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A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
Cerberus – A Greek mythological dog that guarded the gates of the underworld, almost always portrayed with three heads and occasionally having a mane of serpents, as well as the front half of one for a tail. Drakaina – A female species from Greek mythology that is draconic in nature, primarily depicted as a woman with dragon features.
Hippalectryon – a horse-rooster hybrid; Hippocamp (Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician) – horse-fish hybrid; Hippogriff (Medieval Bestiaries) – hybrid of a griffin and horse; a lion-eagle-horse hybrid; Hippopodes (Medieval Bestiary) – horse-hoofed humanoid; Hircocervus (Medieval Bestiary) – deer-goat hybrid
Mythical Monsters in Classical Literature, Bloomsbury, pp. 10–69. Nash H. Human/Animal Body Imagery: Judgment of Mythological Hybrid (Part-Human, Part-Animal) Figures // The Journal of General Psychology. 1980. Т. 103. №. 1. pp. 49–108. Nash H. How Preschool Children View Mythological Hybrid Figures: A Study of Human/animal Body Imagery.
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Satan (Heaven-Abrahamic mythology) – Ruler of Hell; Satyr – Human-goat hybrid and fertility spirit; Satyrus (Medieval Bestiary) – Apes who always bear twins, one the mother loves, the other it hates; Sazae-oni – Shapeshifting turban snail spirit; Sceadugenga – Shapeshifting undead
Legendary and mythical creatures which have combined traits of humans and one or more species of non-human animals. Subcategories This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total.
A hippalectryon, or hippalektryon (Greek: ἱππαλεκτρυών), is a type of fantastic hybrid creature of Ancient Greek folklore; half-horse (front) and half-rooster (hind), including the tail, wings and hind legs. Its colour varies between yellow and reddish.