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Winged lion sculpture from the Persian city of Ecbatana, 550-330 BCE. The winged cat – a feline with wings like a bird, bat or other flying creature – is a theme in artwork and legend going back to prehistory, especially mythological depictions of big cats with eagle wings in Eurasia and North Africa.
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Winged cat – A cat with the wings of a bird. Winged genie – A humanoid with bird wings. Winged horse – A horse with the wings of a bird. Pegasus - A particular winged horse from Greek mythology. Sometimes the lowercase spelling is used as a metonym for winged horses in general. Tulpar - A winged horse from Turkic mythology, though not ...
Lamassu at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.. The goddess Lama appears initially as a mediating goddess who precedes the orans and presents them to the deities. [3] The protective deity is clearly labelled as Lam(m)a in a Kassite stele unearthed at Uruk, in the temple of Ishtar, goddess to which she had been dedicated by king Nazi-Maruttash (1307–1282 BC). [9]
Cath Palug – a monstrous cat said to have killed 180 warriors; Carbuncle – one of its many descriptions is a cat with a luminescent chin [4] Demon Cat (North American) – a ghost cat who is purported to haunt the government buildings of Washington, D.C. Kaibyō – various forms of cat Yōkai
Harpy – A winged being [1] Hippogriff – A being combining the power of horse and griffin [1] Huitzilopochtli; Lamassu; Lightning Bird; Lindworm; Minokawa; Nephele; Nue; Odin's ravens, Huginn and Muninn; Ong (Washoe folklore) Pegasus – A winged horse [1] Peryton; Phoenix; Raiju; Roc – A gigantic bird similar to the Ziz [1] Sarimanok; Shahbaz
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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.