Bahamut (Arabic) – Whale monster whose body supports the earth. Word seems far more ancient than Islam and may have the same origin as the word Behemoth in modern Judeo-Christian lore
Gveleshapi (Gregorian) - Snake-whale monster associated with lakes, rivers and springs. Said to be causes of floods and other water related disasters
Lavellan (Scottish) – Water shrew or water vole with poisonous abilities, said to be able to injure cattle over a hundred feet away
Makara (Hindu mythology) – Half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually of a fish, a seal, or a snake, though sometimes a peacock or even a floral tail is depicted)
Chaffee Spider - (American) species of larger than average cave spider kept as pest control and guard dogs by early settlers in Chaffee, Colorado, before mysteriously vanishing off the face of the earth
Iktomi (Lakota) – Trickster spider. Also known in parts of the Rockies
Thunderbird (Native American) – Legendary bird spirit that brings storms, found primarily among the cultures of the Pacific Northwest, but also the American Southwest, Great Lakes, and Great Plains
Bjarndyrakongur (Icelandic) – King of bears. Stems from Polar Bear sightings in Iceland being extremely rare, but not unheard of. Has a shining horn on its head topped with a ball and red patches on cheeks
Adlet (Inuit) – Tribe of hybrid dog people birthed from a woman who married her dog. Were banished for preying on humans.
Akhlut (Inuit) – Wolf-orca hybrid monster that hunts on both land and sea.
Amarok (Inuit) – Giant solitary wolf that hunts at night
Anubis (Egyptian) – Jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife
Aralez (Armenian) – Winged dogs that descend from heaven and resurrect fallen warriors by licking their wounds
Asena (Altai/Turkish) – She-wolf impregnated by mythical founder of a tribe called the Golturks. They came to Turkey from Altai in Siberia during the empire of Ghengis Khan
Beast of Gévaudan (French) – Man-eating wolf, terrorized the province of Gévaudan
Carbuncle (Chilote) – One of its many descriptions is a small, luminescent dog [2]
Cerberus (Greek, Roman) – Multi-headed dog, guards the gates of the Underworld, son/brother of Orthrus
Chupacabra (Latin American) – Alleged creature reputed to attack and drink the blood of livestock, occasionally described with bat-like features. Sometimes thought to resemble, or mistaken for a hairless coyote
Cu Sith or Cusith (Irish, Scottish, Hebridean) – A hellhound, a highland harbinger of death
Crocotta – Mythical dog-wolf that can imitate human voices, supposedly found in India or Ethiopia
Cynocephaly – Humanoids with the head of a dog or jackal
Dogs of Actaeon (Greek) – Hunting dogs that turned on Actaeon after he was turned into a deer
Failinis (Irish) – Legendary hound with a number of abilities
Fenrir (Norse) – Monstrous wolf destined to kill Odin
Gelert (Welsh) – Dog killed out of error by Welsh King, thinking it had murdered his infant child
Hellhound (Worldwide) – Supernatural dogs, bringers of death
Huli jing (Chinese) or Kitsune (Japanese) or Kumiho (Korean) – Fox spirits, like Fairies
Huodou (Chinese) – a large black dog that can emit flames from its mouth
Hvcko Capko (Seminole) – Also Long Ears, Stinky Wolf. A horse sized wolf with extra large, pointed ears, a horse's tail and reeks of rot and death. Prolonged exposure to its stench causes deadly illness
Kludde (Belgium) – demon summoned from the ashes of witches taking the form of a black wolf with bat wings, a birds beak and bear claws. Has glowing eyes, shapeshifting abilities and great speed
Orthrus (Greek) – two headed dog, father/brother of Cerberus
Papa-mel or Papamel – Dog of the Amazonian Curupira
Penghou (Chinese) – tree spirit that appears like a black dog and tastes like dog-meat
Psoglav (Bosnia) – Humanoid monster with dog's head, horse's legs, one eye and iron teeth.
