"The Erlking", by Albert Sterner, ca. 1910
Elves in Norse mythology
Elves
  1. Easter Bunny (Christianity) – Anthropomorphic lagomorph.
  2. Easter Bilby (Australian) – Anthropomorphic bilby.
  3. Each Uisge (Scottish) – Malevolent water horse
  4. Eagle Spirit (Many cultures worldwide) – Leadership or guidance totem
  5. Ebu Gogo (Flores) – Diminutive humanoids, possibly inspired by Homo floresiensis
  6. Echidna (Greek)
  7. Echeneis (Medieval Bestiaries) – Remora, said to attach to ships to slow them down
  8. Edimmu (Sumerian) – Ghosts of those not buried properly
  9. Egbere (Yoruba) – Humanoid that carries a magical mat
  10. Eikthyrnir (Norse)
  11. Einherjar (Norse) – Spirits of brave warriors
  12. Ekek (Philippine) – Flesh-eating, winged humanoids
  13. Elbow Witch (Ojibwa) – Hags with awls in their elbows
  14. Eldjötnar (Norse) – Fire Giants who reside in Muspelheim, with Surtr as their leader
  15. Eleionomae (Greek) – Marsh nymph
  16. Elemental (Alchemy) – Personification of one of the Classical elements
  17. ‘Elepaio (Hawaiian) – Monarch flycatcher spirit that guides canoe-builders to the proper trees
  18. Elf (Germanic) – Nature and fertility spirit
  19. Eloko (Central Africa) – Little people and malevolent nature spirits
  20. Emere (Yoruba) – Child that can move back and forth between the material world and the afterlife at will
  21. Emim (Jewish) – Giant
  22. Empusa (Greek) – Female demon that waylays travelers and seduces and kills men
  23. Encantado (Brazilian) – Dolphin-human shapeshifter
  24. Enchanted Moor (Portuguese) – Enchanted princesses
  25. Enfield (Heraldic) – Fox-greyhound-lion-wolf-eagle hybrid
  26. Engkanto (Philippine) – Neutral nature spirit
  27. Enkō (Japanese) – Kappa of Shikoku and western Honshū
  28. Epimeliad (Greek) – Apple tree nymph
  29. Erchitu (Sardinia) – Ox-human, wereox
  30. Er Gui (Chinese) – Hungry ghost
  31. Erinyes (Greek) – Winged spirits of vengeance or justice, also known as Furies
  32. Erlking (German) – Death spirit
  33. Erymanthian Boar (Greek) – Giant boar
  34. Ethiopian Pegasus (Medieval Bestiaries) – Horned, winged horse
  35. Etiäinen (Finnish mythology) – Spirit being of a living person
  36. Ettin (English) – Three-headed giant
  37. Eurynomos (Greek) – Blue-black, carrion-eater in the underworld
  38. Ewah (Cherokee) – Human-cougar hybrid
  39. Ežerinis (Lithuanian) – Lake spirit
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