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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.
The yellow cartoon cat is characterized by its large Cheshire Cat grin and body. The cat is most often portrayed in a running pose, but has also been variously depicted waving signal flags, bouncing on a ball, sporting angel wings, and waving in greeting at the entrance to a train station.
The angel (human with birds' wings, see winged genie) the mermaid (part human part fish, see Enki, Atargatis, and Apkallu) and the shedu all trace their origins to Assyro-Babylonian art. In Mesopotamian mythology the urmahlullu , or lion-man, served as a guardian spirit, especially of bathrooms.
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 .
In Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, Jews are depicted with mouse heads, while Americans have dog heads, Germans have cat heads, and the French have frog heads. Doghead is a villain in the comic book Ghost Rider. Dog-headed creatures appear in role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons.
Angel Cat Sugar is the name of a fictional feline character created by Yuko Shimizu in 2002. [1] The character is a white female kitten with a crown on her head and angel wings on her back and is from the fictional Angel World. [2] Merchandise depicting the character includes products such as plush dolls, lunch boxes, towels, and books. [3]
Cath Palug – a monstrous cat said to have killed 180 warriors; Carbuncle – one of its many descriptions is a cat with a luminescent chin [4] Demon Cat (North American) – a ghost cat who is purported to haunt the government buildings of Washington, D.C. Kaibyō – various forms of cat Yōkai
Neith, an Egyptian goddess sometimes depicted with bird wings attached to her arms. [25] [26] Nemesis was described as winged by Mesomedes, [27] and is often portrayed as such in art. Nightingale the Robber in Slavic folklore, who is killed by the hero Ilya Muromets. [28] Nike in Greek mythology is described as having birdlike wings. [29]