Head of one animal, body of another Mammalian bipeds •
Anubis – An Egyptian god with the head of a
jackal. •
Bastet – An Egyptian goddess with the head of a
cat. •
Cynocephalus – A
dog-headed creature. •
Daksha – A Hindu god whose head was replaced with a
goat's head after he was beheaded. •
Ganesha – A Hindu god with the head of an
elephant. •
Hayagriva – A
horse-headed
avatar. •
Horse-Face – A horse-headed guardian or type of guardian of the
underworld in
Chinese mythology. •
Ipotane – A race of half-horse half-humans, usually depicted as the reverse of
centaurs. •
Keibu Keioiba (alias
Kabui Keioiba) – A
Meitei folkloric mythical creature with the head of a
tiger and the body of a human. •
Khnum – An Egyptian god with the head of a
ram. •
Maahes,
Pakhet,
Sekhmet, and
Tefnut – Each of these Egyptian gods has the head of a
lion. •
Minotaur – A creature that has the body of a human with the head, tail, and occasional hindquarters of a
bull. •
Nandi – Some
Puranas describe Nandi or Nandikeshvara as bull-faced, with a human body that resembles that of Shiva in proportion and aspect. •
Narasimha – A Hindu deity with a
lion-like face. •
Ox-Head – An
ox-headed guardian or type of guardian of the
Underworld in
Chinese mythology. •
Penghou – A Chinese tree spirit with the face of a human and the body of a dog. •
Pratyangira – A Hindu goddess with the head of a lion. •
Set – An Egyptian god with a human body and the head of an unidentified creature with large upright ears known as a 'Set/Seth creature'. •
Tikbalang - A tall Filipino horse-headed man. •
Tumburu - A horse faced Hindu deity. •
Varaha – A
boar-headed avatar. •
Zhu Bajie – A
pig-headed major character of the novel
Journey to the West.
Other bipeds depiction of a harpy as a bird-woman •
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. •
Bird goddess –
Vinca figures of a woman with a bird head. •
Cuca - A creature from
Brazilian folklore and female counterpart of the Coco that is depicted as a
witch with the head of an
alligator. It will catch and eat children who disobey their parents. •
Gamayun – A Russian creature with the head of a woman and the body of a bird. •
Heqet – A
frog-headed Egyptian god. •
Horus,
Monthu,
Ra, and
Seker – Each of these Egyptian gods has the head of a
falcon or
hawk. •
Inmyeonjo – A creature from Korean mythology that has a bird-like body and human face. •
Karura – A divine creature of Japanese Hindu-Buddhist mythology with the head of a bird and the torso of a human. •
Kuk – Kuk and his counterpart Kauket respectively have the head of a
frog and
snake. •
Meretseger – A
cobra-headed Egyptian goddess. •
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. •
Sobek – A
crocodile-headed Egyptian god. •
Thoth – An
ibis-headed Egyptian god.
Quadrupeds •
Akhekh - A creature from
Egyptian mythology with the body of an
oryx and the wings and snout of a bird. •
Allocamelus – A Heraldic creature that has the head of a
donkey and the body of a
camel. •
Bai Ze – A creature from
Chinese mythology with the head of a human and the body of a
cow with six horns and nine eyes. •
Catoblepas - One version of the creature in
Gustave Flaubert's
The Temptation of Saint Anthony depicts it with the head of a
wild boar and the body of a black
African buffalo. •
Criosphinx – A Sphinx that has the head of a
ram. •
Gajasimha – A creature with the head of an elephant and the body of a
lion. • Gye-lyong – A creature from
Korean mythology with the head of a chicken and the body of a dragon. •
Hieracosphinx – A type of Sphinx with a
hawk head. •
Jinmenken - A Japanese creature with the face of a human and the body of a
dog. •
Lampago - A creature with the head of a man and the body of a lion or a tiger. •
Kudan - A Japanese creature with the face of a human and the body of a
cow. •
Shug Monkey – A creature that is part-monkey and part-dog.
Other '' •
Atargatis – Human face,
fish body. •
Cetus –
greyhound or
boar headed and bodies
dolphin or
whale •
Draconcopedes (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. •
Gajamina – A creature with the head of an
elephant and body of a fish. •
Merlion – A creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. •
Nure-onna – A creature with the head of a woman and the body of a snake. •
Tam Đầu Cửu Vĩ or Ông Lốt - is a divine beast with three human heads and a nine-tailed snake body, the mount of the god Ông Hoàng Bơ in Đạo Mẫu in Vietnamese folk religion. •
Ugajin - A
harvest and fertility
kami of Japanese mythology with the body of a snake and the head of a bearded man, for the masculine variant or the head of a woman, for the female variant. •
Ushi-oni – A
Yōkai with the head of a
bull and the body of a
spider. •
Zhuyin – A creature with the face of a man and the body of a snake.
