List of flying mythological creatures explained

This is a list of flying mythological creatures. This listing includes flying and weather-affecting creatures.

• Adzehate creatures
• Angel
• Arkan Sonney
• Basilisk
• Boobrie
• Cockatrice
• Djinn
• Devil
• Dragon
• Elemental - a being of the alchemical works of Paracelsus
• Erinyes
• Fairies
• Fenghuang
• Fionnuala
• Firebird - large bird with magically luminescent red- and yellow-hued feathers (sometimes used as a synonym of phoenix; see below)
• Fūjin
• Gamayun
• Gargoyle
• Garuda
• German
• Gorgons - three sisters (Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa) with snakes for hair, sharp fangs, golden wings, and petrifying gazes.
• Griffin
• Harpy
• Hippogriff
• Huitzilopochtli
• Lamassu
• Lightning Bird

• Lindworm
• Minokawa
• Nephele
• Nue
• Odin's ravens, Huginn and Muninn
• Pegasus - winged horse
• Peryton
• Phoenix
• Raiju
• Roc
• Sarimanok
• Shahbaz
• Sirens - bird women in Greek mythology, not to be confused with mermaids
• Simurgh
• Snallygaster
• Sphinx (Greek)
• Stymphalian Birds
• Sylph
• Thunderbird
• Alicorn (winged unicorn)
• Wyvern
• Yalungur
• Yuki-onna
• Zilant
• Ziz
• Zduhać

See also

• List of fictional birds
• List of fictional birds of prey