Iara (Brazilian) - Female water spirit
Ibong Adarna (Philippine) - Bird that changes color each time it finishes a song
Ichimoku-nyudo (Japanese) - One-eyed kappa from Sado Island
Ichiren-Bozu (Japanese) - Animated prayer beads
Ichneumon (Medieval Bestiaries) - Dragon-killing animal
Ichthyocentaur (Greek) - Human-fish hybrid
Iele (Romanian) - Female nature spirits
Ifrit (Arabian) - Fire genie
Ijiraq (Inuit) - Spirit that kidnaps children
Ikiryo (Japanese) - Disembodied soul
Ikuchi (Japanese) - Sea-serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping
oil
Iku-Turso (Finnish) - Sea monster
Imp (Medieval) - Diminutive, demonic servant
Impundulu (Southern Africa) - Avian, vampiric lightning spirit
Imugi (Korean) - Flightless, dragon-like creatures (sometimes thought of as
proto-dragons)
Inapertwa (Aboriginal) - Simple organisms, used by creator-gods to make
everything else
Incubus (Medieval folklore) - Male night-demon and rapist
Indrik (Russian) - One-horned horse-bull hybrid
Inkanyamba (Zulu) - Horse-headed serpent
Inugami (Japanese) - Dog spirit
Ipotane (Greek) - Horse-human hybrid, two-legged (as opposed to the four-legged
centaur)
Ippon-datara (Japanese) - One-legged mountain spirit
Iratxoak (Basque) - Diminutive, demonic servents
Irin (Jewish) - Fallen angels
Ishigaq (Inuit) - Little people
Isonade (Japanese) - Shark-like sea monster
Ittan-momen (Japanese) - Malevolent ghost
Iwana-bozu (Japanese) - Char which appeared as a Buddhist monk
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