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- Á Bao A Qu (Malay) - Entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
- Aatxe (Basque) - Spirit that takes the form of a bull.
- Abaasy (Yakuts) - Demons that have teeth of iron.
- Abada (African) - Small type of unicorn reported to live in the lands of the African Congo.
- Äbädä (Tatar) - Forest spirit.
- Abaia (Melanesia) - Huge magical eel.
- Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) - Savage humanoid with backward feet.
- Abath (Malay) - One-horned animal.
- Abura-sumashi (Japanese) - Creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture.
- Acephali (Greek) - Headless humanoids.
- Acheri (Indian) - Disease-bringing ghost.
- Achlis (Roman) - Curious elk.
- Adar Llwch Gwin (Welsh) - Giant birds that understand human languages.
- Adaro (Solomon Islands) - Malevolent merfolk.
- Adhene (Manx) - Nature spirit.
- Adlet (Inuit) - Vampiric dog-human hybrid
- Adroanzi (Lugbara) - Nature spirit.
- Adze (Ewe people) - African vampiric-forest being.
- Aerico (Greek) - Disease demon.
- Afanc (Welsh) - Lake monster (exact lake varies by story).
- Agni (Hindu) - God of fire and sacrifices.
- Agathodaemon (Greek) - Spirit of vinefields and grainfields.
- Agloolik (Inuit) - Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen.
- Agogwe (East Africa) - Small, ape-like humanoid.
- Ahkiyyini (Inuit) - Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.
- Ahuizotl (Aztec) - Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid.
- Ahlden Gentree (Philippines) - Demon with enormous jaw.
- Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) - Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep.
- Aigikampoi (Etruscan) - Fish-tailed goat.
- Airavata (Hindu) - Divine Elephant.
- Aitu (Polynesian) - Malevolent spirits or demons.
- Aitvaras (Lithuanian) - Household spirit.
- Ajatar (Finnish) - Dragon.
- Akateko (Japanese) - Tree-dwelling monster.
- Akhlut (Inuit) - Orca-wolf shapeshifter.
- Akka (Finnish) - Female spirits or minor goddesses.
- Akki (Japanese) - Large, grotesque humanoid.
- Akkorokamui (Ainu) - Sea monster.
- Akuma (Japanese) - Evil spirit.
- Akupara (Hindu) - Giant turtle that supports the world.
- Akurojin-no-hi (Japanese) - Ghostly flame which causes disease.
- Al (Armenian and Persian) - Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women.
- Ala (Slavic) - Bad weather demon.
- Alal (Chaldean) - queen of the full moon.
- Alan (Philippine) - Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.
- Alce (Heraldic) - Wingless griffin.
- Aleya (Bengali) - Spirit of a dead fisherman.
- Alicanto (Chilean) - Bird that eats gold and silver.
- Alicorn - Winged unicorn from the Latin "ala" (wing) and "corn" (horn).
- Alkonost (Slavic) - Angelic bird with human head and breasts.
- Allocamelus (Heraldic) - Ass-camel hybrid.
- Almas (Mongolian) - Savage humanoid.
- Al-mi'raj (Islamic) - One-horned rabbit.
- Aloja (Catalan) - Female water spirit.
- Alom-bag-winno-sis (Abenaki) - Little people and tricksters.
- Alp (German) - Male night-demon.
- Alphyn (Heraldic) - Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs.
- Alp-luachra (Irish) - Parasitic fairy.
- Al Rakim (Islamic) - Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers.
- Alseid (Greek) - Grove nymph.
- Alû (Assyrian) - Leprous demon.
- Alux (Mayan) - Little people.
- Amaburakosagi (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku.
- Amala (Tsimshian) - Giant who holds up the world.
- Amamehagi (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku.
- Amanojaku (Japanese) - Small demon.
- Amarok (Inuit) - Giant wolf.
- Amarum (Quechua) - Water boa spirit.
- Amazake-babaa (Japanese) - Disease-causing hag.
- Amemasu (Ainu) - Lake monster.
- Ammit (Ancient Egyptian) - Female demon with a body that was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile.
- Amorōnagu (Japanese) - Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima.
- Amphiptere (Heraldic) - Winged serpent.
- Amphisbaena (Greek) - Serpent with a head at each end.
- Anak (Jewish) - Giant.
- Androsphinx (Ancient Egyptian) - Human-headed sphinx.
- Angel (mainly Christian, Jewish, Islamic traditions) - From the Greek ángelos, divine beings of Heaven who act as mediators between God and humans; the counterparts of Demons.
- Angha (Persian) - Dog-lion-peacock hybrid.
- Ani Hyuntikwalaski (Cherokee) - Lightning spirit.
- Ankou (French) - Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and a scythe.
- Anmo (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture.
- Antaeus (Greek) - Giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground.
- Anubis (Ancient Egyptian) - God of the Underworld
- Antero Vipunen (Finnish) - Subterranean giant.
- Ao Ao (Guaraní) - Anthropophagous peccary or sheep.
- Aobōzu (Japanese) - Blue monk who kidnaps children.
- Apkallu (Sumerian) - Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki.
- Apsaras (Buddhist and Hindu) - Female cloud spirit.
- Aqrabuamelu (Akkadian) - Human-scorpion hybrid.
- Ardat-Lili (Akkadian) - Disease demon.
- Argus Panoptes (Greek) - Hundred-eyed giant.
- Arikura-no-baba (Japanese) - Old woman with magical powers.
- Arimaspi (Greek) - One-eyed humanoid.
- Arion (Greek) - Extremely swift horse with a green mane and the power of speech.
- Arkan Sonney (Manx) - Fairy hedgehog.
- Asag (Sumerian) - Hideous rock demon.
- Asakku (Sumerian) - Demon.
- Asanbosam (West Africa) - Iron-toothed vampire.
- Asena (Turkic) - Blue-maned wolf.
- A-senee-ki-wakw (Abenaki) - Stone giant.
- Ashi-magari (Japanese) - Invisible tendril that impedes movement.
- Asiman (Dahomey) - Vampiric possession spirit.
- Askefrue (Germanic) - Female tree spirit.
- Ask-wee-da-eed (Abenaki) - Fire elemental and spectral fire.
- Asobibi (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture.
- Aspidochelone (Medieval Bestiaries) - Island-sized whale or sea turtle.
- Asrai (English) - Water spirit.
- Astomi (Greek) - Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food.
- Aswang (Philippine) - Carrion-eating humanoid.
- Atomy (English) - Surprisingly small creature.
- Ato-oi-kozō (Japanese) - Invisible spirit that follows people.
- Atshen (Inuit) - Anthropophagous spirit.
- Auloniad (Greek) - Pasture nymph.
- Avalerion (Medieval Bestiary) - King of the birds.
- Awa-hon-do (Abenaki) - Insect spirit.
- Axex (Ancient Egyptian) - Falcon-lion hybrid.
- Ayakashi (Japanese) - Sea serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil.
- Ayakashi-no-ayashibi (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture.
- Aziza (Dahomey) - Little people that help hunters.
- Azukiarai (Japanese) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.
- Azukibabaa (Japanese) - Bean-grinding hag who devours people.
- Azukitogi (Japanese) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.
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