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Valkyrie: A race of anglic warrior women who asscort dying warriors to Valhalla

Vampire: Vampires are represented as reanimated corpses who feed by draining and consuming the blood of living beings. 

Vodianoy: A water spirit from Slavic folklore. There depicted as an old man with seaweed for a beard. They’ve been known for drowning any mortal that comes near their pond. If it’s in a good mood, fishermen will five offerings of tobacco and butter to the vodianoy for a bountiful catch.

Vanara: Popularly refers to a group of ape-like humanoids in the Hindu epic Ramyana who were brave and inquisitive by nature. They possessed supernatural powers and could change shape.

Vittra:An invisible creature that live underground in Scandinavian Folklore. If any mortal angers the creature, it will make the mortal’s life miserable.

Vilas: Pronounced "Vee-lahs"; they're female faeries and are so beautiful that once human males see them, they are longed after forever. They have powers over the wind which they delight in causing storms of high winds. They live around hills, mountains, and high mounds. They can appear as a ghost-like figure with a long billowing cloak wrapped around them.

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The ghost of a woman who died at childbirth, and is knwon to haunt near river sides. She would ask any travler to look after her child, only to be reveled as a rock.

Underwater Panther: Known as Mishipeshu, wich translates into "the Great Lynx". It has the head and paws of a giant cat but is covered in scales and has dagger-like spikes running along its back and tail. 

Undine: Water elemental based spirit 

Unicorn: The unicorn, usually depicted with the body of a horse, but with a single horn growing out of its forehead, is one of the most revered mythical beasts of all time. Appearing in numerous cultures, the unicorn has come to be a symbol of purity and beauty. It's horn is said to have miraculous healing powers. 

Urayuli: A race of humanoid like creatures that live in the woodened areas of Alaska. They are discribed 10 feet tall with long shaggy fur, luminescent eyes, and long lanky arms.

Urmahlullu: A lion centaur

Urchins: A faery that takes the form of a hedge hog.

Ushi-oni: A demon with a bull’s head and the body of a gigantic spider. It is one of the most savage of all youkai.

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Tanuki: Known as Racoon Dog in English, the Tanuki are notorious pranksters in Japanese folklore. 

Tarasque: A dragon like crature with the head of a lion, the shell of a turtle, six legs of a bear, and a scorpion's tail. The creature is known to live in the areas of Nerluc Provence in France. 

Tengu: Tengu ("heavenly dogs") are a class of supernatural creatures found in Japanese folklore, art, theater, literature, and religious mythology. These Japanese spirits were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey, such that they are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics. In the earliest sources, tengu were actually pictured with beaks, but, in later depictions, these features have often been anthropomorphized into unnaturally long noses. These crafty (oftentimes dangerous) birdmen were long held to be disruptive demons and harbingers of war (much like their Chinese prototypes). These spirits as morally-ambivalent protectors of the mountains and forests, who were as likely to bring windfalls as calamities to humans intruding upon their domains.

Tenjo-name: A youkai that licks up dirt and cobwebs in the ceilings, while hanging upside down.

Triton: Named after the son of the sea god Posiden and the pitch forked wepond. Their apperiance is very much similar to mermen. Their favorite pastimes are riding on the waves, blowing conch shells, and can turn their fish tails into human legs to walk on land.  

Troll:The troll is of Scandinavian origin but has international popularity in the realms of legend, folklore, and fantasy. One of the most anthropomorphic fantasy creatures, trolls have been depicted in vastly different ways. Generally considered somewhat dangerous, whether through they’re larger than human size and strength or through more magical means, trolls are recognizably similar to human beings.

Trows: Squat, round and misshapen faeries from Orkney. There mischievous creatures, they enjoy hiding things from mortals.

Tsuchigumo: A demonic giant spider from Japanese folklore.

Tsuchinoko: A three foot long snake with a flat body. They have horn like ridges above the eyes, dorsal pits, a triangular head, a well-defined neck and black colored skin. It loves the taste of alcohol, speak in different languages and can hold its tail in its mouth and rolls like a hoop.

 

Tikbalang: A demon like creature, with the body of a man and the head of a horse. They enjoy raping mortal women.

Tiyanak: A demon that takes the form of a baby.  When a victim finds it in it’s baby form, the tiyanak will reveal it’s true form and devourers it's prey.   

Tofu-kozo: A youkai that looks like young mortal boy. He carries a plate of tofu; any one who eat his tofu offering a fungus will drain their life force.

