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{{Short description|Mythical dog of Geryon}} [[File:Orthos Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2620.jpg|thumb|280px|A two-headed Orthrus, with snake tail, lying wounded at the feet of [[Heracles]] (left) ...

...head on each end, much like an amphisbaena. The image is captioned, "''two headed snakes of India are harmless''".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mason |first=Pete In ancient times, the supposedly dangerous amphisbaena had many uses in the art of [[folk medicine]] and other magical remedies. Pliny note ...

{{Short description|Mythical creature in Hinduism}} ...Indradeva.jpg|thumb|[[Indra]] (alias Sakra) and [[Shachi]] riding the five-headed Divine Elephant Airavata, Folio from a Jain text, [[Panch Kalyanaka]] (Five ...

{{Short description|Mythical or fictional creature with parts taken from various animals}} The term "chimera" has come to describe any mythical or [[fictional creature]] with parts taken from various animals.<ref>{{Cite ...

{{Infobox mythical creature ...and died in the greatest torment."</ref> The Hydra possessed [[Polycephaly|many heads]], the exact number of which varies according to the source. Later ve ...

{{About|the legendary creatures||Monster (disambiguation)}} ...s five-headed monster.JPG|thumb|A polemical allegory represented as a five-headed monster, 1618]] ...

...r ''grypus'' from {{langx|grc|γρύψ|grýps|link=no}}), which denotes another mythical creature, with the head of an eagle and body of a lion, that is purported t ...used to refer to a race of moon-dwelling riders that employ gigantic three-headed vultures as steeds. ...

{{Infobox mythical creature |image = The three-headed rakshasa Trishiras sits in lalitasana on a throne facing a fire altar in wh ...

| siblings = Many including [[Manasa]], [[Vasuki]], and [[Takshaka]] ...thousand-headed, or five thousand-headed, or even as many as a one million-headed [[serpent (symbolism)|serpent]]; sometimes with each head wearing an ornate ...

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...lar stories from other places, such as those about [[dog-headed]] and wolf-headed people.<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/666#7.27.1 Procopius, History of th [[Category:Female legendary creatures]] ...

{{Infobox mythical creature It is frequently depicted in the art, songs, and oral histories of many [[Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast|Pacific Northwest Coast ...

...ey figure prominently in the sculpture, dance, literature and paintings of many [[South Asia]]n and [[Southeast Asia]]n cultures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https: In many of the stories related in the [[Mahabharata]], apsaras appear in important ...

Vinata waited, and after many years, the second egg hatched and Garuda was born. After losing a bet to Ka ...cite book | first = Brenda | last = Rosen | year = 2010 | title = Mythical Creatures Bible | publisher = Godsfield Press | isbn = 978-1-4027-6536-0| page = 158 ...

{{Short description|Mythical creature from Aboriginal mythology}} ...e">{{cite book |last=Gilmore |first=David D. |title=Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors |publisher=University of Pennsy ...

...]]. Ammit stands ready to eat the heart if it fails the test. The [[ibis]]-headed [[Thoth]], [[scribe]] of the [[gods]], records the result.]] * [[Chalkydri]], other mythical creatures depicted with the body of a lion and head of a crocodile<ref>Kulik, Alexand ...

{{Short description|Mythical creature in European folklore}} {{Infobox mythical creature ...

...}}</ref> Khonsu was instrumental in the creation of new life in all living creatures. At [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]], he formed part of a family triad (the "[[Theb ...god and son of the goddess [[Ipet]]-[[Nut (goddess)|Nut]]. As a part of a mythical journey, the sun was said to die daily and enter the underworld as the god ...

...Warren James, and set in [[Greg Stafford (game designer)|Greg Stafford]]'s mythical world of [[Glorantha]]. It was first published in 1978 by [[Chaosium|The Ch ...e's ''RuneQuest II'' and aimed at providing rules that could be adapted to many fantasy or historical settings, and did not contain any specifically Gloran ...