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The peryton is a mythological hybrid animal combining the physical features of a stag and a bird. The peryton was invented by Jorge Luis Borges in his 1957 Book of Imaginary Beings , using the fictional device of a supposedly long-lost medieval manuscript.
Peryton; Phoenix; Raiju; Roc – A gigantic bird similar to the Ziz [1] Sarimanok; Shahbaz; Sirens - bird women in Greek mythology, not to be confused with mermaids; Simurgh – A Persian bird similar to the Ziz [1] Snallygaster; Sphinx ; Stymphalian Birds; Sylph; Thunderbird; Winged Unicorn; Wyvern; Yalungur; Yuki-onna; Zilant
Cerberus – A Greek mythological dog that guarded the gates of the underworld, almost always portrayed with three heads and occasionally having a mane of serpents, as well as the front half of one for a tail. Drakaina – A female species from Greek mythology that is draconic in nature, primarily depicted as a woman with dragon features.
Alectryon – rooster (Greek) Basan, a fire-breathing chicken from Japanese mythology; Cockatrice, a chicken-headed dragon or serpent, visually similar to or confused with the Basilisk. Gallic rooster, a symbolic rooster used as an allegory for France; Gullinkambi, a rooster who lives in Valhalla in Norse mythology
In Greek mythology, Python (Greek: Πύθων; gen. Πύθωνος) was the serpent, sometimes represented as a medieval-style dragon, living at the center of the Earth, believed by the ancient Greeks to be at Delphi.
A statuette of Geryon at the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. In Greek mythology, Geryon (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ r i ə n / GHERR-ee-ən; [1] Ancient Greek: Γηρυών, genitive Γηρυόνος), also Geryone (Ancient Greek: Γηρυόνης, romanized: Gēryónēs, or Γηρυονεύς, Gēryoneús), son of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe, the grandson of Medusa and the nephew of Pegasus, was a fearsome giant ...
Pirithous and Hippodamia receiving the centaurs at his wedding. Antique fresco from Pompeii. "Pirithous' Kampf um Helena" by Joseph Echteler and Richard Brend'amour. Pirithous (/ ˌ p aɪ ˈ r ɪ θ oʊ. ə s /; Ancient Greek: Πειρίθοος or Πειρίθους, derived from περιθεῖν, perithein, 'to run around' [citation needed]; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek ...
The peryton is a mythical creature with features of a stag and a bird. Peryton may also refer to: Peryton (Dungeons & Dragons), a creature in Dungeons & Dragons;