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mythical creatures


This is a list of some images and brief descriptions of a lot of beings and mythical creatures


HARPY


They are known in Greek mythology as winged monsters with the head and breasts, and body and claws of birds of prey, in popular belief, were agents of divine vengeance. Harpies as beautiful deities appear first, but then began to be reprecentadas like old witches like sagging breasts.


Basilisk

It is a legendary reptile famed for being the king of serpents.

His celebrity is the ability to kill with a single glance. According to the book "Natural History", written by Pliny the Elder, the basilisk is a snake so poisonous that small but leaves a huge trail of deadly venom with every step as well murder her eyes
In the eighth century, the basilisk was considered a snake with a spot on the crown-shaped head. In fact, "basilisk" means "little king". Later in the Middle Ages, it becomes a cock with four legs, yellow feathers, large spiny wings and tail of a serpent, which could end in hook, snakehead or other head of cock. There are versions of this mythological creature with eight legs and scales instead of feathers

Behemoth
It is a mythical monster of Hebrew mythology.
It is believed that the Behemoth (also known as Bahamuth) is associated with the hippo. He is mentioned in the Bible, the Book of Job


Bennu
It is the Egyptian phoenix. Was associated with the flooding of the Nile, resurrection, and the Sun.


CENTAURO
He is a fabulous original Greek mythology. While the early stories are described as a race of giants, absolutely covered with hair, very wild devoted to travel the country while abducted women. But other texts late start to spread the image that has transcended to the present: a hybrid, half man and half horse.


CERBERO
Originally from Greek mythology, is a great dog with three heads in charge of looking after the entry into the hell of HADES


CICLOPE
In Greek mythology, were a race of giants who were characterized by a single eye in the middle of the forehead


DRAGON
Is a mythological creature that appears in various forms in various cultures around the world, with different symbols associated with it.
 
The figure of the dragon plays an important role as a god and a guardian. This is a powerful and respectable, in some civilizations is also recognized for having great wisdom. Dragons have a spiritual significance in various religions and cultures.
 
Western and Eastern cultures have imagined giant winged reptiles, may be in contact with gharials, crocodiles and alligators and the discovery of dinosaur fossils mixed with other flying animals.


ELF
Elementary mythological beings of nature, forest guards and all living things that inhabit them.
are distinguished by their small size, their ears are pointed, some species are large nose and other small.



Dullahan
Is a creature belonging to Irish mythology.
 
It has no head on his shoulders, but takes with him on his right hand. The head is the color and texture of stale dough or moldy cheese, and quite smooth. The entire head glows with phosphorescent decaying matter and the creature can use as a flashlight to go through the darkened fields irlandeses. Hi uses a human spine as a whip. The horse sends sparks and flames come out their nostrils.


ELF
Creature from Norse mythology and Germanic race originally was considered a minor fertility gods and represented as young men and women of great beauty living in forests, caves or sources. They were considered as being long-lived or immortal and magical powers.



SPHINX
In Greek mythology, was a demon of destruction and bad luck, which was represented by a female face, body of lion and bird wings.
 
Statius explains that his face was pale, his mouth full of poison, eyes like burning coals and wings always stained with blood




FENIX
Is a mythological bird the size of an eagle, feathered red, orange and yellow glow, strong beak and claws. It was a fabulous bird that was consumed by the action of fire every 500 years, then rise from the ashes. According to some myths, lived in a region that included the area of the Middle East and India, reaching Egypt in North Africa.
 




Gargoyle
 Is an imaginary being, usually depicted in stone, which often has features of the gargoyles grotescas. The origin dates back to medieval times and is related to the rise of the bestiaries and the torments of hell. It is also true that the imagination of medieval artists were paid by even older myths.



GARUDA
Is a mythical bird, considered a lesser god (or demigod) in Hinduism and Buddhism. Usually iconized as a giant eagle and anthropomorphic: golden body, white face, beak of an eagle and large red wings. It is very old, huge and can block sunlight.



GNOME
Are each fantastic dwarfs or genies elementary Earth, in whose entrails dwell working in the mines, underground treasures guarding and caring for precious metals and stones. people form a very small supernatural and invisible beings, endowed with singular cunning which sprang from the imagination of visionary Jewish Kabbalists called. The gnomes had foreknowledge, knew the secrets of the Earth and were the soul of it.


GOLEM
In medieval folklore and Jewish mythology, an animated being made ​​from inanimate matter. were created by believers and near Dioss created from clay, blowing after a divine spark that gives life, so that the creation of Adam is described at first as the creation of a golem. From this point of view, some people with some degree of holiness and closeness to God could acquire some wisdom and power. One of these powers would be the creation of life. However, no matter what degree of holiness had a person, unless you created would be only a shadow created by God, since, among other things, the golem has no soul.
 


GRIFO
Is a mythological creature whose top is that of a giant eagle with golden feathers, sharp beak and powerful claws. The bottom is that of a lion with yellow fur, muscular legs and cola. According to myth, is eight times bigger and stronger than a lion is not common and rarely carry a rider and his horse, or a pair of oxen, which fall on their feet. With his claws are made drinking cups, and their bows to shoot arrows ribs.



