Swamp Monster Name Generator
Bog beasts, gator kings and lantern spirits
A list of 1,000 swamp monster names for horror stories, campfire legends, tabletop games and B-movies, from Old Sawgrass and The Gator King to Quagmaw, Wispwarden and Duckweed Daniel. A small share are real folklore and cryptid names, each labeled with where it comes from.
About swamp monster names
A swamp monster usually has more than one name, because more than one kind of person talks about it. The people who live beside the water give it a nickname, half fond and half afraid: Old Sawgrass, Slough-Eyes, The Boat Tipper. A scholar writing a bestiary gives it a species name such as Sedge Stalker or Blackgum Strangler. A film poster shouts something louder, like The Slime Man or The Colossal Crawdad.
This list covers those voices and the creatures behind them: mire beasts with compound names (Quagmaw, Siltfang), gator, snake, frog and leech hybrids, moss and mud elementals, drowned wanderers, lantern spirits that lead travelers off the path, a few hag-like bog dwellers, lords and ladies of the low places, and friendly monsters for children's stories such as Duckweed Daniel and Mister Squelch.
Wetland folklore is old. Grendel, the monster of the Old English poem Beowulf, comes out of the fens, and the flickering marsh light called the will-o'-the-wisp has regional names all over Europe. So 32 entries are real names from folklore and cryptid lore. Each carries a label in parentheses, for example Rougarou (Louisiana folklore), so you can tell a borrowed tradition from an invented creature. Every other name is an invented creature name, not a figure from a real tradition.
How to choose swamp monster names
- Decide who named the creature before you pick. Locals say Old Three-Toes, a naturalist writes Banded Sloughrunner, and a movie poster prints The Human Leech.
- For horror, choose a name that gives away one detail and hides the rest, such as a sound, a smell or a pair of eyes: Red Eyeshine, The Wet Cough, When-the-Frogs-Stop.
- Match the name to the wetland. Cypress, gator and moccasin names suit a warm southern swamp, peat and lantern names suit a cold northern bog, and mangrove names suit a tropical coast.
- In a tabletop game, give the monster two names: a species name for your notes and a local legend name the villagers whisper, so players hear the story before they meet the beast.
- A labeled name belongs to a real tradition. Read about it before you use it, and pick an unlabeled name when you want a creature that is entirely your own.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good name for a swamp monster?
It depends on the tone. For dread, try a title such as The Mire Mother or Leech Lord of Blackwater. For a creature in a bestiary, a compound like Quagmaw or Mirefang works well, and for a picture book a gentle name such as Cattail Carl or Mister Mudpie fits.
Are any of these swamp monster names from real folklore?
Yes, 32 of them. They carry a label in parentheses, such as Tiddy Mun (English folklore), Skunk Ape (Florida cryptid) and Bolotnik (Slavic folklore). The label says only where the name comes from, and the list adds no sightings or stories of its own. The names without a label are invented creature names, and a few of them borrow ordinary wetland words such as Foxfire and Hellbender.
How do I name a swamp monster for a horror story?
Use the name people nearby would really say out loud, which is usually short and plain. Old Stillwater, The Tall Wet Man and The Thing Under the Dock sound like warnings passed between neighbors. Save the grand title, such as Keeper of the Drowned Bell, for the moment the characters learn what it is.
Can I use these names for a D&D or tabletop creature?
Yes. The species-style names such as Hummock Howler, Mangrove Grasper and Plated Sumpcrawler are written to sit in a homemade bestiary, and the legend names work for a single boss creature. They are written in a general fantasy style, so look through the bestiary of your own setting if you need a name that nothing else there uses.
