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  2. Category:Mythological caprids - Wikipedia

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    Category:Fiction about goats; Category:Fictional sheep; Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. B. ... Yale (mythical creature)

  3. Faun - Wikipedia

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    The faun (Latin: Faunus, pronounced [ˈfäu̯nʊs̠]; Ancient Greek: φαῦνος, romanized: phaûnos, pronounced [pʰâu̯nos]) is a half-human and half-goat mythological creature appearing in Greek and Roman mythology. Originally fauns of Roman mythology were ghosts of rustic places, lesser versions of their chief, the god Faunus.

  4. Xiezhi - Wikipedia

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    The xiezhi (獬豸 [a]; xièzhì < Eastern Han Chinese *gɛʔ-ḍɛʔ [1]: 620 ) is a mythical creature of Chinese origin found throughout Sinospheric legends. It resembles an ox or goat, with thick dark fur covering its body, bright eyes, and a single long horn on its forehead. It has great intellect and understands human speech.

  5. List of hybrid creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Sea goat – A creature that is half-goat half-fish. Sea-griffin – A griffin variant with the hindquarters of a fish. Sea-lion – A creature with the head and upper body of a lion and the tail of a fish. Siren – Half-bird, half-woman creature of Greek mythology, who lured sailors to their deaths with their singing voices.

  6. Yale (mythical creature) - Wikipedia

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    The name "yale" is believed to be derived from the Hebrew word יָעֵל (yael), meaning "ibex".Other common names are "eale" or "centicore". The Septuagint translation of Job 39:1 rendered the word יָעֵל as τραγελάφων (trageláphōn), which referred to the mythical tragelaphus, a half-goat half-stag, which in 1816 gave its name to a genus of antelope Tragelaphus.

  7. Chimera (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Manticore – a mythical creature with a human head, a lion body, a scorpion tail, spines like a porcupine, and bat wings in some iterations; Nue – a Japanese Chimera with the head of a monkey, the body of a tanuki, the legs of a tiger, and a snake-headed tail; Pegasus – a winged stallion in Greek mythology; Pixiu or Pi Yao – Chinese ...

  8. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    It has a human head and torso and a goat waist and legs. Goldhorn – also known as Zlatorog; Heiðrún – goat in Norse mythology, which produces mead for the einherjar; Khnum; Satyr – a goat legged human that is associated to the deity Dionysus. Known to be drunk partiers.

  9. Sea goat - Wikipedia

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    One being that the constellation is Amalthea, the goat that raised Zeus. As thanks for caring for him as a child, Zeus places her amongst the stars. [5] The other being that the sea goat is the wilderness god Pan. [6] The myth goes that Pan jumped into the river to escape the monster Typhon. He tries to turn himself into a fish while jumping ...