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  2. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Lavellan A Lavellan, làbh-allan, la-mhalan or la-bhallan etc. is a mythological creature from northern Scotland. It was generally considered to be a kind of rodent, and indeed the name "làbh-allan" is also used for a water shrew or water vole in Scottish Gaelic.

  3. Legendary creature - Wikipedia

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    Several mythical creatures from Bilderbuch für Kinder (lit. ' picture book for children ') between 1790 and 1822, by Friedrich Justin Bertuch A legendary creature (also called a mythical creature or mythological creature) is a type of fantasy 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 ...

  4. Pictish Beast - Wikipedia

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    Maiden Stone, detail of eastern face. Line drawing of Pictish beast. The Pictish Beast (sometimes Pictish Dragon or Pictish Elephant) is an artistic representation of an animal, distinct to the early medieval culture of the Picts of Scotland.

  5. These Are the 14 Most Powerful Mythical Creatures ... - AOL

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    The mythological Chimera is a terrifying creature that features a fire-breathing lion’s head attached to a goat’s body, ending in a serpent tail. There are varying versions of what a Chimera ...

  6. List of Greek mythological creatures - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Lists of legendary creatures - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of lists of legendary creatures, beings and entities from the folklore record. Entries consist of legendary and unique creatures , not of particularly unique individuals of a commonly known species.

  8. Griffin - Wikipedia

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    Sassanid bowl with sitting griffin, gilted silver, from Iran.. The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (Ancient Greek: γρύψ, romanized: grýps; Classical Latin: grȳps or grȳpus; [1] Late and Medieval Latin: [2] gryphes, grypho etc.; Old French: griffon) is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle with its talons on the front legs.

  9. Scylla - Wikipedia

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    Scylla as a maiden with a kētos tail and dog heads sprouting from her body. Detail from a red-figure bell-crater in the Louvre, 450–425 BC. This form of Scylla was prevalent in ancient depictions, though very different from the description in Homer, where she is land-based and more dragon-like.