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Pages in category "Mythological cats" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Demon Cat; G. Galanthis;
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.
Salawa – the "Typhonian Animal," a slender, vaguely canine-animal that is the totemic animal of Set Sigbin – is a creature in Philippine mythology (Philippines) Sky Fox (mythology) , a celestial nine-tailed Fox Spirit that is 1,000 years old and has golden fur (Chinese)
J. K. Rowling's Pottermore story History of Magic in North America [10] lists the Wampus cat as a source for hair used in magic wands. [11] The American School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Ilvermorny, also has named one of its four houses for the mythical beast. [12] Strangeways Brewing in Virginia brews a beer [13] named after the cat.
Usually depicted as a type of cat, the panther was at times depicted in other forms. It was depicted as a donkey, as a composite creature with a horned head, long neck and a horse's body, and as a host of other forms. [1] (The word "panther", in Greek, could be interpreted as "every wild beast", supporting the idea of a composite creature.)
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 ...
Bergstutz or Stollwurm. In the folklore of the Alpine region of south-central Europe, the Tatzelwurm (German: [ˈtatsl̩ˌvʊʁm]), Stollenwurm, or Stollwurm is a lizard-like creature, often described as having the face of a cat, with a serpent-like body which may be slender or stubby, with four short legs or two forelegs and no hindlegs.