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks, as river gods embodied rivers, and some very ancient spirits inhabited the still waters of marshes, ponds and lagoon-lakes, such as pre-Mycenaean Lerna in the Argolid.

Nereid
In Greek mythology, the Nereids are blue-haired sea nymphs, daughters of Nereus and Doris. They often accompany Poseidon and are always friendly and helpful towards sailors fighting perilous storms. They are associated with the Mediterranean Sea. Nereids were depicted as youthful, beautiful maidens, sometimes clothed, sometimes naked. They were often shown holding fish in their hands. They appeared in the retinue of Poseidon accompanied by Tritones and other sea monsters, and riding dolphins, hippokampoi, and other sea animals. Thetis was often portrayed as their unofficial leader.

Nymph
In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of female nature entities, either bound to a particular location or landform or joining the retinue of a god or goddess. Nymphs were the frequent target of lusty satyrs.

Ogre
In folklore and fairy tales, an ogre (feminine: ogress) are large humanoid creature who live on human flesh. An ogre is a large, mean and hideous humanoid monster, larger and broader than a man but somewhat shorter than a giant. In art, ogres are often depicted with a large head, abundant hair and beard, a huge belly, and a strong body. The term "ogre" can also mean a feared, overauthoritative, and abusive person.

Ouroboros
The Ouroboros, (Ourorboros, Oroborus, Uroboros or Uroborus) is an ancient serpent swallowing its own tail and forming a circle. The ouroboros has been important in religious and mythological symbolism, but has also been frequently used in alchemical illustrations. More recently, it has been interpreted by psychologists as having an archetypal significance to the human psyche.

Phoenix
There are many, many descriptions of this legendary bird. Al-Jili considers the phoenix a prime example of unseen things, which can only be understood through their names and attributes. Some describe the phoenix as an eagle-sized bird; half eagle and half pheasant. Others say it is heron-like or a conglomeration of the most beautiful parts of all the birds in the world. Its name comes from the Greek word for "purple" because the phoenix is associated with fire and the sun. It has been described as golden or multi-colored. Some say it never eats. Others say it eats only dew. Most believe there is only one of its kind and it lives alone in Arabia or Ethiopia. All agree it is a bird of great beauty.

Reaper
The reaper is Death personified, a figure or fictional character which has existed in mythology and popular culture since the earliest days of storytelling. Because the reality of death has had a substantial influence on the human psyche and the development of civilization as a whole, the personification of Death as a living, sentient entity is a concept that has existed in all known societies since the beginnings of recorded history. In the United States death is usually shown as a skeletal figure wearing a midnight black gown with a hood, while in Europe he is often depicted similarly, but dressed in white, which is the traditional colour worn at funerals in many places

Satyr
Satyrs in Greek mythology are woodland creatures depicted as having the pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry. Satyrs are most commonly described as having the upper half of a man and the lower half of a goat. They are also described as possessing a long thick tail, either that of a goat or a horse. Mature satyrs are often depicted with goat's horns, while juveniles are often shown with bony nubs on their foreheads.

Siren
In the Sirens or Seirenes were Naiad (sea nymphs) approaching sailors were drawn to them by their enchanting singing, causing them to sail on the cliffs and drown. In early Greek art the Sirens were represented as birds with the heads, and sometimes chests, of women. Later, they were represented as female figures with the legs of birds, with or without wings playing a variety of musical instruments. The 10th century encyclopedia Suda says that from their chests up Sirens had the form of sparrows, below they were women, or, alternatively, that they were little birds with women's faces. Birds were chosen because of their characteristic beautiful voice. However, later in history Sirens were sometimes also depicted as beautiful women (whose bodies, not only their voices, are seductive), or even as mermaids.

