User blog comment:B214/Question and Answers 6/@comment-3965848-20180509172335/@comment-29963364-20180509181513

It's like this.

All over the world there are "creatures/beings of myth."

In the East, they're called Youkai.

In the West, they're called Monsters.

"Cryptids" can apply to either Youkai or Monsters, since they are both creatures of myth.