History Main / MythicalMotifs

Examples:

* '''Basilisk''' and Cockatrice: Two related creatures, often portrayed as iguana-like, but with fancy scales or crests; nobody knows what they look like because [[BrownNote anyone who looks on them]] dies instantly
* '''Gorgon''': Hideous monsters, causes people to turn to stone (from the Medusa myth)

* '''Sphinx''': Cunning, mystery, riddles, desires. ''Terribly'' mysterious. Like the Phoenix, there's usually just one.

* '''[[TakenForGranite Gorgon]]''': Hideous monsters, causes people to turn to stone (from the Medusa myth)

* '''{{Basilisk}}''' and Cockatrice: Two related creatures, often portrayed as iguana-like, but with fancy scales or crests; nobody knows what they look like because [[BrownNote anyone who looks on them]] dies instantly

* '''{{Unicorn}}''': Purity, rarity, power (which goes against tradition, 'cause in heraldry they are chained down because they're violent [=MFs=]). Often associated with virgins.

* '''[[HydraProblem Hydra]]''': Many headed creature, where if you cut off one head, two more grow in its place.[[hottip:*(The plebeians in ''{{Coriolanus}}'' are called a Hydra.)]]

* Sphinx: Cunning, mystery, riddles, desires. Terribly mysterious.

* Griffin: Part lion, part eagle; noble, generally. Symbol of kingship/holy power.

* Hydra: Many headed creature, where if you cut off one head, two more grow in its place. (The plebeians in '''{{Coriolanus}}'' are called a Hydra)
* '''[[HorseOfADifferentColor Pegasus]]''' (or winged horses in general): Freedom, high ideals, thought. Can be called "horse of the poets" thanks to his connection with Athena and the Muses, so is also linked with imagination, and writers in particular.

* '''[[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]]''': (Western) Solitary, violent, fire breathing, greedy, dangerous. May enjoy eating people or sit on buried hoards of treasure.

* '''[[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]]''': (Western) Solitary, violent, fire breathing, greedy, dangerous

* '''[[Basilisk]]''' and Cockatrice: Two related creatures, often portrayed as iguana-like, but with fancy scales or crests; nobody knows what they look like because [[BrownNote anyone who looks on them]] dies instantly

* Gorgon: Hideous monsters, causes people to turn to stone (from the Medusa myth)

* Sphinx: Cunning, mystery

* '''[[AHorseOfADifferentColor Pegasus]]''' (or winged horses in general): Freedom, high ideals, thought. Can be called "horse of the poets" thanks to his connection with Athena and the Muses, so is also linked with imagination, and writers in particular.

* Pegasus (or winged horses in general): Freedom, high ideals, thought. Can be called "horse of the poets" thanks to his connection with Athena and the Muses, so is also linked with imagination, and writers in particular.

* Dragon: (Western) Solitary, violent, fire breathing, greedy, dangerous

* '''{{Unicorn}}''': Purity, rarity, power (which goes against tradition, 'cause in heraldry they are chained down because they're violent MFs). Often associated with virgins.

* '''ThePhoenix''': Death and rebirth; fire; eternal life; (Eastern) female.
* '''{{Ouroboros}}''': Infinity, alchemy, death and rebirth; lives at the edge of the world or at [[WorldTree its base]]

* The Dragonmarked Houses in Eberron.

* Hydra: Many headed creature, where if you cut off one head, two more grow in its place. (The plebeians in Coriolanus are called a Hydra)

* The Dragonmarked Houses in ''Eberron''

* The Dragonmarked Houses in "Eberron"

* The Dragonmarked Houses in Eberron

* The Dragonmarked Houses in [[Eberron]]

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* The Ordo Hydra, another conspiracy group, in the InquistionWarTrilogy by Ian Watson ( a series of Warhammer 40000 novels). They are a secret group in the already secret group of the Ordo Malleus who are already part of the "mostly ignored of by the general population" group, the Inquisition. They are really secretive.
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* '''{{Unicorn}}''': Purity, rarity, fragility (which goes against tradition, 'cause in heraldry they are chained down because they're violent MFs). Often associated with virgins.