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Name Species Origin and Author Notes Amy: Gorilla: Congo by Michael Crichton: A protagonist, Amy is a mountain gorilla being studied by Dr. Peter Elliot. Her normal behavior begins to start going bad when she has nightmares about the Lost City of Zinj, located in the middle of the Congo and guarded by her gorilla-chimpanzee hybrid relatives.
Pages in category "Lists of fictional animals in literature" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Makara (Hindu mythology) – half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually of a fish, a seal, or a snake, though sometimes a peacock or even a floral tail is depicted) Mug-wamp - (Canadian) giant sturgeon monster said to inhabit Lake Temiskaming in Ontario. Name is of ...
"The species epithet, quixotiana (pronounced kee·how·tee·a·na in English) is derived from Miguel de Cervantes's (1547–1616) masterpiece Don Quixote [...], globally considered one of the best works in the history of literature, and whose number of editions and translations is only surpassed by the Bible.
However, this differs from Norse and the traditional elves found in Middle Ages folklore and Victorian era literature. Post-Tolkien fantasy elves tend to be immortal or long-lived in comparison to humans, more beautiful and wiser, with sharper senses and perceptions, and abilities or crafts that seem alien or magical. They may be from an age ...
This is a list of fictional bears that appear in video games, film, television, animation, comics and literature. This also includes pandas, but not the unrelated red panda species. The list is limited to notable, named characters. This list is a subsidiary to the List of fictional animals article.
Griffin-like animals were depicted on cylinder seals in Mesopotamia c. 3000 BC, [48] perhaps as early as the Uruk period (4000–3100BC) and subsequent Proto-Elamite (Jemdet Nasr) period. [47] An example of a winged lion with beaks, unearthed in Susa (cf. fig. right [ 46 ] ) dates to the 4th millennium B.C., and is a unique example of a griffin ...
Talking animals are a common element in mythology and folk tales, children's literature, and modern comic books and animated cartoons. Fictional talking animals often are anthropomorphic, possessing human-like qualities (such as bipedal walking, wearing clothes, and living in houses). Whether they are realistic animals or fantastical ones ...