Front of one animal, rear of another •
Echidna – A half-woman and half-snake monster that lives inside a cave. •
Fu Xi – A god said to have been created by
Nu Wa. •
Glaistig – A Scottish fairy or ghost who can take the form of a goat-human hybrid. •
Griffin – A creature with the front quarters of an
eagle and the hind quarters of a
lion. Some depictions also depict it as having a snake-headed tail. •
Harpy – A half-bird, half-woman creature of Greek mythology, portrayed sometimes as a woman with bird wings and legs. •
Hippalectryon – A creature with the front half of a
horse and the rear half has a
rooster's wings, tail, and legs. •
Hippocampus (or Hippocamp) – A Greek mythological creature that is half-horse half-
fish. •
Hippogriff – A creature with the front quarters of an eagle and hind quarters of a
horse. •
Jengu – A water spirit with the tail of a fish. •
Ketu – An
Asura who has the lower parts of a snake and said to have four arms. •
Lamia – A female with the lower body like that of a snake and is also spelled as Lamiai. This should not be confused with the Greco-Roman
Lamia. •
Matsya – An
avatar of Lord Vishnu that is half-man half-fish. •
Merfolk – A race of half-human, half-fish creatures. The males are called
Mermen and the females are called
Mermaids. •
Auvekoejak – A merman from
Inuit folklore of
Greenland and northern
Canada that has fur on its fish tail instead of scales. •
Ceasg – A Scottish mermaid. •
Sirena – A mermaid from Philippine folklore. •
Siyokoy – Mermen with scaled bodies from Philippine folklore. It is the male counterpart of the Sirena. •
Nü Wa – A woman with the lower body of a serpent in Chinese folklore. •
Nāga – A term referring to human/snake mixes of all kinds. •
Onocentaur – A creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a
donkey and is often portrayed with only two legs. •
Ophiotaurus – A creature that has the upper body of a
bull and the lower body of a
snake. •
Peryton – A
deer with the wings of a bird. •
Sea goat – A creature that is half-
goat half-fish. •
Sea-griffin – A griffin variant with the hindquarters of a fish. •
Sea-lion – A creature with the head and upper body of a lion and the tail of a fish. •
Siren – Half-bird, half-woman creatures of Greek mythology who lure sailors to their deaths with their singing voices. •
Skvader – A Swedish creature with the forequarters and hind-legs of a
hare and the back, wings and tail of a female
wood grouse. •
Tatzelwurm – A creature with the face of a cat and a serpentine body. •
Tlanchana – An aquatic deity that is part woman and part snake. •
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. •
Valravn – A Danish creature that in some description is half-
raven half-
wolf.
Body of one animal as head of another •
Anggitay – A strictly-female creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a
horse. •
Centaur – A creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a horse. •
Khepri – A
dung beetle-headed Egyptian god. •
Kinnara – Half-human, half-bird in later Indian mythology. •
Kurma – Upper-half human, lower-half
tortoise. •
Ichthyocentaurs – Creatures that have the torsos of a man or woman, the front legs of a
horse, and the tails of a fish. •
Scorpion man – Half-man half-
scorpion. •
Serpopard – A creature that is part-
snake and part-
African leopard.
Animals with extra parts (
Max Littmann, 1910) •
Angel – Humanoid creatures who are generally depicted with bird-like wings. In Abrahamic mythology and Zoroastrianism mythology, angels are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as messengers between God and humans. •
Aralez - An Armenian winged dog-like creatures or spirits •
Bat – An Egyptian goddess with the horns and ears of a
cow. •
Cernunnos – An ancient
Gaulish/
Celtic god with the antlers of a
deer. •
Fairy – A humanoid with
insect-like wings. •
Hathor – An Egyptian goddess with cow horns. •
Horned God – A god with horns. •
Jackalope – A
jackrabbit with the horns of a
whitetail deer. •
Satyr – Originally an ancient Greek nature spirit with the body of a man, but the long tail and pointed ears of a horse. Originally, fauns 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 became virtually indistinguishable. •
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. •
Kusarikku – A demon with the head, arms, and torso of a human and the ears, horns, and hindquarters of a bull. •
Lamia – Woman with duck feet. •
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. • Sylvań – A
satyr-like creature with a deer’s hooves, a fox tail, and a white coat that is woven to make their clothing.
