An unverified animal or humanoid, sometimes supernatural, often believed to be real and described in MYTHOLOGY, FOLKLORE, or legends. Some legendary creatures, such as the unicorn, were documented in scholarly antiquarian accounts of natural history.
    

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Narasimha disembowelling Hiranyakasipu in front of his son and attendants. Chromolithograph, 1883.

Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.

Shiva trampling on animal sages accompanied by deer, during Daksha's sacrifice, Parvati stands to one side. Chromolithograph.

Punishments of Hell. Chromolithograph.

The Sarabha: a mythical creature connected with Shiva. Gouache drawing.

A human figure in black silhouette on a white ground, and two creatures in black

Page 71: a warrior fighting a mythical beast. Watercolour drawing.

Something in the blood : the untold story of Bram Stoker, the man who wrote Dracula / David J. Skal.

A camel surrounded by various named animals, flowers and insects, including a giraffe and flying dragon. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.

Animals, Mythical

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The Sarabha: a mythical creature connected with Shiva. Gouache drawing.

A human figure in black silhouette on a white ground, and two creatures in black

Page 71: a warrior fighting a mythical beast. Watercolour drawing.

Something in the blood : the untold story of Bram Stoker, the man who wrote Dracula / David J. Skal.

A camel surrounded by various named animals, flowers and insects, including a giraffe and flying dragon. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.