Stymphalian Bird
The Stymphalian Birds or Stymphalides were a flock of man-eating birds which haunted Lake Stymphalis in Arkadia before Herakles destroyed them as his sixth labour. The Stymphalides were sometimes identified with the arrow-shooting Ornithes Areioi (Birds of Ares) encountered by the Argonauts in the Black Sea. They are described in different ways, but most commonly as voracious birds of prey, which attacked even men, and which were armed with brazen wings, from which they could shoot out their feathers like arrows.

Succubus
A succubus is a female demon that seduces men (especially monks) in dreams to have sexual intercourse. They draw energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death of the victim. The appearance of succubi varies just about as much as that of demons in general; there is no single definitive depiction. However, they are almost universally depicted as alluring women with unearthly beauty, often with demonic batlike wings; occasionally, they will be given other demonic features (horns, a tail with a spaded tip, snakelike eyes, hooves, etc). Occasionally they appear simply as an attractive woman in dreams that the victim cannot seem to get off their mind. They lure males and in some cases, the male has seemed to fall "in love" with her. Even out of the dream she will not leave his mind. She will remain there slowly draining energy from him.

Trenti
The Trenti (El Trenti) also known as musgoso or simiot is an imp-like creature from the folklore of Spain. The Trenti is annoying but not malicious. In summer, he sleeps under trees, in winter he prefers shelter. This creature tends to stay away from humans but it does like to jump out of the bushes and scare innocent walkers. Its favorite prank is to pull women's skirts.

Unicorn
The Unicorn is a mythical creature. Strong, wild, and fierce, it was impossible to tame by man. Pliny, the Roman naturalist records it as "a very ferocious beast, similar in the rest of its body to a horse, with the head of a deer, the feet of an elephant, the tail of a boar, a deep, bellowing voice, and a single black horn, two cubits in length, standing out in the middle of its forehead

Vampire
Vampires are mythical or folkloric creatures, typically held to be the re-animated corpses of human beings and said to subsist on human and/or animal blood (hematophagy), often having unnatural powers, heightened bodily functions, and/or the ability to physically transform. Some cultures have myths of non-human vampires, such as demons or animals like bats, dogs, and spiders. Vampires are often described as having a variety of additional powers and character traits, extremely variable in different traditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, cinema, and contemporary fiction.

Werewolf
A werewolf (Or Lycanthrope) in folklore and mythology is a person who shapeshifts into a wolf, either purposely, by using magic, or after being placed under a curse. The medieval chronicler Gervase of Tilbury associated the transformation with the appearance of the full moon, but this concept was rarely associated with the werewolf until the idea was picked up by modern fiction writers. Most modern references agree that a werewolf can be killed if shot by a silver bullet, although this is more a reflection of fiction's influence than an authentic feature of the folk legends. Werewolves are sometimes held to become vampires after death.

Xana
Xana are a fairy nymph of extraordinary beauty believed to live in fountains, rivers, waterfalls or forested regions with pure water. Always female, they are usually described as small or slender with long blonde or light brown hair (most often curly), which they tends to with gold or silver combs woven from sun or moonbeams. A xana is a beneficial spirit, offering love water to travelers and rewards of gold or silver to those found worthy through some undefined judgment. Their hypnotic voices can be heard during spring and summer nights. Those who have a pure soul and hear the song will be filled with a sense of peace and love. Those whose souls are not pure will feel they are being suffocated and may be driven insane. Xanas have children, which are called xaninos, but because they cannot take care of them, they usually take a human baby from his cradle, and put their own fairy child in instead.

Zana E Malit
Zana e malit is derived from the Albanian word “Zane” or “Zëre” which means "fairy of the mountain". The plural form of “zana” is “zanë”, a term from pre-Roman Paleo-Balkan origin. It is also associated to Latin Diana and Bardha. According to the people in Northern Albania and Kosovo, all mountains in their area have zana. It often appear as a fair maiden that takes a bath in the mountain streams. The zana is described as a brave and terrifying enemy who can grant protection on the soldiers. The creature is also believed to posses a power that can frighten humans with a glance.