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The manticore (Latin: manticora) occurs in about half of the Second Family Latin bestiaries. [30] The specific source used in this case was probably Solinus (2nd century), [39] [g] The text here describing the beast [41] [42] differs little from Pliny's Latin version in language, [43] or the Greek version in content (paraphrased above). [44]
Manticora (often misspelled Mantichora (Latin term for "manticore") following an unjustified spelling change in 1837) is a genus of tiger beetles that is endemic to Africa. Its members are the largest of the family. All species are nocturnal, black, and flightless.
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 ...
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 ...
Monsterwolf is a 2010 Syfy original television film directed by Todor Chapkanov and stars Leonor Varela, Robert Picardo, and Marc Macaulay.An oil rig crew drills in a Louisiana community where they awaken an ancient and terrifying wolf-like beast sworn to protect the ecological balance of its environment - and kill anyone who threatens it.
In Paris, France, two workers find a hidden chamber while digging beneath the Saint Jean André Church.They collect the valuable objects in the area, but they are attacked by a creature.
Manticore – a mythical creature with a human head, a lion body, a scorpion tail, spines like a porcupine, and bat wings in some iterations; Nue – a Japanese Chimera with the head of a monkey, the body of a tanuki, the legs of a tiger, and a snake-headed tail; Pegasus – a winged stallion in Greek mythology; Pixiu or Pi Yao – Chinese ...
The text mentions other beasts such as the manticore, mermecolion, barometz, basilisk, and peryton. The book contains 143 pages and is divided into the following three chapters, which each contain sub-chapters. Chapter One: Vestiges of the Elder Days (pg.6) The Tale of the Monkey-God (pg.44) Chapter Two: Riders of the Wind (pg.56)