Thursday 18 September 2014

Bestiary

Bestiary:

Greek:
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Centaur;
 a beast with the torso of a man and the legs and lower body of a horse most of the centaurs are more relatable to the beast of the horse,but Chiron the centaur was different, he was wise and taught a lot of young heroes, most famous of which being Achilles. Chiron was also immortal but Hercules wounded him in a fight. although immortal he still felt terrible pain and later on traded his life for that of Prometheus

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Pegasus:
A horse with feathered wings, born from the catastrophe of medusa and Poseidon mating. when medusa's head was cut off (by Perseus) This creature was born. This creature was later a great help in killing the Chimera
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Chimera:
The result of the mating of Typhoeus and Echidna. The creature had three heads
One of a lion, one of a goat and one of a snake. It had a lion for a front body, a goat
for its middle and a snake for a tail.














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Norse:
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Dain: a deer that lives in Yggdrasil (the tree of life)  and eats the leaves.

















Fenrir: The father of all wolves and is the son of Loki. has been prophesised that he will kill Odin during the events of ragnarok and in turn will be killed by vioarr.














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