Chimeras, is a creature from Greek mythology, with the body and head of a lion with a snake for a tail and a fire-breathing goat head coming from its back. There have been alternate versions of the chimera have slightly different body parts, like wings on the back or the back legs of a snake, but they all follow the same design pattern. The Chimera is the daughter of Greek monster gods Typhon and Echidna, which means its siblings to other famous Greek monsters like The Sphinx, Cerberus, and Ladon. Lookinf at a Chimera is a bad omen. The Greek monster regularly appeared before disasters such as shipwrecks, violent storms, and volcanic eruptions.
The Chimera's most historical moment in Greek mythology is when the Greek hero Bellerophon, with the help of Pegasus, killed the Chimera with a bow and arrow from the sky above.
As well as the Greek mythology, the term "chimera" is used in scientific research to explain an animal that contains more than one set of genetic codings. This is a clear example of the Greek monster, in that the monster itself is a combination of three different normal animals. The use of the word "chimera" as a way of describing a hybrid "monster" of sorts seems to be the most lasting element of the Chimera mythology. In later life, the word was used to describe any hybrid monster combination, and was connected to being evil and demonic. There are many Chimera monsters, even if you just use Greek monsters, so it's somewhat interesting that the Chimera was the one of all of them to end up defining a term that is still used in multiple purposes today.
Source:http://www.gods-and-monsters.com/chimera-mythology.html
The Chimera's most historical moment in Greek mythology is when the Greek hero Bellerophon, with the help of Pegasus, killed the Chimera with a bow and arrow from the sky above.
As well as the Greek mythology, the term "chimera" is used in scientific research to explain an animal that contains more than one set of genetic codings. This is a clear example of the Greek monster, in that the monster itself is a combination of three different normal animals. The use of the word "chimera" as a way of describing a hybrid "monster" of sorts seems to be the most lasting element of the Chimera mythology. In later life, the word was used to describe any hybrid monster combination, and was connected to being evil and demonic. There are many Chimera monsters, even if you just use Greek monsters, so it's somewhat interesting that the Chimera was the one of all of them to end up defining a term that is still used in multiple purposes today.
Source:http://www.gods-and-monsters.com/chimera-mythology.html
Heads Up, I wasn't sure which animal I wanted to use so I got a bunch of different Pics.
List of Animals:
Bats, Birds, Cats, Chimeras, Deers, Demons, Dinosaurs, Dragon type Gargoyles, Dragons, Goats, Golem's, Lions, Gargoyles, Greek Mythical Beasts, Pigs, Pokemon, Snakes, Spiders, Stone Textured Gargoyles, and Bijuu (Tailed Beasts from Naruto). All of these images came from Google Images.
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