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Kalavinka – a fantastical immortal creature in Buddhism, with a human head and a bird's torso and long flowing tail; Karura – divine creature with human torso and birdlike head; Kinnara – Half-bird musicians; Lamassu (Mesopotamian) – goddess with a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings
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 likeness of manticore or similar creatures by another name (i.e. mantyger) have been used in heraldry, spanning from the late High Middle Ages into the modern period. The mantyger is glossed as merely a variant reading of manticore in the OED , [ 68 ] though the 17th century heraldry collector Randle Holme made a fine distinction between ...
Navagunjara or Nabagunjara [1] is a magical legendary creature composed of nine different animals in Hinduism. The animal is a common motif in the Pata-Chitra style of painting, of the Eastern Indian state of Odisha. It is considered an astral form of the god Vishnu, or of Krishna, who is considered an avatar of Lord Vishnu.
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.
In Nordic mythology, Jörmungandr (or Midgarðsormr) was a sea serpent or worm so long that it encircled the entire world, Midgard. [4] Sea serpents also appear frequently in later Scandinavian folklore, particularly in that of Norway, such as an account that in 1028 AD, Saint Olaf killed a sea serpent in Valldal in Norway, throwing its body onto the mountain Syltefjellet.
The Ophiotaurus is said to be a creature with the front half of a bull and the back half of a serpent. The only known writing featuring the Ophiotaurus is Fasti by Ovid. [1] Here, Ovid describes the types of monstra that are threats to both men and gods. Ovid contrasts the Ophiotaurus with the immania monstra, the terrifying monsters. [2]
The heads of these creatures would separate from the body and float about with the entrails attached. [4] The Chonchon is a mythical creature of South America which takes the form of a human head flying around in the air, sucking the life out of people. The manananggal is a creature of Philippines mythology. This female monster is slightly ...