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Hippocampus drawn from a fresco in Pompeii
  1. Hábrók ( Nordic) – listed as the "best" hawk
  2. Hadhayosh ( Persian) – gigantic land animal
  3. Hades ( Greek) – Ruler of the Underworld
  4. Haetae ( Korean) – dog-lion hybrid
  5. Hag (Many cultures worldwide) – wise old woman who is usually a malevolent spirit or a disguised goddess
  6. Haietlik ( Nuu-chah-nulth) – water serpent
  7. Halloi ( Sanamahism) - natural maiden spirits of celestial origin
  8. Hai-uri ( Khoikhoi) – male cannibalistic partially invisible monster
  9. Hakutaku ( Japanese) – talking beast which handed down knowledge on harmful spirits
  10. Hākuturi ( Māori) – nature guardian
  11. Half-elf ( Nordic) – human-elf hybrid
  12. Haltija ( Finnish) – spirit that protects a specific place
  13. Hamadryad ( Greek) – oak tree nymph
  14. Hamingja ( Scandinavian) – personal protection spirit
  15. Hamsa ( Buddhist, Hindu and Jainism) – mystic bird
  16. Hanau epe ( Rapa Nui) – long-eared humanoid
  17. Hantu Air ( Malay) – shapeshifting water spirit
  18. Hantu Demon ( Philippine) – demon
  19. Hantu Raya ( Malay) – demonic servant
  20. Harionago ( Japanese) – humanoid female with barbed, prehensile hair
  21. Harpy ( Greek) – birdlike human-headed death spirit
  22. Haugbúi ( Nordic) – undead being who lives in its burial mound
  23. Havsrå ( Nordic) – saltwater spirit
  24. Helloi ( Meitei mythology) – celestial maidens, daughters of the Sky God Salailen
  25. Headless Horseman ( European) – humanoid spirit who haunts or kills
  26. Headless Mule ( Brazilian) – fire-spewing, headless, spectral mule
  27. Hecatonchires ( Greek) – primordial giants with 100 hands and fifty heads
  28. Heikegani ( Japanese) – crabs with human-faced shells, the spirits of warriors killed in the Battle of Dan-no-ura
  29. Heinzelmännchen ( German) – household spirit
  30. Helead ( Greek) – fen nymph
  31. Hellhound (Many cultures worldwide) – underworld dog
  32. Heracles ( Greek) – gatekeeper of Olympus
  33. Hercinia ( Medieval Bestiaries) – glowing bird
  34. Herensuge ( Basque) – dragon
  35. Hesperides ( Greek) – nymph daughters of Atlas
  36. Hidebehind ( United States) – nocturnal forest creature
  37. Hiderigami ( Japanese) – drought spirit
  38. Hieracosphinx ( Ancient Egypt) – falcon-headed sphinx
  39. Hihi ( Japanese) – baboon monster
  40. Hiisi ( Finnish) – nature guardian
  41. Hippalectryon ( Greek) – a horse-rooster hybrid
  42. Hippocamp ( Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician) – horse-fish hybrid
  43. Hippogriff ( Medieval Bestiaries) – hybrid of a griffin and horse; a lion-eagle-horse hybrid
  44. Hippopodes ( Medieval Bestiary) – horse-hoofed humanoid
  45. Hircocervus ( Medieval Bestiary) – deer-goat hybrid
  46. Hitodama ( Japanese) – ghosts of the newly dead, which take the form of fireballs
  47. Hitotsume-kozō ( Japanese) – one-eyed childlike spirit
  48. Hob ( English) – house spirit
  49. Hobbididance ( English) – malevolent spirit
  50. Hobgoblin ( Medieval) – friendly or amusing goblin
  51. Hodag ( United States) – frog-mammoth-lizard hybrid
  52. Hokhokw ( Kwakiutl) – bird
  53. Hōkō ( Japanese) – dog-like Chinese tree spirit
  54. Hó͘-ko͘-pô ( Taiwanese) – a tiger spirit
  55. Homa ( Persian) – eagle-lion hybrid, similar to a griffin
  56. Hombre Caiman ( Colombian) – human-alligator hybrid
  57. Hombre Gato ( Latin America) – human-cat hybrid
  58. Homunculus ( Alchemy) – small animated construct
  59. Hō-ō ( Japanese) – rooster-swallow-fowl-snake-goose-tortoise-stag-fish hybrid
  60. Hoopoe (multiple cultures) – near passerine bird common to Africa and Eurasia that features in many mythologies in those continents
  61. Hoop snake ( United States, Canada, and Australia) – snake which rolls by taking its tail in its mouth
  62. Horned Serpent ( Native American) – serpentine rain spirit
  63. Hotoke ( Japanese) – deceased person
  64. Houri ( Islamic) – heavenly beings
  65. Hraesvelg ( Norse) – Jötunn, who in eagle form, creates the wind by beating his wings
  66. Hrímþurs ( Nordic) – Rime or frost jötunn
  67. Huaychivo ( Mayan) – human-deer hybrid
  68. Huginn and Muninn ( Norse) – pair of ravens associated with the Norse god Odin whose names mean Thought and Memory
  69. Huldufólk ( Icelandic/ Faroese) – secret mound/rock dwelling elves
  70. Hulder ( Scandinavian) – forest spirit
  71. Huli jing ( Chinese) – nine-tailed fox spirit
  72. Huma ( Persian) – regenerative fire bird
  73. Humbaba ( Akkadian) – lion-faced giant
  74. Hundun ( Chinese) – chaos spirit
  75. Hupia ( Taíno) – nocturnal ghost
  76. Hyakume ( Japanese) – hundred-eyes creature
  77. Hydra ( Greek) – multi-headed water serpent/dragon
  78. Hydrus (or Hydros) ( Medieval Bestiary) – a water snake with various abilities
  79. Hyōsube ( Japanese) – hair-covered kappa
  80. Hypnalis ( Medieval Bestiary) – snake that kills its victims in their sleep
  81. Hudhud (mythology) ( Islamic mythology) – a legendary hoopoe bird
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