List of legendary creatures (J)

Thor goes fishing for Jörmungandr in this picture from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript.

Jackalope (American) - Rabbit with antlers
Jack-In-Irons (English) - Malevolent giant
Jaculus (Medieval Bestiaries) - Winged serpent or small dragon
Jasconius (Medieval folklore) - Island-sized fish
Jasy Jaterei (Guaraní) - Nature guardian and bogeyman
Jatayu (Hindu mythology) - Demi-god who has the form of a vulture
Jaud (Slavic) - Vampirised premature baby
Jenglot (Java) - Vampiric little people
Jengu (Sawa) - Water spirit
Jentil (Basque) - Megalith-building giant
Jenu (Mi'kmaq) - Anthropophagous giant
Jerff (Swedish) - Gluttonous dog-cat-fox hybrid
Jersey Devil (American) - Demonic dragon that was given birth to by an American living in New Jersey
Jian (Chinese) - One-eyed, one-winged bird who requires a mate for survival
Jiangshi (Chinese) - Life-draining, reanimated corpse
Jiaolong (Chinese) - Dragon
Jibakurei (Japanese) - Spirit that protects a specific place
Jievaras (Lithuanian) - House spirit
Jikininki (Japanese) - Corpse-eating ghost
Jinn (Arabian, Islamic) - Spiritual creatures; genii
Jiufeng (Chinese) - Nine-headed bird worshiped by ancient natives in Hubei Province.
Jiu tou niao (Chinese) - Nine-headed, demonic bird
Jogah (Iroquois) - Little people nature spirit
Jörmungandr (Norse) - Sea serpent
Jorōgumo (Japanese) - Spider woman
Jotai (Japanese) - Animated folding screen cloth
Jötunn (Norse) - Gigantic nature spirits
Jujak (Korean) - Bird
Jumbee (Guyanese) - Malevolent spirit

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