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A statue of Rangda, the queen of the Leyak.
  1. La-bar-tu ( Assyrian) – Disease demon
  2. Labbu ( Akkadian) – Sea snake
  3. Lady midday ( Slavic) – Sunstroke spirit
  4. Ladon ( Greek) – Dragon guarding the golden apples of the Hesperides
  5. Laelaps ( Greek) – Enchanted dog that always caught his prey
  6. Laestrygonians ( Greek) – Anthropophagic giants
  7. Lakanica ( Slavic) – Field spirit
  8. Lake monster (Worldwide) – Gigantic animals reported to inhabit various lakes around the world
  9. Lakhey ( Nepalese) – Demon with fangs
  10. La Llorona ( Latin America) – Death spirit associated with drowning
  11. Lamassu ( Akkadian and Sumerian) – Protective spirit with the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion
  12. Lambton Worm ( English) – Giant worm
  13. Lamia ( Greek) – Child-devouring monster
  14. Lamiak ( Basque) – Water spirit with duck-like feet
  15. La Mojana ( Colombian) – Shapeshifting, female water spirit
  16. Lampades ( Greek) – Underworld nymph
  17. Landvættir ( Norse) – Nature spirits
  18. Langmeidong ( Meitei mythology) – Semi human, semi hornbill creature
  19. Lares ( Roman) – House spirit
  20. La Sayona ( Venezuela) – Female ghost that punishes unfaithful husbands
  21. La Tunda ( Colombian) – Nature spirit that seduces and kills men
  22. Lava bear – Miniature bear thought to inhabit the lava beds of south central Oregon
  23. Laukų dvasios ( Lithuanian) – Field spirit
  24. Lauma ( Baltic) – Sky spirit
  25. Lavellan ( Scottish) – Gigantic water rat
  26. Leanan sidhe ( Celtic) – Fairy lover
  27. Leanashe ( Irish) – Possessing spirit or vampire
  28. Leimakids ( Greek) – Meadow nymph
  29. Leokampoi ( Etruscan) – Fish-tailed lion
  30. Leontophone ( Medieval Bestiary) – Tiny animal poisonous to lions
  31. Leprechaun ( Irish) – Cobbler spirit
  32. Leszi ( Slavic) – Tree spirit
  33. Leuce ( Greek) – White poplar tree nymph
  34. Leucrota ( Medieval Bestiary) – Crocotta-lion hybrid
  35. Leviathan ( Jewish) – Sea monster seen in Job 41
  36. Leyak ( Balinese) – Anthropophagous flying head with entrails
  37. Libyan Aegipanes ( Medieval Bestiaries) – Human-horse hybrid
  38. Libyan Satyr ( Medieval Bestiaries) – Human-goat hybrid
  39. Lidérc ( Hungary) – Magical chicken that transforms into a humanoid
  40. Lietuvēns ( Latvia) - Soul of a murdered person
  41. Lightning Bird ( Southern Africa) – Magical bird found at sites of lightning strikes
  42. Likho ( Slavic) – One-eyed hag or goblin
  43. Lilin ( Jewish) – Night-demoness
  44. Lilitu ( Assyrian) – Winged demon
  45. Limnades ( Greek) – Lake nymph
  46. Lindworm ( Germanic) – Dragon
  47. Ljósálfar ( Norse) – Sunlight spirits; the Light Elves
  48. Ljubi ( Albanian) – Demoness
  49. Llamhigyn Y Dwr ( Welsh) – Frog-bat-lizard hybrid
  50. Loch Ness Monster ( Scottish) – Serpentine sea monster
  51. Loki ( Norse mythology) – God of night
  52. Lo-lol ( Abenaki) – Hideous monster
  53. LóngChinese dragon
  54. Long Ma ( Chinese) – Dragon-horse hybrid
  55. Loogaroo ( French America) – Shapeshifting, female vampire
  56. Lou Carcolh ( French) – Snake-mollusk hybrid
  57. Loup-garou ( French) – Werewolf
  58. Loveland frog ( American Folklore) ( Ohio) – Cryptid, Humanoid Frog
  59. Lubber fiend ( English) – House spirit
  60. Luduan ( Chinese) – Truth-detecting animal
  61. Lugat ( Albanian) – Vampire
  62. Lui-kong-tsiau ( Taiwanese) – Thunderbird
  63. Luison ( Guaraní) – Werewolf | Cadaver-eating dog
  64. Lusca – Sea Monster
  65. Lutin ( French) – Amusing goblin
  66. Lyngbakr
  67. Lynx ( Medieval Bestiaries) – Feline guide spirit