Other hybrids of two kinds •
Alebrije – A brightly colored creature from Mexican mythology. •
Alphyn - A Heraldic creature that resembles a
Tyger. Its front legs have varied from a dragons forelegs, an eagle's talons on its forelegs, or the legs or a lion. •
Anansi - A West African god, also known as Ananse, Kwaku Ananse, and Anancy. Anansi is depicted in many different ways: sometimes he looks like an ordinary spider, sometimes he is a spider wearing clothes or with a human face, and sometimes he looks much more like a human with spider elements, such as eight legs. •
Avatea – A Mangaian god that has the right half of a man and the left half of a
fish. • Bingfeng - A wild boar/pig hybrid with two heads that has elongated. •
Cerberus – A Greek mythological dog that guarded the gates of the underworld, almost always portrayed with three heads and occasionally having a mane of
serpents, as well as the front half of one for a tail. •
Drakaina – A female species from Greek mythology that is draconic in nature, primarily depicted as a woman with dragon features. •
Feathered serpent - A Mesoamerican spirit deity that possessed a snake-like body and feathered wings. •
Garuda – A creature that has the head, wings, and legs of an eagle and body of a man. •
Gorgon – Each of them has
snakes in place of their hair; sometimes also depicted with a snake-like lower body. •
Jorōgumo - Type of Japanese
yōkai, depicted as a spider woman manipulating small fire-breathing spiders. •
Musimon - A creature that has the head and horns of a ram sheep and the horns, body, and feet of a goat. • Olano - A Spanish mythology creature that resembles a horse with a head of a dog. •
Pantheon - A creature that resembles a deer with the tail of a fox. • Papillequine - A horse or pony with
Lepidopteran wings. •
Selkie – A
seal that becomes a human by shedding its skin on land. •
Karasu-tengu – A
crow-type Tengu. •
Uchek Langmeidong - A half-woman and half-
hornbill creature in
Manipuri folklore, depicted as a girl who was turned into a bird to escape from her stepmother's torture in the absence of her father. •
Werecat – A creature that is part
cat, part human, or switches between the two. •
Werehyena - A creature that is part
hyena, part human, or switches between the two. •
Werewolf – A creature that becomes a
wolf/human-like beast during the nights of the full moon, but is human otherwise. •
Wyvern – A creature with a dragon's head and wings, a reptilian body, two legs, and a tail often ending in a diamond- or arrow-shaped tip. • Zamba Zaara - A hedgehog cryptid with an
Ankylosauria-like tail who hits the earth and causing the earth shaking violently.
Hybrids of three kinds n
lamassu dated 721, BCE Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago. •
Ammit – An Egyptian creature with the head of a
crocodile, the front legs of a
lion, and the back legs and hindquarters of a
hippopotamus. •
Baphomet – Traditionally depicted as an anthropomorphic creature with goat's head. •
Buraq – A creature from Arabic iconography that has the head of a man and the body of a winged
horse. •
Capelobo - A creature from
Brazilian folklore with the head of an
anteater, the torso of a
human, and the legs of a
goat. •
Chalkydri – Creatures with twelve angel wings, the body of a lion, and the head of a crocodile mentioned in
2 Enoch •
Chi You – A creature from
Chinese mythology with the head of a
bull, the torso of a
human, and the ears and hindquarters of a
bear. •
Cipactli – A creature from
Aztec mythology that is part
crocodilian, part
fish, and part
toad or frog. •
Chimera – A Greek mythological creature with the head and front legs of a
lion, the head and back legs of a
goat, and the head of a
snake for a tail. Said to be able to breathe fire from lion's mouth. •
Cockatrice – A mix between a
chicken, a
bat, and a
reptile. •
Hatuibwari – A dragon-like creature with the head of a human with four eyes, the body of a
serpent, and the wings of a bat. •
Hundun - A Creature with the body of a
pig, the legs of a
lion or
bear and four wings of a
bird, with no head. •
Kappa - A Japanese humanoid creature with the legs of a
frog and the head and shell of a
turtle. •
Lamassu – A deity that is often depicted with a
human head, a
bull's body or
lion's body, and an
eagle's wings. •
Longma – A winged
horse with the scales of a
dragon. •
Manticore - A creature with the face of a human, the body of a
lion, and the tail of a
scorpion. Some versions also depict it with the wings of a
dragon. •
Opinicus - A griffin variant with the head and wings of an
eagle, the body and legs of a
lion, and the neck and tail of a
dromedary. •
Pamola - A creature from
Abenaki mythology with a human body, the head of a
moose, with the wings and feet of an
eagle that protects
Maine's tallest mountain. •
Sharabha – A Hindu mythological creature having the head of a lion, the legs of deer, and the wings of bird. •
Sphinx – A creature with the head of a
human or a
cat, the body of a
lion, and occasional wings of an
eagle.
