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  2. Magical creatures in Harry Potter - Wikipedia

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  3. List of fictional snakes - Wikipedia

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    Harry Potter: J.K. Rowling: Voldemort's giant python-viper hybrid Jörmungandr Skaldic poem Húsdrápa The midgard serpent that would kill Thor in Ragnarok. Salmissra The Belgariad and The Malloreon: David Eddings: Originally queen of Nyissa, Salmissra was turned into a giant serpent by Polgara the Sorceress Violet Mother's Day Surprise ...

  4. List of organisms named after the Harry Potter series

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    "The species name, nagini, is the female version of Nāgá – the Sanskrit word for a group of divine dragons or serpent deities known from Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Nagini is furthermore Lord Voldemort’s serpent, known from J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels." [12] Graphorn Faúndez, Rider, & Carvajal, 2017: Stink bug: Graphorn

  5. Cockatrice - Wikipedia

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    A cockatrice is a mythical beast, essentially a two-legged dragon, wyvern, or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head. Described by Laurence Breiner as "an ornament in the drama and poetry of the Elizabethans", it was featured prominently in English thought and myth for centuries. They are created by a chicken egg hatched by a toad or snake.

  6. Category:Legendary serpents - Wikipedia

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    Sea serpent; Seps (legendary creature) Serpens; Serpents in the Bible; Serpopard; Seven-headed serpent; The Seven-headed Serpent; Shahmaran; Shesha; Susna; Sisiutl; Snakes in mythology; Snow snake (folklore) Staff of Moses

  7. Basilisk - Wikipedia

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    The King James version of the Bible states, "out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent". The basilisk is mentioned in Psalm 91 :13, [ 18 ] which reads "super aspidem et basiliscum ambulabis, et conculcabis leonem et draconem " in the Latin Vulgate , literally "You will tread on the ...

  8. List of organisms named after works of fiction - Wikipedia

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    "This species is named for Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains" [155] Ochyrocera varys Brescovit et al., 2018: Spider: Varys

  9. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Name derived from Lenape language word for snake, but creature completely made up by whites. Ammut – female demon, funerary deity and animal hybrid (Egypt) Bakunawa – Serpent-like Dragon in Philippines (Philippines) Basilisk – king of serpents, has the power to cause death with a single glance (Europe)