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 – An equine-eagle hybrid^[1]
• Harpy – A winged being
• Hippogriff – A being combining the power of horse and griffin
• Huitzilopochtli
• Lamassu
• Lightning Bird
• Lindworm
• Minokawa
• Nephele
• Nue
• Odin's ravens, Huginn and Muninn
• Pegasus – A winged horse
• Peryton
• Phoenix
• Raiju
• Roc –  A gigantic bird similar to the Ziz
• Sarimanok
• Shahbaz
• Sirens - bird women in Greek mythology, not to be confused with mermaids
• Simurgh – A Persian bird similar to the Ziz
• Snallygaster
• Sphinx (Greek)
• Stymphalian Birds
• Sylph
• Thunderbird
• Winged Unicorn
• Wyvern
• Yalungur
• Yuki-onna
• Zilant
• Ziz – A gigantic bird mentioned briely in the Psalms
• Zduhać

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Wood, Juliette . Fantastic Creatures in Mythology and Folklore: From Medieval Times to the Present Day . 2018 . Bloomsbury Academic . 978-1-350-05925-2 . 93 . Things with wings: The creatures of the air . https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Fantastic_Creatures_in_Mythology_and_Fol/48tjDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Fantastic+Creatures+in+Mythology+and+Folklore&printsec=frontcover.