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A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
Legendary creatures from Greek mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 22 subcategories, out of 22 total. A. Automata in Greek Mythology (2 P) C.
Matagot (French mythology) – Spirit that takes animal form; usually that of a black cat; Matsya (Hindu mythology) – First Avatar of Vishnu in the form of a half-fish and half-man; Mayura (Hindu mythology) – Peacock spirit; Mazzikin (Jewish mythology) – Invisible, malevolent spirit; Mbói Tu'ĩ (Guaraní mythology) – Snake-parrot hybrid
Makara (Hindu mythology) – half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually of a fish, a seal, or a snake, though sometimes a peacock or even a floral tail is depicted) Sea goat – Half goat, half fish; Selkie – Shapeshifting seal people
Apollodorus gives a list containing seven names, [7] as well as mentioning five other Oceanids elsewhere. [8] Of these twelve names, eight match Hesiod. [9] Hyginus, at the beginning of his Fabulae, lists sixteen names, while elsewhere he gives the names of ten others. [10] Of these 26 names, only nine are found in Hesiod, the Homeric Hymn, or ...
Sirens - bird women in Greek mythology, not to be confused with mermaids; Simurgh – A Persian bird similar to the Ziz [1] Snallygaster; Sphinx ; Stymphalian Birds; Sylph; Thunderbird; Winged Unicorn; Wyvern; Yalungur; Yuki-onna; Zilant; Ziz – A gigantic bird mentioned briefly in the Psalms [1] Zduhać
Male deities depicted as animals or whose myths and iconography are associated with animals. ... Apsat (mythology) Ares Lusitani; Aristaeus; Azeban; B. Babi ...