examples:
marciano
imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
Mammon
(New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit
Pegaso
(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
Psique
(Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul
Heracles
(classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
Pandora
(Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils
Ayax
a mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad
Aladino
in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie
argonauta
(Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece
Medea
(Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
Odiseo
(Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey
Tántalo
(Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it
Aquiles
a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
Peleo
a king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles
Don Quijote
the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical
Falstaff
a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays
Fausto
an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge
liliputiense
a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
pierrot
a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
Tío Tom
a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Tío Sam
a personification of the United States government
Robin de los bosques
legendary English outlaw of the 12th century; said to have robbed the rich to help the poor
Santa Claus
the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
Pitón
(Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi
Bigfoot
large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada
types:
fecundidad
the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
magia
exceptional creative ability
imaginación
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
lugar imagianario
a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
fantasía
imagination unrestricted by reality
sueño
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake