1. The Myth: Greek – a hybrid creature In Greek mythology
the centaurus were the offspring of Ixion, the king of
Thessaly, and a cloud. Followers of Dionysus , a god of
fertiliy, they were regarded as uncouth and savage
, though some became teachers of human beings.
CENTAURUS Three
centaurus are playing
upon the hill. They are
strange. They have
hooves. They stamp the
groung strongly. And look
at the poet. Fixing thier
eyes. They are fruious and
jump around. Then they
go out of the way and race
into the wood. They are
wild and strange .

2. The Myth :
Indian - a minor god of the Hindu religion . Ganesha embodies success
, prosperity,wisdom, peace,and the good life. A very popular figure in modern
Hindu festival parades , Ganesha rides upon a rat.
GANESHA, GANESH has an elephant
face and a human body. He holds old
treasures in his four hands. He will
make every wish true as he can He has
a broken tusk and hurls at the sun. He
is full and riding on a rat. He is happy.
He likes food and full of treats. If you
ask a wish you should offer him some
food.He has jewelery on his neck and a
crown on his head. His body is
pink, but can change into yellow or
red. He is a wise old god. When you go
to India visit the places he likes to
sit, so your wishes may come true.

3. The Myth: Greek – European a ater being. Some stories say a mermaid had
two tails or legs and could change into a real woman and live as a human
on land until the sea called for her return. Mermaids known as the sirens
lured sailors with thier singing to a watery death or a new life under the sea.
MERMAID UNDERSEA
The green and cool Mermaid
keeps the sea like a
swimming school. Oysters
come quiclkly, lobsters
come in a showy
manner, and dolphins also
come to join the dance.
Mermaid teaches them to
dance. But all the small
jellyfish cannot learn the
steps of the dance.

4. CHINESE DRAGON
As the sun is coming into a shape like a ball, I am following
my friend. He thinks that his fast horses would leave me
behind, but I am riding a dragon . It is as quick as the wind.
Oriental dragons are fierce, powerful, wise and rich,
but also quite benevolent.

5. The Myth :Greek, Egyptian, Middle Eastern • While the sun is going
– a fabulous beast found in several down and the shadows
mythologies. In Egypt , where it guarded cannot be seen easily
tombs and temples, it had a man’s head on the sand, he gets
and a symbol of tthe god Horus. The Greek up, stretches and
sphinx was female and lived on the rocks
stands. Then moves to
above the city of Thebes. She devoured all
passersby who could not answer the riddle
the Nile to wash. And
she posed. removes the mummy-
dust and sand from its
body with its heavy
tongue untill the cool
night air is gone, till the
morning. It leaves dry
murmurs like
powdered rock on
Egyptian earth.

6. The Myth : Greek, Roman – a winged horse born from the blood of
Medusa when she was slain by Perseus. Pegasus carried the hero
Bellerophon in his battle with the Chimera. Some myths say springs
rose where Pegasus’ hooves touched the earth. He was the horse of the
Muses, connected to poetry.
You cannot capture Pegasus. He runs in a ryhtm. His one eye shows
sorrow the other joy. He runs in heaven and jumps on earth. He has
wings. No one but only the poet can ride him without rein. He is the
stallion of heaven and steed of the skies. And he sings when flying.

7. The Myth: Australian – a mythcial creature af waterways and billibongs
(stagnant pools). Its apperance is most oftencharacterized as being unknown .
Nevertheless , it has been described as dark with long fur or feathers, with or
without horn or legs, oval shaped , web-footed, both large and small, with
gloving eyes and a loud below.
BUNYIP
Bunyip asks the wallaby (Australia kangaroo )whata bunyip looks like. Wallaby
says it is horrible. They have webbed foot and feathers. Bunyip asks if they re
fine , but wallaby answeres again horrible. Then bunyip asks the same to a
man. The man says it doesn’t look like anything becuse simply it doesn’t
exist. Bunyip was shoches and murmured “what a pity”

8. Indian – the Hindu mythological mount for the god Vishnu.
Garuda is associated with the sun and symbolizes swiftness and
strength. He is a destroyer serpents and cure snake bites.
He is in the dusty tamarind tree.
Once he was a blazing bird of
light and partly a man. Now he
trims his old tried wings and
remembers how he bored Lord
Vishnu over the lands.
He is now resting his tried claws
and ancient arms. He doesn’t
have a nest, but is warm in the
jungle while its feathers are
disappearing..

