CENTAUR

Centaurs are a creation of Greek mythology, are creatures with the head and torso of a human (usually a man) and fore and hing legs of a horse. Some are known as great teachers, such as Chiron who was said to have been the mentor of the young Hercules and many others, and still others are known as great warriors with specific skill in archery.

 

 

 

 

FAIRIES

Fairies (sometimes spelled ‘faeries’) are small spirits from Celtic European folklore, which take the form of small flying humanoids, usually with a special affinity for the natural world, such as flowers, trees, and bodies of water. Rings of mushrooms found throughout the English countryside are thought to be there because of night-time courtly gathering of fairies.

 

 

 

 

MERMAIDS

With the head an torso of women and the tails of fish, mermaids are found in lore from ancient Mesopotamia to Greece, where they were known as Sirens and would lead sailors to a watery grave by luring them with their haunting call. It is believed that the stories of mermaid sightings came from dehydrated, hallucinating sailors seeing real-life manatees.

 

 

SASQUATCH

This particular cryptid is rather new to legend, unless theorists who believe that the Sasquatch and the Yeti are the same or related species. The rumors of Sasquatch (also popularly known as “Bigfoot”) originated in the Northwest United States, though they have since spread to numerous other regions of the United States. Little is known about this creature, but it is described as a over-large, hairy, humanoid figure, which keeps to itself and seems utterly uninterested in making contact with humans. Tourists flock to National Parks in the Pacific Northwest at all times of the year in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the legendary creature, but so far no conclusive evidence can be obtained to prove the existence of the Sasquatch. Every now and then a photo like the one on the left will surface as supposed proof of the creature’s existence, but there has yet to be any verification of such images.

 

 

THE SPHYNX

The sphynx (or sphinx) is a creature that appears in the mythologies of ancient Greece, Egypt, and Southeast Asia. It is described as having the haunches of a lion, the head and chest of a human (sometimes exclusively female) and sometimes the wings of an eagle, and the tail of a serpent. Artistic depictions of sphynxes often show them as guardians of temples or tombs, like the Great Sphynx of Giza, which stands guard outside of the pyramid of Khafre. The Greeks believed that sphynxes were incredibly smart, and enjoyed riddles immensely, even at times forgoing direct combat in favor of a match of wits.