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All 1,000 swamp monster names
A: 11 names
- Al E. Gator
- Alder Ogre
- Aleya (Bengali folklore)
- Algae Abbot
- Algie
- Alligator Gar Regent
- Amber Eye
- Ankle-Grabber
- Antlers-in-the-Mist
- Apple Snail Abbot
- Armorback
B: 68 names
- Bagiennik (Slavic folklore)
- Bait-Tail
- Banded Sloughrunner
- Barbelmouth
- Barkskin
- Baron Blackwater
- Baron von Belch
- Barred Owl Baron
- Bartholomew Burp
- Bat-Eared Bather
- Bayou Dragon
- Beaktooth
- Beard-of-the-Oaks
- Beaver Baron
- Beckoning Blue
- Belchwater
- Big Amos of the Shallows
- Big Friendly Sploosh
- Big Hush
- Big Sister Sedge
- Big Squelch
- Big Wallow
- Biscuit the Bog Beast
- Bishop of Bulrushes
- Bittern Boomer
- Black Bear of the Brambles
- Black Boar of the Bottoms
- Black-Crested Mudwader
- Blackgum Strangler
- Blackwater Gnasher
- Bloatback
- Bloated Bailiff
- Bloodbag
- Bloodswell
B, continued
- Blue Crab Baron
- Boardwalk Biter
- Boardwalk Knocker
- Bobbing Light
- Bobcat of the Brake
- Bogbelly
- Boggins
- Boghowler
- Bogsworth
- Bogtusk
- Bolotnik (Slavic folklore)
- Boom-in-the-Reeds
- Bottomland Brute
- Bowfin Butcher
- Brackhide
- Brackish Betty
- Brackmaw
- Brackwater Biter
- Branch Dangler
- Brine Biddy
- Broadsnout Brute
- Brood Tender
- Bubblenest Builder
- Bubbles of Bullfrog Bend
- Bullfrog Behemoth
- Bullfrog Bellower
- Bullgator Brute
- Bullhead Brute
- Bulrush Brute
- Bumble the Bog Cub
- Bunyip (Aboriginal Australian lore)
- Burpsy
- Buzzard Bishop
- Buzzing Shroud
C: 54 names
- Caiman Prince
- Caimanfang
- Canal Creeper
- Candle-in-the-Reeds
- Candlefinger
- Canebrake Cat
- Canopy Dropper
- Captain Cattail
- Captain Snags
- Carpet-That-Breathes
- Catfish Colossus
- Cattail Carl
- Cattail Colossus
- Cattail Jack
- Chorus Beast
- Clamjaw
- Clawdaddy
- Clay-Born
- Clay-Mouthed Ghost
- Clayfist
- Coilback
- Cold Ember
- Cold Flame
- Cold Hands in the Cattails
- Cold-Eye
- Coldglow
- Come-Hither
C, continued
- Common Sinkmouth
- Compost King
- Coot Captain
- Copperhead Crone
- Cordgrass Creeper
- Corduroy Road Walker
- Cormorant Cowl
- Cottonmouth Colossus
- Count of the Cypress Knees
- Cousin Muckle
- Cousin Slither
- Crane-Necked Crone
- Crawdad King
- Crayfish Count
- Crayfish Leviathan
- Creeper-Clad
- Crickets-Hold-Still
- Croaking Giant
- Croakthroat
- Crocbrute
- Crocmantle
- Crocodile Colossus
- Crocoraptor
- Crone of the Crooked Dock
- Cutbank Clawer
- Cypress Creeper
- Cypress Knee Goblin
D: 34 names
- Dabble the Dock Goblin
- Dam Breaker
- Dampfang
- Damselfly Dancer
- Dankhide
- Daughter of the Flood
- Deadfall Giant
- Deathroll
- Deathroll Dan
- Deepcroak
- Deepmud Bellower
- Deepwater Dragger
- Dewdrop the Mudling
- Ditch Dweller
- Doctor Fenn's Monster
- Dog Days Devil
- Doodlebug the Deep-Dweller
- Dragonfly Devil
- Dragonfly Duchess
- Drift Ambusher
- Driftflame
- Driftglow
- Driftwood Golem
- Drip-Hair
- Driplet
- Dripping Desmond
- Drowned Deer
- Drowned Hunter
- Duchess of Duckweed
- Duckweed Daniel
- Duckweed Drifter
- Duckweed Shambler
- Duke of the Driftline
- Dwarf Quagling
E: 13 names
- Eel-Haired Maiden
- Eelbraid
- Eelman
- Eelwraith
- Egret Wraith
- Egret-Feather Ghost
- Eighty Teeth
- Ellylldan (Welsh folklore)
