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