Welcome to the Bestiary
This is a comprehensive encyclopedia of every creature, spirit, demon, and entity encountered in the world of Supernatural — cross-referenced with the real-world mythology, folklore, and religious texts that inspired them. Whether you are researching a specific creature's weaknesses or tracing a monster's origins back through thousands of years of human storytelling, this is the place.
Browse by creature, by classification, by mythological tradition, by weapon or ritual, or by season. The Field Notes section contains deep-dive essays comparing the show's lore to real-world folklore.
Entity Classifications
Monsters
Physical, corporeal creatures that exist in the natural world but possess supernatural abilities.
Demons
Corrupted human souls that have been twisted by torture in Hell into malevolent entities.
Ghosts & Spirits
Incorporeal entities — usually the souls of deceased humans — that remain attached to the physical world.
Angels & the Heavenly Host
Celestial warriors created by God to maintain divine order and carry out his will.
Leviathans
God's first beasts — ancient, primordial creatures that predate all other creation.
Pagan Gods
Ancient deities from various world mythologies, once sustained by worship, now diminished but still powerful.
Recent Field Notes
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- The Real Enochian Language and How the Show Used It
- Crossroads Deals Across World Mythology
- Why Supernatural's Wendigo Gets the Algonquian Legend Wrong
- The Ancient History of Salt as Supernatural Protection
Browse All Creatures
- Wendigo - Former humans twisted by cannibalism into insatiable predatory creatures.
- Djinn - Blue-skinned beings that trap victims in elaborate wish-fulfillment hallucinations while feeding on their blood.
- Shapeshifter - Creatures that can perfectly replicate any human's physical appearance by shedding and regrowing skin.
- Vampire - Undead predators with retractable fangs who feed on human blood and organize in nests.
- Rugaru - Humans carrying a dormant genetic trait that triggers an irreversible transformation into a cannibalistic creature.
- Shtriga - A witch-like creature that feeds on the life force of children, disguised as an elderly human.
- Changeling - Parasitic creatures that replace human children, feeding on the mother's synovial fluid.
- Kitsune - Fox-like creatures in human form that feed on the pituitary glands of human victims.
- Ghost - Spirits of dead humans who remain attached to the physical world through unfinished business or violent death.
- Reaper - Psychopomps who escort souls from the living world to the afterlife, operating under the authority of Death.
- Demon - Corrupted human souls twisted by centuries of torture in Hell into malevolent supernatural entities.
- Angel - Powerful celestial warriors created to serve God, organized in a rigid military hierarchy.
- Leviathan - God's first beasts — primordial, shape-shifting predators that predate angels and all other creation.
- Hellhound - Invisible demonic canines that collect the souls of humans whose crossroads deals have come due.
- Pagan Gods - Ancient deities who once commanded worship and sacrifice, now diminished but still dangerous.
- Werewolf - Humans infected with a condition that causes transformation during the full moon, driven to consume human hearts.
- Rawhead - A child-snatching creature that lurks in dark, damp basements and closets.
- Crocotta - A scavenger creature that lures victims by mimicking the voices of their dead loved ones.
- Vetala - Vampire-like creatures that hunt in pairs, feeding on human blood through venomous bites.
- Skinwalker - Beings that can transform into a specific animal form, infiltrating human households disguised as pets.
- Pishtaco - A fat-sucking creature from Peruvian folklore that drains human body fat to sustain itself.