- Ember-Over-Water
- Emperor of the Estuary
- Empress of the Oxbow
- Estuary Ambusher
- Eyeshine
F: 36 names
- Face in the Tea-Dark Water
- False Dawn
- False Porch Light
- Fangspill
- Father Fathom
- Fenhorn
- Fenjaw
- Feu Follet (Louisiana folklore)
- Fiddler Crab Fiend
- Firefly Friar
- Firstborn of the Flood
- Flickerling
- Flickerwick
- Flipper-Foot Fran
- Floater-in-the-Lilies
- Floodbringer
- Floodwalker
- Flytrap Fiend
- Fog-Shouldered Giant
- Fogbreather
- Fogmantle
- Follow-Me
- Forktongue
- Fouke Monster (Arkansas cryptid)
- Foxfire
- Foxfire Fawn
- Foxfire Phantom
- Frillneck
- Frog-Faced Fiend
- Frogmaw Glutton
- Frogmouth
- Frogskin Hilda
- Frogspawn Horror
- Frogtopus
- Fuzzbottom
- Fuzzy Green Gus
G: 49 names
- Gar-Toothed Ghost
- Garjaw
- Gator Bear
- Gator Elder
- Gator Stag
- Gator Wolf
- Gator-Headed Giant
- Gatorback
- Gatorhound
- Gatorjaw Jim
- Gatorpede
- Gatorsaurus
- Gatorwight
- Gentle Gulp
- Ghost Gator
- Ghostlight Greta
- Gigglegator
- Gillfrill
- Gillneck Stalker
- Glimmer-on-the-Water
- Glimmerling
- Gloomgullet
- Gloomwader
- Glowbug
G, continued
- Glowgland Lurer
- Glowmoth
- Glowworm Giant
- Gnatcrown
- Gnatveil
- Godfather Gar
- Googly Gus
- Granddaddy Gator
- Grandfather Sinkwater
- Grandpa Gloop
- Gray Hettie of the Backwater
- Gray Lady of the Levee
- Graybeard of the Branches
- Great-Aunt Algae
- Grebe Ghoul
- Greentooth Gert
- Grendel (Old English epic)
- Grendel's Mother (Old English epic)
- Grindylow (English folklore)
- Grumblegut
- Grumbleweed
- Gulpmire
- Gulpwater
- Gurgle the Good Neighbor
- Gurglethroat
H: 32 names
- Half-Sunk Hank
- Hands in the Silt
- Hanging Beard
- Harrier of the Flats
- Hatchling Swarm
- Hazeback
- He Who Sits on the Sunken Throne
- Hellbender
- Heron-Legged Stalker
- Heronshade
- Hiccup the Heron-Chaser
- High Water Harry
- Hinkypunk (English folklore)
- Hissing Shallows
- Hobby Lantern (English folklore)
- Hog-Headed Horror
- Hold-Your-Breath
- Hollow-Log Dweller
- Honey Island Swamp Monster (Louisiana cryptid)
- Hookjaw Henry
- Horned Wallower
- Horseshoe Horror
- Hound of the High Water
- Hound With Wet Paws
- Hoverflame
- Huggable Hank of the Hummock
- Hullscratcher
- Hummock Howler
- Hummock Hulk
- Hundred-Coil
- Hundred-Tooth
- Hyacinth Horror
I: 4 names
- Ibis-Headed Idol
- Ignis Fatuus (Latin name)
- Irrlicht (German folklore)
- It-That-Drips
J: 5 names
- Jack-o'-Lantern (British folklore)
- Jawsnap
- Jenny Greenteeth (English folklore)
- Jenny-in-the-Rushes
- Joan the Wad (Cornish folklore)
K: 9 names
- Keeper of the Drowned Bell
- Keeper of the Quiet Water
- Kettle-in-the-Mud
- Kikimora (Slavic folklore)
- King of the Cattails
- King Tide
- Kingfisher Killer
- Kneehigh Glimmer
- Kneeroot
L: 49 names
- Lady Greenmantle
- Lady Lilypad
- Lady of the Standing Water
- Lamprey Lord
- Lampreymouth
- Lantern Jack of the Low Road
- Lantern Man (English folklore)
- Lantern-Eyed Wanderer
- Lanternmaw
- Lanterntail
- Leatherback Lurk
- Leech Baron
- Leech Lord of Blackwater
- Leech Nurse
- Leech-Mantled Giant
- Leechback
- Leechcoat
- Leechipede
- Leechwalker
- Lernaean Hydra (Greek myth)
- Lesser Rootcrawler
- Levee Gnawer
- Lichen Hermit
- Lightning Bug Lord
L, continued
