sphinx, mythological creature with a lion's body and a human head, an important image in Egyptian and Greek art and legend. The word sphinx was derived by Greek grammarians from the verb sphingein (“to bind” or “to squeeze”), but the etymology is not related to the legend and is dubious.
Centaurs may best be explained as the creation of a folktale in which wild inhabitants of the mountains and savage spirits of the forests were combined in half-human, half-animal form.
griffin, also spelled griffon or gryphon, composite mythological creature with a lion's body (winged or wingless) and a bird's head, usually that of an eagle. The griffin was a favourite decorative motif in the ancient Middle Eastern and Mediterranean lands.
The Griffin is a mythical creature known as a half-eagle, half-lion in various cultures. In legends and folklore, the beast guards the gold of the kings, as well as other priceless possessions.
What is the difference between a manticore and chimera? A manticore is a male creature with the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion. By contrast, a chimera is a female with body parts consisting of a lion, a goat, and a snake.
Chimera, in Greek mythology, a fire-breathing female monster resembling a lion in the forepart, a goat in the middle, and a dragon behind.
The Chimera ('she-goat' in Ancient Greek) is a fire-breathing hybrid creature. It is typically depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat emerging from its back, and a tail ending in a snake's head.
The Nemean Lion was a fearsome creature in ancient Greek mythology. His skin was impervious to all weapons, he had powerful claws, and he was very cunning. According to some versions of the story, the goddess Hera had him guard the temple of Zeus in Nemea so that worshippers would be afraid and stay away.
With his Herculean supernatural power, Heracles strangled the lion with his bare hands. Thereafter, he dressed in its skin in such a way that his head peeked out of its gaping jaws. Thus, a lion's skin was one of Heracles' attributes, which makes him easily recognizable on vases and other depictions.
GRIFFIN (Gryps) - Eagle-Headed & Winged Lion of Greek Mythology.
Lamassu or shedu in Mesopotamian mythology was depicted as a winged lion. It was often depicted with a bull's body instead of a lion's body. The griffin in classical mythology was depicted as a lion-eagle creature. Griffin-like creatures were depicted in Egyptian and Persian mythology.
Apsonsi (Thai: อัปสรสีห์) is a half-woman half-lion mythical creature from Thai mythology. Apsonsi is one of the many hybrid creatures depicted in ancient South and Southeast Asian folklore.
Wolftaur – Half-man, half-wolf.
The Centaurides (Ancient Greek: Κενταυρίδες, Kentaurides) or centauresses are female centaurs. First encountered in Greek mythology as members of the tribe of the Centauroi, the Centaurides are only occasionally mentioned in written sources, but appear frequently in Greek art and Roman mosaics.
Ipotanes or hippotaynes are mythical creatures; a race of half-horse, half-humans. They are usually depicted as the reverse of centaurs, having human bodies with the heads of horses.
Sekhmet was depicted with the body of a woman with a lion head wearing a sun disk. She was seen as the protector of the pharaohs and led them in warfare.
Hercules picked up his club and went after the lion. Following it to a cave which had two entrances, Hercules blocked one of the doorways, then approached the fierce lion through the other. Grasping the lion in his mighty arms, and ignoring its powerful claws, he held it tightly until he'd choked it to death.
Maahes (also spelled in Greek: Mihos, Miysis, Mios, Maihes, or Mahes) (Greek: Μαχές, Μιχός, Μίυσις, Μίος, or Μάιχες) was an ancient Egyptian lion-headed god of war, whose name means "he who is true beside her".
The Chimera is a monster in Greek mythology, who had the head of a lion, the body of a goat and the tail of a snake.
THE KHIMAIRA (Chimera) was a three-headed monster which ravaged the countryside of Lykia (Lycia) in Anatolia. It was a bizarre fire-breathing creature with the body and head of a lion, a goat's head rising from its back, the udders of a goat, and a serpent for a tail.
The cuegle is a monster in Cantabrian folklore. Walking on two legs and roughly humanoid in shape, it is believed to have black skin, a long beard, grey hair, three arms without hands or fingers, five rows of teeth, a single stubby horn and three eyes in its head: one yellow, one red, and one blue.
Heracles carried Cerberus away, showed him to Eurystheus, then returned Cerberus to the underworld. In an apparently unique version of the story, related by the sixth-century AD Pseudo-Nonnus, Heracles descended into Hades to abduct Persephone, and killed Cerberus on his way back up.
Cases of human chimeras have been documented. This condition is either innate or it is synthetic, acquired for example through the infusion of allogeneic blood cells during transplantation or transfusion. In nonidentical twins, innate chimerism occurs by means of blood-vessel anastomoses.