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Yali (IAST: Yāḷi), [1] (Tamil: யாழி) also called Vyāla (Sanskrit: व्याल), [2] is a Hindu mythological creature, portrayed with the head and the body of a lion, the trunk and the tusks of an elephant, and sometimes bearing equine features. [3] Images of the creature occur in many South Indian temples, often sculpted onto ...
Yacuruna (Indigenous people of the Amazon) – Mythical water people, with backwards heads and feet; Yadōkai – Malevolent, nocturnal spirit; Yagyō-san – Demon who rides through the night on a headless horse; Yaksha (Buddhist, Hindu, and Jainism) – Male nature spirit; Yakshi [broken anchor] – Vampire
Yali (mythology), a Hindu mythical creature with the body of a lion and some elephant features; Yali (volcano), a Greek volcanic island; Yali, Antioquia, a municipality in Colombia; Yali people, a tribe of Western New Guinea Yali language, a language spoken by the Yali people; Yale-China Association, known as Yali in Chinese
There are several mythical creatures in India and Persia where imagery of animals and humans are fused, including Yali in Hinduism and the Buraq in Persia. [1] A similar concept is seen in several miniature paintings, mainly from Mughal and Deccan traditions. Other examples are found in Rajput, Murshidabad, and Delhi schools. [2]
Yali (mythology) – Portrayed with the head and the body of a lion, the trunk and the tusks of an elephant, and sometimes bearing equine features. Yaghūth – a god of the era of the Prophet Noah; Yaldabaoth – lion-headed serpent god.
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Tārkṣya is the name of a mythical being in the Rigveda, described as a horse with the epithet áriṣṭa-nemi "with intact wheel-rims". Tumburu is a horse faced Ghandarva, a celestial musician. Uchchaihshravas is a seven-headed flying horse, that was obtained during the churning of the milk ocean.
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