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Two of the eggs were destroyed at Helgrind. When it is 20 years, old, a Ra'zac becomes a lethrblaka, which resembles a bony, withered, Ra'zac-like dragon. Scabmettler China Miéville: Bas-Lag: Stocky, gray-skinned human-like beings whose blood, when shed, congeals immediately into a solid protective layer.
Sphinx – A creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. Spriggan – A grotesquely ugly mischievous fairy or forest spirit from Cornish folklore. Sprite – Fairy, ghost, or elf-like creatures. Struthopodes – Humanoids whose males had enormous feet, but whose females had tiny feet; Succubus, incubus – (Jewish) Seductive demons.
Karura in Japanese folklore, divine creatures with a human torso and a birdlike head. The Kinnara and Kinnari in southeast Asia are two of the most beloved mythological characters. They are benevolent half-human, half-bird creatures who watch over humanity. Kurangaituku is a supernatural being in Māori mythology who is part-woman and part-bird ...
Talking animals are a common element in mythology and folk tales, children's literature, and modern comic books and animated cartoons. Fictional talking animals often are anthropomorphic, possessing human-like qualities (such as bipedal walking, wearing clothes, and living in houses). Whether they are realistic animals or fantastical ones ...
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
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Dragon Kings: creatures from Chinese mythology sometimes depicted as reptilian humanoids. Some djinn in Islamic mythology are described as alternating between human and serpentine forms. Echidna, the wife of Typhon in Greek mythology, was half woman, half snake. Fu Xi: serpentine founding figure from Chinese mythology.