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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. Senbiki Okami \- Wolf spirits
35. Senpoku-Kanpoku (Japanese) – Human-faced frog which guides newly deceased souls to the graveyard
36. Seps (Medieval Bestiaries) – Snake with corrosive venom
37. Serpent (Worldwide) – Snake spirit
38. Serpopard (Ancient Egypt) – Serpent-leopard hybrid
39. Shachihoko (Japanese) – Tiger-carp hybrid
40. Shade (Worldwide) – Spiritual imprint
41. Shadow People (American) – Malevolent ghost
42. Shahbaz (Persian) – Giant eagle or hawk
43. Shaitan (Islam) – Islamic version of the Devil (Satan) from the Bible
44. Shang-Yang (Chinese) – Rain bird
45. Shapeshifter
46. Shedim (Jewish) – Chicken-legged demon
47. Shedu (Akkadian and Sumerian) – Protective spirit who takes the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion
48. Shellycoat (English, Scottish and German, as schellenrocc) – Water spirit
49. Shen (Chinese) – Shapeshifing sea monster
50. Shenlong (Chinese) – Weather dragon
51. Shibaten (Japanese) – Water spirit from Shikoku
52. Shikigami (Japanese) – Servant spirit
53. Shiki-ōji (Japanese) – Child-sized servant spirit
54. Shikome (Japanese) – Underworld hag
55. Shinigami (Japanese) – "Death god"
56. Shiro-bōzu (Japanese) – White, faceless spirit
57. Shirouneri (Japanese) – Animated mosquito netting or dust cloth
58. Shiryō (Japanese) – Spirit of a dead person
59. Shisa (Japanese) – Lion-dog hybrid
60. Shishi (Chinese) – Protective animal
61. Shōjō (Japanese) – Red-haired sea-sprites who love alcohol
62. Shōkera (Japanese) – Creature that peers in through skylights
63. Shtriga (Albanian) – Vampire witch that feeds on children
64. Shui Gui (Chinese) – Drowned ghost
65. Shug Monkey (English) – Dog/monkey
66. Shunoban (Japanese) – Red-faced ghoul
67. Shuten-dōji (Japanese) – Ruler of the Oni
68. Sídhe – (Irish and Scottish) – Ancestral or nature spirit
69. Sigbin (Philippine) – Goat-like vampire
70. Sileni (Greek) – Bald, fat, thick-lipped, and flat-nosed followers of Dionysus
71. Simargl (Slavic) – Winged dog
72. Simurgh (Persian) – Dog-lion-peacock hybrid
73. Singa (Batak) – Feline animal
74. Sint Holo (Choctaw) – Serpentine rain spirit
75. Siren (Greek) – Human-bird hybrid
76. Sirin (Slavic) – Demonic human-headed bird
77. Sirrush (Akkadian) – Dragon with aquiline hind legs and feline forelegs
78. Sisiutl (American Indian) – Two-headed sea serpent
79. Si-Te-Cah (Paiute) – Red-haired giants
80. Sjörå (Norse) – Freshwater spirit
81. Sjövættir (Norse) – Sea spirit
82. Skin-walker (American Indian) – Animal-human shapeshifter
83. Skogsrå (Scandinavian) – Forest spirit
84. Sköll (Norse) – Wolf that chases the Sun
85. Skookum (Chinook Jargon) – Hairy giant
86. Skeleton (Medieval folklore) – Living skeletons
87. Skrzak (Slavic) – Household spirit
88. Sky Women (Polish) – Weather spirit
89. Sleipnir (Norse) – Eight-legged horse
90. Sluagh (Irish and Scottish) – Restless ghost
91. Snow Lion (Tibetan) – Celestial animal
92. Sodehiki-kozō (Japanese) – Invisible spirit which pulls on sleeves
93. Sōgenbi (Japanese) – Fiery ghost of an oil-stealing monk
94. Soragami (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon
95. Soraki-gaeshi (Japanese) – Sound of trees being cut down, when later none seem to have been cut
96. Sorobanbōzu (Japanese) – Ghost with an abacus
97. Sōtangitsune (Japanese) – Fox spirit from Kyoto
98. Soucouyant (Trinidad and Tobago) – Vampiric hag who takes the form of a fireball at night
99. Spearfinger (Cherokee) – Sharp-fingered hag
100. Spectre (Worldwide) – Terrifying ghost
101. Sphinx (Greek) – Winged woman-headed lion
102. Spiriduş (Romanian) – Little people
103. Spirit – Ghosts
104. Spriggan (Cornish) – Guardians of graveyards and ruins
105. Sprite (Medieval folklore) – little people, ghosts or elves
106. Squonk (American) – Ugly and lonely creature capable of evading capture by dissolving itself into a pool of tears
107. Stihi (Albanian) – Demonic dragon who guards a treasure
108. Strigoi (Romanian) – Vampire
109. Strix (Roman) – Vampiric bird
110. Struthopodes (Medieval Bestiaries) – Humanoid whose males have enormous feet, and females have tiny feet
111. Strzyga (Slavic) – Vampiric undead
112. Stuhać (Slavic) – Malevolent mountain spirit
113. Stymphalian Bird (Greek) – Metallic bird
114. Suangi (New Guinea) – Cannibalistic sorcerer
115. Succubus (Judeo-Christian) – Female night-demon and seductress
116. Sudice (Slavic) – Fortune spirit
117. Sunakake-baba (Japanese) – Sand-throwing hag
118. Sunekosuri (Japanese) – Small dog- or cat-like creature that rubs against a person's legs at night
119. Sun Wukong
120. Surma (Finnish) – Hellhound
121. Suzaku (Japanese) – Japanese version of the Chinese Vermillion Bird
122. Svaðilfari (Norse) – Unnatural strong horse, father of Sleipnir
123. Svartálfar (Norse) – Cavern spirits; the Black Elves
124. The Swallower (Ancient Egyptian) – Crocodile-leopard-hippopotamus hybrid
125. Swan maiden (Worldwide) – Swan-human shapeshifter
126. Sylph (Alchemy) – Air elemental
127. Sylvan (Medieval folklore) – Forest spirit
128. Syrbotae (Medieval Bestiaries) – African giant
129. Syrictæ (Medieval Bestiaries) – Reptilian humanoid

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