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The homunculus is commonly used today in scientific disciplines such as psychology as a teaching or memory tool to describe the distorted scale model of a human drawn or sculpted to reflect the relative space human body parts occupy on the somatosensory cortex (the sensory homunculus) and the motor cortex (the motor homunculus).
Homunculus Nebula, a part of the Eta Carinae Nebula; Cortical homunculus, also known as the Penfield homunculus, a physical representation of the primary motor cortex of the rest of the body; Fetiform teratoma, a rare cyst having a fetal structure; The homunculus argument is a fallacy arising most commonly in the theory of vision
The novel deviates from the myth by concentrating on the issues of artificial insemination and individuality: genetics versus environment.A scientist, Professor Jakob ten Brinken, interested in the laws of heredity, impregnates a prostitute in a laboratory with the semen of a hanged murderer.
A nuno sa punso ("old man of the mound"), or simply nuno ("old man" or "grandparent" "ancestor"), is a dwarf-like nature spirit in Philippine mythology. It is believed to live in an anthill or termite mound, hence its name, literally 'Ancestor/Grandparent living in the anthill'.
Tikbalang – creature with the body of a man and the head and hooves of a horse, lurks in the mountains and forests (Philippines) Uchchaihshravas – seven-headed all white flying horse (Hindu) Unicorn – horse-like creature with a single horn, often symbolizing purity (Worldwide) Winged unicorn
Homunculus – small animated construct; Hō-ō – rooster-swallow-fowl-snake-goose-tortoise-stag-fish hybrid; Hoopoe (multiple cultures) – near passerine bird common to Africa and Eurasia that features in many mythologies in those continents
The mušḫuššu (𒈲𒍽; formerly also read as sirrušu or sirrush) or mushkhushshu (pron [muʃxuʃʃu] or [musxussu]) is a creature from ancient Mesopotamian mythology. A mythological hybrid , it is a scaly animal with hind legs resembling the talons of an eagle , lion -like forelimbs, a long neck and tail, two horns on its head, a snake ...
The catoblepas is described in The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci: . It is found in Ethiopia near to the source Nigricapo. It is not a very large animal, is sluggish in all its parts, and its head is so large that it carries it with difficulty, in such wise that it always droops towards the ground; otherwise it would be a great pest to man, for any one on whom it fixes its eyes dies immediately.