List of legendary creatures (T)
Tikbalang Tachash (Jewish ) – Large land animal Tailypo (American Folklore ) (Appalachia ) – Powerful animal, that takes revenge on those who steal its tail Taimatsumaru (Japanese ) – Tengu surrounded in demonic fire Takam (Persian ) – Nature spirit Taka-onna (Japanese ) – Female spirit which can stretch itself to peer into the second story of a building Talos (Greek ) – Giant made of bronze Tangie (Scottish ) – Shapeshifting water spirit Taniwha (Māori ) – Water spirit Tantankororin (Japanese ) – Unharvested persimmon which becomes a monster Tanuki (Japanese ) – Shapeshifting raccoon dog Taotao Mona (Mariana Islands ) – Ancestral spirits Taotie (Chinese ) – Greed spirit Tapairu (Mangaia ) – Nature spirit Tapio (Finnish ) – Forest deity Tarantasio (Italian ) – Dragon Tarasque (French ) – Dragon with leonine, turtle, bear, and human attributes Tartalo (Basque ) – One-eyed giant Tartaruchi (Christian ) – Demonic punisher Tatami-tataki (Japanese ) – Poltergeist that hits the tatami mats at night Tatzelwurm – (Alpine Folklore ) lizard-like creature, often described as having the face of a cat, with a serpent-like body which may be slender or stubby, with four short legs or two forelegs Tatsu – Japanese dragon Taurokampoi (Etruscan ) – Fish-tailed bull Tavara (Trabzon ) – Night-demon Teju Jagua (Guaraní ) – Lizard with seven dog heads Tecumbalam (Mayan ) – Bird Tek-ko-kui (Taiwanese ) – Bamboo ghost Tengu (Japanese ) – Anthropomorphic bird Tennin (Japanese ) – Angelic humanoid Te-no-me (Japanese ) – Ghost of a blind man, with his eyes on his hands Tepegoz (Azerbaijani ) – Azerbaijani mythical creature similar to the cyclops Polyphemus Terrible Monster (Jewish ) – Lion-eagle-scorpion hybrid made from the blood of murder victims Teumessian Fox (Greek ) – Gigantic fox Theriocephalus (Medieval folklore ) – Animal-headed humanoid Three hares (Many cultures worldwide) – Symbolic animal Three-legged bird (Asia and Africa ) – Solar bird Thunderbird (Native American ) – Avian lightning bird spirit Thor (Norse mythology ) – God of thunder and storm Tiangou (Chinese ) – Meteoric dog Tianlong (Chinese ) – Celestial dragon Tibicena (Canarian ) – Evil dog Tiddy Mun (English ) – Bog spirit Tigmamanukan (Philippine ) – Asian fairy bluebird Tigre Capiangos (Argentine ) – Jaguar-human shapeshifter Tigris (Jewish) – Giant lion Tikbalang (Philippine ) – Anthropomorphic horse Tikoloshe (Zulu ) – Little people and water spirit Timingila (Hindu ) – Sea monster Tipua (Māori ) – Spirit that protects a specific place Titan (Greek ) – Primeval god Tiyanak (Philippine ) – Demons that are souls of dead unbaptized babies Tizheruk (Inuit ) – Sea serpent Tlahuelpuchi (Tlaxcalan ) – Shapeshifting vampire Tōfu-kozō (Japanese ) – Spirit child carrying a block of tofu Toire-no-Hanakosan (Japanese ) – Ghost who lurks in grade school restroom stalls Tomte (Scandinavian ) – House spirit Topielec (Slavic ) – Water spirit Tōtetsu (Japanese ) – Greed spirit Tooth fairy Toyol (Malay ) – Servant spirit Trasgo (Spanish and Portuguese ) – Grotesque, mischievous little people Trauco (Chilota ) – Fertility spirit Trenti (Cantabrian ) – Diminutive demon Trickster – Character in a story which exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge, and uses it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and conventional behaviour Tripurasura (Hindu ) – Demonic inhabitants of Tripura Tritons (Greek ) – Male human-fish hybrid Troll (Norse ) – Nature spirit Trow (Orkney and Shetland ) – Little people and nature spirits Tsi-noo (Abenaki ) – Vampiric demon Tsuchigumo (Japanese ) – Shapeshifting, giant spider Tsuchinoko (Japanese ) – Plump snake-like creature Tsukumogami (Japanese ) – Inanimate object that becomes animated after existing for 100 years Tsul 'Kalu (Cherokee ) – Giant nature spirit Tsurara-onna (Japanese ) – Icicle woman Tsurube-otoshi (Japanese ) – Monster which drops or lowers a bucket from the top of a tree to catch people Tugarin Zmeyevich (Slavic ) – Evil shapeshifter Tylwyth Teg (Welsh ) – Nature spirit Tulpa Tunda Tupilaq (Inuit ) – Animated construct Turehu (Māori ) – Pale spirit Türst (Swiss ) – legendary figure who turns people into dogs Turul (Hungarian ) – Giant falcon that helped shape the origins of the Magyars Tyger (Heraldry ) – Like a real tiger, but lacks stripes; has the tufted tail of a lion and a thick mane along the neck like a horse Typhon (Greek ) – Winged, snake-legged giant Tzitzimitl (Aztec ) – Skeletal star spirit