The onocentaur is similar to the centaur, but part human, part donkey. However, unlike a centaur, which is portrayed with four legs, the onocentaur is often portrayed with only two legs. As with many liminal beings, the onocentaur's nature is one of conflict between its human and animal components.
Both Centaurs and Satyrs were half human and half horse creatures. Whereas Satyrs only had the lower legs of a horse, Centaurs had four horse legs and the upper torso of a man. Satyrs were associated with the god Dionysus and his festivals, whereas Centaurs were considered to be great warriors and very aggressive.
Unitaur – A unicorn-type centaur.
The occurrence of two different names for the creatures has been explained by two rival theories: that Silenus was the Asian Greek and Satyr the mainland name for the same mythical being; or that the Sileni were part horse and the Satyrs part goat.
In Greek and Roman mythology, a harpy (plural harpies, Ancient Greek: ἅρπυια, romanized: hárpyia, pronounced [hárpyːa]; Latin: harpȳia) is a half-human and half-bird personification of storm winds.
The Centaurides (Ancient Greek: Κενταυρίδες, Kentaurides) or centauresses are female centaurs. First encountered in Greek mythology as members of the tribe of the Centauroi, the Centaurides are only occasionally mentioned in written sources, but appear frequently in Greek art and Roman mosaics.
Dracotaur – Half-man, half-dragon. It debuted in Dungeons & Dragons. It also has a counterpart in the form of the Dragonspawn from the Warcraft franchise. Dragoon from the Monster Rancher franchise also fits this description due to it being a fusion of a Dragon and a Centaur. Dracotaur – Half-man, half-dragon.
The faun (Latin: faunus, Ancient Greek: φαῦνος, phaunos, pronounced [pʰaunos]) is a half-human and half-goat mythological creature appearing in Greek and Roman mythology.
They are entirely an invention of post-Roman European artists, as the Greek satyrs were exclusively male and the closest there was to female counterparts were the nymphs, altogether different creatures who, however, were nature spirits or deities like the satyrs.
The minotaur was a being that had the head and tail of a bull with the body of a man. Contrastingly, the centaur had the upper body of a man and the four legs of a horse. The two creatures were vicious and feared in their various mythologies and were mostly antagonists.
A creature with the torso of a human attached to the lower body of a zebra, having four legs on the zebra half and two human arms on the human half.
(ˈsɛntɔː ) noun. Greek mythology. one of a race of creatures with the head, arms, and torso of a man, and the lower body and legs of a horse. Also called: hippocentaur.
The centaur likely boasted both a primary and secondary heart to pump blood through its hybrid system. All the more reason that the old centaur looks so defeated: he can suffer from two simultaneous broken hearts.
Although not technically considered to have been a Centauress, Medusa, the fearsome female monster featuring in many a tale in Greek mythology, was in early depictions portrayed with the lower body of a horse and the torso and head of a woman.
In Greek art of the Archaic period, centaurs are depicted in three different forms. Some centaurs are depicted with a human torso attached to the body of a horse at the withers, where the horse's neck would be; this form, designated "Class A" by Professor Paul Baur, later became standard.
The Romans identified satyrs with their native nature spirits, fauns. Eventually the distinction between the two was lost entirely. Since the Renaissance, satyrs have been most often represented with the legs and horns of goats.
Yes they exist, a Satyress is the female counterpart of the Satyr, though it wasn't never featured in any of the Greek myths, as Greek satyrs were exclusively male and the closest there was to female counterparts were the nymphs, altogether different creatures who, however, were nature spirits or deities like the ...
The male counterparts of the nymphs were the Satyrs, Panes, Potamoi and Tritons.
Half-Human Satyr-kin are among the most plentiful, as Satyr and Humans commonly interbreed and both species are incredibly prolific.
An urmahlullu (Sumerian language: ???? ur-maḫ lu₂-lu₇) is a fictitious and mythological lion-centaur hybrid creature.
In late Classical Greek art, ichthyocentaurs (Greek: ἰχθυοκένταυρος, plural: ἰχθυοκένταυροι) were centaurine sea beings with the upper body of a human, the lower anterior half and fore-legs of a horse, and the tailed half of a fish.
In the film, Toothless is an injured Night Fury, the rarest species of all dragons, far faster, aerodynamic and more powerful than the other species, and is large enough to serve as a flying mount for both Hiccup and Astrid.
Bahamut is a child of the dragon god Io. He is also referred to as the God of Dragons or the Lord of the North Wind. In many campaign settings, the draconic pantheon of gods consists of the leader Io, and his children Aasterinian, Bahamut, Chronepsis, Faluzure, Sardior, and Tiamat.
A Kraken is a fictional sea monster that resembles a squid or an octopus. It is the first four-element dragon which is available through events. It is permanently obtained once by completing the First Heroic collection of the Dragon Book.
Though most Centaurs were savage, violent, and lawless, there were two “good” Centaurs. One, Pholus, was a friend of Heracles. The more important one, however, was Chiron—probably the most famous of all the Centaurs.