- Á Bao A Qu (Malay) - An entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
- Aatxe (Basque) - A spirit that takes the form of a bull.
- Abassy (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 (Melanesian) - Huge magical eel
- Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) - Savage humanoid with backward feet.
- Abath (Malay) - One-horned animal
- Abatwa (Zulu) - Little people that ride ants.
- Abura-bō (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Shiga Prefecture, in which the shape of a monk can often be seen.
- Abura-sumashi (Japanese) - creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture.
- Acephali (Greek) - Headless humanoids
- Acheri (Indian) - Disease-bringing ghost
- Achiyalabopa (Puebloan) - Rainbow-feathered birds
- 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) - An African vampiric-forest being.
- Aerico (Macedonian) - Disease demon
- Afanc (Welsh) - Lake monster (exact lake varies by story).
- 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.
- Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) - Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep.
- Aigikampoi (Etruscan) - Fish-tailed goat
- Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) - Man-eating Ogres
- Aitu (Polynesian) - Malevolent spirits or demons
- Aitvaras (Lithuanian) - Household spirit
- Ajatar (Finnish) - Dragon
- Akabeko (Japanese) - Red cow involved in the construction of Enzō-ji in Yanaizu, Fukushima
- Akamataa (Japanese) - Snake spirit from Okinawa.
- 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) - Demon
- Alan (Philippine) - Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.
- Al Basti (Turkish) - Female night-demon
- Alce (Heraldic) - Wingless griffin
- Aleya (Bengali) - Spirit of a dead fisherman.
- Alicanto (Chilean) - Bird that eats gold and silver.
- Alicorn - Technically a unicorn's horn. In modern times it is commonly misapplied to winged unicorns.
- Alkonost (Slavic) - Angelic bird with human head and breasts.
- Allocamelus (Heraldic) - Ass-camel hybrid
- Allu (Akkadian and Sumerian) - Faceless demon
- 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.
- Anakim (Jewish) - Giant
- Androsphinx (Ancient Egyptian) - Human-headed sphinx
- Angel (Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and Zoroastrian) - Heavenly being, usually depicted as a winged humanoid.
- 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) - A giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground
- 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 (Hindu) - 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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