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Ligeia – name meaning "clear-toned", daughter of Achelous and either Melpomene or Terpsichore; Parthenope – name meaning "maiden-voiced", Daughter of Achelous and Terpsichore; Pisinoe – daughter of Achelous and either Melpomene or Sterope; Thelxinoë – name meaning "mind charming" Swan maiden (Multi-cultural) – shapeshifts from human ...
A dragon or sea monster comparable to an alligator or crocodile (or perhaps a shark, given the kanji). A related word has been applied to the saltwater crocodile. Wanyūdō A flaming wheel with a man's head in the center, that sucks out the soul of anyone who sees it. Watatsumi Possibly another name for Ryūjin, or another dragon god of the sea.
He teaches Rhetoric and languages, gives men a good name, and makes them be loved by their friends and foes. He is depicted as a great sea monster. His name seems to come from Latin "fornus", "furnus": "oven". Marchosias (also Marchocias) is a powerful Great Marquis of Hell, commanding thirty legions of demons. He is a strong and excellent ...
Oni, written in kanji as 鬼, is read in China as guǐ , meaning something invisible, formless, or unworldly, in other words, a 'ghost' or the 'soul of the dead'. On the other hand, the Japanese dictionary Wamyō Ruijushō ( 和名類聚抄 ) written in Japan in the 10th century explained the origin of the word oni as a corruption of on/onu ...
An Allegory of Immortality, c. 1540. Monster derives from the Latin monstrum, itself derived ultimately from the verb moneo ("to remind, warn, instruct, or foretell"), and denotes anything "strange or singular, contrary to the usual course of nature, by which the gods give notice of evil," "a strange, unnatural, hideous person, animal, or thing," or any "monstrous or unusual thing ...
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 ...
Name Other Names Description Purported Location Depiction Anguila peluda [10] Hairy Eel Pond animal Pamital ravine, Canary Islands: Bunyip [11] Bahnyip Amphibious creature Australia Cadborosaurus [12] Caddy Sea animal Pacific Coast of North America Champ [13] Champy Lake monster Lake Champlain, North America Cryptid Whales [14] [15]
Hihi – baboon monster; Hiisi – nature guardian; 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