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  2. Manticore - Wikipedia

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    The manticore or mantichore (Latin: mantichorās; reconstructed Old Persian: *martyahvārah; Modern Persian: مردخوار mard-khar) is a legendary creature from ancient Persian mythology, similar to the Egyptian sphinx that proliferated in Western European medieval art as well.

  3. Persian mythology - Wikipedia

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    Iranian mythology, or Persian mythology in western term (Persian: اسطوره‌شناسی ایرانی), is the body of the myths originally told by ancient Persians and other Iranian peoples and a genre of ancient Persian folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and ...

  4. Category:Persian legendary creatures - Wikipedia

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    Legendary creatures from Persian mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. A. ... Manticore; P. Parī ...

  5. List of legendary creatures (M) - Wikipedia

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    Manticore (Persian mythology) – Lion-human-scorpion hybrid; Mapinguari (Brazilian mythology) – Giant sloth; Mara (Scandinavian folklore) – Female night-demon; Marabbecca (Italian folklore) – Malevolent water spirit; Mare (Germanic and Slavic folklore) – Malicious entity of dream. Mareikura – Attendant of Kiho-tumu, the supreme god

  6. List of hybrid creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Simurgh – A griffin-like creature of Persian mythology with the head of a dog, the body of a lion, the tail of a peacock, and the wings of a hawk. Taweret – The hippopotamus-headed Egyptian Goddess. Wolpertinger – A creature with the head of a rabbit, the body of a squirrel, the antlers of a deer, and the legs and wings of a pheasant.

  7. Sphinx - Wikipedia

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    Manticore – The Manticore (Early Middle Persian: Mardyakhor or Martikhwar, means: Man-eater [53]) is a Persian legendary hybrid creature and another similar creature to the sphinx.

  8. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Chamrosh (Persian mythology) – body of a dog, head & wings of a bird; Cinnamon bird – greek myth of an arabian bird that builds nests out of cinnamon; Devil Bird (Sri Lankan) – shrieks predicting death; Gagana – a miraculous bird with an iron beak and copper claws; Gandabherunda – two-headed magical bird

  9. Iranian folklore - Wikipedia

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    Manticore (mardxâr: from Middle Persian martyaxwar), a man-eater with the head of a human and the body of a lion, similar to the Egyptian sphinx. Amen Bird (morğ-e āmin): a mythical bird in Persian literature that flies continuously and fulfills people's wishes. [33] [34]