Mythological creatures

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Gallery of odd creatures

- a fine selection -

The seven-headed Beast and the Whore of Babylon

Antique

Greek Mythology

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  Metope from the Parthenon marbles depicting a Centaur and a Lapith fighting
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  Pegasos
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  Siren
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  Triton

Roman Mythology

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  Denarius with Capricornus, cornucopia, rudder of a vessel and the inscription AVGVSTUS.
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  Poseidon in a chariot drawn by hippocampi, surrounded with dolphins, tritons, and Nereids on sea-monsters. Room 4 of the Baths of Neptune, Ostia Antica, Latium, Italy.
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  Winged Talos armed with a stone. Silver didrachm from Phaistos, Crete (ca. 300/280-270 BC), obverse. (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris)

Medieval

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  demon Aamon
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  Astaroth demon
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  Basilisk
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  Basilisk
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  Beast of Gévaudan
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  Centaur
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  Cerberus (in: Dante, Inferno VI, 13-33)
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  Cerberus
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  Cyclop
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  Cyclop
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  Saint George and the Dragon by Th. Maybank from The Book of Knowledge, p. 961, Vol. III, The Grolier Society, New York, 1911
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  Ein Hirte in der Innerschweiz erblickt einen Drachen (1723) aus: Johann Jacob Scheuchzer's St. Georg and the Dragon'
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  Dragon Fafnir
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  Deutsch: Basilisk aus dem Serpentum et draconum historiae von Ulisse Aldrovandi (1640)

  English: Basilisk from Ulisse Aldrovandi
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  Ornamental Ram-Shaped Ewer
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  Harpies
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  Leviatan, Behemoth, Ziz
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  Leviathan
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  Leviathan
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  Leviathan
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  Manticora
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  The Mantichora
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  Mermaid
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  Mermaid
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  Merman/carnivore of sorts combination
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  A relatively benign merman complete with scales caught in the Baltic Sea in 1531
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  Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii
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  Proteus
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  Salamander
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  Adam, Lilith and Eve
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  Sirin
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  Unicorn
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  Statue of Unicorn, N22 National Route, Co Kerry, Ireland
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  Saint Martha with a Tarasque
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  Werewolf
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  illustration in paracelsus [...] p.25 of Ap-e.59: cat 125
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  Julius Schnorr: Ezekiel 34:25
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  Twelve Keys of Basilius Valentinus
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  Baphomet.
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  five linked serpents swallowing each other's tails, a dragon swallowing its own tail, and part of the linked outer border of lion heads above it. The motif inside the ring is a curious "lion-bird", apparently a damaged winged lion's body repaired with a bird's head (12th century)
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  Eigentliche und warhaffte Abbildung Eines erschröcklichen und grausamen Meer=Drachens
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  'Der Papstesel zu Rom' (Karikatur der Reformationszeit)
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  ? (Illuminated Manuscript in a Spanish Bible, 14th century)
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  Bréviaire à l'usage de Langres Chaumont - BM - ms. 0032 - f. 006v
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  ? (Heures Nice - BM - ms. 0322 - f. 011v)
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  Book illustration in De monstris Patavii, apud haeredes Pauli Frambotti. (1668 or earlier)
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  Zilant.
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  Doctor Schnabel von Rom (Work by Paul Fürst 1656)

Chinese Mythology

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  Qijin or quijin
  

  Français : tête de dragon, corps de poisson et pieds de boeuf

Thai Mythology

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  Thai Erawan ("Airavata"), 3-headed Elephant at Sanam Luang, Bangkok
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  Kinnari at Wat Phra Kaeo, Bangkok
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  Naga at Wat Chiang Man, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand
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  Makara at Wat Suthat, Bangkok
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  Yaksha (Demon) - guardian at Wat Phra Kaeo, Bangkok
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  Nok Tantima ("Tantima bird"), guardian of Viharn Yod, Wat Phra Kaeo, Bangkok
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  Painting with several Thai mythological beings on Mount Meru, Wat Suthat, Bangkok
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  Female yak Nang Phisua Samut of the Phra Aphai Mani story

Modern

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  Mermaid by Phineas Taylor Barnum
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  Loch-Ness-Monster
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  Elwetritsche
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  Monster Born of a Ewe
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  Garuda
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  Garuda (Indonesia)
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  Garuda (Thailand)
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  Garuda (Ulan Bator)
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  Flag of Wales
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  Flag of Bhutan
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  Fafnir, Nibelungenlied
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  COA Altheim an der Donau