This page groups mythical creatures by the culture that first imagined them. Wikipedia notes that "sphinxes appear as winged lions in Indian art and the Piasa Bird of North America." Browsing by region of origin lets a visitor find every creature that comes from the same cultural tradition.
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The Beasts
This small group gathers a mythical beast, a great or fearsome animal of legend, larger, stranger or more powerful than its natural kin, of the kind that heroes confront or that guard the sacred.
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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
Giants, Monsters and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth
Carol Rose, ABC-CLIO, 2000The general entry class of the mythical beast across world folklore and legendView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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