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Lamassu – A deity that is often depicted with a human head, a bull's body or lion's body, and an eagle's wings. Longma – A winged horse with the scales of a dragon. Manticore - A creature with the face of a human, the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion. Some versions also depict it with the wings of a dragon.
In Central and East Asia a common calendar system consists of a twelve-year cycle, with each year represented as an animal. The eleventh animal of the twelve-year cycle is the dog. Often such animals are depicted as human figures with an animal head. Thus, the cynocephalic depiction of the eleventh zodiac animal is common (possibly with a tail).
Manticore – Creature with a man's head, a lion's body, bat wings, and a scorpion tail. Mermaid, merman – Women and men with the lower bodies of fish. Minotaur – A human with the head and sometimes legs of a bull. Moirai – Lesser trio of female deities assigned with deciding and weaving the fates of humans. Usually called the Fates, this ...
Red Horn is a culture hero in Siouan oral traditions, specifically of the Ioway [1] and Hocąk (Winnebago) nations. [2]He has different names. Only in Hocąk literature is he is known as "Red Horn" (Hešucka), but among the Ioway and Hocągara both, he is known by one of his variant names, "He Who Wears (Man) Faces on His Ears". [3]
Mythical creatures with human head. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. H. Harpies (2 C, 7 P) S. Sphinxes (1 C, 28 P) ...
On average, the tuatara lives for 60 years, but it can live to be older than 100. The oldest known living tuatara is Henry, a 130-year-old member of his species living in a New Zealand animal reserve.
Ba, the part of a human's soul that roughly represents its personality, depicted as a bird with a human head. [2] Calais and Zetes, the sons of the North Wind Boreas. [3] Chareng, also called Uchek Langmeidong, a mythical creature from Meitei mythology that is part-human and part-hornbill, having an avian body and a human head.
Gopaitioshah – being a winged bull or lion with human face; Hieracosphinx – has the head of a hawk and the body of a lion. Stratford Lyon; Tigris – giant lion of the forest of Bei Ilai; Vaikuntha Chaturmurti – a four-headed aspect of the Hindu god Vishnu: a human head, a lion head, a boar head and a fierce head