Tomte: A household gnome that help around the household chorces and farm. It is generally described as being no taller than three feet, having a long white beard, and wearing a conical or knit cap in red or some other bright color. According to tradition, the tomte/nisse lives in the houses and barns of the farmstead, and secretly act as their guardian. If treated well, they protect the family and animals from evil and misfortune, and may also aid the chores and farm work.

Toire-no-hanakosan: A ghostly young girl that resides in girl’s restroom.

Thunderbird: An enormous bird like creature found in Native American folklore. Its enormous wings are known to cause thunder.

Tuatha de Danann: A divine race of human like beings from Celtic mythology. They were once horned as gods, kings, queens, and, heroes. Until they were defeted by the Milesians and were force to retreat undground, and became known as the sidhe or the faery people. 

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Sasquatch: Known colloquially  as "Bigfoot," is a primate-like animal believed to inhabit the forests of North America, although people claim to have sighted the creature in every part of the Unitied States and most of Canada. Akin to the infamous Yeti of the Himalayan Mountains, Sasquatch lore dates back to the earliest Native American tribes.

Sagari: Horse's head that dangles from trees to spook unsupecting mortals. 

Saci: The Saci is arguably the most popular character in Brazilian Floklore. He is a one-legged black or mulatoo youngster with holes in the palms of his hands, who smokes a pipe and wears a magical red cap that enables him to disappear and reappear wherever he wishes (usually in the middle of a dust devil). Considered an annoying prankster in most parts of Brazil, and a potentially dangerous and malicious creature in others, he will nevertheless grant wishes to anyone who manages to trap him or steal his magic cap.

Satyr: Orignated in Greek and Roman mythology, they are discribed having the upper bodies of a human man, the legs and horn of a goat. Their favorite pass times are roaming the countryside, lusting after maidens and nymphs, and revle with the gods Pan and Dionysus.

Satori: An ape like humanoid that has been known to be sighted in the moutian regions of Japan. They are known to have an ability to read minds. 

 Scylla: Acording to legend, she was once a sea nymph until the jealous witch Circie truned her into a  terribile sea monster with the upper half of a human woman, six heads of dogs, and eight tenticals. 

Selkies: They're seaside faeries native to the northern Scottish islands. They appear as seals with some human characteristics, but legend says that they can shed their sealskin and appear with perfect male or female forms, which are very alluring to young men and women.

Sea Serpent: A sea serpent or sea dragon is a type of sea monster either wholly or partly serpentine. Sightings of sea serpents have been reported for hundreds of years, and continue to be claimed today. They are konwn for causing tidal waves with the swipe of their tail, and damage ships. 

Siren: In Greek Mythology the Sirens were creatures who lived on a remote island surrounded by rocky cliffs. The Sirens lured passing sailors by their singing, which would enchant any sailor listening to the point that he would lose all will-power, and crash his ship upon the Sirens' rocky shore and cliffs, killing all the men aboard.

Shedu: A Protective spirit with the form of a winged bull or lion with a human head.

Shellycoat: A type of water goblin that adorns itself with sea shells and haunts rivers and streams of Scottland, England and Germany. 

Sleipnir: The eight legged steed of the Norse god Odin. 

Sphinx: The sphinx has had a long history of secrecy and intrigue, being viewed by many cultures as guardians of knowledge and as speaking in riddles. The sphinx varies in physical features, but is almost always a composite of two or more animals, and some versions are part-human part-animal. Whatever the form, the sphinx embodies paradox, beautiful and alluring, she is also dangerous even deadly; encountering a sphinx is described as confusing and destructive and requires great caution when approaching.

Spriggans: Ugly and grotesque looking goblins with an ability to alter their size. They haunt in old ruins to gaurd treasures from theives. 

Simargl: A winged wolf or dog of Persian mythology. 

Skin Walker: A person with the natural ability to turn into any animal he or she desires. To be able to transform, legend sometimes requires that the skin-walker wears an animal pelt. 

Sune-kosuri: A youkai that resembles at gribble or hamster. They cause people to trip.

Stymphalian Birds: Birds of prey with bronze beaks and sharp metallic feathers that could pierce their victims with it. 

Shojo: A humanoid youkai with red skin and hair. They enjoy dancing, merrymaking and drinking.

Swan Maiden: The swan maidens were Welsh fees who could transform themselves into swans by wearing a cloak of feathers.

Squonk: Claimed to be the ugliest creature of all living things, because of its wart covered skin and pig like body, weeping over it's hideous apperiance. This creature has been known to habit the forest of Pennsylvania.  

Succubus: A female demon, know to seduce mortal men in their sleep and drains their energy.

Strix: Vampric olws that feed on the blood of infants. 

 Sylph: Elemtal spirit of air.