List of legendary creatures (H) explained

1. Hábrók (Nordic) – listed as the "best" hawk
2. Hadhayosh (Persian) – gigantic land animal
3. Hades (Greek) – Ruler of the Underworld
4. Haetae (Korean) – dog-lion hybrid
5. Hag (Many cultures worldwide) – wise old woman who is usually a malevolent spirit or a disguised goddess
6. Haietlik (Nuu-chah-nulth) – water serpent
7. Halloi (Sanamahism) - natural maiden spirits of celestial origin
8. Hai-uri (Khoikhoi) – male cannibalistic partially invisible monster
9. Hakutaku (Japanese) – talking beast which handed down knowledge on harmful spirits
10. Hākuturi (Māori) – nature guardian
11. Half-elf (Nordic) – human-elf hybrid
12. Haltija (Finnish) – spirit that protects a specific place
13. Hamadryad (Greek) – oak tree nymph
14. Hamingja (Scandinavian) – personal protection spirit
15. Hamsa (Buddhist, Hindu and Jainism) – mystic bird
16. Hanau epe (Rapa Nui) – long-eared humanoid
17. Hantu Air (Malay) – shapeshifting water spirit
18. Hantu Demon (Philippine) – demon
19. Hantu Raya (Malay) – demonic servant
20. Harionago (Japanese) – humanoid female with barbed, prehensile hair
21. Harpy (Greek) – birdlike human-headed death spirit
22. Haugbúi (Nordic) – undead being who lives in its burial mound
23. Havsrå (Nordic) – saltwater spirit
24. Helloi (Meitei mythology) – celestial maidens, daughters of the Sky God Salailen
25. Headless Horseman (European) – humanoid spirit who haunts or kills
26. Headless Mule (Brazilian) – fire-spewing, headless, spectral mule
27. Hecatonchires (Greek) – primordial giants with 100 hands and fifty heads
28. Heikegani (Japanese) – crabs with human-faced shells, the spirits of warriors killed in the Battle of Dan-no-ura
29. Heinzelmännchen (German) – household spirit
30. Helead (Greek) – fen nymph
31. Hellhound (Many cultures worldwide) – underworld dog
32. Heracles (Greek) – gatekeeper of Olympus
33. Hercinia (Medieval Bestiaries) – glowing bird
34. Herensuge (Basque) – dragon
35. Hesperides (Greek) – nymph daughters of Atlas
36. Hidebehind (United States) – nocturnal forest creature
37. Hiderigami (Japanese) – drought spirit
38. Hieracosphinx (Ancient Egypt) – falcon-headed sphinx
39. Hihi (Japanese) – baboon monster
40. Hiisi (Finnish) – nature guardian
41. Hippalectryon (Greek) – a horse-rooster hybrid
42. Hippocamp (Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician) – horse-fish hybrid
43. Hippogriff (Medieval Bestiaries) – hybrid of a griffin and horse; a lion-eagle-horse hybrid
44. Hippopodes (Medieval Bestiary) – horse-hoofed humanoid
45. Hircocervus (Medieval Bestiary) – deer-goat hybrid
46. Hitodama (Japanese) – ghosts of the newly dead, which take the form of fireballs
47. Hitotsume-kozō (Japanese) – one-eyed childlike spirit
48. Hob (English) – house spirit
49. Hobbididance (English) – malevolent spirit
50. Hobgoblin (Medieval) – friendly or amusing goblin
51. Hodag (United States) – frog-mammoth-lizard hybrid
52. Hokhokw (Kwakiutl) – bird
53. Hōkō (Japanese) – dog-like Chinese tree spirit
54. Hó͘-ko͘-pô (Taiwanese) – a tiger spirit
55. Homa (Persian) – eagle-lion hybrid, similar to a griffin
56. Hombre Caiman (Colombian) – human-alligator hybrid
57. Hombre Gato (Latin America) – human-cat hybrid
58. Homunculus (Alchemy) – small animated construct
59. Hō-ō (Japanese) – rooster-swallow-fowl-snake-goose-tortoise-stag-fish hybrid
60. Hoopoe (multiple cultures) – near passerine bird common to Africa and Eurasia that features in many mythologies in those continents
61. Hoop snake (United States, Canada, and Australia) – snake which rolls by taking its tail in its mouth
62. Horned Serpent (Native American) – serpentine rain spirit
63. Hotoke (Japanese) – deceased person
64. Houri (Islamic) – heavenly beings
65. Hraesvelg (Norse) – Norse, Old: Jötunn, who in eagle form, creates the wind by beating his wings
66. Hrímþurs (Nordic) – Rime or frost Norse, Old: [[jötunn]]
67. Huaychivo (Mayan) – human-deer hybrid
68. Hue-tsiau (Taiwanese) – firebird
69. Huginn and Muninn (Norse) – pair of ravens associated with the Norse god Odin whose names mean Thought and Memory
70. Huldufólk (Icelandic/Faroese) – secret mound/rock dwelling elves
71. Hulder (Scandinavian) – forest spirit
72. Huli jing (Chinese) – nine-tailed fox spirit
73. Huma (Persian) – regenerative fire bird
74. Humbaba (Akkadian) – lion-faced giant
75. Hundun (Chinese) – chaos spirit
76. Hupia (Taíno) – nocturnal ghost
77. Hyakume (Japanese) – hundred-eyes creature
78. Hydra (Greek) – multi-headed water serpent/dragon
79. Hydrus (or Hydros) (Medieval Bestiary) – a water snake with various abilities
80. Hyōsube (Japanese) – hair-covered kappa
81. Hypnalis (Medieval Bestiary) – snake that kills its victims in their sleep
82. Hudhud (Islamic) – a legendary hoopoe bird