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Three-headed dragon-like monster. King Ghidorah (キングギドラ, Kingu Gidora) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, which first appeared in Ishirō Honda 's 1964 film Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. The monster was initially created by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Shinichi Sekizawa as an homage to the eight-headed mythological ...
James Gregory (Smrgol, Bryagh) Cosie Costa (Gorbash) Gorbash is the house dragon, Smrgol is Carolinus' dragon, and Bryagh is Ommadon's dragon, there are many other unnamed dragons, including an Asian dragon named Shenzou ridden by one of Carolinus's brothers and a female dragon named Lunarian ridden by another of his brothers.
Jörmungandr in the sea during Ragnarök, drawn by the Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe in 1898.. In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (Old Norse: Jǫrmungandr, lit. 'the Vast 'gand'', see Etymology), also known as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent (Old Norse: Miðgarðsormr), is an unfathomably large sea serpent or worm who dwells in the world sea, encircling the Earth and biting his own tail ...
Iolaus often acted as Heracles' charioteer and companion. Plutarch, describing the Theban Sacred Band in his life of Pelopidas, said "It is a tradition likewise that Iolaus, who assisted Hercules in his labours and fought at his side, was beloved of him; and Aristotle observes that, even in his time, lovers plighted their faith at Iolaus's tomb."
Lerna. The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna ( Ancient Greek: Λερναῖα ὕδρα, romanized : Lernaîa Húdrā ), more often known simply as the Hydra, is a serpentine lake monster in Greek mythology and Roman mythology. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, which was also the site of the myth of the Danaïdes. Lerna was reputed ...
Susanoo slaying Yamata no Orochi, woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. After expulsion from Heaven, Susanoo encounters two "Earthly Deities" (國神, kunitsukami) near the head of the Hi River (簸川), now called the Hii River ( 斐伊川), in Izumo Province. They are weeping because they were forced to give the Orochi one of their daughters ...
Triton (mythology) Attic black-figure hydria, depicting Triton fought by Heracles. Triton ( / ˈtraɪtɒn /; Greek: Τρίτων, translit. Trítōn) is a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Triton lived with his parents in a golden palace on the bottom of the sea.
Manticore – a mythical creature with a human head, a lion body, a scorpion tail, spines like a porcupine, and bat wings in some iterations; Nue – a Japanese Chimera with the head of a monkey, the body of a tanuki, the legs of a tiger, and a snake-headed tail; Pegasus – a winged stallion in Greek mythology; Pixiu or Pi Yao – Chinese ...