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legendary creature
a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual
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amphisbaena
(classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body
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basilisk
(classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
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centaur
(classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
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Cerberus, hellhound
(Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon
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Chimaera, Chimera
(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
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cockatrice
monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance
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dragon, firedrake
a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
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Geryon
(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules
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Gorgon
(Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone
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griffin, griffon, gryphon
winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion
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Harpy
(Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman
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Hydra
(Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones
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leviathan
monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament
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mantichora, manticora, manticore, mantiger
a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion
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Minotaur
(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus
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Nemean lion
(Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors
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roc
mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength
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salamander
reptilian creature supposed to live in fire
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Sphinx
(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
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troll
(Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
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Typhoeus
(Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds; had a terrifying voice and 100 dragon heads that spurted fire
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Typhon
(Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx
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loup-garou, lycanthrope, werewolf, wolfman
a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again
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abominable snowman, yeti
a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas
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doppelganger
a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart
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sea serpent
huge creature of the sea resembling a snake or dragon
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Chiron
(Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes
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Medusa
(Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus
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Stheno
(Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons
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Euryale
(Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons
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wivern, wyvern
a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs
