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Chimera, in Greek mythology, a fire-breathing female monster resembling a lion in the forepart, a goat in the middle, and a dragon behind. She devastated Caria and Lycia until she was slain by Bellerophon. In art the Chimera is usually represented as a lion with a goat's head in the middle of its back and with a tail that ends in a snake's.
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Chimera (mythology) Chimera on a red-figure Apulian plate, ca 350-340 B.C.E. ( Musée du Louvre) In Greek mythology, the Chimera is a monstrous creature that was composed of several different animals. The chimera is only one of several famous mythological hybrids. As with all mythical creatures, there is the question of its origin.
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The Mythological Background of the Chimera. According to Greek mythology, the Chimera was born from the monstrous union of Typhon and Echidna.. It was said to be a formidable hybrid creature, combining the features of a lion, goat, and snake.This extraordinary combination of animals created a creature unlike any other, shrouded in mystery and wonder.. The Role of Hesiod in Depicting the Chimera
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The impossible, three-headed monster of Ancient Greek mythology, the Chimaera, may have started off as a fantasy, but today, the word "chimera" can be used to refer to anything that seems.
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According to Greek mythology, the Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimæra was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature from Lycia, Asia Minor, composed of different animal parts. It is usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat protruding from its back, and a tail that might end with a snake's head. It was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of monsters like Cerberus and the.
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1- Chimera in Chinese Mythology. A chimera-like creature associated with Chinese Mythology, is the qilin. A hooved, antlered creature often shaped like an ox, deer, or horse, its body can be fully or only partly covered by scales. Qilin can be sometimes depicted as being partially engulfed in flames or decorated with fish-like fins.
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Chimera (Chimaera or Khimaira) is a mythical creature which is believed to be formed of three different animals; a lioness, a goat and a snake. Chimera's head was that of a lioness while she had a goat's head on her back and a snake's head at the tip of her tail. According to the belief, she lived in Lycia (Likya in modern Turkey) in.
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Chimera Mythology. The Chimera, in mythology, is a Greek monster with the body and head of a lion with a snake for a tail and a fire-breathing goat head coming from its back. Different versions of Chimera mythology have slightly different descriptions, such as wings on the back or the back legs of a snake, but most follow the description above..
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Chimera was a beast born of the two horrible serpentine beasts, Typhon and Echidna. The Chimera was a fearsome beast, the child of Typhon and Echidna. As the legend went, the earth goddess Gaia.
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Chimaera. The Chimaera was a hybrid monster in Greek mythology, child of Typhoeus and Echidna and sibling of Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra. It had the head and body of a lion, as well as the head of a goat that was attached to its back, and a tail that ended on a head of a snake. It resided in Lycia, a place in Asia Minor, where it ravaged.
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Visibly, of course in Catholic Churches today, with St. George slaying a Dragon replacing Bellerophon and the chimera. Chimera (Greek: Χίμαιρα, transl.: Chímaira) is a mystical figure characterized by a hybrid appearance of two or more animals and the ability to throw fire from the nostrils, thus being a mythological beast or beast.
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According to Greek mythology, the Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimæra (/ k aɪ ˈ m ɪər ə, k ɪ-/ ky-MEER-ə, kih-; Ancient Greek: Xίμαιρα, romanized: Chímaira, lit. 'she-goat') was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature from Lycia, Asia Minor, composed of different animal parts.It is usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat protruding from its back, and a tail that might.
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The Chimera was a hybrid monster, comprising parts of a lion, a goat, and a snake. The earliest description of the creature comes from Homer's Iliad, where it is said that the Chimera was "in the fore part a lion, in the hinder a serpent, and in the midst a goat, breathing forth in terrible wise the might of blazing fire.".
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The Chimera ( Greek: Χίμαιρα, Khimaira, from χίμαρος, khimaros, "she-goat") according to Greek mythology, was a fire-breathing monster that was composed of several different animals. The chimera is only one of several famous mythological hybrids. As with all mythical creatures, there is the question of its origin.
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Chimaera - more commonly known as Chimera - has become one of the most famous female monsters described in Greek mythology. An aura of mystery has always surrounded this creature. (Even today, the name "chimaera" sometimes refers to a genetic puzzle.) Greek sailors considered it a very bad omen to see Chimaera.
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The Chimera of Greek mythology is one of the most ancient Greek myths about a female monster that breathes fire. It's not just a fire-breathing monster because it is angry most of the time, it predominantly breathes fire because it happens to be a mind-bending combination of a lion, a goat, and a dragon. In some depictions, a snake is also.