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Achilles and the Heel

Greece

Asclepius, Healer with the Staff

Greece

Adlet

Inuit & Kalaallit

Ah Puch, Lord of Decay

Maya

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

Arabian Nights (later addition)

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Arabian Nights

Alicanto

Chile (Atacama)

Amaterasu and the Rock Cave

Japan

Ammit

Ancient Egypt

Anansi and the Calabash of Wisdom

West Africa

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Aesop

Anubis and the Weighing of the Heart

Egypt

Anubis

Ancient Egypt

Apep (Apophis)

Ancient Egypt

Alkonost, Bird of Joy

Russia

Apsara, Celestial Dancer

India

Ariadne

Greek

Asena

Turkic

Asmodeus, Binder of Kings

Levant

Azeban, Raccoon Trickster

Wabanaki

Atabey

Taíno

Athena and Arachne

Greece

Athena

Greek

Baba Yaga & Vasilisa the Wise

Slavic

Baku (Dream Eater)

Japan

Bakwas, Ghost Chief of the Forest

Kwakwaka'wakw

Bakunawa

Philippines

Baldur and the Mistletoe

Norse

Balor of the Evil Eye

Irish

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

Japan

The Banshee’s Keening

Ireland

Baron Samedi

Haiti

Barong

Bali

Basilisk

Mediterranean

Bastet

Ancient Egypt

Beauty and the Beast

France

Behemoth

Levant

Bellerophon and the Chimera

Greece

Beowulf and Grendel

Anglo-Saxon

Betelgeuse and the Skybuilder

Maori (Orion stories)

Bluebeard’s Forbidden Room

France/Europe

The Bonnacon

Medieval Bestiary

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Aesop

The Boy Who Drew Cats

Japan

The Boto Encantado

Amazon

The Bremen Town Musicians

Germany (Grimm)

Br’er Rabbit

African American folklore

Brownie (House Spirit)

Scotland

The Bunyip

Aboriginal Australia (varied)

Buraq, Steed of the Night Journey

Islamic

Cagn the Mantis Trickster

Khoisan

The Cailleach and Brigid

Ireland/Scotland

Cailleach

Scotland & Ireland

The Caladrius

Medieval Bestiary

Calypso and Odysseus

Greece

Camazotz

Maya

Camahueto, Golden-Horned Calf

Chilote

Cerberus

Greek

Cernunnos

Celtic

Chang'e

China

Chaac, Rain Hammer

Maya

Charybdis

Greek

Chimera

Greek

Chonchon, Winged Head

Mapuche

The Chupacabra

Puerto Rico/Latin America

Cinderella

Europe

Coyote Steals Fire

North America

The Crane Wife

Japan

Cu Chulainn

Irish Ulster Cycle

Curupira

Brazil

Cyclops Polyphemus

Greek

The Dagda’s Cauldron

Ireland

Dangun, Founder of Gojoseon

Korea

Davy Jones and the Locker

Sailor Lore

The Descent of Inanna

Mesopotamia

Dionysus

Greek

Domovoi

Slavic

Draugr

Norse

Draupadi and the Dice Game

India (Mahabharata)

The Dullahan

Ireland

Dokkaebi, Goblins of Mirth

Korea

Ebisu, Laughing Fisher God

Japan

El Cucuy

Iberia & Latin America

El Dorado, Gilded City

Andes

El Silbón

Venezuela & Colombia

Enmerkar and Aratta

Mesopotamia

Erlang Shen

China

Erlking

Germanic

Eshu-Elegba, Keeper of the Crossroads

Yoruba

Fenrir and the Binding

Norse

The Firebird

Slavic

The Fisherman and the Jinn

Middle East

Flying Dutchman

Maritime Europe

The Fomorians

Ireland

Fu Hao, Warrior Queen

China

Futakuchi-onna

Japan

Freyja

Norse

The Frog Prince

Germany (Grimm)

