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Head of a Human Body of a Lion

The following is a list of hybrid entities from the folklore tape grouped morphologically based on their elective species. Hybrids not found in classical mythology but developed in the context of modern popular culture are listed in a separate department. For actual hybridization in zoology, see Hybrid (biology).

Partly human [ edit ]

Upper role human [ edit ]

Human-ungulate hybrids [ edit ]

Taur-hybrids (centauroid) [ edit ]

Taurs are a class of mythological horse people with physically humanoid upper part and four-legged animal lower office.

  • Anggitay – A strictly-female creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a horse.
  • Centaur – A creature that has the upper trunk of a human with the lower body of a horse.
  • Onocentaur – A creature that has the upper body of a human being with the lower body of a ass.
  • Ipotane – A human being with the hindquarters of a equus caballus.
  • Minotaur – A beast that has the body of a homo with the head and tail of a bull.
Human being-goat hybrids [ edit ]

Satyr men, satyr women, and satyr children.

Goat people are a class of mythological beings who physically resemble humans from the waist upwardly, and had goat-similar features usually including the hind legs of goats. They fall into various categories, such equally sprites, gods, demons, and demigods. [i]

  • Faun – An ancient Roman nature spirit with the body of a man, but the legs and horns of a goat. [2] [3] Originally they differed from the Greek satyrs because they were less frequently associated with drunkenness and ribaldry and were instead seen as "shy, woodland creatures". [4] Starting in the first century BC, the Romans frequently conflated them with satyrs and, after the 2d century Ad, the two are virtually indistinguishable. [ii] [3] [four]
  • Glaistig – A Scottish fairy or ghost who can take the form of a goat-human hybrid. [5] [half dozen]
  • Krampus — A Germanic mythical effigy of obscure origin. It is often depicted with the legs and horns of a caprine animal, the body of a human being, and animalistic facial features.
  • Pan – The god of the wild and protector of shepherds, who has the body of a man, but the legs and horns of a goat. He is ofttimes heard playing a flute.
  • Satyr – Originally an ancient Greek nature spirit with the body of a man, but the long tail and pointed ears of a equus caballus. [ii] [3] From the kickoff, satyrs were inextricably associated with drunkenness and ribaldry, known for their love of wine, music, and women. [ii] [three] [7] By the Hellenistic Period, satyrs gradually began to be depicted every bit men with the horns and legs of goats, likely due to conflation with Pan. [two] [3] They were eventually conflated with the Roman fauns and, since roughly the 2nd century Advert, they have been duplicate from each other. [2] [3] [four]
    • Silenos - A tutor to Dionysus who is well-nigh identical to satyrs and normally indistinguishable, although sometimes depicted equally more than elderly. [7] [3]

Man-bird hybrids [ edit ]

A medieval depiction of a harpy every bit a bird-woman

  • Alkonost – A creature from Russian folklore with the head of a woman with the trunk of a bird, said to brand beautiful sounds that make anyone who hears them forget all that they know and not want anything more ever once more.
  • Gamayun – A Russian creature portrayed with the caput of a woman and the body of a bird.
  • Inmyeonjo – A human face up with bird trunk beast in ancient Korean mythology.
  • Harpy – A half-bird, half-woman animate being of Greek mythology, portrayed sometimes as a woman with bird wings and legs.
  • Kinnara – Half-homo, half-bird in subsequently Indian mythology.
  • Lamia – Adult female with duck anxiety.
  • Lilitu – A woman with bird legs (and sometimes wings) constitute in Mesopotamian mythology.
  • Siren – Half-bird, half-woman creature of Greek mythology, who lured sailors to their deaths with their singing voices.
  • Sirin – Half-bird, half-human being beast with the head and chest of a woman from Russian folklore. Its bird one-half is generally that of an owl's body.
  • Uchek Langmeidong - A one-half-woman and half-hornbill animal in Manipuri folklore, depicted as a daughter who was turned into a bird to escape from her stepmother'due south torture in the absenteeism of her father.

Human-fish hybrids [ edit ]

  • Atargatis – Human face, fish body.
  • Auvekoejak – A hirsuite merman from Inuit sociology of Greenland and northern Canada.
  • Ceasg – A Scottish mermaid.
  • Ichthyocentaurs – Creatures that have the torsos of a human being or woman, the front legs of a equus caballus, and the tails of a fish.
  • Jengu – A water spirit
  • Matsya – An avatar of Lord Vishnu that is half-man half-fish.
  • Merfolk – A race of half-man, one-half-fish creatures. The males are called Mermen and the females are chosen Mermaids.
  • Sirena – A mermaid from Philippine folklore.
  • Siyokoy – Mermen with scaled bodies from Philippine folklore. Information technology is the male counterpart of the Sirena.
  • Triton - A Greek God and the son of Poseidon who has the same description as the Merman. Some depictions take him with two fish tails.

