...lonian art was consistent over many centuries, while those of mythological creatures changed, sometimes drastically, over the years. He also noted that the sirr
...ylonian reconstruction of sauropod remains. The griffin and other mythical creatures may have been based on similar reconstructions by this reasoning. However,
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The '''Peryton''' or '''Perytion''' is a fabulous animal that came from the lost continent of Atlantis and was aaid to have p
...ght blue in color. Its skin cannot be pierced by any known weapon, and the creatures themselves are invulnerable and possibly immortal, or at least very long-li
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*A bull with a man's head is found among the creatures that make up Aslan's army in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Like the
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belonging to the Emperor; embalmed; trained; sloppy; sirens; fabulous; stray dogs; included in this classification; trembling like crazy; innumer
...this brings to mind are a useful reminder to anyone trying to implement a creatures taxonomy that the world does not fit easily into neatly labelled boxes. Tha
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It has similarities to many different legendary creatures.
...werewolf" (which is also the origin of the Romanian]] ''[[varcolac]]'' - a fabulous creature that feeds off the Sun and Moon).
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Gargoyles are mostly grotesque figures. Statues representing gargoyle-like creatures are popular sales items, particularly in goth and New Age retail stores.
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* Dave. Amphisbaena. Dave's Mythical Creatures and Places. Available: URL http://www.eaudrey.com/myth/amphisbaena.htm.
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...that on the fifth day, after God had commanded the water to create living creatures:
Then you kept in existence two living creatures; the name of one you called Behemoth and the name of the other Leviathan. A
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...''', also known as a '''cockatrice''' or '''king of the serpents''', is a fabulous beast which has been depicted as the most dangerous serpent that ever exist
...e king, not only because of its crown, but because it terrorized all other creatures with his deadly look and poison. Its color was either a greenish black or y
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...arwhales, along with the Indian Rhinoceros (which only has one ‘horn’) are creatures that, through travelers’ exaggerations, became the fabled unicorn. The [[
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* South, Malcom, ed. ''Mythical and Fabulous Creatures: A Source Book and Research Guide.'' Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1987.
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The Shaggy Beast had a taste for innocent creatures, and devoured maidens and children. It would choose the purest of young wom
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...en Sun: The Lost Age, the stronger Grand Chimera. All forms are Mars(Fire) creatures, and have a goat's body, a snake for a tail, and the head of a lion and an
* In the video game Resistance: Fall Of Man, the monstrous creatures of the game that come in many forms are called Chimera
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...act in some languages the name ''sirena'' is used interchangeably for both creatures.
*Mermaids are one of the most famous creatures of popular culture, and are depicted regularly in literature and film. This
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...ict the regular character of a Centaur; he just had the same body of those creatures. To the Greeks he was a close representation of a saint. He was a father fi
Other hybrid creatures appear in Greek mythology, always with some liminal connection that links H
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Like many other legendary creatures, the manticore is a popular monster and allegory in fiction:
...nticores also appear in the strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic III as creatures controlable by the Overlord and Warlock player classes.
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*The MMORPG World Of Warcraft features humanoid salamander creatures that can be found in the raid zone Molten Core, including several bosses. T
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