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Kinnara – Half-human, half-bird in later Indian mythology. Kurma – Upper-half human, lower-half tortoise. Ichthyocentaurs – Creatures that have the torsos of a man or woman, the front legs of a horse, and the tails of a fish. Scorpion man – Half-man half-scorpion. Serpopard – A creature that is part-snake and part-African leopard.
Dhampir – (Albanian,Slavic) half human, half vampire, resulting from the mating of a male vampire and human woman exclusively. Dökkálfar – Dark elves in Nordic mythology. Domovoi – Protective house spirit in Slavic folklore. Doppelgänger – Look-alike or double of a living person. Drak – (German) elf partly shapeshifted into a lizard.
Terry Brooks describes characters such as Shea Ohmsford from his Shannara series as a halfling of elf–human parentage. In Jack Vance 's Lyonesse series of novels, "halfling" is a generic term for beings such as fairies , trolls and ogres , who are composed of both magical and earthly substances. [ 9 ]
Medusa is also mentioned as a drakaina while also emphasizing her human aspects; rather than a drakaina alone, it has been argued that she is a woman who has been fused with a dragon. [ 3 ] The drakaina was a sacred female spirit dragon generally slain only by gods or demigods .
Drow in the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting used to be elves but stayed on Golarion when the other elves left the world. Over time, the remaining elves turned into drow by powerful magic, and at this time any elf who is evil enough can spontaneously turn into a drow. The existence of drow in Golarion is virtually unknown to non-elves.
In Norse mythology, a half-elf is the offspring of an elf and a human. Major examples include Skuld and Högni. [1] [2] Högni was a hero in Thidreks saga, born to a human queen when an elf visited her while the king was away. [2] Skuld was a Danish princess, as told in Hrólf Kraki's saga. King Helgi, sleeping alone as he had not been invited ...
However, because of her half-human/half-dragon heritage, she is actively seeking out the legendary "People Potion" (ピド・ポーション, Pido-Pōshon), which would make her fully human. As a part-dragon, she undergoes ecdysis, in which she sheds her skin and becomes more powerful. Her power continuously grows each day after her first ecdysis.
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