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Kinnaras, another half-man, half-horse mythical creature from Indian mythology, appeared in various ancient texts, arts, and sculptures from all around India. It is shown as a horse with the torso of a man where the horse's head would be, and is similar to a Greek centaur. [73] [74]
In Greek mythology, Centaurus (Ancient Greek: Κένταυρος, romanized: Kentauros) is the son of Apollo and Stilbe, daughter of the river-god Peneius and the naiad Creusa. He is the twin brother of the hero Lapithes [1] and father of the race of mythological beasts known as the Centaurs or Ixionidae (Ιξιονίδαι, Ixionidai). The ...
Icthyocentaur with trident. Hotel Sacher, Vienna. Four-legged ichthyocentaur. Fountain of the Centaurs, Missouri State Capitol. In late Classical Greek art, an ichthyocentaur (Greek: ἰχθυοκένταυρος, plural: ἰχθυοκένταυροι) was a centaurine sea being with the upper body of a human, the lower anterior half and fore-legs of a horse, and the tailed posterior half of a ...
Harpy – A half-bird, half-woman creature of Greek mythology, portrayed sometimes as a woman with bird wings and legs. Hippalectryon – A creature with the front half of a horse and the rear half has a rooster's wings, tail, and legs. Hippocampus (or Hippocamp) – A Greek mythological creature that is half-horse half-fish.
Arion, an immortal, extremely swift horse; Balius and Xanthos, Achilles' horses; Hippocampus, a sea horse that pulled Poseidon's chariot; Mares of Diomedes, which fed on human flesh; Pegasus, flying horse of Greek mythology; Phaethon, [14] one of the two immortal steeds of the dawn-goddess Eos; Rhaebus, the horse of Mezentius in Roman myths
Derceto: a half-woman half-fish goddess. Diomedes of Thrace: the son of Ares and Cyrene, known for his man-eating horses. Dryad: tree spirits who look similar to women. Eidolon: spirit-image of a living or dead person; a shade or phantom look-alike of the human form. Eurynomos: the netherworld daemon of rotting corpses dwelling in the Underworld.
In Greek mythology, a satyr [a] (Ancient Greek: σάτυρος, romanized: sátyros, pronounced), also known as a silenus [b] or silenos (Ancient Greek: σειληνός, romanized: seilēnós [seːlɛːnós]), and sileni (plural), is a male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse, as well as a permanent, exaggerated erection.
The Mares of Diomedes (Ancient Greek: Διομήδους ἵπποι, romanized: Diomēdous hippoi), also called the Mares of Thrace, were a herd of man-eating horses in Greek mythology. Magnificent, wild, and uncontrollable, they belonged to Diomedes of Thrace (not to be confused with Diomedes , son of Tydeus ), king of Thrace , son of Ares ...