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Miriam
Mythical creatures
I found two quizzes with mythical creatures online. Can you name them all? Do you know any interesting stories connected with them? Is there a certain creature popular in your home region?
Those are the descriptions of the creatures:
<ol><li>Horse with a horn on its forehead</li><li>Half woman - half fish</li><li>Irish spirit with a piercing wail</li><li>Pacific Northwest bigfoot</li><li>3-headed dog that guards Hades</li><li>Latin American animal that drinks the blood of livestock</li><li>One-eyed giant</li><li>Half man - half horse</li><li>What Medusa was</li><li>Arabic spirit that might appear from a magic lamp</li><li>Huge, stupid creature that might live under a bridge</li><li>Bird that rises from its own ashes</li><li>Many-headed water serpent</li><li>Gigantic octopus-like sea monster</li><li>Tiny, mischievous, gold-hording Irish spirit</li><li>Head of a bull - body of a man</li><li>Human who becomes a wolf-like beast under the full moon</li><li>Abominable snowman</li><li>Body of a lion - head and wings of an eagle</li><li>Ugly, bird-winged woman</li><li>Half man, half goat with a perpetual еrеctiоn</li><li>Rooster / serpent hybrid that can kill with a glance</li><li>Flying reptile that breathes fire</li><li>Scythe-carrying harbinger of death</li><li>Vants to suck your blood</li><li>Immortal being with pointy ears and archery skills</li><li>Beautiful female creature who lures men with song</li><li>Another name for a sasquatch</li><li>What Tinkerbell is</li><li>Imp who sabotages aircraft</li><li>Female spirit who seduces men and saps their life</li><li>Minor Greek deity associated with a specific river or other place</li><li>Talking tree of Middle Earth</li><li>Winged horse ridden by Bellerophon</li><li>Jewish animated being, made from clay</li><li>Winged horse with an eagle's head</li><li>Persian creature with the body of a lion, tail of a scorpion, and head of a man</li><li>Egyptian creature with the body of a lion, wings of a bird, and face of a woman</li><li>Reanimated corpse who needs BRAAAINS</li><li>Huge bird of prey of Arabic lore (3 letters)</li><li>Impossible to pronounce creature with tentacled mouth and wings</li><li>Fire-breathing Greek hybrid. A lion with a goat's head on its back</li></ol>Nov 3, 2019 4:36 PM
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21: Satyr <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr</a>
33: Ent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent</a>
36: Hippogriff <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippogriff" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippogriff</a>
37: Manticore <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manticore" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manticore</a>
40: Roc <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roc_(mythology)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roc_(mythology)</a>
41: Cthulhu <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu</a>
42: Chimera <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)</a>
I made a mistake. 42 and 43 are one. I'll edit that in the OP.
November 3, 2019
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Aren't #4 and #28 the same thing? Anyway, I don't know quite a lot of them like #21, 33, 36, 37, 40, 41, 43.
I didn't see the Headless Horseman on the list, but that may be more of a literary thing that's more known around here because of Sleepy Hollow (in New York state).
November 3, 2019
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Ah, Manticore. Darn, I knew it but forgot. Tinker Bell is a new one though
November 3, 2019
2
29 is unfamiliar. So is 37. Actually I actively study mythology and have also read all Hаrrу Pоttеr books, LОTR and the Еrаgоn trilogy, besides following a new YouTube channel called Mоnstrum. I suppose that's why I might know more than normal.
November 3, 2019
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Unicorn, Mermaid, Banshee, Sasquatch, Cerberus, Vampire, Cyclops, Centaur, Gorgon, Genie. And then too many.
November 3, 2019
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Miriam
Language Skills
Chinese (Mandarin), Finnish, French, German
Learning Language
Chinese (Mandarin), Finnish
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