Ahuizotl took his name from the animal Ahuizotl, which the Aztecs considered to be a legendary creature in its own right rather than a mere mythical representation of the king.

The bunyip, or kianpraty, is a large mythical creature from Aboriginal mythology, said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes.

Its name is Latin for " horned male goat " or " goat horn ", and it is commonly represented in the form of a sea-goat: a mythical creature that is half goat, half fish.

Kinnaras, another half-man half-horse mythical creature from the Indian mythology, appeared in various ancient texts, arts as well as sculptures from all around India.

Its extinction was not immediately noticed, and some considered it to be a mythical creature.

* Qilin or Kirin, a mythical creature known in various East Asian cultures

Its function was to hold the Minotaur, a mythical creature that was half man and half bull and was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus.

Nymphs who mate with the god Poseidon, are believed to give birth to the mythical creature, cyclops.

* Pantheon ( mythical creature )

There is also a similar mythical creature in France known as the dahu.

* Changeling, a mythical creature

The Garuda ( Sanskrit: गर ु ड, " eagle ") is a large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology.

It indicates that a computer, alien, mythical creature or other object will be treated as a completely human character, with similar rights, capabilities and desires as any human character.

The 14th-century ceiling of the cloister of Fréjus Cathedral is decorated with paintings of animals, people and mythical creature s

) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural.

A tomte, nisse or tomtenisse ( Sweden ) (), nisse ( Norway and Denmark ) () or tonttu ( Finland ) is a humanoid mythical creature of Scandinavian folklore.

They are based on the kappa, a mythical creature from Japanese folklore.

* Alan ( mythical creature ), a race of winged spirits from Tinguian folklore

* Panther ( legendary creature ), a mythical creature resembling a large multicolored cat

* The Sandman is a likely influence for the Pokémon character Hypno as well as the mythical Japanese creature Baku.

Image: AssisiBorder. JPG | Traditional Assisi border with mythical creature

A sphinx ( Greek: Σφίγξ / sphinx, Bœotian: Φίξ / Phix ) is a mythical creature with, as a minimum, the body of a lion and the head of a human or a cat.

* Makara ( Hindu mythology ), a mythical creature and Varuna's and Ganga's Vahana ( mount ), in Hinduism

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* Santa Claus also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply " Santa ", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24.

Other legendary and mythical creatures of earth include the Faun, Goblin, Satyr and Sylvester.

Archaeologists and historians regard Jimmu as mythical or legendary.

The Dorians followed the custom of other Greek tribes in claiming as ancestor for their ruling families one of the legendary heroes, but the traditions must not on that account be regarded as entirely mythical.

Much biblical material is mythical or legendary.

It is the only comedy among his mature operas ( he having come to reject his early Das Liebesverbot ), and is his only opera centered on a historically well-defined time and place rather than a mythical or legendary setting.

Some hint of Cnut's childhood can be found in the Flateyjarbók, a 13th-century source, stating at one point that Cnut was taught his soldiery by the chieftain Thorkell the Tall, brother to Sigurd, Jarl of mythical Jomsborg, and the legendary Joms, at their Viking stronghold on the Island of Wollin, off the coast of Pomerania.

The Dorians followed the custom of other Greek tribes in claiming as ancestor for their ruling families one of the legendary heroes, but the traditions must not on that account be regarded as entirely mythical.

According to Diodorus the mythical singer Linus took three pupils: Heracles, Thamyris, and Orpheus, which neatly settles Thamyris's legendary chronology.

The Dorians followed the custom of other Greek tribes in claiming as ancestor for their ruling families one of the legendary heroes, but the traditions must not on that account be regarded as entirely mythical.

An earlier genealogy may have made Agron, as a legendary first king of an ancient dynasty, to be a son of the mythical Ninus, son of Belus, and stopped at that point.

* Klamath has a 35-foot ( 10-meter ) statue of Babe the Blue Ox, the legendary sidekick of Paul Bunyan, a famous mythical lumberjack at Trees of Mystery.

While his previous works such as ... And Call Me Conrad and The Dream Master cast science fiction themes into a mythic mold, Lord of Light is the first to use Zelazny's technique of " anachronistic myth ," in which a mythical or legendary story has science-fiction underpinnings and features occurrences of 20th century American vernacular and culture: Hindu deities smoke cigarettes, characters refer to Marxism and old drinking songs like " It's a Long Way to Tipperary ", and two characters engage in an " Irish Stand-down ," in which they take turns punching each other until one collapses.

Even in decline, the two once-glorious Mycenaean centers were disturbing to the Argives, who in their political propaganda wanted to monopolize the glory of legendary ( and mythical ) ancestors.

" Indeed, many historians believe King Arthur to be an entirely mythical character with no basis in historical fact, whilst some others disagree, maintaining that the legendary figure may be based upon an Early Medieval British leader who might have been involved in fighting the migrating Anglo-Saxons who were settling in Britain at that time.

Sea monsters are sea-dwelling mythical or legendary creatures, often believed to be of immense size.

Aztlán ( from, ) is the legendary ancestral home of the Nahua peoples, one of the main cultural groups in Mesoamerica and, by extension, is the mythical homeland of the Uto-Aztecan peoples.

Ancient mythical, legendary and historical archetypes include Mohini, Lilith, Delilah, Salome and Jezebel, the Sirens, the Sphinx, Scylla, Aphrodite, Clytemnestra, Medea and Cleopatra.

According to tradition, Attica comprised twelve small communities during the reign of Cecrops, the legendary Ionian king of Attica, and these were later incorporated in an Athenian state during the reign Theseus, the mythical king of Athens.

The Mamilii traced their nomen and origin to the mythical Mamilia, the daughter of Telegonus, who was regarded as the legendary founder of Tusculum and the son of Ulysses and the goddess Circe.

The Marquette Monster is a legendary or mythical monster, similar to the hodag, that supposedly lives in and around Marquette, Michigan, USA.