- Lily Pad Lou
- Lilypad Lurker
- Lilypad Mimic
- Little Miss Mildew
- Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp (South Carolina cryptid)
- Lodge Lord
- Log-That-Bites
- Logmimic
- Long Lena
- Long Tom Reedwalker
- Long-Arm Lottie
- Longfinger Liss
- Longsnout
- Longtoe Lurcher
- Loon-Voiced Lurker
- Lord of the Low Places
- Lost Cutter's Ghost
- Lotus Eater of the Low Water
- Low Blue Flame
- Low Growl
- Low Water Lil
- Lumpy the Log Cousin
- Lungfish Lurk
- Lungs-Full-of-Water
- Lure-Tongue
M: 72 names
- Mangrove Grasper
- Mangrove Matriarch
- Mangrove Strider
- Marsh Dragon
- Marsh Gas Ghost
- Marsh Pony Phantom
- Marsh Rabbit Monarch
- Marshall the Marsh Monster
- Marshfire
- Marshgnasher
- Marshtusk
- Master of Minnows
- Mega-Leech
- Methane Maiden
- Midge Mother
- Midgecloud
- Mildew Millie
- Mink Menace
- Mired Mule and Master
- Mirefang
- Mirehowl
- Miretusk
- Miss Pickerelweed
- Missus Ripple
- Mist-Antlered One
- Mister Drip
- Mister Mudpie
- Mister Not-So-Scary
- Mister Squelch
- Mister Stillness
- Mistmouth
- Mistress of Midges
- Mistspitter
- Mistwader
- Moccasin Mauler
- Mokele-mbembe (Congo cryptid)
M, continued
- Moonbeam the Marsh Light
- Morassback
- Mosquito Baron
- Mosquito Monarch
- Moss-Bearded Giant
- Mossdrape Mimic
- Mosshide Hulk
- Mossmantle
- Mossy Maggie
- Mound of Muck
- Muckhorn
- Muckjaw
- Muckwallower
- Mucky Mack
- Mud Dragon
- Mud Mountain
- Mudbug Majesty
- Muddles
- Mudgnasher
- Mudhen Matron
- Mudhorn
- Mudpuppy Monarch
- Mudskipper Menace
- Mudslide Man
- Mudslinger
- Mudsy
- Mudtusk
- Mumblemoss
- Mumbles the Mud Giant
- Murkhowler
- Murkjaw
- Musk-on-the-Wind
- Muskrat Mage
- Muskrat Marauder
- Mussel-Backed Giant
- Mutant Bullfrog
N: 12 names
- Needle-Nose
- Needlegar
- Nell of the Stagnant Pool
- Nestmound Guardian
- Newt-Eyed Stalker
- Newtling Horror
- Newton the Newt
- Nicor (Old English lore)
- Ninki Nanka (West African folklore)
- Noodle the Eel-Thing
- Northern Bogstrider
- Nutria Nightmare
O: 32 names
- Old Barnacle Back
- Old Blackwater Bill
- Old Copperbelly
- Old Cottonmouth Kate
- Old Driftwood
- Old Gray Wader
- Old Greenshanks
- Old Half-Tail
- Old Hush
- Old Ironhide
- Old Knobknee
- Old Nine-Rows
- Old Rustscale
- Old Sawgrass
- Old Sinkhole Sam
- Old Slowblink
- Old Snagtooth
- Old Softshell
- Old Stillwater
- Old Tanglefoot
- Old Three-Toes
- Old Tupelo
- Old Yellow-Eye
- One-Eyed Catfish Jack
- Oozegullet
- Oozehide
- Oozewalker
- Orange-Tooth
- Otter Ogre
- Otterwraith
- Owl-Faced Wader
- Oxbow Ambusher
P: 33 names
- Paddlefoot Polly
- Pale Flicker
- Pale Wader
- Pale-Bellied Siltglider
- Pancake the Flat Frog
- Panther of the Pines
- Peat-Cured King
- Peat-Smoke Sibyl
- Peatfang
- Peatgrinder
- Pebble the Pondling
- Pickerel Phantom
- Pickle the Pond Monster
- Pikeface
- Pincer-in-the-Silt
- Pinchfinger
- Pitcher Plant Priest
- Plated Sumpcrawler
- Platehide
- Polliwog Pete
- Polliwog Prince
- Pondscum Prowler
- Pondweed Peg
- Possum Prowler
- Possum-Tailed Thing
- Princess Polliwog
- Professor Mire's Mistake
- Professor Pondscum
- Proproot
- Puddlejump
- Puddles the Peat Pup
- Pudge of the Puddle
- Pull-Under
Q: 5 names
- Quagfang
- Quaghide
- Quagmaw
- Queen Under the Lilies