Ganesha’s Broken Tusk

India/Hindu

Garuda and the Nagas

India/SE Asia

Gamayun, the Prophetic Bird

Russia

Gashadokuro

Japan

Gilgamesh and the Waters of Life

Mesopotamia

Glooskap the Transformer

Wabanaki

The Golden Goose

Germany (Grimm)

The Golem of Prague

Jewish (Prague)

The Green Man

Europe

Griffin

Middle East & Mediterranean

Guan Yu

China

Hansel and Gretel

Germany (Grimm)

Hanuman and the Sanjeevani Mountain

India (Ramayana)

Hanuman

India

Harpy

Greek

Herne the Hunter

England

Headless Horseman

Europe & America

Hecate

Greek

The Hecatoncheires

Greece

Heimdall

Norse

Hephaestus

Greek

Heracles and the Twelve Labors

Greece

The Hero Twins in Xibalba

Mesoamerica

Hestia

Greek

Hineahuone, Woman of Earth

Aotearoa

Hine-nui-te-pō

Māori

Hua Mulan

China

Huay Chivo

Yucatán

Huitaca, Rebel Moon Owl

Muisca

Huitzilopochtli and the Eagle on the Cactus

Mexica/Aztec

Huitzilopochtli

Aztec

Huldra

Scandinavia

Hy-Brasil, Vanishing Isle

Ireland

Hydra of Lerna

Greek

Ifrit

Middle East

Inanna’s Descent

Sumer

Indra

India (Vedic)

Inugami, Loyal Dog Spirit

Japan

Izanagi and Izanami

Japan

Ixchel, Weaver Moon

Maya

Jackalope

American West

Janus

Rome

Jason and the Argonauts

Greek

Jason and the Golden Fleece

Greece

Jiangshi

China

Jorōgumo, the Binding Bride

Japan

Kali

India

Kappa, River Tricksters

Japan

Kaveh the Blacksmith and Zahhak

Persia (Shahnameh)

Komainu, Shrine Guardians

Japan

The Kelpie

Scotland

King Arthur & Excalibur

Arthurian

King Midas and the Golden Touch

Greece

Kintu and Nambi

Buganda

Kitsune Tricksters

Japan

The Kraken

Nordic Seas

Krampus

Alpine

Krishna Lifts Govardhan

India (Bhagavata/Puranic)

Kumiho

Korea

La Befana

Italy

La Llorona

Mexico

The Lady of the Lake

Celtic

Lamia

Greek

Lares, Guardians of the Hearth

Rome

Leprechaun

Ireland

The Leshy

Slavic

Leviathan

Levant

Little Red Riding Hood

Europe

Loki

Norse

The Loch Ness Monster

Scotland

Mama Quilla, Inca Moon

Andes

Mami Wata

Africa & diaspora

Mazu, Empress of the Sea

China

Manananggal

Philippines

Manas, Hero of the Steppe

Kyrgyz

Manticore

Persia

Mapinguari

Amazon Basin

Māui Fishes Up the Islands

Polynesia

Maui Slows the Sun

Polynesia

Mawu-Lisa

Fon (Dahomey)

Medusa and Perseus

Greece

The Menehune

Hawaiʻi

Merlin

Arthurian

Theseus and the Minotaur

Greece

Momotaro, the Peach Boy

Japan

The Monkey and the Crocodile

India/Panchatantra

Morrígan

Ireland

Namazu

Japan

Nanabozho, Great Hare

Anishinaabe

Nang Tani, Banana Grove Spirit

Thailand

Neith, Weaver of Worlds

Egypt

Nergal and Ereshkigal

Mesopotamia

Nezha

China

The Nian Monster and New Year

China

Nian

China

Ningyo

Japan

Niulang and Zhinü

China

Njord

Norse

Nuckelavee, Skinless Rider

Orkney

Nüwa

China

Nyami Nyami, River Serpent

Zambezi (Tonga)

