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La-Llorona: The spirit of a scorned woman, who killed her children and her herself after discovering her husband's unfathiulness. Condmened to wonder the Earth to find her children at night at the side of the river, crying "My children, where are my children."

Lamia: A vampiric creature with the upper body of a woman and the tail of a serpant.

Land Wight: Germanic nature spirits 

Lares: Roman household gods

Lamassu: The gaurdian spirit with the face of a human, the body of a bull and the wings of an eagle.

Leprechaun: The most famous, and recognizable creature of Irish Folklore. The leprechaun is an expert on making shoes for faeries. If a person loose his or her focus on the leprechaun, they will vanish at will. 

Leanansidhe: A beautiful vampiric faery. She is said to give inspiration to poets, but feeds on their life force or sanity.

Leviathan: A monsterous sea creature from Jewish legend. 

 Leshy: A male woodland spirit of Slavic Mythology who protects wild animals and forests.. He can shapeshift into many different forms rom that of a blade of grass to a very tall tree. Leshies are known to be mischievous beings, they enjoy misguiding humans who wander intot their forest. 

  

Lunatishee: The faeries that guard blackthorn tree. They will pinch any mortal who will pick their berries with out their permission. 

Likho: Depicted as an old, skinny woman in black with a single eye on her forhead. 

Lindworm: A large serpentine dragon of Germanic myths. 

Longana: A water spirit depicted as a beautiful woman, the horns of a goat and the tail of a fish. They are also depicted as intelligent and, and they regularly converse with spirits, which explains their extraordinary knowledge of natural events.

Lorelei: A siren of the Rhine River for Germanic Lore. She can be seen sitting on the jaged rock, sining while combing her long golden hair. Many foolish and unwary men would become enticed by her song and would fall into the water depths. 

Lubber Fiend: A household goblin. He is typically described as a large, hairy man with a tail, who performs housework in exchange for a saucer of milk and a place in front of the fire.

Lucas: A monsterous hybrid of shark and octoupus. It makes its home in underwater gratos of Brazil, waiting to devouer its victims who are humans foolish enough to swim. 

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Kami: Japanese spirits that guard the natural world.

Kamma-itachi: A weasel youkai that travels by wind. They attack their victims by using their sickle like claws.

Kami-kiri: A youkai with a bird shaped face, the body of a little old man and the claws of a lobster. They enjoy cutting up people’s long hair.

Kachina: Spirit beings in western pueblo mythology. They can represent anything in the natural world. From a revered ancestor to an element.  They use their powers for the good of humanity, such as brining rain, healing, fertility or protection.

Krampus: A demon that accompanies  St Nicolas on Christmas Eve. While good children are rewarded with gifts from St Nick, Krampus punishes the naughty. 

Kappa: This water imp is known to have a turtle-like appearance with webbed hands and feet which have razor sharp claws that he uses as weapons. Although the kappa has been known to kill and eat people he has a reputation as a prankster as well. The top of the kappa's head is bowl-shaped and filled with water. If bowed to, the kappa out of courtesy will bow in return, and pour the water out of his head, causing him to loose his magical powers.

Karrkadann: A creature that resembles a rhinoceros, but with black, scaly skin; a dewlap hanging down under the skin. It has three yellow hooves on each foot.  On the top of the nose there is a single horn which is bent upwards that is used for gouging it victims with.

Kallikantzaros: Impish goblins hailing from Greece. They enjoy causing mayhem, espicaly on Christmas Eve.

Kasa-Obake: The parasol or umbrella monster gains the ability to float or fly. As with all the living artifacts it takes great joy in startling mortals and playing tricks on them.

Kawa-uso: A shape shifting river otter youkai. There favorite forms they can take are beautiful looking children. They protect families, which live near rivers, and trick any travelers into falling the river.

Kapre: The Kapre is a filthy, hairy giant who likes to smoke huge rolls of cigars, and hide within and atop large trees. Kapres are said to dwell in big trees like acacias, mangoes, bamboo and banyan. Kapres are also said to play pranks on people, frequently making travelers become disoriented and lose their way in the mountians or in the woods. 

Kelpie: The kelpie is a supernatural shape-shifting water horse from Celtic folklore that is believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland and Ierland. It generally has grayish black fur, and will appear to be a lost pony, but can be identified by its constantly dripping mane. Its skin is like that of a seal but is deathly cold to the touch.

Keukegen:  A disease bringing spirit which resembles a caterpiller with long dark hair. The spirit lives in damp, dark places and causes people in the house to get sick.

Kitsune: Fox spirits of Japanese folklore. They possess unique abilities, such as shapesifting, posession, fire manipulations, and tirckery. They are said to live 100 years. When a kitsune gains its ninth tail, its fur becomes white or gold.

Kiyohime: Woman who transformed into a serpent-demon out of the rage of unrequited love.

Kikimora: A female household spirit of Slavic folklore. When the kikimora inhabits a house, she lives behind the stove or in the cellar, and usually produces noises similar to those made by the mice in order to obtain food. When the house is in order. Kikimora looks after the chickens and housework. If not, she whistles, breaks dishes, and makes noises at night.

Kishi: A two faced deomon of Angola folklore. The front face consits of an attractive young man, while is that of the face of hyena. 

Killmoulis: The killmoulis is the distant relative of the brownie, and is less than one foot in height but with a disproportionately large head and a prodigious nose . A killmoulis will live in a symbiotic relationship with humans, making its home under the floors, and in the walls and crawlspaces.

Kirin: A Japanese version of the unicorn.  The bodies are fully or partially scaled, though often shaped like an ox, deer or horse's, and always with cloven hooves. In modern times.

Kinnara: Devine beings with upper body of human, the legs and tail of bird. They are musicians of the gods of India. 

Kijimunaa: The kijimunaa resembles a short young boy and features bright red hair. Kijimunaa are known for playing harmless pranks. Kijimunaa can also be helpful, but they are quick to change their minds. They enjoy fishing and eating fish. The only thing they fear is the octopus.

Klabautermann: A little old man or dwarf that helps around the ship.

Knucker: A water dragon

Kobold: The kobold is a goblin stemming from Germanic folklore. The most common depictions of kobolds show them as humanlike figures the size of small children. These creatures to be expert miners and metalworkers. They can be helpful or malignant to humans.  

Kobalos: Mischievous dwarf like creatures that are fond of tricking and frightening mortals.

Ko-dama: Japanese  tree spirits.

Konaki-jijii: A youkai that look and like a human baby, but with the face of an old man. They can control their own weight at will. If a mortal hears the youkai crying like an infant. If the mortal will pick it up, the youkai will reveal its true form and crush its victim.

Kongamato: A pterosaur like creature sighted in sub-Saharan regions in Africa.

Korrigans: Originated from Brittany, they appear as old women by day. However at night they change into beautiful young women and seduce mortal men. There male counter parts are shown as dwarves.

Koro-pok-guru: A race of small fairy like beings of the Ainu People.

Kraken: A giant squid that is famous for destroying ships with its massive tentacles.

Krasue: A vampiric creature with the face of a beautiful woman and dangling organs. This spirit moves about by hovering in the air above the ground. It usualy preys on cattle, chicken and pregnant women. I can also fool a young man with it's face in order to attack. 

Kuchisake-onna: A female youkai that looks like an ordinary mortal woman. However its mouth is mouth is disfigured, which stretches from ear to ear. She asks her victims to by saying “Do you think I am beautiful?”  If her victims answer, she will kill them. 

 Kurage-no-hinotama: Jellyfish which floats through the air as a fireball