Draconope (snake-feet) – “Snake-feet are large and powerful serpents, with faces very like those of human maidens and necks ending in serpent bodies” as described by Vincent of Beauvais.Some depictions have him with two fish tails. Triton - A Greek God and the son of Poseidon who has the same description as the Merman.It is the male counterpart of the Sirena. Siyokoy – Mermen with scaled bodies from Philippine folklore.Sirena – A mermaid from Philippine folklore.Mermaid/Merman – A race of half-human, half-fish creatures.Matsya – An avatar of Lord Vishnu that is half-man half-fish.Ichthyocentaurs – Creatures that have the torsos of a man or woman, the front legs of a horse, and the tails of a fish.Uchek Langmeidong - A half-woman and half-hornbill creature in Manipuri folklore, depicted as a girl who was turned into a bird to escape from her stepmother’s torture in the absence of her father.Its bird half is generally that of an owl’s body. Sirin – Half-bird, half-human creature with the head and chest of a woman from Russian folklore.Siren – Half-bird, half-woman creature of Greek mythology, who lured sailors to their deaths with their singing voices.Lilitu – A woman with bird legs (and sometimes wings) found in Mesopotamian mythology.Kinnara – Half-human, half-bird in later Indian mythology. Harpy – A half-bird, half-woman creature of Greek mythology, portrayed sometimes as a woman with bird wings and legs.Inmyeonjo – A human face with bird body creature in ancient Korean mythology.Gamayun – A Russian creature portrayed with the head of a woman and the body of a bird.Alkonost – A creature from Russian folklore with the head of a woman with the body of a bird, said to make beautiful sounds that make anyone who hears them forget all that they know and not want anything more ever again.It is often depicted with the legs and horns of a goat, the body of a man, and animalistic facial features. Krampus - A Germanic mythical figure of obscure origin.
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