Q-R (this is a short one)


Q
Qareen (Islamic) - Personal demon
Qilin (Chinese) - Dragon-ox-deer hybrid
Qiqirn (Inuit) - Large, bald dog spirit
Qliphoth (Jewish) - Evil spirits
Questing Beast (Arthurian legend) - Serpent-leopard-lion-hart hybrid
Quinotaur (Frankish) - Five-horned bull




R

Rå (Norse) - Spirit that protects a specific place
Rabisu (Akkadian) - Vampiric spirit that ambushes people
Radande (Unknown) - Tree spirit
Ragana (Lithuanian) - Malevolent wizard
Raiju (Japanese) - Lightning spirit
Rain Bird (Native American) - Rain spirit
Rainbow crow (Lenape) - Crow spirit
Rainbow Fish (Hindu) - Whale-sized, multi-colored fish
Rainbow Serpent (Australian Aboriginal) - Dragon
Rakshasa (Buddhist and Hindu) - Shapeshifting demons
Ramidreju (Spanish) - Extremely long, weasel-like animal
Raróg (Slavic) - Whirlwind spirit
Raven Mocker (Cherokee) - Life-draining spirit
Raven Spirit (Native American, Norse, and Siberian) - Trickster spirit
Redcap (English) - Malevolent, grotesque humanoid
Re’em (Jewish) - Gigantic land animal
Reichsadler (Heraldic) - Eagle, sometimes depicted with two heads
Rephaite (Jewish) - Giant
Revenant (Medieval folklore) - Reanimated dead
Roc (Arabian and Persian) - Gigantic bird
Rokurokubi (Japanese) - Long-necked, humanoid tricksters
Rompo (Africa and India) - Skeletal creature with elements of a rabbit, badger, and bear
Rồng - (Vietnamese) Dragon
Rougarou (French America) - Human-wolf shapeshifter
Rusalka (Slavic) - Female water spirit
Ryū - Japanese dragon