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Chimera

Ancient Greek myths depict this creature as a fire-breathing hybrid with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. It symbolizes the impossible or the grotesquely bizarre.

At a glance

Tradition
Greek mythology
Region
Lycia (sighted there)
Trait family
The Monstrous Broods
Symbols
Lion
Kin
Typhon (derived from)Echidna (derived from)

Kinship

Lines of descent added by hand and approved one at a time.

Near this figure

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  • Mehen Multi-headed body

Symbols

Judged against the description by a model. Meanings are our own paraphrase.

Traits

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Form

  • Hybrid of multiple animals
    why

    This extraordinary hybrid creature is typically depicted with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and a serpent or dragon as its tail.

  • Multi-headed body
    why

    However, some variations of the myth describe it as having multiple heads - one each of a lion, goat, and dragon - further emphasizing its chimeric nature.

Behaviour

Sight and sound

Offensive powers

  • Fire-breathing
    why

    The Chimera's most fearsome attribute is its ability to breathe fire, a trait that has made it one of the most dreaded monsters in Greek lore.

Roles

Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.