Chimera

The chimera appears in ancient Greek myth, described as “a lion in front, a goat in the middle, and a serpent behind.” The body overall is that of a lioness, though the hindquarters are scaly. A second head, shaped like a goat’s, rises just behind the shoulders, and the tail is shaped like a snake, with a third head at the end. All three heads breathe fire.
It attacks on sight, fighting to the death, and eating anything it conquers. It will not become stunned or unconscious from head blows unless each head has taken the necessary number of hits.
Rumor: Greek myths say the chimera was the daughter of Typhon, a giant with a hundred dragonlike heads, and Echidna, half woman and half snake. Their other children were Cerberus, the three-headed watchdog of the underworld; the Hydra, a nine-headed giant snake; and the twoheaded dog Orthos. Orthos mated with his mother and she engendered the Nemean Lion, a giant lion with armored skin, and the Sphinx, a winged lioness with a woman’s head and a passion for riddles.
Category:Myth