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Chimera / Chimaera
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Characteristics:
  • Hoards treasure
Description:
  • Orange head and the brown or black wings of a dragon, black eyes, and the heads of a lion and goat. Sometimes with 3 heads, others with wings.
  • Breath weapon is Flame
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Origins and Historocity:
Related Tales / Literature:
  • The story goes that it was harrassing the town of Lycia until the King Proetus asked Bellerophon to kill it. In one version he uses Pegasus to shoot arrows from the sky, and in another version he put a block of lead down its throat with a spear.
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