Can you name the Mythical Creatures?

Description	Creature
Half Man/Half Horse
Half Man/Half Bull
Lion Body/Human Head
Vulture Body/Woman Torso
Half Lion/Half Eagle
Part Poultry/Serpent Tail
Gargantuan Sea Monster
Half Man/Half Goat
Bird Woman

Description	Creature
Winged Horse
One-eyed Giant
Fire Breathing & Serpentine
Woman with snakes for hair
Horse with a horn
Half Woman/Half Fish
Lion Head/Goat Body/Snake Tail
Three-headed dog
Bird reborn through fire

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Mythical Creatures Quiz

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Published: August 15th, 2008
Category: Entertainment
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Tags: creature, Mythological Creatures, description, mythology

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	powerpup97:	Sep 5th, 2008 at 00:30 GMT	7 points
	Good list. I got all but three of them. What about Hydra?

	JoeGrzzly:	Oct 12th, 2008 at 03:39 GMT	-2 points
	Many-Headed Serpent

	magister:	Oct 27th, 2008 at 02:48 GMT	5 points
	There's a lot more monsters that could be here. Nemean Lion, Stymphalian Birds, Geryon, Orthus, Charybdis, Scylla, Lamia, Talos, Ladon, Typhoon, Echidna, and that's just Greek/ Roman. Garm, Skoll, Hati, Fenrir, Jormungand, Hel, Angrboda for Scandinavian. And plenty plenty more.

	Bodhisvaha:	Nov 5th, 2008 at 17:39 GMT	10 points
	well, there seems to be a little inconsistency -for example, Cerberus is a specific, one of kind mythical creature. Same with Pegasus - even the sirens and the gorgons are one of a kind (they might be trios, but I am pretty sure that there were only ever three gorgon sisters, or three sirens that worked together). It would more appropriate to create two different quizzes, one for anonymous mythical creatures (cockatrice, phoenix, elf, boggart, shinen, etc) and one for actual, specific creatures - Cerberus, Nimrod, Fenrir, Charybdis, Nigghod, Tiamat, etc.

	jesus:	Nov 7th, 2008 at 12:54 GMT	12 points
	I swear to God i saw a Unicorn the other day.

	Jackie:	Nov 10th, 2008 at 22:24 GMT	12 points
	Doesn't a sphinx have a human head and a lion body?!

	Bethannie:	Nov 11th, 2008 at 21:33 GMT	-1 points
	good game - can't believe I forgor chimera!...got the others! There are plenty of creatures you missed.

	magister:	Nov 14th, 2008 at 03:47 GMT	2 points
	@Jackie: I think it depends on who you read/ view. Egyptian sphinces: Human head only. Sophoclean sphinces: human torso. Ultimately I would go with your answer.

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	Kr!s:	Nov 28th, 2008 at 21:10 GMT	5 points
	I don't think Medusa should be accepted for Gorgon. That's like accepting Ariel for mermaid.

	PantherHeel93:	Nov 29th, 2008 at 03:04 GMT	2 points
	awesome quiz

	nearlyextinct:	Nov 29th, 2008 at 04:39 GMT	0 points
	You should do a second one. Aren't Sphinxes only female?

	magister:	Dec 2nd, 2008 at 01:59 GMT	2 points
	@nearlyextinct: Again, it depends on who's the source. The one in Oedipus Rex is female, but archaeologists speculate that the one at Giza is a representation of the pharaoh. I'm not sure which one it is, although I could look it up if need be. Tutankhamen perhaps? By the way, nice Tasmanian Devil.

	sevorak:	Dec 3rd, 2008 at 20:17 GMT	9 points
	@Kr!s: Medusa was the only Gorgon who had snakes for hair, which she received as punishment from Athena. Until then, she is said to have had beautiful hair, like her sisters Stheno and Euryale. So if you want to be pedantic about it, Gorgon shouldn't be accepted for Medusa.

	Jahudo:	Jan 6th, 2009 at 05:03 GMT	6 points
	No bonus point for Liger?

