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Turtles are also used as marketing tools to give products the appearance of being environmentally friendly. [3] One of the most famous rescued sea turtles was "Allie", a 250 lb (113 kg), 50-year-old female loggerhead sea turtle rescued by a local commercial fisherman at Alligator Point, Florida, on May 15, 2012.
According to the legend, the Dragon King (Long Vương), a local god, had aided Lê with a magical sword, Heavens’ Will (Thuận Thiên), with which Lê was able to drive out the Chinese and establish the Later Lê dynasty. After his victory, Kim Quy appeared to Lê from out of the lake to take back the sword for the Dragon King.
Bixi, a dragon with the shell of a turtle. Birds in Chinese mythology; Black Tortoise, a turtle that represents the cardinal point North and Winter. The Black Tortoise. Bo beast,a horse-like beast with one horn that eats tigers and leopards. [3] Bovidae in Chinese mythology; Boyi, a sheep-like beast with nine tails and four ears and eyes on its ...
Skvader – A Swedish creature with the forequarters and hind-legs of a hare and the back, wings and tail of a female wood grouse. Tatzelwurm – A creature with the face of a cat and a serpentine body. Tlanchana – An aquatic deity that is part woman and part snake. Triton – A Greek God and the son of Poseidon who has the same description ...
Gula (Sumerian: "the great" [1]) was a Mesopotamian goddess of medicine, portrayed as a divine physician and midwife.Over the course of the second and first millennia BCE, she became one of the main deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon, and eventually started to be viewed as the second highest ranked goddess after Ishtar.
This is a list of dogs from mythology, including dogs, beings who manifest themselves as dogs, beings whose anatomy includes dog parts, and so on. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mythological dogs .
Pixiu (Chinese: 貔貅; pinyin: píxiū; Wade–Giles: pʻi 2-hsiu 1; 貔貅, OC: * bi qʰu) is a Chinese mythical hybrid creature. Pixiu are considered powerful protectors of the souls of the dead, xian, [1] and feng shui practitioners, and resemble strong, winged lions.
In Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, Lion Turtles are giant and wise creatures with the head of a guardian lion and the body of a turtle. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings , the Chinese guardian lions reside in Ta Lo and act as protectors for its inhabitants.