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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.
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 ...
Hybrids are a popular and common theme in archaic Greek sculpture and vase painting. [5] Most hybrids appear to have reached Greece from the East, although no early representation of a hippalectryon in Ancient Egyptian or Middle Eastern art has yet been found. [5] Hippalectryons have been found on engraved stones from the Late Period of ancient ...
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The motif of otherwise human figures sporting horns may derive from partly goat hybrids (as in Pan in Greek mythology and the Devil in Christian iconography) or as partly bull hybrids . The Gundestrup cauldron and the Pashupati figure have stag 's antlers (see also Horned God , horned helmet ).
Dragon – a reptilian monster sharing similar hybrid, flying and fire-breathing traits; Garuda – a mythical creature and Demigod from Indian sub-continent; Griffin, a.k.a. griffon or gryphon – a lion/eagle hybrid; Hybrid creatures in mythology; Kotobuki – a Japanese Chimera with the parts of the animals on the Chinese Zodiac
Hybrid Chalkydri ( Ancient Greek : χαλκύδραι khalkýdrai , compound of χαλκός khalkós "brass, copper" + ὕδρα hýdra " hydra ", "water-serpent" — lit. "brazen hydras", "copper serpents") are mythical creatures mentioned in the apocryphal Second Book of Enoch from the 1st century CE, often seen as an angelic species.
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