HADA
Is a fantastic, ethereal creature, usually personified as a beautiful woman, who according to tradition are protective in nature, the product of imagination, tradition or belief may cause them to develop contact with ethereal vision according to the legends. Most of them are represented with wings.


HYDRA
Was an old and ruthless chthonic monster-shaped water snake with many heads (whose number ranges from 5 to 100 and even 10,000 depending on the source) and the poisonous breath killed Heracles in the second of his twelve labors. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Gulf of Argolis (near Nafplion). Beneath the waters was an entrance to the underworld that kept the Hydra.


Hippogriff
Born from a cross between a griffin and a mare. His head, wings, chest and front legs are like an eagle, a characteristic inherited from the father and the rest of the body is like a horse, as the mother. The hippogriff has a body more harmonious than the winged horse Pegasus or.


Jormungand
In Norse mythology the "Midgard Serpent" is a gigantic snake round Midgard, Odin threw it into the sea around Midgard, where it will remain trapped until the day of mass destruction (Ragnarök). Jormungand grew so much that tail biting could embrace the whole earth. It is also known for it in the Scandinavian languages ​​as "Jordens band," ie, "ribbon in the world."

 

KRAKEN
Is a sea creature of Norse mythology and Finnish commonly described as a kind of octopus or squid giant emerging from the depths, attacking ships and devoured sailors.

KRAKEN
KRAKEN


Leviathan
Was a sea beast of the Old Testament, often associated with Satan, created by God. "The Leviathan was a monstrous fish created on the fifth day of creation. The legend says that at the banquet after Armageddon, the shell of the Leviathan will served as food, along with the Behemoth and the Ziz.



Manticore
  A kind of chimera with a human head red body (sometimes of a lion), and the tail of a dragon or scorpion, venomous spines capable of shooting to incapacitate or kill their prey. Depending on the mythological story, ranging in size from that of a lion to a horse, and his description may include or exclude the presence of wings.


MINOTAUR
It is a mythological creature with the body of man and bull's head, the son of the wife of King Minos and a large bull that fell in love



MEDUSA
It was one of the three Gorgons of Greek mythology, a woman with hair of snakes and the power to turn to stone that looked directly (You will notice the similarity with the Basilisk obia) to which Perseus cut off the head


NINFA
is a member of a large group of mythological female spirits of nature, are the personifications of creative activities and encouraging nature.


OGRE
is a hideous humanoid creature from the mythology of many countries. They are usually represented with a large head, long shaggy hair, beard usually abundant, bulging belly and stocky.



PEGASO
It is a winged horse of Greek mythology.
Pegasus was born from the blood of Medusa when Perseus cut off her head. He is usually depicted either white or black and has two wings that allow you to fly. A feature of his flight is that when performed, move your legs as if they were running through the air.


CHIMERA
was a hideous monster roaming the regions of Asia Minor to terrorize populations and gobbling herds and animals. The descriptions range from those that said they had the body of a goat, the hindquarters of a snake or a dragon and a lion's head, even stating that they had three heads: a lion, another goat, which I went out the back, and the last dragon, who was born in the queue. All descriptions match, however, that vomited fire by one or more of their heads.
CHIMERA
CHIMERA
CHIMERA
CHIMERA



SIREN
fabulous beings, originating from Greek mythology.
Hybrid beings were originally bird woman and then the most common representation describes them as young women with fish tails.
SIREN
SIREN

TROLL
It is a fearsome member of a mythical anthropomorphic race from Scandinavian folklore. Their role in myths changed from evil to crafty giant more like wild men living underground in hills or mounds, inclined to robbery and abduction of humans, in the case of infants, were replaced by changelings.
TROLL
TROLL
TROLL
TROLL


UNICORN
is a mythical creature typically depicted as a white horse, with antelope legs, goatee, and a horn on his forehead. In modern representations, however, is identical to a horse, differing only in the existence of said horn.


Wyvern (Heraldic Dragon)
They are legendary creatures belonging to medieval mythology, shaped like huge winged reptiles of the family of the lower level dragons, but they are able to cast spells.
has only two legs traseras.Físicamente are reptiles, with sharp teeth and grayish brown. They have a size of more than 10 m long and a huge bat wings. Its tail has a sting much like that of a scorpion.


ZIZ
It's a giant bird of Jewish mythology, which is said to be blocking the sun with their wings.
The ziz is the king of birds, and as big as him. When perched on his head touches the earth and the sky its wings are able to obscure the sun.
It is said that the ziz was created to protect birds and that, absent all the birds of the earth would be helpless and die. The ziz is also an immortal creature who terrorized those who entered their territory and who killed birds.
The ziz, as the Leviathan, is considered a delicacy to be served to the faithful at the end of time to compensate for the prohibition on them weighed consuming unclean food.
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