Here are some great links to find out more information on mythical creatures!
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Dave's Mythical Creatures
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Kraken
A huge many armed sea creature. When it attackes a ship ti would wrap its arms around it and drag the ship under water. The crew would drownd and be eaten
Kujata
A gigantic bull with 4000 eyes, mouths, ears, and nostrils. Kujata stands on a tiant fish and carries a ruby on his back. On the ruby stands and angle which hold the earth. Under the giant fish is hell.
Landon
One of the twelve Labours of Heracles was to steal the golden apples of the Hesperides. These apples were guarded by three maidens and the monster Ladon. Ladon was a huge dragon with one-hundred heads. This dragon never slept and had the ability to talk. He was however, no match for Heracles, who killed him and stole the apples.
Leviathan
Leviathan was a serpent monster mentioned in the Old Testament. He has been used to describe an unusually large animal, like a whale or crocodile or anything that would be untypically large of its kind as in large ships. The Hebrew word for twisted or coiled was livyathan and may be a concept adapted to Biblical usage from a Canaananite myth. In general, leviathan is a word signifying an animal, writhing or gathering itself into folds. It denoted the dragon which, according to Eastern tradition, is an enemy of light. At the End of Days, Behemoth and Leviathan will battle and destry each other.
Mermaids
Mermaids of art and legend are often depicted holding a mirror and a comb. Mermaids sometimes sit on the rocks and sing, luring sailors to their doom. This is why they are sometimes confused with sirens. There has long been an association between the two.
Minotaur
A half-man half-bull monster from Crete, it is the product of the Queen, Pasiphae and a bull sent by Poseidon. Her husband, Minos, commissioned that a labyrinth be built for this beast on Crete. The minotaur, usually pictured as having a human body and a bulls head, would be sent seven boys and seven girls yearly to be eaten. Eventually Theseus killed the minotaur in the labyrinth.
Nereid
The 50 daughters of Nereus. They would play on the waters surface and help saliors that were in trouble. They were often seen riding dolphins and they lived in there fathers underwater palace.
Odin
A god of Norse Mythology. He had many functions including being a god of war, poetry, wisdom, and death. He rode and eight legged horse named Sleipnir. Odin also had two wolves, Geri and Freki, and two ravens, Hugin [thought] and Munin [memory]. He sent his ravens out every day to gather knowledge for him.
Orthus
The two headed dog, brother of cerberus. Orthus guarded the cattle of Geryon and was clubbed to death by Heracles.
