page_title: List of hybrid creatures in folklore
section_title: Two kinds of animal parts
hierarchical_section_title: List of hybrid creatures in folklore / Non-human / Two kinds of animal parts
caption_attribution_description: English: A zoomed-in image of the embroidered dress of a standing male Apkallu, depicting a pair of 4-legged winged animals in addition to the motif of the sacred tree (palm tree). From the North-West Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, 883-859 BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul.
context_page_description: The following is a list of hybrid entities from the folklore record grouped morphologically based on their constituent species. Hybrids not found in classical mythology but developed in the context of modern pop culture are listed in a separate section.
context_section_description: Allocamelus – A Heraldic creature that has the head of a donkey and the body of a camel.
  Cockatrice – A mix between a chicken and a reptile.
  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.
  Criosphinx – A Sphinx that has the head of a ram.
  Feathered serpent - A Mesoamerican spirit deity that possessed a snake-like body and feathered wings.
  Gajamina – A creature with the head of an elephant and body of a fish.
  Gajasimha – A creature with the head of an elephant and the body of a lion.
  Griffin – A creature with the front quarters of an eagle and the hind quarters of a lion.
  Gye-lyong – A creature with the head of a chicken and the body of a dragon.
  Hieracosphinx – A type of Sphinx that had a falcon head.
  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.
  Longma – A winged horse with dragon scales.
  Merlion – A creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish.
  Ophiotaurus – A creature that has the lower body of a bull and the upper body of a snake.
  Pamola - A creature from Abenaki mythology with a human body, the head of a moose, and wings and feet of an eagle that protects Maine's tallest mountain.
  Capricorn – A creature that is half-goat half-fish, and identified with the constellation Capricornus.
  Serpopard – A creature that is part-snake and part-African leopard.
  Shug Monkey – A creature that is part-monkey and part-dog.
  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.
  Ushi-oni – A Yōkai with the head of a bull and the body of a spider.
caption: Detail of the embroidered dress of an Apkallu, showing a pair of 4-legged winged animals. From Nimrud, Iraq. 883-859 BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul
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