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Legendary creatures in Egyptian mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. E. Egyptian demons (4 P) S. Sphinxes (1 C ...
Ancient Egypt portal: The Akhekh (also transliterated as Akekhu) is a legendary creature or dragon in Egyptian mythology and art. [1] Appearance
The serpopard (also known as monstrous lion) is a mythical animal known from ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian art. The word "serpopard" is a modern coinage. It is a portmanteau of "serpent" and "leopard", derived from the interpretation that the creature represents an animal with the body of a leopard and the long neck and head of a serpent ...
Teka-her, literally "He with the enlightened face", is a monstrous serpent from Egyptian mythology.His existence is mentioned in the Book of Gates, a composition reserved for New Kingdom pharaohs and inscribed in their tombs.
The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. p. 471. ISBN 9781589831827. Bresciani, Edda (2005). "Sobek, Lord of the Land of the Lake". Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. pp. 199– 206. ISBN 9789774248580. Frankfurter, David (1998).
In ancient Egyptian religion, Aani or Aana is the dog-headed ape sacred to the Egyptian god Thoth. [1] [2] "One of the Egyptian names of the Cynocephalus Baboon, which was sacred to the god Thoth." [3] The Egyptian hieroglyphic word for "baboon" is jꜥnꜥ in the German style of transliteration.
Siren, Greco-Roman mythical creature with the combined features of a woman and bird, often a woman's head and breasts and a bird's body; Lamassu, Assyrian deity, bull/lion-eagle-human hybrid; Hippogryph, half eagle, half horse; Manticore, Persian monster with a lion's body and a humanoid head. Nue, Japanese legendary creature
The hieracosphinx (Ancient Greek: ἱερακόσφιγξ) is a mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry. [1] The god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder") was usually depicted as one. [2] The name Hieracosphinx comes from the Greek Ιερακόσφιγξ, itself from ἱέραξ (hierax "hawk") + σφίγξ ("sphinx"). [3]