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...e-horned" sometimes rendered as "Whitehorn") was an extremely fertile stud bull owned by king Ailill of Connacht. ...lost. After seeing that Medb was determined to see Finnbhennach fight the bull-calf's sire.

...Hércules (M.A.N. Madrid) 07.jpg|thumb|right|Heracles capturing the Cretan Bull. Detail of a Roman mosaic from Lliria, Spain]] ...the '''Cretan Bull''' was either the bull that carried away Europa or the bull Pasiphae fell in love with, giving birth to the Minotaur.

'''Sarangay''' is a creature that looks like a bull with a large muscular body and has a jewel on its ears. Sarangay is described to be a half bull and half man and the Philippine counterpart of the Greek [[minotaur]].

...'Donn Cúailnge''', the Brown Bull of Cooley, was an extremely fertile stud bull over whom the Táin Bó Cúailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley) was fought. ...lost. After seeing that, Medb was determined to see Finnbhennach fight the bull-calf's sire.

The '''Rabisha Lake Monster''' or '''Water Bull''' is a legendary hybrid in the folkore of Bulgaria. The Rabisha Lake Monster has the head of a bull, the body of giant, strong man, and the tale of fish.

...bh Uisge''' ( "water-bull" in Gaelic) is a spectral water-bull in Scottish mythology. [[Category:Scottish mythology]]

...ich rides atop the giant whale called [[Liwash]] who also supports another bull called [[Bahamut]] in some versions of one medieval Islamic cosmology. Kuyu [[Category:Middle Eastern mythology]]

In Sumerian and Akkadian (Babylonian and Assyrian) mythology, '''Gallu''' (also called '''galla''') or '''Telal''' is a great underworl :Telal, the bull which pierces, the very strong bull, the bull which

Baphomet has the appearance of a 12' tall ogre with a bull's head, a bovine tail, and broad, stubby hands and feet. His body is covere According to ''Monster Mythology'', Baphomet is increasingly attracting a following amongst minotaurs. He se

'''Niu Mo Wang''' (牛魔王) is a [[yaoguai]] with the head of a bull that appears in ''Journey to the West'', a Chinese novel was written and pu ...f Niu Mo Wang, only instrument able to extinguish fire. Finally, the demon-bull is overcome with the assistance of Nezha. Niu Mo Wang has a son named Hong

...places in Iceland: a dragon in Vopnafjörður, the bird in Eyjafjörður, the bull in Breiðafjörður and the giant in the south. ...nd four landvættr can still be seen in the Icelandic coat-of-arms: a troll-bull, troll-eagle, dragon, and handsome giant.

...en he got splashed and the songaomby ate him." The songaomby is like a fat bull with no horns and uncloven hooves. Some scientists believe that its sprayin [[Category: Madagascar mythology]]

...rid bull man considered as a protective demon in Mesopotamian and Akkadian mythology. ...in Akkadian, šêdu. In Akkadian, he is also called Gud-elim, or "The Horned Bull".

The most famous is a sea monster with a horned head like a bull or an oni, and a body like a gigantic crab or spider which is said to lurk ...ll fiend with four octopus tentacles on its back, and "Abare Ushioni" is a bull monster.

The Indrik is described as a gigantic bull with a head of a horse, and an enormous horn in his snout. The Russian folk [[Category: Russian mythology]]

...e mask design, representing a jealous female demon. It possesses two sharp bull-like horns, glaring eyes, and a leering mouth split from ear to ear. [[Category: Japanese mythology]]

...the bull which Siva rides and the gate keeper of Siva and Parvati in Hindu mythology. ...a white bull usually represented of colossal size. The white color of the bull symbolizes purity and justice.

...It is said that Petsuchos Ra wore a crown made to look like the horns of a bull with a circular piece in the middle. Petsuchos Ra used this circular piece [[Category: Egyptian mythology]]

...ythology, '''Apis''' or '''Hapis''' (alternatively spelt Hapi-ankh), was a bull-deity worshiped in the Memphis region. ...e the cults of most of the other Egyptian deities, the worship of the Apis bull was continued by the Greeks and after them by the Romans, and lasted until

An [[Aatxe]] is an evil spirit in the shape of a red or fiery bull which, the Basques believe, leaves its cave on stormy nights to wreak havoc The name Aatxe translates into English as ''young bull'' or simply ''calf.'' It is sometimes called '''Aatexegorri''' or ''Etsai''

...the shape of any animal he wants, but he usually appears in the shape of a bull with a man's head and chains in his hands. [[Category: Belgian mythology]]

The '''Camahueto''' is a fabulous creature in the mythology of Chiloé (Chiloé Archipelago, in the south of Chile). The Camahueto has the form of a calf or bull, with a small horn on its forehead, similar to a unicorn. There are other r

...the herd and never returns to its grave. It then resides in the horns or a bull or the hind legs of a milk cow. It feeds first on the fattest cattle and th [[Category:Bulgarian mythology]]

