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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 ...
Caladrius (Roman) – white bird with healing powers. Chalkydri (Jewish) – heavenly creatures of the Sun. Chamrosh (Persian mythology) – body of a dog, head & wings of a bird. Cinnamon bird (Greek) – greek myth of an arabian bird that builds nests out of cinnamon. Devil Bird (Sri Lankan) – shrieks predicting death.
Heracles (Greek) – gatekeeper of Olympus. Hercinia (Medieval Bestiaries) – glowing bird. Herensuge (Basque) – dragon. Hesperides (Greek) – nymph daughters of Atlas. Hidebehind (United States) – nocturnal forest creature. Hiderigami (Japanese) – drought spirit. Hieracosphinx (Ancient Egypt) – falcon-headed sphinx.
Ala (Slavic) – Bad weather demon. Alal (Chaldean) – Queen of the full moon. Alan (Philippine) – Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children. Alce (Heraldic) – Wingless griffin. Aleya (Bengali) – Spirit of a dead fisherman. Alicanto (Chilean) – Bird that eats gold and silver.
Kuk – Kuk's male form has a frog head while his female form has a snake head. Meretseger – The cobra -headed Egyptian Goddess. Sirin – Half-bird, half-human creature with the head and chest of a woman from Russian folklore; its bird half is generally that of an owl's body. Sobek – The crocodile -headed Egyptian God.
The Greek word kentauros is generally regarded as being of obscure origin. [3] The etymology from ken + tauros, 'piercing bull', was a euhemerist suggestion in Palaephatus' rationalizing text on Greek mythology, On Incredible Tales (Περὶ ἀπίστων), which included mounted archers from a village called Nephele eliminating a herd of bulls that were the scourge of Ixion's kingdom. [4]
Hindu Mythology. A Saraswati statue in a park. Saraswati, goddess of knowledge, creativity, and speech. Ganesha, god of wisdom, luck, and new beginnings. Kartikeya, god of war, victory, and knowledge. Brihaspati, guru of the devas. Shukra, guru of the asuras. Dakshinamurti, an aspect of Shiva as the guru of sages.