Master List of "Stock" Fantasy Races (And Creatures?)

Chimera
Gargoyle
Gorgon
Mermaid/Siren/Merfolk
Incubus

 

Medusa
Wyrms
Selkies
"Fin-folk"/Sahaugin
Mummies
Minotaurs
Giant insects/spiders/scorpions
Kraken

 

I don't recall them coming up (my memory is bad)
Deities. Whether based on the old Earth myths or the author's very own.
Necromancers

 

Horse
Dragon
Wyvern
Griffon

 

Unicorns
Merfolk
Cats - normal and magical
Giants
Kraken
Talking animals (non-shifters) - Not a single race perhaps, but extremely common in fantasy.
Elemental spirits - clouds, fire, ect.
Pegasi

 

Hi,

I'm just writing a work using ancient Greek gods etc. So first up Medusae is not a race - she's of the race called the gorgons.

And to add:
Furies
Fauns
gods and demi-gods.

Cheers, Greg.

 

I've noticed a severe lack of 'B's in this list, so here's some off the top of my head to fill that in:
Banshees
Boggarts
Bogeymen
Barghests
Basilisks
Bugbears
Beholders

There's also:
Wraiths
Revenants
Wights
Ghouls
Harpies
Hags (Might count as a witch though)
Djinni (might fall under elemental spirits)
Ifreet (Usually used as a type of Djinn, I think, but sometimes not)
Titans
Colossi (could count as golems)
Charybdis (or possibly Scylla)
Cerberus (and his two-headed sibling, Orthrus)
Hellhounds
Ettins
Jotuns
Valkyries (Not sure if that counts as a race or profession for semi-gods)
Puka
Slimes (can't forget the lowly slime, can we? Or Oozes, Jellies, etc.)
Dinosaurs!
Lilliputian (Possibly copyrighted)
Skinwalkers (Possibly an occupation, but I've read some authors that use them as monsters)
Krampus (I don't know if he counts though)
Formians
Fomorians (From Irish folklore)
Doppelgangers
Gorgons
Catoblepas
Cthulhu!
Criosphinx (A sphinx with a goat's head, I think)
Manticores
Cockatrice
Mimics
Naga
Will-O-Wisps
Striga
Roc
Couatl
Vodyanoi
Wargs

Then from Japan we have Youkai (also called Ayakashi or Mononoke), which include:
Tanuki (An actual animal, but used extensively as a fantastical creature in fantasy)
Kappa
Tengu
Umibozu
Tsuchinoko
Tsuchigumo (And Jorogumo. Spider monsters)
Bakeneko (Cat-thing)
Tsukumogami (household items that have come alive after existing for a hundred years. I think?)
Yukionna (Ice Woman)

And . . . that's all I got.

 

My son (who loves the game Smallworld) loved this list.

 

This list is so helpful! Thank you to all who've contributed to it.

 

Phoenix
Wyrms
Leviathan

I'm not sure how Phoenix was missed. It's a pretty popular creature.

 

Imps, pixies?

 

Naga- my personal favourite
Shadow warriors
Shadow mage
Dark lord
Demon king/ Devil king(might be the same)
Dragon kin
Griffin
Shade
Hero
Orc
High Orc
Souls
Gargoyle
Statues
Arc Angels
Fallen
Shadow Sovereign
Legend
Sphinx
Summoners(Not really a type of race but still something)
Beastmen female(anime e.g., Cat girls, Racoon girls, Dog girl etc)
Lich (type of skeleton king)
Robots
Gods/ Goddess
Nessy(from Lake Loch Ness)
Rock Golem
Flesh Golem
Dryad
Haunted Armour/ Magical Armour/ Cursed Armour

 

I forgot about:
Dwarfs- the best craftsmen in the world
Fire imps
Lyclon
Half-elf
Drakes
Merfolk
Wyvern
Wyvern whelp
Dire wolf
Hobgoblin

Sorry some of it might have been mentioned before

P.S. I like to think of myself as a unique species of human... born as a shadow lord