'''Bahamut''' (بهموت} is a giant omnipotent creature in Arabian mythology, sometimes describes as a dragon or snake. ...d [[Liwash]] that resides in a vast sea, the [[Adwad]]. He supports a huge bull named [[Kuyutha]] who supports a rock of ruby, atop which stands an [[angel

The '''Bonnacon''' (also called the '''Bonacon''' or the '''Bonasus''') is a mythology creature from Asia. ...sent, which has the mane of a horse, but in all other respects resembles a bull; its horns are curved back in such a manner as to be of no use for fighting

*[[Niu Mo Wang]] - literally, "bull demon king" [[Category: Chinese mythology]]

after he had slain a fierce bull which ravaged Arcadia, a Satyr who robbed and violated persons, the serpent King: So they say, making his form that of a bull lusting for a mate.

In Hindu mythology, '''Navagunjara''' is a creature composed of nine different animals. The beast has the neck of a peacock, the back or hump of a bull, the waist of a lion, and the tail is a serpent.

...Should the Boobrie be denied its quarry it is said to bellow like an angry bull. [[Category: Scottish mythology]]

...he head of a bull and the body of a man or, conversely, with the body of a bull and the head of a man. In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature that was part man and part bull. It dwelt in the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze constructed for Kin

...nd is always represented as contending with and conquering the lion or the bull. However, there is no text that relates with this god which has also been a [[Category: Assyrian mythology]]

'''Oro''' is a powerful Orisha in Yoruba mythology. ...es from daybreak till noon, while the men parade the streets, whirling the bull-roarer, dancing, singing and beating druims and killing all stray dogs and

...r its prey like a wheel, thus looking somewhat like the ouroboros of Greek mythology, or [[Tsuchinoko]] in Japan. ...o the undertaker's. Hoop snakes can kill a 200-pound man, or a 2,000-pound bull. In one version of the myth, the snake straightens out at the last second,

...of a similar creature named the zhi, and the Evenks also talked of a large bull with a single horn in the forehead. It is possible that Elasmotherium survi [[Category:Persian mythology]]

...nd '''Lindwurm''' in Germany) is a large serpent-like dragon from European mythology and folklore. ...some young men tied a bull to a chain, and when the lindworm swallowed the bull, it was hooked like a fish, and killed. In 1335, when the skull of a wooly

While his Semitic predecessor was depicted as a man or a bull, the demon Baal was in grimoire tradition said to appear in the forms of a [[Category: Persian mythology]]

...orse in English, is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician and Greek mythology. ...art include the "Leokampos" (fish-tailed lion), "Taurokampos" (fish-tailed bull), "Pardalokampos" (fish-tailed leopard), and "Aigikampos" (fish-tailed goat

...which were portrayed as bulls, as men with the head of a bull, or wearing bull horns as a crown. [[Category:Christian mythology]][[Category:Demons]]

Emma Bull. [[Category:Irish mythology]]

'''Aušrinė''' is the goddess of the Morning Star (Venus) in the Lithuanian mythology. She is the goddess of beauty and youth and the opposite of Vakarinė, the ...from Northern Wind, Joseph went to the island, stayed away from a guardian bull and became Aušrinė’s servant who cares for the cattle. The story also d

...here Krishna was staying with his foster-parents. After Krishna killed the bull demon Arishta - dispatched by Kamsa, the divine sage Narada confirmed to Ka *''The Vishńu Puráńa: a system of Hindu mythology and tradition'' by Horace Hayman Wilson (1868). Fitzedward Hall. ed

In ancient Greek mythology, the '''Empusa''' (Εμπουσα — Empousa) was a female supernatural mo :Xanthias: Like everything by turns. Now it's a bull: now it's a mule: and now the loveliest girl.

In the Olympian Pantheon of classical [[Greek Mythology]], '''Hêra''' was queen of the Gods and Goddesses, as well as wife and sis ...dark demon of fear. But on Cyprus, very early archaeological sites contain bull skulls that have been adapted for use as masks.

...e, tortoise-like feet, and a green color. It was the size of a large ox or bull. ...survive the Flood despite its exclusion from the Ark. It was the size of a bull, and it had a snake's head and a round body buried under long green fur. Th

The '''Morrígan''' is a dark goddess from Irish mythology. ...rígan, glossed as equivalent to Alecto of the Greek Furies, appears to the bull in the form of a crow and warns him to flee. Cúchulainn defends Ulster by

'''Centaurs''' are human-horse hybrids in Greek mythology and the followers of the wine god Dionysus. ...he Greeks took the constellation of Centaurus, and also its name "piercing bull", from Mesopotamia, where it symbolized the god Baal who represents rain an

...ing to make atonement for himself and his house and he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering." *Dyckman, JM & Cutler JA ''Scapegoats at Work: Taking the Bull's-Eye Off Your Back'' (2003)

...accounts of the sacrifice to Cronus and from the tale of the Minotaur; No bull-headed Phoenician god was known. Milton wrote that Moloch was a frightening ...legends, Moloch was represented as a huge bronze statue with the head of a bull. The statue was hollow, and inside there burned a fire which colored the Mo

