List of legendary creatures (W) explained

1. Waldgeist (German) – Forest spirit
2. Wana-games-ak (Abenaki) – Water spirits
3. Wani (Japanese) – Crocodilian water monster
4. Wanyūdō (Japanese) – Demon in the form of a burning human-headed ox cart
5. Warak ngendog (Indonesian Muslim) – Egg-laying bird
6. Warg (English and Scandinavian O.N. vargr) – Giant, demonic wolf
7. Warlock (Worldwide) – Male witch
8. Wassan-mon-ganeehla-ak (Abenaki) – Aurora spirits
9. Water monkey (Chinese) – Water spirit
10. Water sprite (Alchemy) – Water elemental
11. Wati-kutjara (Australia Aboriginal) – Goanna spirits
12. Wa-won-dee-a-megw (Abenaki) – Shapeshifting snail spirit
13. Weiße Frauen (German) – Female spirit
14. Wekufe (Mapuche) – Demon
15. Wendigo (Algonquian) – Anthropophagous spirit
16. Wentshukumishiteu (Inuit) – Water spirit
17. Werecat (Worldwide) – Feline-human shapeshifter
18. Werehyena (Africa) – Hyena-human shapeshifter
19. Werewolf (Worldwide) – Wolf-human shapeshifter
20. White Lady (Worldwide) – Ghost of a murdered or mistreated woman
21. Whowie (Australian Aboriginal) – Giant frog-headed goanna with six legs
22. Wild man (European) – Hairy, bipedal, man-like creature
23. Will-o'-the-Wisp (Worldwide) – Spectral fire
24. Winged genie (Assyrian) – Bearded male figures sporting birds
25. Wirry-cow (Scottish) – Malevolent spirit
26. Witch (Worldwide) – Person who practices magic
27. Witte Wieven (Dutch) – Female, ancestral spirit
28. Wolpertinger (German) – Forest animal comprised from various animal parts (similar to a Chimera)
29. Wondjina (Australia Aboriginal) – Weather spirit
30. Wraith (Scottish) – Water spirit or ghostly apparition
31. Wulver (Scottish) – Wolf-headed humanoid spirit
32. Wu Tou Gui (Chinese) – Beheaded ghost
33. Wyrm – English dragon
34. Wyvern (Germanic Heraldic) – Flying reptile, usually with two legs and two wings