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  2. Cerberus - Wikipedia

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    Euripides (c. 480 – 406 BC) describes Cerberus as three-headed, [102] and three-bodied, [103] says that Heracles entered the underworld at Tainaron, [104] has Heracles say that Cerberus was not given to him by Persephone, but rather he fought and conquered Cerberus, "for I had been lucky enough to witness the rites of the initiated", an ...

  3. Indo-European cosmogony - Wikipedia

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    A Germanic reflex of myth of Trito fighting the three-headed serpent Ng w hi may be found on the Golden Horns of Gallehus (5th c. AD), where a three-headed man is portrayed as holding a goat and confronting three serpents. [21] One of the names of Óðinn, Þriði ('Third'), is also linguistically related to *Trito.

  4. Polycephaly - Wikipedia

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    Two-headed animals (called bicephalic or dicephalic) and three-headed (tricephalic) animals are the only type of multi-headed creatures seen in the real world, and form by the same process as conjoined twins from monozygotic twin embryos. [2] In humans, there are two forms of twinning that can lead to two heads being supported by a single torso ...

  5. Three-headed monster - Wikipedia

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    Three-headed monster may refer to: Azi dahaka, a three-headed dragon in Persian mythology; Cerberus, a multi-headed (usually three-headed) dog in Greek and Roman mythology; Zmiy Gorynych, a multi-headed (usually three-headed) Slavic dragon; King Ghidorah, a three-headed dragon in the Godzilla franchise

  6. List of hybrid creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Sekmet – The lioness-headed Egyptian Goddess. Set – The dog-headed Egyptian God. Tikbalang - A tall Filipino horse-headed man. Tumburu - A horse faced Hindu deity. Varaha – A boar-headed avatar. Zhu Bajie – A pig-headed major character of the novel Journey to the West.

  7. Cynocephaly - Wikipedia

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    The dog-headed people were also found in the New World. Christopher Columbus reported that the Taino were familiar with the cynocephali. [37] In 1517, the Ottoman Sultan Selim I was presented with a map of the New World drawn by Piri Reis, which included an image of a dog-headed man fighting a monkey in what is now Colombia. [38]

  8. Corleck Head - Wikipedia

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    The Corleck Head consists of a circular piece of local limestone carved into a tricephalic skull with three faces. [23] [24] [25] It is a relatively large example of the type, being 33 cm (13 in) high and 22.5 cm (8.9 in) wide at its widest point. [4]

  9. Yin Jiao (deity) - Wikipedia

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    In Investiture of the Gods, Yin Jiao is the crown prince of Shang dynasty.For killing Jiang Huan to avenge the death of their mother, Queen Consort Jiang [], he and his brother Yin Hong [] were sentenced to execution, and were only saved when the passing immortal sages Guang Chengzi and Chijingzi saw what was happening and summoned a tornado to sow confusion while they stole the princes ...