'''Asmodai''' or '''Asmodeus''' is a demon in Jewish mythology. According to Wierus, he had three heads, that of a bull, a man, and a ram. He also has a serpent's tail, the feet of a goose, and f

...y part in the fighting. But hearing what Vighasa had done, he ascended his bull and came out to fight. He killed Vighasa and rescued the gods from the asur [[Category: Hindu mythology]]

...vented by the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom, before being imported in Greek mythology. ...t". This may be her proper name, but ''The Penugin Dictionary of Classical Mythology'' states that her given name was '''Φιξ — Phix'''.

father Enki, engendered by a bull, begotten by a wild bull,

...μαιρα'' (Chímaira); Latin ''Chimaera'') is the monstrous creature of Greek mythology classicaly fought by the hero Bellerophon. Its name can also refer to any m * In the computer game Age of Mythology, the chimera is granted to Greek players for worship of Artemis.

...on''' (Greek: Ὠρίων or Ωαρίων, Latin: Orion) was a giant huntsman in Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion. According to another version of the myths, Scorpio was a friend of Taurus the bull, who was hunted and killed by Orion. In retaliation for his friend, Scorpio

In Bulgaria, the ala was seen either as a "bull with huge horns, a black cloud, dark fog or a snake-like monster with six w [[Category:Serbian mythology]]

*One of the main characters of Emma Bull's best-known book, ''War for the Oaks'', is a Púca (spelled Phouka in the [[Category:Irish mythology]]

...] - A three-headed dog known to guard the gates of the underworld in Greek mythology. * [[Chimera (mythology)|The Chimera]] - Although it may have several different forms, the chimera

In Chinese mythology, a '''Nian''' (simplified Chinese: 年兽; traditional Chinese: 年獸; pin ...modern era. Very few of the other great monstrous beasts and behemoths of mythology can lay claim to a legacy as enduring as that of the Nian.

In Chinese mythology, '''Jiaolong''' (simplified Chinese: 蛟龙; traditional Chinese: 蛟龍; p ...d, is several fathoms long, lives in brooks and rivers, and bellows like a bull; when it sees a human being it traps him with its stinking saliva, then pul

In Greek mythology, the '''Gorgons''' ("terrible" or, according to some, "loud-roaring") were The concept of the gorgon is at least as old in mythology as Perseus and Zeus. The name is Greek, being from gorgos, "terrible." Ther

...as the gods could understand, but at other times, the sound of a bellowing bull, proud-eyed and furious beyond holding, or again like a lion shameless in c [[Category:Greek mythology]]

In Greek mythology, Zeus is the God of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods. ...rseus was born. He abducted the Phoenician princess Europa, disguised as a bull, then carried her on his back to the island of Crete where she bore three s

...that has generally been described as a malevolent [[spirit]], or [[Daemon (mythology)|daemon]] and [[Jinn]]. A demon is frequently depicted as a force that may ...'' that passed into Christian culture are discussed in the entry [[Daemon (mythology)|daemon]].The Hellenistic "Demon" eventually came to include many Semitic a

...y. Crowley identified Baphomet with [[Harpocrates]] (the [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek]] version of the child-form of the Egyptian god [[Horus]]) and also w ...]] he's described as the Demon Lord of [[Minotaurs]], having the head of a bull and body of an [[ogre]].

...lemanly appearance, covered in a large cloak, and carrying a small lamp or bull's eye lantern similar to those used by the police. The individual did not s [[Category:English mythology]]

...''Διόνυσος'' also known as '''Bacchus''' in both Greek Mythology and Roman mythology and associated with the Italic '''Liber'''), the Thracian God of wine, repr ...e Greek pantheon and was often associated with orgiastic rites. Throughout mythology he also became known as a cultivator of the soil, a lawgiver, a peacemaker,

In Irish and Scottish mythology, the '''Cailleach''' (Irish plural cailleacha, Scottish Gaelic plural caill ...r. A sea rock was pointed out as the Tarbh Conraidh, the cailleach's great bull. His bellow impregnated the cows who heard it. But once he went swimming af

The mythology of the twins is only attested in the post-Sassanid Syriac and Armenian pole ...one side and Ahriman with his devs on the other. Ahriman slays the primal bull, but the moon rescues the seed of the dying creature, and from it springs a

An '''elf''' (pl. ''elves'') is a creature of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of minor nature and fertili ...ively, a connection to the ''[[Rbhus]]'', semi-divine craftsmen in Indian mythology, has also been suggested. Originally ''ælf''/''elf'' and it's plural ''æl

[[Image:Fresque Mithra Doura Europos.jpg|thumb|280px|Mithra and the Bull: This fresco from the [[Mithraeum]] at Marino, Italy (3rd century) shows th ...lace of honor was occupied by a representation of Mithras killing a sacred bull, called a [[tauroctony]].