Nyaminyami

Tonga/Zambezi

Nyx, Night Unfurling

Greece

Ogun, Lord of Iron

Yoruba

Olokun, Depths of the Sea

Yoruba

Okuninushi and the Hare of Inaba

Japan (Kojiki)

Oni

Japan

Orpheus & Eurydice

Greece

Oshun

Yoruba & diaspora

Osiris

Ancient Egypt

Oya

Yoruba & diaspora

Pan Gu and the World’s First Breath

China

Pan

Greek

Pachamama, Earth Mother

Andes

Pangu and the World-Egg

China

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox

North American tall tale

Pegasus

Greek

Pele

Hawaiian

Penanggalan

Malaysia & Indonesia

Persephone and the Pomegranate

Greece

Persephone

Greek

Perun

Slavic

Peryton

Medieval bestiary

The Phoenix Reborn

Mediterranean/Global

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Germany

Pontianak

Malaysia & Indonesia

Poseidon

Greek

Prometheus

Greek

Púca

Ireland

Pukwudgie

Wampanoag & New England

Puss in Boots

France/Italy

Qalupalik

Inuit

Qilin

China & East Asia

The Queen of Sheba

Ethiopia & Arabia

Quetzalcoatl & the Bones of Humanity

Mesoamerica

Quetzalcoatl

Aztec & Toltec

Raijin & Fujin

Japan

Rainbow Crow

Lenape

Rainbow Serpent

Australia

Rangi and Papa

Maori

Rapunzel

Germany (Grimm)

Ratatoskr

Norse

Raven and the First Men

Haida

Raven Steals the Sun

Alaska

Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves

England

Roc

Middle Eastern & Indian Ocean

Romulus and Remus

Rome

Rumpelstiltskin

Germany (Grimm)

Rusalka, the Luring Waters

Slavic

Saci Pererê

Brazil

Sasquatch

Pacific Northwest

Scylla

Greek

Sedna, Mother of the Sea

Inuit

Selene

Greek

Selene and Endymion

Greece

The Selkie Bride

Scotland/Ireland

Set (Seth)

Ancient Egypt

The Shamir of Solomon

Israel

Shango

Yoruba & diaspora

Sigurd and Fafnir

Norse

The Simurgh and Zal

Persia (Shahnameh)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Britain (Arthurian)

Sirens

Greek

Skadi

Norse

Sleeping Beauty

Europe

Snow White

Germany (Grimm)

Sobek, Crocodile of the Nile

Egypt

The Sphinx and Oedipus

Greece

St. George and the Dragon

Europe

The Stonecutter

Japan (folktale)

Sun Wukong

China

Sundiata Keita

West Africa

Surtr

Norse

Susanoo and Yamata-no-Orochi

Japan

Tam Lin

Scotland

Taniwha

Aotearoa (Māori)

Tanit of Carthage

Carthage

Taweret, Guardian of Birth

Egypt

Tanuki Tricks and Drums

Japan

Tarasque

Provence

Tengu, Mountain Tricksters

Japan

Tezcatlipoca

Aztec

Thor Fishes for Jörmungandr

Norse

The Thunderbird

North America (varied Nations)

Tikbalang

Philippines

Tikoloshe

Southern Africa

Tlaloc

Aztec

The Tortoise and the Hare

Aesop

Urashima Tarō

Japan

Uktena, Horned Serpent

Cherokee

Väinämöinen

Finland

Valkyries

Norse

The Valravn

Denmark

Veles, Serpent of the Underworld

Slavic

The Wendigo

Algonquian

Werewolf

Europe

White Buffalo Calf Woman

Lakota

The Legend of the White Snake

China

The Wild Hunt

Norse

Yara-ma-yha-who

Australian Aboriginal

Yeti

Himalayas

Yrsa’s Tangled Lineage

Norse/Icelandic sagas

Yuki-onna, the Snow Woman

Japan

Ziz

Hebrew lore

The Great Race of the Zodiac

China

The Zorya, Guardians of Dawn and Dusk

Slavic