mythical creature

Noun
  1. A monster renowned in folklore and myth (synset 109515254)
    is a type of:
    • mythical being - an imaginary being of myth or fable
    • monster - an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
    subtypes:
    • legendary creature - a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual
    • amphisbaena - (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body
    • basilisk - (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
    • centaur - (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
    • cerberus, hellhound - (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon
    • chimaera, chimera - (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
    • cockatrice - monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance
    • dragon, firedrake - a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
    • geryon - (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules
    • gorgon - (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone
    • griffin, griffon, gryphon - winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion
    • harpy - (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman
    • hydra - (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones
    • leviathan - monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament
    • mantichora, manticora, manticore, mantiger - a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion
    • minotaur - (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus
    • nemean lion - (Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors
    • roc - mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength
    • salamander - reptilian creature supposed to live in fire
    • sphinx - (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
    • troll - (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
    • typhoeus - (Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds; had a terrifying voice and 100 dragon heads that spurted fire
    • typhon - (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx
    • loup-garou, lycanthrope, werewolf, wolfman - a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again
    specific instances:
    • python - (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi
    • erinyes, eumenides, fury - (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
    same as: mythical monster

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