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The mušḫuššu (𒈲𒍽; formerly also read as sirrušu or sirrush) or mushkhushshu (pron [muʃxuʃʃu] or [musxussu]) is a creature from ancient Mesopotamian mythology. A mythological hybrid , it is a scaly animal with hind legs resembling the talons of an eagle , lion -like forelimbs, a long neck and tail, two horns on its head, a snake ...
Skull art is found in various cultures of the world. Indigenous Mexican art celebrates the skeleton and uses it as a regular motif. The use of skulls and skeletons in art originated before the Conquest : The Aztecs excelled in stone sculptures and created striking carvings of their Gods. [ 1 ]
Jackalope – A jackrabbit with the horns of a whitetail deer. Satyr – Originally an ancient Greek nature spirit with the body of a man, but the long tail and pointed ears of a horse. [11] [12] From the beginning, satyrs were inextricably associated with drunkenness and ribaldry, known for their love of wine, music, and women.
Hathor was often depicted as a cow bearing the sun disk between her horns, especially when shown nursing the king. She could also appear as a woman with the head of a cow. Her most common form, however, was a woman wearing a headdress of the horns and sun disk, often with a red or turquoise sheath dress, or a dress combining both colors.
Odontotyrannos: a beast with a black, horse-like head, with three horns protruding from its forehead, and exceeded the size of an elephant. Ophiotaurus (Bull-Serpent): a creature part bull and part serpent. Ouroboros: an immortal self-eating, circular being. The being is a serpent or a dragon curled into a circle or hoop, biting its tail.
A newfound fossil of a jawless fish is the oldest known vertebrate cranium preserved in 3D. The 455 million-year-old find could illuminate how vertebrate heads evolved.
The use of horns as a symbol for power dates back to the ancient world. From ancient Egypt and the Ba'al worshipping Cannanites, to the Greeks, Romans, Celts, and various other cultures. [49] Horns have ever been present in religious imagery as symbols of fertility and power.
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