Top 20 Most Terrifying Mythical Creatures

These creatures are nightmare fuel! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the creepiest beasts, demons, and other entities across various mythologies. Our countdown of the most terrifying mythical creatures includes Jorōgumo, Nuckelavee, Chimera, Kraken, Vampires, and more! Is there a nightmare-inducing creature we missed? Scare us in the comments.

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[WatchMojo]

Is there a nightmare-inducing creature we missed? Scare us in the comments.

[marcusyates]

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[kaprosaurusrex]

There’s something annoying about the wendigo not being on this list, for those who don’t know, the wendigo is a monster, taking the appearance of either a pale, emaciated, human with sharp teeth, or more prominently as 12 ft tall man with a deer skull akin to the Minotaur, this creature has a bunch of tricks up its sleeve to lure its prey into it’s trap, the Natives fear this creature so much that it’s taboo to talk about it in their culture

[ethancullen]

A few honorable:

Thunderbird
Doppelgangers
Oni
Hodag
Redcap
El Sombreron
Banshee
Bunyip
Wendigo
Cyclops
Ningen
Ittan-Momen
Djinn
Penanggalan
Golem

[catxborsuq]

The battle of Zeus and Typhon ended with Zeus dropping Mount Etna on him, not sending him to Tartarus.

[LordPegasusBudda]

You did miss one creature, mother in laws

[corarosehedgehog]

😃I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE RWBY IN A WATCHMOJO VIDEO!
THANK YOU SOO MUCH🤣

[BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! 18:10 That sounds like a sleep paralysis ghost. 🥶

[vanicam]

I can't believe John Wick is on this list

[RazerRival]

Thank you so much for putting Hilda on this list for footage Watchmojo. Could you guys do more Hilda videos the show deserves it.

[kleine.]

Can you do a video of other mythical creatures please 🤞?

[GlennRoxWyo]

Three you forgot: Jormungandr, also known as the Midgard Serpent, a son of Loki described as a cross between a python and a Chinese dragon that stretches all the way around the earth holding the tip of it's tail in it's mouth until Ragnarok. Said to kill Thor with it's poisonous breath and they both die together. Also, two from the Bible, Leviathon & Behemath described in unfathomable dementions & anatomy in vague sea serpent & hippo-crocodile amalgamations respectively.

[MG]

WatchMojo: this is Baba Yaga

Me: that's not Keanu Reeves

[zulareshijastro]

As a Filipino I was really proud and surprised Manananggal is First on the List.

[TYPRSXS]

Not to sound skeptical, but I have been visited by the mare. When I was 3 years old, I woke up, its face was near my face and I couldn’t move or scream. It wasn’t until I scratched my brothers feet with my feet, he woke up and I was finally able to move. 2 years later, I told my parents about what I saw. I drawled what I saw and they quickly took my drawing and burned it. We went to church and got a blessing the following Sunday. I didn’t understand what was happening until 5 years ago

[BennysGotApun]

8:35 Hellhounds have also been depicted as invisible to humans in Supernatural.

[dale.gallaza]

Manananggal is #1. But you showed the tiktik from grimm😅

[matthewpaul]

"Animated by resentment..."

I'm not familiar with that studio.

[ScarySimple]

I think the Kuchisake-onne definitely belongs on this list, the first time I read about it, it scared the hell out of me!

[chrisbellon]

What MOJO, you miss alot of them, need a 10 more or 20 more list