List of legendary creatures (S) explained

1. Saci (Brazilian) – One-legged nature spirit
2. Sack Man (Worldwide)
3. Sagari (Japanese) – Horse head that dangles from trees on Kyūshū
4. Sakabashira (Japanese) – Haunted pillar, installed upside-down
5. Salamander (Alchemy) – Fire elemental
6. Samebito (Japanese) – Shark-man servant of the dragon king of the sea
7. Samodiva (Slavic) – Nature spirit
8. Sampati (Hindu) – The demigod Jatayu's brother
9. Sandman (Northern Europe) – Nursery spirit that induces sleep in children
10. Sango (South Western Nigeria) – Yoruba king of arts, music, dance and entertainment
11. Santelmo (Philippine) – Spirits in the form of fireballs that roam around the forest
12. Santa Claus (North Pole-European folklore) – Elderly man who delivers gifts to well-behaved children on the night of Christmas Eve
13. Sânziană (Romanian) – Nature spirit
14. Sarimanok (Philippine) – Bird of good fortune
15. Sarngika (Hindu) – Bird spirit
16. Sarugami (Japanese) – Wicked monkey spirit who was defeated by a dog
17. Satori (Japanese) – Mind-reading humanoid
18. Satan (Heaven-Abrahamic mythology) – Ruler of Hell
19. Satyr (Greek) – Human-goat hybrid and fertility spirit
20. Satyrus (Medieval Bestiary) – Apes who always bear twins, one the mother loves, the other it hates
21. Sazae-oni (Japanese) – Shapeshifting turban snail spirit
22. Sceadugenga (English) – Shapeshifting undead
23. Scitalis (Medieval Bestiaries) – Snake which mesmerizes its prey
24. Scorpion Man (Sumerian) – Human-scorpion hybrid
25. Scylla (Greek) – Human-snake hybrid with a snake's tail, twelve legs, and six long-necked snake heads
26. Sea-bee (Heraldic) – Fish-tailed bee
27. Sea-lion
28. Sea monk (Medieval folklore) – Fish-like humanoid
29. Sea monster (Worldwide) – Giant, marine animals
30. Sea serpent (Worldwide) – Serpentine sea monster
31. Sea-Wyvern (Heraldic) – Fish-tailed wyvern
32. Seko (Japanese) – Water spirit which can be heard making merry at night
33. Selkie (Faroese, Icelandic, Irish, and Scottish) – Human-seal shapeshifter
34. Senpoku-Kanpoku (Japanese) – Human-faced frog which guides newly deceased souls to the graveyard
35. Seps (Medieval Bestiaries) – Snake with corrosive venom
36. Serpent (Worldwide) – Snake spirit
37. Serpopard (Ancient Egypt) – Serpent-leopard hybrid
38. Shachihoko (Japanese) – Tiger-carp hybrid
39. Shade (Worldwide) – Spiritual imprint
40. Shadow People (American) – Malevolent ghost
41. Shahbaz (Persian) – Giant eagle or hawk
42. Shaitan (Islam) – Islamic version of the Devil (Satan) from the Bible
43. Shang-Yang (Chinese) – Rain bird
44. Shedim (Jewish) – Chicken-legged demon
45. Shedu (Akkadian and Sumerian) – Protective spirit who takes the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion
46. Shellycoat (English, Scottish and German, as schellenrocc) – Water spirit
47. Shen (Chinese) – Shapeshifing sea monster
48. Shenlong (Chinese) – Weather dragon
49. Shibaten (Japanese) – Water spirit from Shikoku
50. Shikigami (Japanese) – Servant spirit
51. Shiki-ōji (Japanese) – Child-sized servant spirit
52. Shikome (Japanese) – Underworld hag
53. Shinigami (Japanese) – "Death god"
54. Shiro-bōzu (Japanese) – White, faceless spirit
55. Shirouneri (Japanese) – Animated mosquito netting or dust cloth
56. Shiryō (Japanese) – Spirit of a dead person
57. Shisa (Japanese) – Lion-dog hybrid
58. Shishi (Chinese) – Protective animal
59. Shōjō (Japanese) – Red-haired sea-sprites who love alcohol
60. Shōkera (Japanese) – Creature that peers in through skylights
