Centaur (Kentauroi)

Centaur (Kentauroi)

The centaur is up there with my all-time favourite greek mythological creatures – maybe because of anthropomorphic/human qualities, or perhaps because of my appreciation of horses. Either way, they right up there with the best on the imaginary creatures list....
Dragon

Dragon

The dragon is one one of the most well know imaginary or mythological creatures there is, it features in myths and legends around the world in many different cultures, and it is this prevalence that makes it hard to ignore and likely that they did once exist....

Basilisk

The Basilisk is a popular imaginary creature of mine and one that I vividly remember from my childhood. In one book of creatures that I had, the basilisk was portrayed as having the head of a chicken or cockerel and the body of a snake – though this is not...