Homo-snake hybrids [ edit ]

  • Draconcopedes (snake-feet) – "Ophidian-feet are big and powerful serpents, with faces very like those of human maidens and necks ending in serpent bodies" as described by Vincent of Beauvais. [viii]
  • Echidna – A one-half-adult female and one-half-serpent monster that lives within a cave.
  • Fu Xi – A god said to have been made by Nu Wa.
  • Ketu – An Asura who has the lower parts of a snake and said to have four artillery.
  • Lamia – Like a mermaid but with the lower body like that of a snake and is ordinarily female. This is not be confused with the Greco-Roman Lamia, who'southward a child-eating monster or later, a night-haunting spirit.
  • Nāga – A term referring to human being/snake mixes of all kinds.
  • Nü Wa – A woman with the lower body of a serpent in Chinese sociology.
  • Nure-onna – A creature with the head of a woman and torso of a serpent.
  • Tlanchana – An aquatic deity that is part woman and function snake.
  • Zhuyin – A fauna with the face of a man and the body of a snake.
  • Orochimaru - A human the has the abilities and tin can become a snake with a man head.

Other hybrids [ edit ]

  • Adlet – A human with domestic dog legs.
  • Bes – An Egyptian god with the hindquarters of a lion.
  • Kurma – Upper-half human, lower half tortoise.
  • Kusarikku – A demon with the caput, arms, and body of a human and the ears, horns, and hindquarters of a bull.
  • Manticore - A creature with the face of a homo, the body of a lion, the wings of a bat or a dragon and the tail of a scorpion
  • Nandi – Some Puranas describe Nandi or Nandikeshvara every bit bull-faced, with a human torso that resembles that of Shiva in proportion and aspect.
  • Penghou – A animate being with the face up of a human and the trunk of a dog.
  • Scorpion Man – Half-man one-half-scorpion.

Human-headed, complex body (oft with parts from multiple animals) [ edit ]

Assyrian lamassu dated 721, BCE Oriental Plant Museum, University of Chicago.

  • Avatea – A Mangaian god that has the right one-half of a man and the left half of a fish.
  • Bai Ze – A creature from Chinese mythology with the caput of a human and the body of a cattle with six horns and nine eyes.
  • Buraq – A creature from Standard arabic iconography that has the caput of a man and the body of a winged horse.
  • Hatuibwari – A dragon-similar creature with the head of a human with four optics, the body of a ophidian, and the wings of a bat.
  • Kamadhenu – A bovine fauna with the head of a human, the torso of a cow, the wings of a pigeon, and the tail of a peacock.
  • Lamassu – A deity that is frequently depicted with a human head, a balderdash's torso or lion'southward body, and an eagle'south wings.
  • Meduza – A sea creature from Russian folklore with the head of a maiden and the trunk of a striped beast, having a dragon tail with a ophidian'south oral fissure and elephant legs with the same snake mouths.
  • Sphinx – A creature with the head of a human or a cat, the body of a king of beasts, and occasional wings of an eagle.

Human with fauna head [ edit ]

Ganesha, with Elephant's head

Horus, with Falcon's head

Human being with added animal parts [ edit ]

  • Winged
    • Angel – Humanoid creatures who are generally depicted with bird-like wings. In Abrahamic mythology and Zoroastrianism mythology, angels are frequently depicted as chivalrous angelic beings who act every bit messengers between God and humans.
    • Fairy – A humanoid with insect-like wings.
    • Mothman – A humanoid moth.
    • Seraph – An aristocracy angel with multiple wings.
    • Winged genie – A humanoid with bird wings.
  • Legs
    • Anansi - A Due west African god, too known as Ananse, Kwaku Ananse, and Anancy. In the Americas he is known as Nancy, Aunt Nancy and Sis' Nancy. Anansi is considered to exist the spirit of all knowledge of stories. He is also one of the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore. Anansi is depicted in many different ways: sometimes he looks similar an ordinary spider, sometimes he is a spider wearing clothes or with a human face up, and sometimes he looks much more similar a human being with spider elements, such as eight legs.
    • Drakaina – A female species from Greek mythology that is draconian in nature, primarily depicted as a woman with dragon features.
  • Horned
  • Snake-haired
    • Gorgon – Each of them has snakes in place of their hair; sometimes also depicted with a snake-like lower body.

Office brute, part homo (transitioning between the two) [ edit ]

Garuda carrying his master Vishnu. Garuda has an eagle'southward head, wings and legs

  • Garuda – A animal that has the head, wings, and legs of an eagle and body of a man.
  • Pamola - A creature from Abenaki mythology with a human body, the caput of a moose, and wings and anxiety of an eagle that protects Maine's tallest mountain.
  • Selkie – A seal that becomes a human past shedding its skin on state.
  • Werecat – A beast that is office cat, part human, or switches between the two.
  • Werewolf – A creature that becomes a wolf/human-similar beast during the nights of full moons, but is human otherwise.

