Hybrid Creatures in Folklore (Reference only)

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Hybrid Creatures in Folklore

Upper part human

Human-horse hybrids (centauroid)

Anggitay – A strictly-female creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a horse and is sometimes portrayed with a horn.

Centaur – A creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a horse.

Onocentaur – A creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a donkey.

Ipotane – A human with the hindquarters of a horse.

Satyr – Originally an ancient Greek nature spirit with the body of a man, but the long tail and pointed ears of a horse. From the beginning, satyrs were inextricably associated with drunkenness and ribaldry, known for their love of wine, music, and women. By the Hellenistic Period, satyrs gradually began to the be depicted as men with the horns and legs of goats, likely due to conflation with Pan. They were eventually conflated with the Roman fauns and, since roughly the second century AD, they have been indistinguishable from each other.

Silenos - A tutor to Dionysus who is virtually identical to satyrs and normally indistinguishable, although sometimes depicted as more elderly.

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Human-goat hybrids

Goat people are a class of mythological beings who physically resemble humans from the waist up, and had goat-like features usually including the hind legs of goats. They fall into various categories, such as sprites, gods, demons, and demigods.

Faun – An ancient Roman nature spirit with the body of a man, but the legs and horns of a goat. Originally they differed from the Greek satyrs because they were less frequently associated with drunkenness and ribaldry and were instead seen as "shy, woodland creatures". Starting in the first century BC, the Romans frequently conflated them with satyrs and, after the second century AD, the two are virtually indistinguishable.

Glaistig – A Scottish formerly-human fairy woman or ghost who can take the form of half-goat, half-human.

Pan – The god of the wild and protector of shepherds, who has the body of a man, but the legs and horns of a goat. He is often heard playing a flute.

Krampus — A Germanic mythical figure of obscure origin. It is often depicted with the legs and horns of a goat, the body of a man, and animalistic facial features.

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Human-bird hybrids

Alkonost – A creature from Russian folklore with the head of a woman with the body of a bird, said to make beautiful sounds that make anyone who hears them forget all that they know and not want anything more ever again. Counterpart of the Sirin, which it lives with in the underworld.

Gamayun – A creature portrayed with the head a woman with the body of a bird from Russian mythology.

Inmyeonjo – A human face with bird body creature in ancient Korean mythology.

Harpy – A half-bird, half-woman creature of Greek mythology, portrayed sometimes as a woman with bird wings and legs.

Kinnara – Half-human, half-bird in later Indian mythology.

Lamia – Woman with duck feet.

Lilitu – A woman with bird legs (and sometimes with wings) found in Mesopotamian mythology.

Siren – Half-bird, half-woman creature of Greek mythology, who lured sailors to their deaths with their singing voices.

Sirin – Half-bird, half-human creature with the head and chest of a woman from Russian folklore. Its bird half is generally that of an owl's body.

Uchek Langmeidong - A half-woman and a half-hornbill creature in Manipuri folklore, depicted as a girl turned into a bird in order to escape from step mother's torture in the absence of her father. She collected the fallen feathers of the hornbills, weaved them into a single cloth piece, wore and flew away.

See also Buraq, Hatuibwari, Sphinx, Inmyeonjo, and Shedu/Lamassu (all flying, but not with bird bodies)

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Human-fish hybrids

Atargatis – Human face, fish body.

Ichthyocentaurs – Creatures that have the torsos of a man or woman, the front legs of a horse, and the tails of a fish.

Jengu – A water spirit

Matsya – An avatar of Lord Vishnu that is half-man half-fish.

Mermaid/Merman – A race of half-human, half-fish creatures.

Sirena – A mermaid from Philippine folklore.

Siyokoy – Mermen with scaled but humanoid bodies from Philippine folklore. It is the male counterpart of the Sirena.

Triton - A Greek God and the son of Poseidon who has the same description as the Merman. Some depictions have him with two fish tails.

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Human-snake hybrids

Draconope (snake-feet) – "Snake-feet are large and powerful serpents, with faces very like those of human maidens and necks ending in serpent bodies" as described by Vincent of Beauvais.

Echidna – A half-woman and half-snake monster that lives inside a cave.

Fu Xi – A god said to have been made by Nu Wa.

Ketu – An Asura who has the lower parts of a snake and said to have four arms.

Lamia – Like a mermaid but with the lower body like that of a snake and is usually female.

Nāga – A term referring to human/snake mixes of all kinds.

Nü Wa – A woman with the lower body of a serpent in Chinese folklore.

Nure-onna – A creature with the head of a woman and body of a snake.

Tlanchana – An aquatic deity that is part woman and part snake.

Zhuyin – It has the face of a man and the body of a snake.

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Other hybrids

Adlet – A human with dog legs.

Bes – An Egyptian god with the hindquarters of a lion.

Keibu Keioiba - A tiger-headed human in Manipuri folklore.

Kurma – Upper-half human, lower half tortoise.

Kusarikku – A demon with the head, arms, and torso of a human and the ears, horns, and hindquarters of a bovine.

Nandi – Some Puranas describe Nandi or Nandikeshvara as bull-faced, with a human body that resembles that of Shiva in proportion and aspect.

Penghou – A creature with the face of a man and the body of a dog.

Scorpion Man – Half-man half-scorpion.

[mao]

Nov 3, 2019 23:42:21 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

Human-goat hybrids

Goat people are a class of mythological beings who physically resemble humans from the waist up, and had goat-like features usually including the hind legs of goats. They fall into various categories, such as sprites, gods, demons, and demigods.

Faun – An ancient Roman nature spirit with the body of a man, but the legs and horns of a goat. Originally they differed from the Greek satyrs because they were less frequently associated with drunkenness and ribaldry and were instead seen as "shy, woodland creatures". Starting in the first century BC, the Romans frequently conflated them with satyrs and, after the second century AD, the two are virtually indistinguishable.

Glaistig – A Scottish formerly-human fairy woman or ghost who can take the form of half-goat, half-human.

Pan – The god of the wild and protector of shepherds, who has the body of a man, but the legs and horns of a goat. He is often heard playing a flute.

Krampus — A Germanic mythical figure of obscure origin. It is often depicted with the legs and horns of a goat, the body of a man, and animalistic facial features.

i have a goatman thread on here somewhere if you want me to post it here

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Nov 6, 2019 7:46:17 GMT -5 mao said:

Nov 3, 2019 23:42:21 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

Human-goat hybrids

Goat people are a class of mythological beings who physically resemble humans from the waist up, and had goat-like features usually including the hind legs of goats. They fall into various categories, such as sprites, gods, demons, and demigods.

Faun – An ancient Roman nature spirit with the body of a man, but the legs and horns of a goat. Originally they differed from the Greek satyrs because they were less frequently associated with drunkenness and ribaldry and were instead seen as "shy, woodland creatures". Starting in the first century BC, the Romans frequently conflated them with satyrs and, after the second century AD, the two are virtually indistinguishable.

Glaistig – A Scottish formerly-human fairy woman or ghost who can take the form of half-goat, half-human.

Pan – The god of the wild and protector of shepherds, who has the body of a man, but the legs and horns of a goat. He is often heard playing a flute.

Krampus — A Germanic mythical figure of obscure origin. It is often depicted with the legs and horns of a goat, the body of a man, and animalistic facial features.

i have a goatman thread on here somewhere if you want me to post it here

Nah, leave it where it is at for now, this if for folklore, but later when I start another thread for new derivations from folklore you can add it then.