The winged horse, Pegasus, was created by the Greek god Poseidon and Medusa (he sprung from her neck after Perseus took her snake-haired head). The Greek hero Bellerophon captured Pegasus with a little help from Poseidon and Athena. Then he rode the winged horse to defeat Chimera. (The movie Clash of the Titans didn’t follow … Read the rest 
The Ophiotaurus is half bull (taurus) and half serpent (ophio). Next to the hippocampi, this is one of my mermaid’s favorite mythological sea creatures. In Greek mythology, the creature was created in the chaos with Gaea and Ouranos and killed by the Titans. Its entrails (ewwwww, gross) granted the power to defeat the gods to … Read the rest 
This Japanese creature is the ultimate chimera. The Nue appears in the Heike Monogatari with the torso of a Japanese raccoon dog, legs of a tiger, and the tail of a snake. As with many mythological chimeras, the body parts are sometimes different, depending on the story. Another possible origin story is that the beast … Read the rest © 2012-2024 Author Diana Beebe - All Rights Reserved
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