Non-man [ edit ]

Quadrupeds with the wings of a bird [ edit ]

Two kinds of brute parts [ edit ]

Item of the embroidered clothes of an Apkallu, showing a pair of 4-legged winged animals. From Nimrud, Iraq. 883-859 BCE. Aboriginal Orient Museum, Istanbul

'Gajasimha', Museum of Cham Sculpture

Three kinds of animal parts [ edit ]

  • Ammit – An Egyptian creature with the caput of a crocodile, the front legs of a panthera leo, and the back legs and hindquarters of a hippopotamus.
  • Chalkydri – Creatures with twelve angel wings, the body of a panthera leo, and the head of a crocodile mentioned in 2 Enoch [10]
  • Bubble – A Greek mythology fauna with the caput and front legs of a lion, the head and dorsum legs of a goat, and the head of a snake for a tail. Said to exist able to breathe fire from lion's oral fissure.
  • Jackalope – A jackrabbit with the horns of a whitetail deer.
  • Sharabha – A Hindu mythological brute having the head of a lion, the legs of deer, and the wings of bird.
  • Simurgh – A griffin-like creature of Persian mythology with the caput of a canis familiaris, the body of a lion and the wings of a hawk.
  • Wyvern – A animate being with a dragon'southward head and wings, a reptilian body, two legs, and a tail often catastrophe in a diamond- or arrow-shaped tip.

Four kinds of animal parts [ edit ]

V or more than kinds of brute parts [ edit ]

Navagunjara, has limb representing viii animals, including a man hand.

  • Alebrije – A brightly colored creature from Mexican mythology.
  • Baku – A Japanese creature with the head of an elephant, the ears of a rhino, the legs of a tiger, the body of a conduct and the tail of a cow.
  • Calygreyhound – A mythical brute described as having the caput of a wildcat, the trunk of a deer or antelope, the claws of an eagle as its forefeet, ox hooves, antlers or horns on its caput, the hind legs of a king of beasts or ox and its tail like a panthera leo or poodle.
  • Fenghuang – A Chinese creature with the head of a gilt pheasant, the torso of a mandarin duck, the tail of a peacock, the legs of a crane, the mouth of a parrot and the wings of a swallow.
  • Kotobuki - A Japanese Chimera with the head of a rat, the ears of a rabbit, the horns of an ox, the rummage of a rooster, the beard of a sheep, the cervix of a Japanese dragon, the mane of a equus caballus, the back of a wild boar, the shoulders and abdomen of a South Prc tiger, the arms of a monkey, the hindquarters of a canis familiaris, and the tail of a snake.
  • Navagunjara – A Hindu animal with the caput of a rooster, neck of a peacock, dorsum of a bull, a snake-headed tail, three legs of an elephant, tiger and deer or horse, fourth limb being a human paw holding a lotus.
  • Pulgasari  [ko]/Bulgasari - see Pulgasari for modern rendering
  • Pyinsarupa – A Burmese creature fabricated of a bullock, carp, elephant, horse and the dragon.
  • Qilin – A Chinese brute with the head of a dragon, the antlers of a deer, the scales of a fish, the hooves of an ox, and the tail of a lion. The Japanese version is described as a deer-shaped dragon with the tail of an ox.

Mod fiction [ edit ]

The following hybrid creatures appear in mod fiction:

References [ edit ]

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  2. ^ a b c d east f Riggs, Don (2014). "Faun and Satyr". In Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew (ed.). The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. New York City, New York and London, England: Ashgate Publishing. pp. 233–236. ISBN 978-1-4094-2563-ii .
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  5. ^ Rev. J. G. Campbell, "Superstitions of the islands and Highlands of Scotland", Scottish Celtic Review 4 (1885), pp155, 157, noted in J. G. McKay, "The Deer-Cult and the Deer-Goddess Cult of the Ancient Caledonians" Folklore 43.ii (June 1932), pp. 144–174). p. 152.
  6. ^ Sue Weaver (xvi April 2011). The Lawn Goat: An Introductory Guide to Keeping and Enjoying Pet Goats, from Feeding and Housing to Making Your Own Cheese . Storey Publishing, LLC. pp. 142–. ISBN 978-1-60342-699-2 .
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  9. ^ Fritscher, Jack (2004). Popular Witchcraft: Straight from the Witch's Oral cavity. Popular Printing. p. 23. ISBN 0-299-20304-2 . The pig, goat, dog, ram — all of these creatures are consistently associated with the Devil.
  10. ^ Platt, Rutherford (1926). The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden . Entry: The Volume of the Secrets of Enoch chapter XII
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