Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

Equal parts strange and terrifying: these are some of the many monsters that have haunted Greek mythology since antiquity.

Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed a 2,200-year-old tomb painted with two uncommon mythical creatures: a pair of ichthyocentaurs, or sea-centaurs, which have the head and torso of a man, the lower ...

An artist's drawing of a mosasaur attacking another mosasaur underwater. Scientists have named an ancient species of giant sea lizard with "angry eyebrows" and a stumpy tail after Jörmungandr, a sea ...

Monster comes from the Latin monstrum, meaning something unnatural or unpleasant. Early thinkers thought a monster was some malfunction of nature. There are plenty of monsters in classical mythology.

These creatures are but a few examples of the myriad mythical creatures that are said to inhabit the world's oceans. The mermaid's lore stretches far beyond the European tales of sirens luring sailors ...

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