Salawa – the "Typhonian Animal," a slender, vaguely canine-animal that is the totemic animal of Set
Sigbin (Philippine) – is a creature in Philippine mythology
Sky Fox (mythology) (Chinese) – Celestial nine-tailed Fox Spirit that is 1,000 years old and has golden fur
Shug Monkey – dog/monkey creature found in Cambridgeshire (Britain)
Tanuki (Japanese) – Japanese raccoon dog, legends claim is a shapeshifting trickster
Tulikettu (Finnish) – Fox with flaming fur, whose skin is said to be a safer alternative for lighting than fire. Catching on in a hunt will guarantee riches. Gives name to the northern lights
Kasha (Japanese) – Corpse stealing yōkai, sometimes originating as a cat
Nekomata (Japanese) – Cat yōkai from both mountains and domestic areas
Nue (Japanese) – Hybrid of monkey, tiger, tanuki and snake. Considered a yokai
Panther (Greek) – Wildcat with multicolored hide. Attracts prey with sweet smelling breath and is often ridden by and associated with the god, Dionysus
Pard (Greek) – Early Greek understanding of a leopard. It was also surmised that cheetahs were a hybrid of a lion and a pard, hence calling those leopards instead of what we now call leopards
Phantom cat, Alien Big Cat (Modern, Worldwide) – Wildcat that seems to appear far beyond its native range by unknown circumstance
Tarand (European) also Parandrus. Antelope or deerlike creature said to be found in Ethiopia that can change the color of its fur at will to camouflage itself
Buraq – Al-Burāq, steed from the heavens that transported the prophets (Islam)
Centaur – head, arms, and torso of a human, the body and legs of a horse (Greek)
Cheval Gauvin – horse which tries to kill its rider (French/Swiss)
Cheval Mallet; horse that tempts and kidnaps weary travelers (French)
Chiron – centaur believed to be exceptional among his brethren (Greek)
Chollima – a winged horse too swift to be mounted by any mortal (Chinese)
Drapé - (France) Ghostly horse who spirits away children wandering at night to an unknown location, never to be seen again.
Gytrash (English) – shapeshifting spirit usually taking the form of a horse, mule or other animal that appears to the lost and leads them to their destination
Pooka – spirits or fairies who lived near ancient stones; could be good or bad (Ireland)
Sleipnir – Odin's eight-legged horse, which he rode to Hel (Norse)
Simurgh – like the Hippogriff with the head of a human (Persian)
Sihuanaba – shapeshifting spirit that typically appears as a beautiful, long-haired woman when seen from behind, before revealing her face to be that of a horse
Tikbalang – creature with the body of a man and the head and hooves of a horse that lurks in the mountains and forests (Philippines)
Quugaarpak - (Inuit) Explanation for Mammoths & other Ice Age remains washing out of riversides. Underworld monsters who dig their way up to the human world, but die upon breathing our air.
O'nya:ten (Iroquoian) aka Dry Fingers. Mummified hand. Appears and leaps out at people after certain transgressions, such as speaking ill of the dead, or butting into other people's personal business.
Snake Tree- (Lakota) Tree brought to life by a witch. Lashes out at anything that comes close with branches covered in poisonous thorns that paralyze the victim.
Tei Pai Wanka - (Wampanoag) Term for swamp lights in Algonquian lore. Enslaved souls of people taken by the Little People who are used to scare people who've done wrong or lure them to their deaths.
Anaye - (Navajo) various monsters that take the forms of animals, living objects and other things. Derived from a time where men and women bet on who would last the longest without the other sex and the women pleasuring themselves with whatever random things they thought would do the job, which caused their chosen toys to father them monstrous, man-eating children.
^ abMontecino Aguirre, Sonia (2015). "Alicanto". Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos (in Spanish). Catalonia. pp. 47–48. ISBN978-956-324-375-8.
^ abcdMontecino Aguirre, Sonia (2015). "Carbunclo". Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos (in Spanish). Catalonia. p. 130. ISBN978-956-324-375-8.
^ abcMontecino Aguirre, Sonia (2015). "Llamas". Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos (in Spanish). Catalonia. p. 415. ISBN978-956-324-375-8.
^"Geryon". Theoi. Retrieved 10 February 2017. a three-bodied, four-winged giant