List of legendary creatures (M)

Contemporary poster of a Mami Wata, "serpent priestess" painted by Hamburg, German artist Schleisinger, c. 1926, displayed in shrines as a popular image of Mami Wata in Africa and in the Diaspora.^[1][2]

1. Maa-alused (Estonian mythology) – Subterranean spirit
2. Machlyes (Medieval bestiaries) – Hermaphroditic humanoid
3. Macrocephali (Medieval bestiaries) – Giant-headed humanoid
4. Madam Koi Koi (West African Mythology ) – Female ghost
5. Madremonte (Colombian folklore) – Nature guardian
6. Maero (Māori) – Savage, arboreal humanoids
7. Magog (English folklore) – Giant protector of London
8. Mahaha - Undead humanoids with long fingernails as claws.
9. Maha-pudma (Hindu mythology) – Giant elephant that holds up the world
10. Mahuika (Māori mythology) - Māori fire goddess
11. Mairu (Basque mythology) – Megalith-building giant
12. Mājas gari (Latvian mythology) – Benevolent house spirit
13. Majitu – in Swahili mythology, shape-shifting spirits that can pass as humans
14. Makara (Indian mythology) – Aquatic beings
15. Makura-gaeshi (Japanese mythology) – Pillow-moving spirit
16. Mallt-y-Nos (Welsh mythology) – Spirit of the hunt
17. Mami Wata (Africa and the African diaspora) – Supernaturally beautiful water spirits
18. Manananggal (Philippine mythology) – Vampires that sever their torsos from their legs to fly around
19. Mandi (Medieval bestiaries) – Humanoid with a forty-year lifespan
20. Mandrake (Medieval folklore) – Diminutive, animated construct
21. Manes (Roman mythology) – Ancestral spirits
22. Mannegishi (Cree) – Little people with six fingers and no noses
23. Manticore (Persian mythology) – Lion-human-scorpion hybrid
24. Mapinguari (Brazilian mythology) – Giant sloth
25. Mara (Scandinavian folklore) – Female night-demon
26. Marabbecca (Italian folklore) – Malevolent water spirit
27. Mare (Germanic and Slavic folklore) – Malicious entity of dream.
28. Mareikura (Tuamotu) – Attendant of Kiho-tumu, the supreme god
29. Mares of Diomedes (Greek mythology) – Man-eating horses
30. Marid (Arabian mythology) – Jinn associated fortune tellers
31. Marmennill (Norse mythology) – Mermen with prophetic abilities
32. Maro deivės (Lithuanian mythology) – Disease spirits
33. Marozi (Kenya) – Lion hybrid leopard
34. Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os (Abenaki mythology) – Shapeshifting toad spirit
35. Matagot (French mythology) – Spirit that takes animal form; usually that of a black cat
36. Matsya (Hindu mythology) – First Avatar of Vishnu in the form of a half-fish and half-man
37. Mayura (Hindu mythology) – Peacock spirit
38. Mazzikin (Jewish mythology) – Invisible, malevolent spirit
39. Mbói Tu'ĩ (Guaraní mythology) – Snake-parrot hybrid
40. Mbwiri (Central Africa) – Possessing demon
41. Medusa (Greek mythology) – Serpent-female hybrid (Gorgon) with numerous snake heads
42. Melek Taus- biblical bird
43. Meliae (Greek mythology) – Ash tree nymph
44. Melusine (Medieval folklore) – Female water spirit, with the form of a winged mermaid or serpent
45. Menehune (Hawaiian mythology) – Little people and craftsmen
46. Menninkäinen (Finnish mythology) – Little people and nature spirits
47. Merlion (Singapore) – Combination of a lion and a fish, the symbol of Singapore
48. Mermaid/Merman (multiple cultures) – Human-fish hybrid
49. Merlin (English mythology) – Elderly wizard
50. Merrow (Irish mythology and Scottish) – Human-fish hybrid
51. Metee-kolen-ol (Abenaki mythology) – Ice-hearted wizards
52. Mimi (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Extremely elongated humanoid that has to live in rock crevasses to avoid blowing away
53. Minka Bird (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Death spirit
54. Minokawa (Philippine) – Giant swallow
55. Minotaur (Greek mythology) – Human-bull hybrid
56. Mishibizhiw (Ojibwa) – Feline water spirit
57. Misi-ginebig (Ojibwa) – Serpentine rain spirit
58. Misi-kinepikw (Cree) – Serpentine rain spirit
59. Mizuchi (Japanese mythology) – Water dragon
60. Mogwai (Chinese mythology) – Vengeful ghost or demon
61. Mohan (Latin American folklore) – Nature spirit
62. Mokèlé-mbèmbé (Congo) – Water-dwelling creature
63. Mokoi (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Malevolent spirit that kills sorcerers
64. Mokorea (Polynesian mythology) – Amphibious humanoid living in the spirit world (underground world)
65. Moñái (Guaraní mythology) – Giant snake with antennae
66. Monocerus (Medieval bestiaries) – One-horned stag-horse-elephant-boar hybrid, sometimes treated as distinct from the unicorn
67. Mono Grande (South America) – Giant monkey
68. Monopod (Medieval bestiaries) – Dwarf with one giant foot
69. Mooinjer veggey (Manx folklore) – Nature spirit
70. Moon rabbit (Far Eastern folklore) – Legendary animal
71. Mora (Slavic mythology) – Disembodied spirit
72. Morgens (Breton and Welsh mythology) – Water spirits
73. Morinji-no-okama (Japanese mythology) – Animated tea kettle
74. Mormolykeia (Greek) – Underworld spirit
75. Moroi (Romanian) – Vampiric ghost
76. Mo-sin-a (Taiwanese folklore) – Mountain demon
77. Moss people (Continental Germanic mythology) – Little people and tree spirits
78. Mothman (American folklore) – Large grey winged humanoid with glowing red eyes
79. Mugwump (Canadian folklore) – Fish-like lake monster
80. Mujina (Japanese mythology) – Shapeshifting badger spirit
81. Muldjewangk (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Water monster
82. Multo (Philippine mythology) – Spirit of a deceased person seeking justice or has unfinished business
83. Mummy (Egyptian) – Undead creature who revives
84. Muma Pădurii (Romanian folklore) – Forest-dwelling hag
85. Mungoon-Gali (Australian Aboriginal) – Giant goanna
86. Muscaliet (Medieval bestiaries) – Hare-squirrel-boar hybrid that has an intense body heat
87. Muse (Greek mythology) – Spirits that inspire artists
88. Mushusshu (Mesopotamian mythology)
89. Musimon (Heraldic) – Sheep-goat hybrid
90. Myling (Scandinavian folklore) – Ghosts of unbaptized children
91. Myrmecoleon (Medieval bestiaries) – Ant-lion hybrid

References for M

1. Jell-Bahlsen 1997, p. 105
2. Chesi 1997, p. 255