List of legendary creatures (L)

A statue of Rangda, the queen of the Leyak.

1. La-bar-tu (Assyrian) – Disease demon
2. Labbu (Akkadian) – Sea snake
3. Lady midday (Slavic) – Sunstroke spirit
4. Ladon (Greek) – Dragon guarding the golden apples of the Hesperides
5. Laelaps (Greek) – Enchanted dog that always caught his prey
6. Laestrygonians (Greek) – Anthropophagic giants
7. Lakanica (Slavic) – Field spirit
8. Lake monster (Worldwide) – Gigantic animals reported to inhabit various lakes around the world
9. Lakhey (Nepalese) – Demon with fangs
10. La Llorona (Latin America) – Death spirit associated with drowning
11. Lamassu (Akkadian and Sumerian) – Protective spirit with the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion
12. Lambton Worm (English) – Giant worm
13. Lamia (Greek) – Child-devouring monster
14. Lamiak (Basque) – Water spirit with duck-like feet
15. La Mojana (Colombian) – Shapeshifting, female water spirit
16. Lampades (Greek) – Underworld nymph
17. Landvættir (Norse) – Nature spirits
18. Langmeidong (Meitei mythology) – Semi human, semi hornbill creature
19. Lares (Roman) – House spirit
20. La Sayona (Venezuela) – Female ghost that punishes unfaithful husbands
21. La Tunda (Colombian) – Nature spirit that seduces and kills men
22. Lava bear – Miniature bear thought to inhabit the lava beds of south central Oregon
23. Laukų dvasios (Lithuanian) – Field spirit
24. Lauma (Baltic) – Sky spirit
25. Lavellan (Scottish) – Gigantic water rat
26. Leanan sidhe (Celtic) – Fairy lover
27. Leanashe (Irish) – Possessing spirit or vampire
28. Leimoniads (Greek) – Meadow nymph
29. Leokampoi (Etruscan) – Fish-tailed lion
30. Leontophone (Medieval Bestiary) – Tiny animal poisonous to lions
31. Leprechaun (Irish) – Cobbler spirit
32. Leszi (Slavic) – Tree spirit
33. Leuce (Greek) – White poplar tree nymph
34. Leucrota (Medieval Bestiary) – Crocotta-lion hybrid
35. Leviathan (Jewish) – Sea monster seen in Job 41
36. Leyak (Balinese) – Anthropophagous flying head with entrails
37. Libyan Aegipanes (Medieval Bestiaries) – Human-horse hybrid
38. Libyan Satyr (Medieval Bestiaries) – Human-goat hybrid
39. Lidérc (Hungary) – Magical chicken that transforms into a humanoid
40. Lietuvēns (Latvia) - Soul of a murdered person
41. Lightning Bird (Southern Africa) – Magical bird found at sites of lightning strikes
42. Likho (Slavic) – One-eyed hag or goblin
43. Lilin (Jewish) – Night-demoness
44. Lilitu (Assyrian) – Winged demon
45. Limnades (Greek) – Lake nymph
46. Lindworm (Germanic) – Dragon
47. Ljósálfar (Norse) – Sunlight spirits; the Light Elves
48. Ljubi (Albanian) – Demoness
49. Llamhigyn Y Dwr (Welsh) – Frog-bat-lizard hybrid
50. Loch Ness Monster (Scottish) – Serpentine sea monster
51. Loki (Norse mythology) – God of night
52. Lo-lol (Abenaki) – Hideous monster
53. Lóng – Chinese dragon
54. Long Ma (Chinese) – Dragon-horse hybrid
55. Loogaroo (French America) – Shapeshifting, female vampire
56. Lou Carcolh (French) – Snake-mollusk hybrid
57. Loup-garou (French) – Werewolf
58. Loveland frog (American Folklore) (Ohio) – Cryptid, Humanoid Frog
59. Lubber fiend (English) – House spirit
60. Luduan (Chinese) – Truth-detecting animal
61. Lugat (Albanian) – Vampire
62. Lui-kong-tsiau (Taiwanese) – Thunderbird
63. Luison (Guaraní) – Werewolf | Cadaver-eating dog
64. Lusca – Sea Monster
65. Lutin (French) – Amusing goblin
66. Lyngbakr
67. Lynx (Medieval Bestiaries) – Feline guide spirit