Fabelwesen

Definitions of Fabelwesen
  1. noun
    a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
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    Marsmensch
    imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
    Pegasus
    (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination
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    Riese
    an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales
    Meerjungfrau, Nixe
    half woman and half fish; lives in the sea
    Einhorn
    an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead
    Außerirdischer
    a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
    Held, Heldin
    (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
    type of:
    Fantasie, Phantasie, Vorstellungskraft
    the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
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