- Quicksand Hands
R: 29 names
- Raccoon Revenant
- Rain-Soaked Pallbearer
- Raincaller
- Red Eyeshine
- Red Wolf Revenant
- Red-Throated Reedcaller
- Reed-Throat
- Reedtop Flicker
- Reekjaw
- Ribbert
- Ridgeback of the Reeds
- Ridgetail
- Ringmouth
- Ringtail Bayou Lurcher
- Ringtail Robber
- Ripples-Against-the-Current
- Root Tangle
- Rootball
- Rootcave Sleeper
- Rootgrasp
- Rot Blossom
- Rot Father
- Rothorn
- Rotten Sweetness
- Rotwood Hulk
- Rougarou (Louisiana folklore)
- Roundmaw
- Ruby Belly
- Rushwalker
S: 118 names
- Saint of the Sinking Ground
- Salamander Sage
- Sally Mander
- Saltwedge
- Saurian of the Shallows
- Sawback
- Sawgrass Lurcher
- Sawgrass Slasher
- Sawtail
- Sawtooth Sal
- Scumcoat
- Scute Tyrant
- Scuteback
- Scutehide
- Sedge Shambler
- Sedge Stalker
- Sedgeback
- Serpent of the Floating Islands
- Serpent With a Frog's Voice
- Serpentroot
- Shallows Shambler
- She Who Stirs the Silt
- She-Gator
- Shedskin
- Shedskin Giant
- Shellback Hermit
- Shellgod
- Shelly Snapper
- Shepherd of Frogs
- Sigh-in-the-Cypress
- Silt Golem
- Silt-Eyed Shade
- Siltbelly
- Siltfang
- Sinkjaw
- Sir Croaks-a-Lot
- Sir Slimesalot
- Sir Stinks-a-Bit
- Siren of the Sloughs
S, continued
- Sister Slough
- Skater-on-the-Surface
- Skeeter King
- Skin-in-the-Branches
- Skunk Ape (Florida cryptid)
- Slime Sovereign
- Slimeback
- Slimespitter
- Slimetusk
- Slither-in-the-Sedge
- Slitherback
- Slitpupil
- Sloppy Joe of the Shallows
- Sloshbelly
- Slough-Eyes
- Sludgehorn
- Sludgetusk
- Slug Sultan
- Smiley the Gator
- Snaggles
- Snagwood
- Snail King
- Snakebird
- Snakehead Stalker
- Snapper Sovereign
- Sniffle the Fog Calf
- Snoutbreaker
- Sodden Sam
- Softshell Stalker
- Soggy Socks
- Something Patient
- Something Wet
- Son of Stagnation
- Southern Swampstrider
- Spanish Moss Specter
- Spark-in-the-Sedge
- Spearbeak
- Spider of the Sedges
- Spined Siltback
S, continued
- Splash-With-No-Source
- Split-Tongue
- Splitlip
- Spoonbill Specter
- Sporebelcher
- Sprout the Mosslet
- Spunkie (Scottish folklore)
- Squelchback
- Squelchfoot
- Squelchy
- Squish the Shy
- Stenchmaw
- Stenchsprayer
- Stilt-Walker
- Stiltlegs
- Stiltroot Stalker
- Stinkpot Supreme
- Stovepipe Eyes
- Stump Nester
- Stumpfather
- Stumpknocker
- Stumpmimic
- Stymphalian Birds (Greek myth)
- Suckerback
- Suckermouth
- Sulfur Breath
- Sumpgrinder
- Sumpjaw
- Sundew Strangler
- Sunken Soldier
- Sunken Trapper
- Sunning Sovereign
- Swamp Gas Sally
- Swamp Stag
- Swamp Wyrm
- Swamphorn
- Swampjaw
- Swampkin
- Swarm-in-a-Man's-Shape
- Swarmcoat
T: 288 names
- Tadpole Swarm-Mind
- Tadpole Tina
- Tadpole Tyrant
- Tailsweep
- Tailwhip Terror
- Tannin Drinker
- Tannin-Skinned Sleeper
- Tarspitter
- Terrapin Titan
- Test Subject Tadpole
- The Ankle Taker
- The Armored Gar
- The Astounding Algae Man
- The Atomic Bullfrog
- The Backwater Whistler
- The Baron Below
- The Bashful Bubble-Blower
- The Basking Tyrant
- The Bayou Bailiff
- The Bayou Banshee
- The Beast from Below the Boathouse
- The Beast With Webbed Hands
- The Beckoner
- The Bellower
- The Bellowing Mire
- The Biting Fog
- The Black Pond Visitor
- The Blue Hush
- The Blue Lantern
- The Boat Tipper
- The Bog Bishop
- The Bog Sleeper Awake
- The Bone Stirrer
- The Booming One
- The Bottom Feeder
- The Braided Serpent
T, continued
- The Breathing Bank
- The Bubble That Speaks
- The Bullfrog Baron
- The Caiman Widow
- The Candle Walker
- The Cattail Crone
- The Cauldron Keeper
- The Clinging One
- The Colossal Crawdad
- The Constrictor Tide
- The Crab Pot Robber
- The Crawler from Canal Six
- The Croak at Midnight
- The Crowned Croc
- The Crowned Stump
- The Cypress Strangler
- The Cypress Walker
- The Dancing Light
- The Deacon of the Deadfall
- The Deep Green Quiet
- The Dock Knocker
- The Dripping Sister
- The Drowned Bride of the Bottomland
- The Drowned Deacon
- The Drowned Ferryman
- The Eel Under the Bridge
- The Eel Wife
- The Eldest Ripple
- The Escaped Experiment
- The Ever-Damp
- The Face Under the Ice
- The Fen Judge
- The Ferryman's Guest
- The Ferrymaster
- The Fiend from the Flooded Forest
- The Fiend Who Walks at Low Water
T, continued
- The Fifty-Foot Frog
- The Firefly Host
- The First Thing in the Water
- The Fog That Follows
- The Fool's Light
- The Forty-Foot Moccasin
- The Frog Father
- The Frog That Ate the Moon
- The Frog Woman
- The Gatekeeper of Reeds
- The Gator Bride
- The Gator Girl
- The Gator King
- The Gator Priest
- The Gator That Stands
- The Giant Leech of Lost Lake
- The Gray Heron Ghost
- The Great Stillness
- The Green Bloom
- The Green Carpet
- The Green Duke
- The Grinning Log
- The Half-Man Half-Newt
- The Harbormaster of Nowhere
- The Heir of Hollow Water
- The Heron Lord
- The Heron Witch
- The Heron-Crowned
- The Hissing Hummock
- The Horror at Hollow Cypress
- The Horror in the Houseboat
- The Hovering Eye
- The Hug Monster of Hollow Log
- The Human Leech
- The Human Salamander
- The Humid One
T, continued
- The Humming Hunger
- The Hundred Hands Below
- The Hungry Shallows
- The Hush After Dark
- The Invisible Wader
- The Knock Under the Boat
- The Knotted One
- The Lady Under the Peat
- The Lantern Bearer Below
- The Lantern Child
- The Last Thing Out
- The Leading Light
- The Leather Sleeper
- The Leech Queen
- The Light That Backs Away
- The Lily Queen
- The Log With Eyes
- The Long Low Sound
- The Long Sigh
- The Lost Logger
- The Lowland Wyrm
- The Lurker Beneath the Lilies
- The Mangrove Mangler
- The Mangrove Margrave
- The Marrow Sipper
- The Marsh Marshal
- The Menace from the Mangroves
- The Midnight Bellow
- The Midwife of Tadpoles
- The Mire Magistrate
- The Mire Mother
- The Mired Rider
- The Moan Under the Moss
- The Moccasin Queen
- The Monster of Mile Marker Nine
- The Monster That Ate the Marina
T, continued
- The Monster Who Minds His Manners
- The Morning Mist Man
- The Moss-Shouldered Sleeper
- The Mossback Turtle
- The Muck Mutant
- The Mud Mummy
- The Mud Oracle
- The Mud That Remembers
- The Muddy Mourner
- The Net Mender
- The Never-Dry
- The Night Cough
- The Night Wader
- The Offered One
- The One Who Hums
- The Ooze Creature
- The Ooze Under the Pier
- The Pale Floater
- The Patient One
- The Peat Phantom
- The Peat Regent
- The Peat Sleeper
- The Peeper King
- The Pirogue Follower
- The Poler Who Never Lands
- The Polite Lurker
- The Quicksand Bride
- The Radioactive Newt
- The Rain Crow
- The Red Eft
- The Reed Dragon
- The Reed King