Hybrids of four kinds and a
ram, goat's fur and ears, nose and canines of a
pig, and mouth of a
dog, a typical depiction of the devil in
Christian art. The goat, ram, dog and pig are animals consistently associated with the Devil. Detail of a 16th-century painting by
Jacob de Backer in the
National Museum in
Warsaw. •
Abraxas – A god-like Gnostic creature with many different types of portrayals, many of which as different types of hybrids. • Chouyu - A
Rabbit/hare-like creature with the face of an
owl and a reptilian tail. •
Enfield – A Heraldic creature with the head of a
fox, the forelegs and sometimes wings of an
eagle, the body of a
lion, and the tail of a
wolf. •
Hatsadiling – A mythical creature with the head and body of a
lion, trunk and tusks of an
elephant, the comb of a
rooster, and the wings of a
bird. • Jiao - Dog-like canine with leopard spots,
ox horns, and a short tail. •
Kamadhenu – A creature with the head of a human, the body of a cow, the wings of a pigeon, and the tail of a peacock. •
Monoceros – A creature with the head of a
deer, the body of a
horse, the feet of an
elephant, and the tail of a
pig. •
Nue – A Japanese Chimera with the head of a
monkey, the legs of a
tiger, the body of a
Japanese raccoon dog, and the front half of a
snake for a tail. •
Qilin – A Chinese creature with the head and scales of a
dragon, the antlers of a
deer, the hooves of an
ox, and the tail of a
lion. The Japanese version is described as a deer-shaped dragon with the tail of an ox. •
Questing Beast – A creature with the head and tail of a
serpent, the feet of a
deer, the body of a
leopard, and the haunches of a
lion. •
Simurgh – A griffin-like creature of Persian mythology with the head of a
dog, the body of a
lion, the tail of a
peacock, and the wings of a
hawk. •
Taweret – A
hippopotamus-headed Egyptian goddess. •
Tyger - A creature with the body of a
tiger, the jaws of a
wolf, the mane of a
horse, and the tufted tail of a lion. •
Wolpertinger – A creature with the head of a
rabbit, the body of a
squirrel, the antlers of a
deer, and the legs and wings of a
pheasant. •
Yali – A Hindu creature with the head of a
lion, the tusks of an
elephant, the body of a
cat, and the tail of a
serpent. •
Ypotryll – A Heraldic creature with the tusked head of a
boar, the humped body of a
camel, the legs and hooves of an
ox or
goat, and the tail of a
snake.
Hybrids of more than four kinds •
Baku – A Japanese creature with the head of an
elephant, the ears of a
rhinoceros, the legs of a
tiger, the body of a
bear, and the tail of a
cow. • Bo - A horse-like equine with a single black unicorn-like horn, the mouth and paws of
tiger's, and ears of
leopard. •
Bulgasari - A Korean creature with the eyes of a
rhinoceros, the trunk of an
elephant, the body of a
bear, the claws of a
tiger, and the tail of a
bull. •
Calygreyhound – A mythical creature described as having the head of a
wildcat, the torso of a
deer or
antelope, the claws of an
eagle as its forefeet,
ox hooves, antlers or horns on its head, the hind legs of a lion or ox, and its tail like a
lion or
poodle. •
Dingonek – a large aquatic creature with the head of a
Leopard or an
Otter with the fangs of a
Walrus, the body of a
Whale with the armor of an
Armadillo and the tail of a
Sea Snake. •
Fenghuang – A Chinese creature with the head of a
golden pheasant, the body of a
mandarin duck, the tail of a
peacock, the legs of a
crane, the mouth of a
parrot and the wings of a
swallow. •
Kotobuki - A Japanese Chimera with the head of a
rat, the ears of a
rabbit, the horns of an
ox, the comb of a
rooster, the beard of a
sheep, the neck of a
Japanese dragon, the mane of a
horse, the back of a
wild boar, the shoulders and belly of a
South China tiger, the arms of a
monkey, the hindquarters of a
dog, and the tail of a
snake. •
Meduza – A sea creature from
Russian folklore with the head of a maiden and the body of a striped beast, having a dragon tail with a snake's mouth and elephant legs with the same snake mouths. •
Navagunjara – A Hindu creature with the head of a rooster, the neck of a peacock, the back of a bull, a snake-headed tail, three legs of an elephant, tiger and deer or horse with the fourth limb being a human hand holding a lotus. •
Nawarupa – A Burmese creature with the head, trunk, and tusks of an
elephant, the eyes of a
deer, the horns of a
rhinoceros, the wings and tongue of a
parrot, the body and legs of a
lion and the tail of a
peacock. •
Pyinsarupa – A Burmese creature made of a
bullock,
carp,
elephant,
horse and the
dragon. •
Scylla – A monster from Greek mythology which has the body of a
woman, six
snake heads, twelve
octopus tentacles, a
cat's tail and four
dog heads in her waist. •
Tarasque – A French dragon with the head of a
lion, six short legs similar to that of
bear legs, the body of an
ox, the shell of a
turtle, and a
scorpion stinger-tipped tail. ==Modern fiction==