1 | A partial list of mythical creatures and what they could symbolize in a story. |
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3 | * '''AsianFoxSpirit''': Illusions, mystery, trickery, cunning and wisdom. Also associated with femininity, despite their reputation of being [[GenderBender males who turn into attractive human females]]. |
4 | * '''BasiliskAndCockatrice''': Two related creatures, often related to a rooster and/or salamander; nobody knows what they look like because [[DeadlyGaze anyone who meets their gaze dies instantly]]. An example of mythical creature which causes BrownNote harm to human beings, which makes it a BrownNoteBeing. |
5 | * '''[[ClassicalChimera Chimera]]''': Part lion, part goat and part snake, fire breathing, sometimes with wings, generally dangerous. |
6 | * '''[[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]]''': |
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8 | ** Western: Solitary, violent, fire breathing, {{greed}}y, dangerous. May [[ToServeMan eat people]] or [[DragonHoard guard hoards of treasure]]. |
9 | ** Eastern: Power; strength; nobility; male; likes to play [[TigerVersusDragon Hide and Seek with tigers]]; generally benevolent. |
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11 | * '''[[OurGryphonsAreDifferent Griffin]]''': Part lion, part eagle; noble, generally. Symbol of kingship/holy power. |
12 | * '''[[{{Medusa}} Gorgon]]''': Hideous monsters, causes people to [[TakenForGranite turn to stone]] (from the Medusa myth). Another example of how mythic creatures can be a BrownNoteBeing. |
13 | * '''{{Hellhound}}''': Either a vicious hunter, a vicious guardian or a PortentOfDoom. |
14 | * '''{{Hydra|Problem}}''': Many headed creature, where if you cut off one head, two more grow in its place.[[note]](The plebeians in ''Theatre/{{Coriolanus}}'' are called a Hydra.)[[/note]] |
15 | * '''[[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Mermaid]]''': Half-fish, half-human beings. |
16 | * '''{{Ouroboros}}''': A serpent eating its own tail: Infinity, alchemy, death and rebirth; lives at the edge of the world or at [[WorldTree its base]]. |
17 | * '''{{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. |
18 | * '''[[ThePhoenix Phoenix]]''': A flaming bird capable of rising again from the ashes: Death and rebirth; fire; eternal life; (Eastern) female. |
19 | * '''[[FierySalamander Salamander]]''': Amphibians and reptiles with [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]]. |
20 | * '''[[RiddlingSphinx Sphinx]]''': Cunning, mystery, riddles, desires. ''Terribly'' mysterious. |
21 | * '''{{Unicorn}}''': Purity, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic rarity, magic]], power (which goes against tradition, 'cause in heraldry they are chained down because they're violent [=MFs=]). Usually the [[LastOfHisKind last of its kind]]. Often associated with virgins. Famously a heraldic beast of Scotland, and features on the UK Coat of Arms. |
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