When it comes to fancy , mythical creature are a given . Specifically , dragon are a pass . Sometimes , a unicorn or two will start up , but fantasy has a veridical thing for dragons . And while jumbo flying lounge lizard are great and all , the focus on dragon has intend we have not pay other creatures their proper popping culture due .
There areso manymythical creatures , it ’s really kind of a shame we ’ve been beat on dragon . This is a tiny sample of all that ’s out there , but these are the ones that are , by paper or budget or law of similarity to the function of a flying lizard , are very ready for prime time .
The basilisk ’s popularity got a barb in the arm because of Harry Potter , but if we ’re going to start weaning people off flying lizard , a elephantine snake who can stop dead hoi polloi with a glance is a good start . It ’s the Rex of serpents ! Snakes are like lizards , and the cold - bloodedness is the affair that people are mostly obsess with .
What ’s worse than a one to two - foundation snake that ’s venomous and larger in the middle than on the death ? One that can swallow its own tail and ramble toward you , like a snakeskin wheel . Oh , and one that can skip over three foot , full of maliciousness and terrifying . Thanks for all of these stigma new fear , Japan .
We ’ve name these horrible birdsbefore . But in case you do n’t remember , the Stymphalian Birds were one of those creatures that mostly exist in memory of just how amazing Hercules was . They have razor - sharp metal feathers that they can launch right at you . Also poisonous poo . They ’re nightmarish both coming and go .
mermaid get aid all the time , but there ’s another ocean creature / human cross that ’s a lot more interesting . Selkies are seal people who , by removing their seal peel , can turn into two - legged people and walk on land . unremarkably , some dick slip the seal skin and forces a distaff selkie into a family relationship . It ’s basically the opponent of The Little Mermaid as Disney has take to tell it , and it ’s a bit more interesting to the boot . Plus , the power to be on ground or sea by choice opens up different storytelling possibilities .
If you have to have a jumbo beast that everyone fears , why not go with a sphinx ? Human - headed , social lion - bodied , and with wings , sphinxes are less famous for their fighting prowess and more famous for feed people who do n’t correctly answer their conundrum . Less combat signify few fight and CGI bank bill . But more riddles means turning thing into a battle of wits — that ’s a challenge that could force entirely new kind of stories .
This Angolan monster is literally two - faced : it has both a human case and one of a hyaena . It apply the human look to lure in target , and then wipe out that person with the hyena cheek — a hyena face with jaws so strong they ca n’t be pried back open once they bite . It ’s got the duality of a werewolf with an additional grade of terror and less exposure .
Here ’s another one that ’s unadulterated for people who ca n’t quite get free of the idea of goliath , flying lizards : a beast that ’s very similar to a dragon , but with a rooster head . There are a duo of ways that a cockatrice can kill in mythology ; the one I like best is the one with the deadly breath . ( Although , they often have the deadly glance affair that the basilisk also has . ) Also , the various way to defeat a cockatrice are full of story possibilities : the comedy version of chasing one with a crowing cock , the allegoric one about judging animals where the only resistant beast is a weasel , and one with mirrors .
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