61. Shtriga (Albanian) – Vampire witch that feeds on children
62. Shui Gui (Chinese) – Drowned ghost
63. Shug Monkey (English) – Dog/monkey
64. Shunoban (Japanese) – Red-faced ghoul
65. Shuten-dōji (Japanese) – Ruler of the Oni
66. Sídhe – (Irish and Scottish) – Ancestral or nature spirit
67. Sigbin (Philippine) – Goat-like vampire
68. Sileni (Greek) – Bald, fat, thick-lipped, and flat-nosed followers of Dionysus
69. Simargl (Slavic) – Winged dog
70. Simurgh (Persian) – Dog-lion-peacock hybrid
71. Singa (Batak) – Feline animal
72. Sint Holo (Choctaw) – Serpentine rain spirit
73. Siren (Greek) – Human-bird hybrid
74. Sirin (Slavic) – Demonic human-headed bird
75. Sirrush (Akkadian) – Dragon with aquiline hind legs and feline forelegs
76. Sisiutl (American Indian) – Two-headed sea serpent
77. Si-Te-Cah (Paiute) – Red-haired giants
78. Sjörå (Norse) – Freshwater spirit
79. Sjövættir (Norse) – Sea spirit
80. Skin-walker (American Indian) – Animal-human shapeshifter
81. Skogsrå (Scandinavian) – Forest spirit
82. Sköll (Norse) – Wolf that chases the Sun
83. Skookum (Chinook Jargon) – Hairy giant
84. Skeleton (Medieval folklore) – Living skeletons
85. Skrzak (Slavic) – Household spirit
86. Sky Women (Polish) – Weather spirit
87. Sleipnir (Norse) – Eight-legged horse
88. Sluagh (Irish and Scottish) – Restless ghost
89. Snow Lion (Tibetan) – Celestial animal
90. Sodehiki-kozō (Japanese) – Invisible spirit which pulls on sleeves
91. Sōgenbi (Japanese) – Fiery ghost of an oil-stealing monk
92. Soragami (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon
93. Soraki-gaeshi (Japanese) – Sound of trees being cut down, when later none seem to have been cut
94. Sorobanbōzu (Japanese) – Ghost with an abacus
95. Sōtangitsune (Japanese) – Fox spirit from Kyoto
96. Soucouyant (Trinidad and Tobago) – Vampiric hag who takes the form of a fireball at night
97. Spearfinger (Cherokee) – Sharp-fingered hag
98. Spectre (Worldwide) – Terrifying ghost
99. Sphinx (Greek) – Winged woman-headed lion
100. Spiriduş (Romanian) – Little people
101. Spirit – Ghosts
102. Spriggan (Cornish) – Guardians of graveyards and ruins
103. Sprite (Medieval folklore) – little people, ghosts or elves
104. Squonk (American) – Ugly and lonely creature capable of evading capture by dissolving itself into a pool of tears
105. Stihi (Albanian) – Demonic dragon who guards a treasure
106. Strigoi (Romanian) – Vampire
107. Strix (Roman) – Vampiric bird
108. Struthopodes (Medieval Bestiaries) – Humanoid whose males have enormous feet, and females have tiny feet
109. Strzyga (Slavic) – Vampiric undead
110. Stuhać (Slavic) – Malevolent mountain spirit
111. Stymphalian Bird (Greek) – Metallic bird
112. Suangi (New Guinea) – Cannibalistic sorcerer
113. Succubus (Medieval folklore) – Female night-demon
114. Sudice (Slavic) – Fortune spirit
115. Sunakake-baba (Japanese) – Sand-throwing hag
116. Sunekosuri (Japanese) – Small dog- or cat-like creature that rubs against a person's legs at night
117. Surma (Finnish) – Hellhound
118. Suzaku (Japanese) – Japanese version of the Chinese Vermillion Bird
119. Svaðilfari (Norse) – Unnatural strong horse, father of Sleipnir
120. Svartálfar (Norse) – Cavern spirits; the Black Elves
121. The Swallower (Ancient Egyptian) – Crocodile-leopard-hippopotamus hybrid
122. Swan maiden (Worldwide) – Swan-human shapeshifter
123. Sylph (Alchemy) – Air elemental
124. Sylvan (Medieval folklore) – Forest spirit
125. Syrbotae (Medieval Bestiaries) – African giant
126. Syrictæ (Medieval Bestiaries) – Reptilian humanoid