9. The Myth : Mexican, American Indian – the plumed serpent god of
Toltee, Aztec, and other North American Indian tribes. He was identified with
the wind and with great moral principles and respect for life. He taught the
people writing , painting, dancing, how to raise corn, and cotton, and how to
work with gold, metal and wood.
Quetzalcoatl
In the early times of the
world, farmer met Quetzalcoatl in
a field by a rustling plant. He
whispered in Farmer’s ear like
wind. This plant’s leaves is more
precious than green plumes and its
heart is harder than jade . The
farmer asks the name and it
answers it is maize.

10. Kracken – Norwegian- a round somewhat flat
, floating sea monster large enough to be mistaken
by sailor for an island, It causes whirlpools, and
when it sinks beneath the waves , it engulfs any ship
in the area.
Kracken lives beneath the icy waves and waits for the
ships passing. It would eat them as we eat potato chips.

11. Greek, Roman-the watchdog at the Gates of Hades who
allowed only the dead to pass. He was said to have three or
more heads jaws dripping with poisonus foam. Some say he
had snakes growing from behind his neck and along his back or
that his tail was a snake.
Gerberus
Cerberus three headed
terrible dog lies close to
the ground and is baying
wildly from its three
throats. He is watching
out Pluto’s house.
Nobody can escape from
it. It is very dangerous.

12. Greek hybrid lion . Although pictured with a lion’s mane the
chimera was considered female. The Greek hero
Bellerophon, riding upon the winged horse Pegasus, did battle
with her and slew her.
Chimera
Are you always polite or can you
dare to fight Chimera? If you
do, you won’t like it, because
it has three dangerous heads;
lion, goat and snake. But
Belleporon comes riding the
winged horse Pegasus,
Belleporon is very brave, he
says to Chimera you don’t
exist, you can’t be real with
those many heads. And with
a sword he killed it.

13. Greek –a marvelous seahorse with the lower body of a dolphin
. ın various sources it has a serpent’s tail . It pulled the chariot
of Poseidon, the god of the sea.
• Hippocamp the incredible horse; half fish once travelled the
ancient Greece sea. It is very brave. Noone can trample down
the waves like it with his scarcy scaly tail. It fulfills every fish’s
wish. Is it a creature or is it a myth remarkable in minds as a
single large body?

14. Anansi – African carrabian- a clever spider who has human qualities .
Anansi a folk hero in west Africa , appears in some stories as a human
who has spider abilities a real spiderman , sometimes wise
, sometimes foolish, and always mischievous.
• Anansi is the spider of
Ashanti people. In
Ashanti people like
Kwaku anansi, It is red
and funny, wise and
lovable, and he tricks. He
is a very cunning
figure, he causes trouble
and always falls in
trouble.

15. Okolo : Nigerian – a legendary leopard warrior of the
Yourba tribe represented in a ceremonial dan mask.
Okolo is a very good
fighter. People think he
is very powerful. He
comes from the forest.
He stands with
pride, the lord of the
beasts and then goes
back to the forest. He
leaps on its prey like a
leopard.

16. Manticore Middle eastren – a powerful creature with the body of a lion , the
head of a man , a tail with the spikes of scorpion’s stinger, and an oversized
mouth with three rows of sharp -shark teeth. It especially liked to eat humans.
The manticore could not be fenced or walled in since it could jump to great
heights.
Manticore is a mystic beast. He was first a man, then a dragon and
there is lion between them. Noone has seen him, nor the
combination of the creatures above. It means manticore cannot be
seen, it is not real.

17. • I am a dragon. Children like me. You are a
child. All my heads are green, and handsome.
All my eyes are red and wild. I have claws on
my feet, and hooks on the claws. I am wild.
Smoke comes out from all my noses, it is very
hot. Fearsome.There are points upon all my
tails. All my teeth are sharp and blue. But ı
I am a drogon. Children like me
like you so I won’t hurt you, I won’t bite you
badly.All my scales are like arrows. İf you
touh me they will hurt you, so don’t treat me
as a pet although you love me.