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Y
Yacumama (South America) - Sea monster
Yadōkai (Japanese) - Malevolent, nocturnal spirit
Yagyō-san (Japanese) - Demon who rides through the night on a headless horse
Yaksha (Buddhist, Hindu, and Jainism) - Male nature spirit
Yakshi (Keralite) - Vampire
Yakshini (Buddhist, Hindu, and Jainism) - Female nature spirit
Yakubyō-gami (Japanese) - Disease and misfortune spirit
Yale (Medieval Bestiaries) - Antelope- or goat-like animal with swiveling horns
Yallery-Brown (English) - Nature spirit
Yamaarashi (Japanese) - Porcupine spirit
Yama-biko (Japanese) - Echo spirit
Yama-bito (Japanese) - Savage, mountain-dwelling humanoid
Yama-chichi (Japanese) - Monkey-like mountain spirit
Yama-inu (Japanese) - Dog-like mountain spirit
Yama-oroshi (Japanese) - a Radish-grater spirit
Yama-otoko (Japanese) - Mountain giant
Yamata no Orochi (Japanese) - Gigantic, eight-headed serpent
Yama-uba (Japanese) - Malevolent, mountain-dwelling hag
Yama-waro (Japanese) - Hairy, one-eyed spirit
Yanari (Japanese) - Spirit which causes strange noises
Yaoguai (Japanese) - Animalistic demon
Yara-ma-yha-who (Australian Aboriginal) - Diminutive, sucker-fingered vampire
Yatagarasu (Japanese) - Three-legged crow of Amaterasu
Yato-no-kami (Japanese) - Serpent spirits
Yeth hound (English) - Headless dog
Yeti (Tibet) - Abominable Snowman
Yilbegän (Turkic) - Either a dragon or a giant
Yobuko (Japanese) - Mountain dwelling spirit
Yofune-nushi (Japanese) - Sea monster
Yōkai (Japanese) - Monstrous spirit
Yomotsu-shikome (Japanese) - Underworld hag
Yong - Korean dragon
Yōsei (Japanese) - Nature spirit
Yosuzume (Japanese) - Mysterious bird that sings at night, sometimes indicating that the okuri-inu is near
You Hun Ye Gui (Chinese) - Wandering ghost
Yowie (Australian Aboriginal) - Nocturnal human-ape hybrid, also Yahoo
Ypotryll (Heraldic) - Boar-camel-ox-serpent hybrid
Yuan Gui (Chinese) - Distressed ghost
Yukinko (Japanese) - Childlike snow spirit
Yuki-onna (Japanese) - Snow spirit
Yūrei (Japanese) - Ghost
Yuxa (Tatar) - 100-year-old snake that transforms into a beautiful human
Z
Zahhak (Persian) - Dragon
Žaltys (Baltic) - Serpentine fertility spirit
Zamzummim (Jewish) - Giant
Zână (Romanian) - Nature spirit
Zashiki-warashi (Japanese) - House spirit
Zburator (Romanian) - Wolf-headed dragon
Zduhać (Slavic mythology) - Disembodied, heroic spirit
Zennyo Ryūō (Japanese) - Rain-making dragon
Zhar-Ptitsa (Slavic) - Glowing bird
Zhulong (Chinese) - Pig-headed dragon
Zhū Què (Chinese) - Fire elemental bird
Žiburinis (Lithuanian) - Forest spirit in the form of a glowing skeleton
Zilant (Tatar) - Flying reptile with chicken legs
Zin (West Africa) - Water spirits
Ziz (Jewish) - Giant Bird
Zlatorog (Slovenia) - White deer with golden horns
Zmeu (Romanian folklore) - Giant with a habit of kidnapping young girls
Zmiy - Slavic dragon
Zombie (Vodou) - Re-animated corpse
Zorigami (Japanese) - Animated clock
Zuijin (Japanese) - Tutelary spirit