- The Reed Wife
- The Reedbed Revenant
- The Risen Offering
- The Rising Bubbles
T, continued
- The Roller
- The Runoff Thing
- The Rush Emperor
- The Sawgrass Sovereign
- The Scaled Deacon
- The Scaly Stranger
- The Second Set of Ripples
- The Sedge Witch
- The Shade Below the Boardwalk
- The Shape in the Shallows
- The She-Beast of the Shallows
- The Shroud of Lilies
- The Shy Shambler
- The Slack Tide Thing
- The Sleepy Slime
- The Slime Man
- The Slough Shepherd
- The Slow Ripple
- The Sludge Fiend
- The Smiling Snag
- The Soaked Stranger
- The Sodden One
- The Sour Wind
- The Sphagnum Sleeper
- The Spill Creature
- The Spirit Lamp
- The Splash Behind You
- The Staked Wanderer
- The Stalker in the Sawgrass
- The Stillwater Crone
- The Stooped Wader
- The Stump That Walks
- The Sudden Quiet
- The Sunk Wagoner
- The Sunken Bull
- The Sunken Choir
T, continued
- The Sunken Surveyor
- The Swamp Sexton
- The Swamp Vampire
- The Sweet Rot
- The Tadpole Tutor
- The Tall Wet Man
- The Tannin Man
- The Ten-Ton Tadpole
- The Tenant of the Sunken Shack
- The Terror at Blackgum Landing
- The Terror With a Thousand Teeth
- The Thing from Stillwater Slough
- The Thing in Cabin Nine
- The Thing Past the Levee
- The Thing That Crawled Ashore
- The Thing Under the Dock
- The Thousand-Leech Man
- The Toad Nurse
- The Tollkeeper of the Causeway
- The Trotline Thief
- The Tupelo Thane
- The Two-Headed Gator
- The Unhurried
- The Unseen Swimmer
- The Wading Man
- The Waiting Reeds
- The Wake Without a Boat
- The Wallowing One
- The Warted One
- The Washer at the Slough
- The Waterlogged Man
- The Weed-Haired Woman
- The Wet Cough
- The Wetland Wolfman
- The Whining Cloud
- The White Gator
T, continued
- The White Wader at Dusk
- The Wisp Piper
- The Wrong Way Home
- They Who Wait in the Reeds
- Thousand Fireflies
- Thrashtail
- Three Sisters of the Sump
- Three-Claw
- Three-Eyed Theo
- Three-Toed Tracks
- Throat-Rumble
- Thunder-in-the-Tupelos
- Tickles the Tentacled
- Tiddy Mun (English folklore)
- Tidecreeper
- Toad Abbot
- Toadback
- Toadbelly Brute
- Toadosaurus
- Toadstone
- Toadstool Tess
- Toe-Biter
- Toll-Taker
- Toothrow
- Treefrog Terror
- Tupelo Shade
- Tupelo Titan
- Turn-Back-Now
- Turnip the Toad-Beast
- Tuskhog
- Tussock Hopper
- Tussock Troll
- Twigsnap
- Twin Embers
- Twinkle the Friendly Wisp
- Tyranno-Newt
U: 3 names
- Ultra-Toad
- Uncle Ooze
- Underbank Biter
V: 5 names
- Velvet Antler
- Venomwell
- Vinewrap
- Vodyanoy (Slavic folklore)
- Vulture-Winged Vicar
W: 37 names
- Waffles the Wetland Wonder
- Wallowhide
- Wallowtusk
- Wandering Will
- Warden of the Sunken Road
- Warden of the Wetlands
- Wartback
- Wartimer
- Wartking
- Water Lily Widow
- Water Strider Stalker
- Watersnake Wraith
- Webfoot Ravager
- Webhand Grabber
- Weed-Wrapped Wanderer
- Weedshroud
- Wet Footprints
- Wet Shadow
- Wet-Hair Winnie
- What-Came-Up-With-the-Net
- When-the-Frogs-Stop
- Whisker Baron
- Whiskerface
- Wicked Will
- Wickfinger
- Will of the Wetlands
- Will-o'-the-Wisp (British folklore)
- Willow Weeper
- Willow-Haired Wenna
- Wink the Wading Wisp
- Wisp Shepherd
- Wisp-Crowned Stag
- Wispling Swarm
- Wispwarden
- Wobblebottom
- Wolf of the Wet Woods
- Wrinkle-Fingers