This page groups mythical creatures by whether anyone has ever claimed they were real. Wikipedia defines a legendary creature as one that "may be featured in historical accounts before modernity, but has not been scientifically shown to exist." Browsing by historicity lets a visitor separate a creature once treated as a real animal from one always understood as symbolic.
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The Hybrid Spirits
This small group holds a hybrid spirit, a spirit-being of composite form, combining features of different creatures, found in the folklore and mythology of various traditions.
The browser will find the figure the atlas classes here. The entry describes its form and its role in the tradition that tells of it.
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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia
Carol Rose, W. W. Norton and Company, 1996Composite spirit beings combining features of different creatures across world folklore
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