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  2. Chimera (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The Beast in Christian eschatology; Chimera of Arezzo; Chimaera – genus of fish named after the mythical creature; Dābbat al-Arḍ in Islamic eschatology; Dragon – a reptilian monster sharing similar hybrid, flying and fire-breathing traits; Garuda – a mythical creature and Demigod from Indian sub-continent

  3. Sky Fox (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The Sky Fox (Chinese: 天狐; pinyin: tiān hú), or Celestial Fox is a type of divine beast in East Asian mythology.After reaching 1,000 years of age and gaining its ninth tail, a fox spirit turns a golden color, becoming a sky fox, the most powerful form of the fox spirit, and then ascends to the heavens.

  4. List of legendary creatures from China - Wikipedia

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    Shuhu beast, a wild beast with a horse's body and bird's wings, a human's face and a snake's tail. It likes to hug and lift people up. [7] Sky Fox (mythology), a golden Hulijing that has reached 1000 years of age. Sun Wukong, a fire monkey with a golden rod also the Monkey King.

  5. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Beast of the First Kingdom – A beast like a lion with eagle's wings seen in the Book of Revelations. Brunswick Lion – Loyal companion of Henry the Lion after the two slew a dragon together. Chimera – Chinese guardian lions – Statues depicted in pairs believed to be protectors Komainu ; Shisa

  6. Nine-tailed fox - Wikipedia

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    The Legend of Nezha 哪吒传奇 (2003) Strange Tales of Liao Zhai 新聊斋志异 (2005) The Legend and the Hero (2007) and its sequel (2009) My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho (2010) Gu Family Book (2013) The Investiture of the Gods (2014) and The Investiture of the Gods 2 (2015) Legend of Nine Tails Fox (2016) Fox in the Screen 屏里狐 (2016 ...

  7. Kumiho - Wikipedia

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    A prominent feature that separates the kumiho from its two counterparts (although, both Japanese Kitsune and Chinese Huli Jing having their own versions of “knowledge beads”, in the form of Kitsune’s starball and Huli Jing’s “golden elixir” neidan) is the existence of a 'yeowoo guseul' (여우구슬, literally meaning fox marble) which is said to consist of knowledge.

  8. Sessho-seki - Wikipedia

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    The stone is believed to be the transformed corpse of Tamamo-no-Mae, a beautiful woman who was exposed as a nine-tailed fox working for an evil daimyō plotting to kill Emperor Konoe and take his throne. According to the otogi-zōshi, when the nine-tailed fox was killed by the famous warrior named Miura-no-suke, her body became the Sessho-seki ...

  9. Manticore - Wikipedia

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    The beast's name means "maneater", as already noted. [ 16 ] [ 9 ] Aelian citing Ctesias adds that the Mantichora prefers to hunt humans, lying in wait, taking down even 2, 3 men at a time. And the Indians take their young captive, disabling its tail by crushing it with stone before the growth of sting begins.