Zunbera-bō (Japanese) - Faceless ghost
Y
Yacumama (South America) - Sea monster
Yadōkai (Japanese) - Malevolent, nocturnal spirit
Yagyō-san (Japanese) - Demon who rides through the night on a headless horse
Yaksha (Buddhist, Hindu, and Jainism) - Male nature spirit
Yakshi (Keralite) - Vampire
Yakshini (Buddhist, Hindu, and Jainism) - Female nature spirit
Yakubyō-gami (Japanese) - Disease and misfortune spirit
Yale (Medieval Bestiaries) - Antelope- or goat-like animal with swiveling horns
Yallery-Brown (English) - Nature spirit
Yamaarashi (Japanese) - Porcupine spirit
Yama-biko (Japanese) - Echo spirit
Yama-bito (Japanese) - Savage, mountain-dwelling humanoid
Yama-chichi (Japanese) - Monkey-like mountain spirit
Yama-inu (Japanese) - Dog-like mountain spirit
Yama-oroshi (Japanese) - a Radish-grater spirit
Yama-otoko (Japanese) - Mountain giant
Yamata no Orochi (Japanese) - Gigantic, eight-headed serpent
Yama-uba (Japanese) - Malevolent, mountain-dwelling hag
Yama-waro (Japanese) - Hairy, one-eyed spirit
Yanari (Japanese) - Spirit which causes strange noises
Yaoguai (Japanese) - Animalistic demon
Yara-ma-yha-who (Australian Aboriginal) - Diminutive, sucker-fingered vampire
Yatagarasu (Japanese) - Three-legged crow of Amaterasu
Yato-no-kami (Japanese) - Serpent spirits
Yeth hound (English) - Headless dog
Yeti (Tibet) - Abominable Snowman
Yilbegän (Turkic) - Either a dragon or a giant
Yobuko (Japanese) - Mountain dwelling spirit
Yofune-nushi (Japanese) - Sea monster
Yōkai (Japanese) - Monstrous spirit
Yomotsu-shikome (Japanese) - Underworld hag
Yong - Korean dragon
Yōsei (Japanese) - Nature spirit
Yosuzume (Japanese) - Mysterious bird that sings at night, sometimes indicating that the okuri-inu is near
You Hun Ye Gui (Chinese) - Wandering ghost
Yowie (Australian Aboriginal) - Nocturnal human-ape hybrid, also Yahoo
Ypotryll (Heraldic) - Boar-camel-ox-serpent hybrid
Yuan Gui (Chinese) - Distressed ghost
Yukinko (Japanese) - Childlike snow spirit
Yuki-onna (Japanese) - Snow spirit
Yūrei (Japanese) - Ghost
Yuxa (Tatar) - 100-year-old snake that transforms into a beautiful human
Z
Zahhak (Persian) - Dragon
Žaltys (Baltic) - Serpentine fertility spirit
Zamzummim (Jewish) - Giant
Zână (Romanian) - Nature spirit
Zashiki-warashi (Japanese) - House spirit
Zburator (Romanian) - Wolf-headed dragon
Zduhać (Slavic mythology) - Disembodied, heroic spirit
Zennyo Ryūō (Japanese) - Rain-making dragon
Zhar-Ptitsa (Slavic) - Glowing bird
Zhulong (Chinese) - Pig-headed dragon
Zhū Què (Chinese) - Fire elemental bird
Žiburinis (Lithuanian) - Forest spirit in the form of a glowing skeleton
Zilant (Tatar) - Flying reptile with chicken legs
Zin (West Africa) - Water spirits
Ziz (Jewish) - Giant Bird
Zlatorog (Slovenia) - White deer with golden horns
Zmeu (Romanian folklore) - Giant with a habit of kidnapping young girls
Zmiy - Slavic dragon
Zombie (Vodou) - Re-animated corpse
Zorigami (Japanese) - Animated clock
Zuijin (Japanese) - Tutelary spirit
Zunbera-bō (Japanese) - Faceless ghost
