Legendary Creatures
- Beast of Gévaudan
- Brownie of the Lake
- Dames Blanches, type of female spirit
- European dragon
- Fae - aka Fae, Fée, the origin of the word Fairy
- Gap of Goeblin - is a "goblin hole", the legend that surrounds a hole and underground tunnel in Mortain, France.
- Gargouille - A legendary dragon
- Gargoyle - A beast
- Goblins
- Lutins - A type of hobgoblin
- Matagot - A spirit in the form of an animal, usually a cat
- Melusine - A feminine spirit of fresh waters
- Morgan le Fay (Morgue le Faye) - In the early Legends of Charlemagne, she is most famous for her association with Ogier the Dane, whom she takes to her mystical island palace to be her lover. In Huon de Bordeaux, Morgan le Fay and Julius Caesar are the parents of Oberon.
- Oberon - King of the Fairies. In the early Legends of Charlemagne, Huon de Bordeaux he is the son of Morgan le Faye and Julius Caesar.
- Reynard - A trickster fox. See also Animal fables, mock epics.
- Tarasque - A legendary dragon
- Werewolf
- Woodwose (aka Homme Sauvage,, Wadwasa and Wild Man)
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