	SlowHandEC88:	Jan 12th, 2009 at 03:50 GMT	7 points
	Or Manbearpig?

	magister:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 01:39 GMT	5 points
	@Jahudo: Ligers are perfectly existent. Like mules and walphins.

	dbcint:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 09:23 GMT	0 points
	Nice quiz. This is the second Sporcle I've missed Cerebus on because I can never spell it. Only got Chimera thanks to the Women's Murder Club, and missed sphinx because I thought it only had a human head, not torso. As for Basilisk, I don't think they mentioned the poultry part in Harry Potter. Might've got it otherwise.

	laclasede2010:	Feb 5th, 2009 at 20:03 GMT	-1 points
	sweet quiz. maybe i should go watch more harry potter

Udo:

Feb 7th, 2009 at 07:00 GMT

4 points

dbcint, you still misspelled 'cerberus' lol

	AlexG:	Feb 9th, 2009 at 01:57 GMT	1 point
	I Failed basilisk. Probably because I was unfamiliar with the European veraion.

	Jordan117:	Feb 15th, 2009 at 20:25 GMT	1 point
	nthing the idea that a sphinx has a human head only. When most people picture a sphinx, they think of the one in Egypt, and that one definitely has only a human head.

	magister:	Feb 18th, 2009 at 04:04 GMT	0 points
	@Brian: Interesting. I'm naturally skeptical of such claims, but it does seem to fit with the Ovidian tale. I have to look at Apollodorus later, however.

	Fox:	Mar 31st, 2009 at 04:20 GMT	3 points
	while we're on the subject of harry potter, "fluffy" and buckbeak should be acceptable answers...haha

	Fox:	Mar 31st, 2009 at 04:21 GMT	2 points
	or at least bonus answers

	bekah:	Apr 5th, 2009 at 03:10 GMT	2 points
	for the goat/man the only thing i could think of was mr. tumnus from narnia. got it eventually though

	FanglessVampiria:	Apr 9th, 2009 at 20:21 GMT	-1 points
	Couldn't speel most of them but knew them all, and technically, a basilisk or cockatrice is a bird's egg that was ferilized by a snake according to mythology... Also, pretty lame def. for dragon considering the fact that dragon is an overall term for many creatures such as the hydra, basilisk, chimera, and Fenrir

	ghetom:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 17:28 GMT	-3 points
	Fun game, I think fawn should be accepted as well as satyr, since that's what it is in Narnia. (which is way better than harry potter!)

	plixgirl:	Apr 24th, 2009 at 00:25 GMT	1 point
	This was challenging!Thanks!

	king21:	Apr 30th, 2009 at 20:41 GMT	3 points
	wheres manbearpig?

	y2jdilemma:	May 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 GMT	3 points
	Why are unicorns considered "gay"? Horses...Not gay. Horns...Not gay. Put them together....I dunno.

	remmelh:	Jun 12th, 2009 at 21:28 GMT	0 points
	A bit too Greek-centric! Might be more challenging if it took account of broader ethnic traditions. Jormungandr, the chicken-house of Baba Jaga, Finn's Salmon of Wisdom, fun stuff like that. Also -- from what source are sirens "bird women"? I don't recall anything like that in Homer -- I always had the impression they were a variety of mermaid....

	Sockmonkey:	Jun 23rd, 2009 at 20:18 GMT	4 points
	The sirens were bird-women? What?

	EchoSwiftpaws:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 17:02 GMT	2 points
	Good quiz. ^^ I got all the answers but the "bird women" one.

	Roxas90:	Jun 29th, 2009 at 03:12 GMT	1 point
	I only got sirens because of a guess based on some tidbit I'd picked up about some version of them being bird-like. The rest was rather easy, though. I agree with those suggesting additions of non-Greco-Roman monsters.

	whirledonfire:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 03:49 GMT	2 points
	I can't believe I forgot chimera! I was convinced it was a manticore... :P

	mollymay:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 21:41 GMT	-1 points
	I only got Harpy, Siren, Medusa, Mermaid, Phoenix. It figures, all female heartbreakers. Sort of. Im a mermaid/Harpy.

	willwo:	Aug 11th, 2009 at 21:45 GMT	1 point
	I sense a Mythical Creatures 2 coming up (hopefully!)!!!

	mollymay:	Aug 13th, 2009 at 19:49 GMT	1 point
	willwo: waz up?

	bostonbeliever:	Aug 29th, 2009 at 03:02 GMT	1 point
	for the record, Pegasus is A winged horse and not the name for the species. the species is called "winged horses", Pegasus is just the only one that really figures in myths (Greco-Roman). also, the same goes for Medusa and Gorgons, she is one of three and the species is called Gorgon not Medusa. I know, those are the most common but it just doesn't quite fit. ideas for Mythical Creatures 2: wyvern (yes i know it's basically a dragon, but you can find some variation i'm sure); manticore; hydra; Fenrir; hippocampus, etc.