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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-like tongue, and a crest. The mušḫuššu most famously appears on the Ishtar Gate of the city of Babylon , dating to the sixth century BCE.
A "lion statant" is standing, all four feet on the ground, usually with the forepaws together. [17] This posture is more frequent in crests than in charges on shields. [18] Salient: A "lion salient" is leaping, with both hind legs together on the ground and both forelegs together in the air. [18]
The position of the hind legs varies according to local custom: the lion may stand on both hind legs, braced wide apart, or on only one, with the other also raised to strike; the word rampant is sometimes omitted, especially in early blazon, as this is the most usual position of a carnivorous quadruped.
Two lion brothers, including one with an amputated leg, were spotted making a record-breaking night swim through treacherous waters in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Ammit – An Egyptian creature with the head of a crocodile, the front legs of a lion, and the back legs and hindquarters of a hippopotamus. Baphomet – Traditionally depicted as an anthropomorphic creature with goat's head. Buraq – A creature from Arabic iconography that has the head of a man and the body of a winged horse.
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Chimera is referenced when describing the shape-shifting guardian creature that follows and protects John Smith in the movie I Am Number Four.; The character Beast from Disney's Beauty and the Beast is a Chimera-like creature, with the horns of a bison, brows of a gorilla, nose and mane of a lion, the back mane of a hyena, the tusks of a boar, the arms and chest of a bear and the hind legs and ...
In this video, a giant, black Maine Coon cat named XiaoXiao demonstrates why so many people are astonished when they first see these beautiful, majestic creatures.