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Mythical Creatures Quiz #2

Name the mythical creatures described below.
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Description
Creature
Flying reptile that breathes fire
Dragon
Scythe-carrying harbinger of death
Grim Reaper
Vants to suck your blood
Vampire
Immortal being with pointy ears
and archery skills
Elf
Beautiful female creature who
lures men with song
Siren
Another name for a sasquatch
Bigfoot
What Tinkerbell is
Fairy
Imp who sabotages aircraft
Gremlin
Female spirit who seduces men
and saps their life
Succubus
Minor Greek deity associated with
a specific river or other place
Nymph
Description
Creature
Talking tree of Middle Earth
Ent
Winged horse ridden by Bellerophon
Pegasus
Jewish animated being, made from clay
Golem
Winged horse with an eagle's head
Hippogriff
Persian creature with the body of a lion,
tail of a scorpion, and head of a man
Manticore
Egyptian creature with the body of a lion,
wings of a bird, and face of a woman
Sphinx
Reanimated corpse who needs BRAAAINS
Zombie
Huge bird of prey of Arabic lore (3 letters)
Roc
Impossible to pronounce creature with
tentacled mouth and wings
Cthulhu
Fire-breathing Greek hybrid.
A lion with a goat's head on its back
Chimera
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Level 25
Aug 5, 2013
I'm surprised so few people got hippogriff
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Level 82
Oct 23, 2013
Were they invented in Harry Potter or around before that? Took me a while to get that one, too.
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Level 46
Oct 23, 2013
Nah, they were around before Harry Potter.
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Level 82
Oct 30, 2016
Are you sure? Griffins were around way before Harry Potter. And "hippo" just means horse. I assumed Rowling had just combined the two because as a child I was obsessed with mythology, Dungeons & Dragons and such and never came across hippogriffs.
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Level 63
Oct 30, 2016
Hippogriffs were mentioned by name in Orlando Furioso, so Harry Potter was a few centuries too late to claim naming rights.
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Level 82
Nov 2, 2016
ok if you say so
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Level 76
Aug 14, 2018
Here's the relevant passage, from canto IV, verse VIII:

no fiction wrought magic lore,

But natural was the steed the wizard pressed;

For him a filly to griffin bore;

Hight hippogryph. In wings and beak and crest,

Formed like his sire, as in the feet before;

But like the mare, his dam, in all the rest.

Such on Riphaean hills, though rarely found,

Are bred, beyond the frozen ocean's bound.

And here's how Thomas Bulfinch describes it in 1863:

Like a griffin, he had the head of an eagle, claws armed with talons, and wings covered with feathers, the rest of his body being that of a horse. This strange animal is called a Hippogriff.

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Level 15
Sep 18, 2013
Thx for adding sirens. In the first one i was hoping for them
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Level 70
Oct 23, 2013
Aliens can pronounce cthulhu - humans just aren't capable. The sleeping one is also one of my favorite deadmau5 songs.
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Level 77
May 18, 2014
I am surprised everyone so far has gotten the "Vants to suck your blood" clue without whining about the "v" :)
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Level 45
May 28, 2014
That's the vampire accent! That's how they talk! 'Don't be afraid, I only vant a bite of your throat...' etc. etc.
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Level 75
May 26, 2014
Creature with pointy ears and archery skills immediately made me think of satyr. Would that be acceptable?
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Level 45
May 28, 2014
Have you never watched Lord of the Rings?
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Level 65
Sep 30, 2014
THANKS AGE OF MYTHOLOGY
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Level 32
Dec 5, 2014
I was so hoping that the Red cross was an acceptable answer for Vants to suck your blood. :)
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Level 58
Dec 16, 2014
C'thulhu and ent shouldn't be on here as both are not mythological creatures.

The clue for nymph is way to vague

zombie really isn't mythological either.

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Level 56
Oct 31, 2016
Zombies are definitely mythologically associated with various world beliefs, including those in the roots of voodoo.
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Level 66
May 3, 2018
True, but if we're talking about voodoo zombies, then the "eating brains" thing isn't part ot that. That's a Hollywood invention. In voodoo, zombies are basically just mindless laborers that don't need food or rest.
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Level 34
Nov 1, 2015
can you accept sphynx? and chimaera/chimæra?
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Level 73
Apr 23, 2016
Can someone tell me the difference between Hippogriff and Griffin. If there isn't a difference then can you allow Griffin for an acceptable answer.
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Level 76
Aug 14, 2018
Yes, a griffin has the head, wings, and front legs of an eagle, but the hindquarters of a lion. A hippogriff is the offspring of a griffin and a horse, and so has the hindquarters of a horse instead of those of a lion.
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Level 76
Oct 30, 2016
A garland of Martian fire flowers to Emerson Lake & Palmer for manticore.
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Level 56
Oct 30, 2016
I'm surprised so few got manticore, obviously everyone needs to brush up on their Percy Jackson
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Level 44
Oct 30, 2016
Isn't Grim Reaper just another name for Death.

And there are actual real Zombis in Voudou which are people drugged so they are effectively dead and then brought back as a a slave to a magician so not quite a mythical creature

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Level 82
Nov 2, 2016
Being drugged and then revived later doesn't make you dead, effectively or otherwise. And the people claiming to be zombies in Jamaica are obviously very much alive. Actual, brain-eating walking corpses are, of course, entirely fictional. And impossible.
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Level 72
Sep 7, 2018
I'd agree that the Grim Reaper isn't really a creature, more like a mythical person? I don't have a solid argument for this, but I feel like it would be similar to including Zeus, say.
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Level 38
Nov 19, 2016
Absolutely amazing quiz!, I'm obsessed with mythology and this is amazing
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Level 7
Nov 30, 2016
Mythology is my favorite category/subject so this helps me study, keep making amazing quizzes!
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Level 61
Feb 19, 2017
I didn't know elves were known for their archery skills...
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Level 82
May 3, 2018
Depends on which kind of elf you're talking about. Not all of them are immortal, either.
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Level 60
Sep 7, 2021
Technically most elves can't die of old age, but can die from battle, murder, etc…
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Level 65
Jan 27, 2018
Naiad should be acceptable for a river spirit.
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Level 60
Jun 3, 2021
Yes. Not all nymphs are water spirits.
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Level 65
Jul 26, 2018
The definition for Nymphs can work also for Potamoi.
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Level 59
Jun 7, 2019
Obviously, I find Cthulhu not just impossible to pronounce, but also impossible to spell.
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Level 52
Oct 6, 2019
Tinkerbell is technically a Pixie and not a Fairy...
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Level 66
Feb 10, 2021
Barrie specifically called her a fairy, that's good enough for me.
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Level 76
Nov 7, 2021
Yeah, I mean, the line is "I don't/do believe in fairies."
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Level 30
Dec 18, 2019
>manticore

>man

you sure?

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Level 85
Jul 5, 2022
"Imp who sabotages aircraft!"

BRILLIANT!!! (If ya know, ya know.)

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Level 33
Jan 17, 2023
ALL RIGHT! Who missed dragon? Come on, fess up!
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Level 28
Jan 19, 2023
Hello just to add : there's an Harbinger of Death with a Scythe that comes from Celtic Legend, it's called the Ankou/Ankow/Angau. Can it be accepted as an answer ?
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Level 28
Mar 26, 2023
The river one should have been Charon, you sssssssstinker!
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Level 76
Mar 30, 2023
I spelled Golem as "Gollum" at first.
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Level 26
Jul 1, 2023
Can you make a part 3?
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Level 50
Sep 16, 2023
Aren’t golems in Minecraft