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Greek MythologicalCreatures

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1 . Centaurscrea tures w i th head , t o r so and a rms o f a man and the body and l egs o f a horse

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2. Nymphsa l a rge c l ass o f f ema le en t i t i e s e i t he r bound to a par t i cu l ar l oca t ion or l and form

person i f y t he f e r t i l e and c rea t i ve powers o f na ture

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Various aspects of nature have their own particular kind of nymph:

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a. Water Nymphsa l so known as Nere ids

s im i l a r t o merma idsOcean ids - 3000 ocean

nymphs , daugh te rs o f t he T i t ans , Oceanus and Te thys

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b. Land Nymphsl i nked to a par t i cu l a r

geograph i c l oca t i on

Ore ids - moun ta ins and rav inesAlse ids - pro tec t s g l ens and

grovesAuton iads - pas tures and

moun ta in va l l eys

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c. Wood Nymphsi den t i f i ed w i th par t i cu l a r spec i e s o f t r ees

o f ten , t he i r bod ies become par t o f the t r ees they i nhab i t

Dryads- oak t reesHamadryads - e lm , nu t and f i g t r ee

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3. Cyclopsa member o f a p r imord ia l r ace o f g i an t s , each w i th a s ing l e eye i n the m idd l e o f i t s f o rehead

p lura l : cyc lopes o r cyc lopses

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4. Minotaurha l f human , ha l f bu l l c rea ture

sa id to have l i v ed a t t he cen te r o f a l abyr in th bu i l t f o r K ing Minos

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5. Gorgonv i c ious f ema le mons ters w i th sharp f angs and ha i r o f l i v i ng , venomous snakes

Medusa- a gorgon whose gaze cou ld tu rn on- lookers t o s tone

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6. Pegasusa un i corn wh i ch sprang f rom the b lood o f Medusa when she was beheaded and her b lood came i n con tac t t o t he foam o f t he beach

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7. Sirens or Seirenesa l so ca l l ed Na i ads o r sea nymph s

they enchan t approach in g sa i l o r s by th e i r s ing ing caus in g th em to sa i l i n to c l i f f s an d d rown

s i r en song - appea l tha t i s hard to re s i s t bu t tha t i f heeded w i l l l ead to a bad resu l t

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8. Giants or

Gigantes a c l ass o f unna tura l l y l a rge and o f t en mons t rous men who were c lose l y re l a t ed to t he gods

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9. Chimeraa mons t rous beas t wh i ch i s desc r ibed t o have t he app earance o f a l i on , goa t and se rpen t t ha t i s ab l e t o b rea t he f i r e

nex t t o a d rago n , i t i s po pu l a r l y k nown t o gu ard p or ta l s

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10. ErinyesGreek , mean ing angry ones ;

Roman , the Fur i es

fema le , ch thon ic de i t i e s o f vengeance , o r superna tura l person i f i ca t i ons o f t he anger o f t he dead

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t he i r heads were wrea thed w i th se rpen t s and the i r eyes d r ipped w i th b lo od

Vi rg i l (Roman wr i t e r) reco gn i zed 3 :

a . A lec to - unceas ing

b . Megaera - g rudg ing

c . T i s iphone- aveng ing murder

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1 1 . Automatonsmen , an ima l s and

mons te rs c ra f t ed ou t o f me ta l s and made an ima te i n order to pe r form var ious t asks