mythical monster

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mythical monster - a monster renowned in folklore and mythmythical creaturemythical being - an imaginary being of myth or fablelegendary creature - a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factualmonster - an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal partsamphisbaena - (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its bodybasilisk - (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glancecentaur - (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horseCerberus, hellhound - (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of TyphonChimaera, Chimera - (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhoncockatrice - monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glancedragon, firedrake - a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wingsGeryon - (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by HerculesGorgon - (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 stonegriffin, griffon, gryphon - winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lionHarpy - (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a womanHydra - (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones; "Hydra was slain by Hercules"leviathan - monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testamentmantichora, manticora, manticore, mantiger - a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpionMinotaur - (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by TheseusNemean lion - (Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 laborsroc - mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strengthsalamander - reptilian creature supposed to live in fireSphinx - (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhontroll - (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountainsTyphoeus - (Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds; had a terrifying voice and 100 dragon heads that spurted fireTyphon - (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinxloup-garou, lycanthrope, werewolf, wolfman - a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again