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Artist's impression of a peryton. 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.
A gilded wooden figurine of a deer from the Pazyryk burials, 5th century BC. Deer have significant roles in the mythology of various peoples located all over the world, such as object of worship, the incarnation of deities, the object of heroic quests and deeds, or as magical disguise or enchantment/curse for princesses and princes in many folk and fairy tales.
In Abrahamic mythology and Zoroastrianism mythology, angels are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as messengers between God and humans. Bat – An Egyptian goddess with the horns and ears of a cow. Cernunnos – An ancient Gaulish/Celtic God with the antlers of a deer. Fairy – A humanoid with insect-like wings.
It has a body comprising various animal parts – generally wings, antlers, a tail, and fangs; all attached to the body of a small mammal. The most widespread description portrays the Wolpertinger as having the head of a rabbit, the body of a squirrel, the antlers of a deer, and the wings and occasionally the legs of a pheasant. [3]
Actaeon – a hunter turned into a deer and tore apart by his dogs. Ceryneian Hind – Artemis' large, sacred golden hind; Deer Woman (Native American) – female human above the waist, deer below. Male version is Elk Man. Eikþyrnir (Norse mythology) – stag which stands upon Valhalla; Goldhorn – white golden-horned antelope
Modern English language sources state Feilian is a winged dragon with the head of a deer and the tail of a snake. [16] [15] Hawkes states Feilian is commonly depicted as a winged deer, [23] but it can encompass a multiplicity of different winged creatures. [24] Commentary to the Shiji provide earlier textual depictions.
Peri – Winged humanoid; Peryton (Allegedly Medieval folklore) – Deer-bird hybrid; Pesanta – Nightmare demon in the form of a cat or dog; Peuchen (Chilota and Mapuche) – Vampiric, flying, shapeshifting serpent; Phi Tai Hong – Ghost of a person who has died suddenly of a violent or cruel death
He is depicted as a deer or winged deer, and also as an angel. To some authors he changes from deer into angel when compelled to enter the magic triangle.