Fantasy myths & creatures    

Pegasus was a winged horse and good flyer. The Pegasus was the result of the ill fated mating of Medusa and Poseidon. It was born from Medusa when her head was cut off by Perseus. Tamed by Bellerophon it served as his mount during his adventures including his slaying of the Chimaera. When Bellerophon attempted to fly Pegasus to Mount Olympus he was dismounted by Zeus. Pegasus continued on and made it to Mount Olympus. Here Pegasus spent his days carrying lighting bolts for Zeus.

Centaur

The Centaur's are half man, and half horse. They have the body of a horse but, in place of the horse's head the have the torso, head and arms of a man. Most are wild and savage, known for lustfulness and drunkeness. The exception is the wise Centaur Chiron.

Chiron was known for his exceptional goodness and wisdom. He was the only immortal centaur. He became the tutor for a number of famous greek heros including: Achilles, Aesculapius, Actaeon.

the Phoenix comes from Assyria, however, this bird appears in many places at many times. There are Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Egyptian, and Native American counterparts. (Fêng-Huang, Ho-oo, Firebird, Benu, and Yel respectively). All of these birds are identified with the sun, and are very similar to the bird described by Ovid. The first known mention of this bird was by Hesiod in the eighth century B.C., and the most detailed early account is by the Greek historian Heroditus. He says,

the Phoenix is a large eagle like or heron like bird with red and gold feathers (although the Chinese phoenix has five colours). The bird is also known to have a beautiful song. The bird is supposed to be very long-lived with a life span of, according to various accounts, 500 years, 540 years, 1000 years, 1461 years or even 12 994 years. This is the Phoenix as we know it, the bird that is self-reincarnated from its own ashes.

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Many people believe that gargoyles were developed by medieval architects and stone carvers to ward off evil in an imperfect world. Whatever their purpose, they adorn countless cathedrals in the world. They've inspired curiosity, awe, laughter, and occasionally fear. Some say the first known reference dates back to 600 A.D.

Others believe that gargoyles and grotesques do not come from the bible, but are inspired by the skeletal remains of prehistoric beasts such as dinosaurs and giant reptiles. Others will argue that they are the expression of man's subconscious fears or, that they may be vestiges of paganism from an age when god would be heard in trees and river plains. Know, also, that the churches of Europe carried them further into time; maybe to remind the masses that "even if god is at hand, evil is never far away..." or "possibly to act as guardians of their church to keep the terrible spirits of evil away."

the myth of the griffin, a winged lion with a birdlike beak, was apparently inspired by the nomads' discoveries of fossilized bones of protoceratops, an animal that existed more than 65 million years ago

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