Dictionary entry details
• MYTHICAL MONSTER (noun)
Meaning:
A monster renowned in folklore and myth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
mythical creature; mythical monster
Hypernyms ("mythical monster" is a kind of...):
mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)
monster (an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mythical monster"):
legendary creature (a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual)
mantichora; manticora; manticore; mantiger (a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion)
Minotaur ((Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus)
Nemean lion ((Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors)
roc (mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength)
salamander (reptilian creature supposed to live in fire)
Sphinx ((Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon)
troll ((Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains)
Typhoeus ((Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds; had a terrifying voice and 100 dragon heads that spurted fire)
Typhon ((Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads and one of the whirlwinds; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx)
lycanthrope; werewolf; wolfman (a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf)
leviathan (monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament)
Hydra ((Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones)
Harpy ((Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman)
amphisbaena ((classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body)
basilisk ((classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance)
centaur ((classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse)
Cerberus; hellhound ((Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon)
Chimaera; Chimera ((Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon)
cockatrice (monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance)
dragon; firedrake (a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings)
Geryon ((Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules)
Gorgon ((Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone)
griffin; griffon; gryphon (winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion)
Instance hyponyms:
Python ((Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi)
Erinyes; Eumenides; Fury ((classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals)
