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List of legendary creatures (S)

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Saci Pererê
  1. Saci (Brazilian) – One-legged nature spirit
  2. Sack Man (Worldwide)
  3. Sagari (Japanese) – Horse head that dangles from trees on Kyūshū
  4. Sakabashira (Japanese) – Haunted pillar, installed upside-down
  5. Salamander (Alchemy) – Fire elemental
  6. Samebito (Japanese) – Shark-man servant of the dragon king of the sea
  7. Samodiva (Slavic) – Nature spirit
  8. Sampati (Hindu) – The demigod Jatayu's brother
  9. Sandman (Northern Europe) – Nursery spirit that induces sleep in children
  10. Sango (South Western Nigeria) – Yoruba king of arts, music, dance and entertainment
  11. Santelmo (Philippine) – Spirits in the form of fireballs that roam around the forest
  12. Santa Claus (North Pole-European folklore) – Elderly man who delivers gifts to well-behaved children on the night of Christmas Eve
  13. Sânziană (Romanian) – Nature spirit
  14. Sarimanok (Philippine) – Bird of good fortune
  15. Sarngika (Hindu) – Bird spirit
  16. Sarugami (Japanese) – Wicked monkey spirit who was defeated by a dog
  17. Satori (Japanese) – Mind-reading humanoid
  18. Satan (Heaven-Abrahamic mythology) – Ruler of Hell
  19. Satyr (Greek) – Human-goat hybrid and fertility spirit
  20. Satyrus (Medieval Bestiary) – Apes who always bear twins, one the mother loves, the other it hates
  21. Sazae-oni (Japanese) – Shapeshifting turban snail spirit
  22. Sceadugenga (English) – Shapeshifting undead
  23. Scitalis (Medieval Bestiaries) – Snake which mesmerizes its prey
  24. Scorpion Man (Sumerian) – Human-scorpion hybrid
  25. Scylla (Greek) – Human-snake hybrid with a snake's tail, twelve legs, and six long-necked snake heads
  26. Sea-bee (Heraldic) – Fish-tailed bee
  27. Sea-lion
  28. Sea monk (Medieval folklore) – Fish-like humanoid
  29. Sea monster (Worldwide) – Giant, marine animals
  30. Sea serpent (Worldwide) – Serpentine sea monster
  31. Sea-Wyvern (Heraldic) – Fish-tailed wyvern
  32. Seko (Japanese) – Water spirit which can be heard making merry at night
  33. Selkie (Faroese, Icelandic, Irish, and Scottish) – Human-seal shapeshifter
  34. Senpoku-Kanpoku (Japanese) – Human-faced frog which guides newly deceased souls to the graveyard
  35. Seps (Medieval Bestiaries) – Snake with corrosive venom
  36. Serpent (Worldwide) – Snake spirit
  37. Serpopard (Ancient Egypt) – Serpent-leopard hybrid
  38. Shachihoko (Japanese) – Tiger-carp hybrid
  39. Shade (Worldwide) – Spiritual imprint
  40. Shadow People (American) – Malevolent ghost
  41. Shahbaz (Persian) – Giant eagle or hawk
  42. Shaitan (Islam) – Islamic version of the Devil (Satan) from the Bible
  43. Shang-Yang (Chinese) – Rain bird
  44. Shedim (Jewish) – Chicken-legged demon
  45. Shedu (Akkadian and Sumerian) – Protective spirit who takes the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion
  46. Shellycoat (English, Scottish and German, as schellenrocc) – Water spirit
  47. Shen (Chinese) – Shapeshifing sea monster
  48. Shenlong (Chinese) – Weather dragon
  49. Shibaten (Japanese) – Water spirit from Shikoku
  50. Shikigami (Japanese) – Servant spirit
  51. Shiki-ōji (Japanese) – Child-sized servant spirit
  52. Shikome (Japanese) – Underworld hag
  53. Shinigami (Japanese) – "Death god"
  54. Shiro-bōzu (Japanese) – White, faceless spirit
  55. Shirouneri (Japanese) – Animated mosquito netting or dust cloth
  56. Shiryō (Japanese) – Spirit of a dead person
  57. Shisa (Japanese) – Lion-dog hybrid
  58. Shishi (Chinese) – Protective animal
  59. Shōjō (Japanese) – Red-haired sea-sprites who love alcohol
  60. Shōkera (Japanese) – Creature that peers in through skylights
  61. Shtriga (Albanian) – Vampire witch that feeds on children
  62. Shui Gui (Chinese) – Drowned ghost
  63. Shug Monkey (English) – Dog/monkey
  64. Shunoban (Japanese) – Red-faced ghoul
  65. Shuten-dōji (Japanese) – Ruler of the Oni
  66. Sídhe – (Irish and Scottish) – Ancestral or nature spirit
  67. Sigbin (Philippine) – Goat-like vampire
  68. Sileni (Greek) – Bald, fat, thick-lipped, and flat-nosed followers of Dionysus
  69. Simargl (Slavic) – Winged dog
  70. Simurgh (Persian) – Dog-lion-peacock hybrid
  71. Singa (Batak) – Feline animal
  72. Sint Holo (Choctaw) – Serpentine rain spirit
  73. Siren (Greek) – Human-bird hybrid
  74. Sirin (Slavic) – Demonic human-headed bird
  75. Sirrush (Akkadian) – Dragon with aquiline hind legs and feline forelegs
  76. Sisiutl (American Indian) – Two-headed sea serpent
  77. Si-Te-Cah (Paiute) – Red-haired giants
  78. Sjörå (Norse) – Freshwater spirit
  79. Sjövættir (Norse) – Sea spirit
  80. Skin-walker (American Indian) – Animal-human shapeshifter
  81. Skogsrå (Scandinavian) – Forest spirit
  82. Sköll (Norse) – Wolf that chases the Sun
  83. Skookum (Chinook Jargon) – Hairy giant
  84. Skeleton (Medieval folklore) – Living skeletons
  85. Skrzak (Slavic) – Household spirit
  86. Sky Women (Polish) – Weather spirit
  87. Sleipnir (Norse) – Eight-legged horse
  88. Sluagh (Irish and Scottish) – Restless ghost
  89. Snow Lion (Tibetan) – Celestial animal
  90. Sodehiki-kozō (Japanese) – Invisible spirit which pulls on sleeves
  91. Sōgenbi (Japanese) – Fiery ghost of an oil-stealing monk
  92. Soragami (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon
  93. Soraki-gaeshi (Japanese) – Sound of trees being cut down, when later none seem to have been cut
  94. Sorobanbōzu (Japanese) – Ghost with an abacus
  95. Sōtangitsune (Japanese) – Fox spirit from Kyoto
  96. Soucouyant (Trinidad and Tobago) – Vampiric hag who takes the form of a fireball at night
  97. Spearfinger (Cherokee) – Sharp-fingered hag
  98. Spectre (Worldwide) – Terrifying ghost
  99. Sphinx (Greek) – Winged woman-headed lion
  100. Spiriduş (Romanian) – Little people
  101. Spirit – Ghosts
  102. Spriggan (Cornish) – Guardians of graveyards and ruins
  103. Sprite (Medieval folklore) – little people, ghosts or elves
  104. Squonk (American) – Ugly and lonely creature capable of evading capture by dissolving itself into a pool of tears
  105. Stihi (Albanian) – Demonic dragon who guards a treasure
  106. Strigoi (Romanian) – Vampire
  107. Strix (Roman) – Vampiric bird
  108. Struthopodes (Medieval Bestiaries) – Humanoid whose males have enormous feet, and females have tiny feet
  109. Strzyga (Slavic) – Vampiric undead
  110. Stuhać (Slavic) – Malevolent mountain spirit
  111. Stymphalian Bird (Greek) – Metallic bird
  112. Suangi (New Guinea) – Cannibalistic sorcerer
  113. Succubus (Medieval folklore) – Female night-demon
  114. Sudice (Slavic) – Fortune spirit
  115. Sunakake-baba (Japanese) – Sand-throwing hag
  116. Sunekosuri (Japanese) – Small dog- or cat-like creature that rubs against a person's legs at night
  117. Surma (Finnish) – Hellhound
  118. Suzaku (Japanese) – Japanese version of the Chinese Vermillion Bird
  119. Svaðilfari (Norse) – Unnatural strong horse, father of Sleipnir
  120. Svartálfar (Norse) – Cavern spirits; the Black Elves
  121. The Swallower (Ancient Egyptian) – Crocodile-leopard-hippopotamus hybrid
  122. Swan maiden (Worldwide) – Swan-human shapeshifter
  123. Sylph (Alchemy) – Air elemental
  124. Sylvan (Medieval folklore) – Forest spirit
  125. Syrbotae (Medieval Bestiaries) – African giant
  126. Syrictæ (Medieval Bestiaries) – Reptilian humanoid
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