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Hyrkania, in classical geography, was a region southeast of the Caspian Sea or Hyrkanian Sea corresponding to the Iranian provinces of Golestan, Mazandaran, and Gilan. The name is Greek for the Old Persian Varkana, one of the Achaemenid Empire satrapies, and survives in the name of the river Gorgan .
Tikbalang – creature with the body of a man and the head and hooves of a horse, lurks in the mountains and forests (Philippines) Uchchaihshravas – seven-headed all white flying horse (Hindu) Unicorn – horse-like creature with a single horn, often symbolizing purity (Worldwide) Winged unicorn
Hybrid creatures in mythology; Kotobuki – a Japanese Chimera with the parts of the animals on the Chinese Zodiac; Lamassu – an Assyrian deity described to be bull/lion/eagle/human hybrid; List of hybrid creatures in folklore; Hippocampus- a mythical creature depicted as having the upper body of a horse with the lower body of a fish.
Pages in category "Māori legendary creatures" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aitu; G.
Once they had finally crossed into West Asia, the Scythians settled in eastern Transcaucasia and the northwest Iranian plateau, [142] between the middle course of the Cyrus and Araxes rivers before expanding into the regions corresponding to present-day Gəncə, Mingəçevir and the Muğan plain [16] in the steppes of what is presently ...
[16] The Iliad does not use the name Hecatoncheires either, although it does use the adjective hekatoncheiros (ἑκατόγχειρος), i.e. "hundred-handed", to describe Briareus. It is possible that Acusilaus used the name, [17] but the first certain usage is found in the works of the mythographers such as Apollodorus. [18]
A nymph (Ancient Greek: νύμφη, romanized: nýmphē; Attic Greek: [nýmpʰɛː]; sometimes spelled nymphe) is a minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore. ...
In appearance, the kratt (also puuk, nasok) is sometimes an artificial composite creature made of old junk, which is four- or three-legged [124] [125] (cf. the 2017 Estonian movie November [126]); the subtype rahakratt (raha means 'money) is a money-bringer, and often take the form of a human or the composite artificial creature already described.