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Winged lion sculpture from the Persian city of Ecbatana, 550-330 BCE. The winged cat – a feline with wings like a bird, bat or other flying creature – is a theme in artwork and legend going back to prehistory, especially mythological depictions of big cats with eagle wings in Eurasia and North Africa.
Garuda – A creature that has the head, wings, and legs of an eagle and body of a man. Gorgon – Each of them has snakes in place of their hair; sometimes also depicted with a snake-like lower body. Jorōgumo - Type of Japanese yōkai, depicted as a spider woman manipulating small fire-breathing spiders. Mothman – A humanoid moth.
Gorgons - three sisters (Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa) with snakes for hair, sharp fangs, golden wings, and petrifying gazes. Griffin – An equine-eagle hybrid [1] Harpy – A winged being [1] Hippogriff – A being combining the power of horse and griffin [1] Huitzilopochtli; Lamassu; Lightning Bird; Lindworm; Minokawa; Nephele; Nue; Odin's ...
Mythological cats (1 C, 8 P) D. Feline deities (4 C, 2 P) L. Mythological lions (4 C, 32 P) T. Mythological tigers (4 P) Pages in category "Mythological felines"
Chareng, also called Uchek Langmeidong, a mythical creature from Meitei mythology that is part-human and part-hornbill, having an avian body and a human head. The Ekek from Philippine mythology is depicted as a humanoid with bird wings and a beak. Eos is often depicted as winged in art. [4] Eris (mythology) was depicted as winged in ancient ...
The peryton is a mythological hybrid animal combining the physical features of a stag and a bird.The peryton was invented by Jorge Luis Borges in his 1957 Book of Imaginary Beings, using the fictional device of a supposedly long-lost medieval manuscript.
The furry feline gets his crazy hair from a condition called hypertrichosis, or "werewolf syndrome," which causes abnormal hair growth.. SEE ALSO: Service dog gets her own yearbook photo for ...
Eighteenth century folk art, Cat of Kazan. Unlike in Western countries, cats have been considered good luck in Russia for centuries. Owning a cat, and especially letting one into a new house before the humans move in, is said to bring good fortune. [18] Cats in Orthodox Christianity are the only animals that are allowed to enter the temples.