Talk:Ceryneian Hind

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[edit] Categorization as Legendary Creature

Please note that Wikipedia currently categorizes mythical creatures in that category; see Banshee, Lernaean Hydra, Echo (mythology), Kappa (mythical creature), the definition in Legendary creature, and the category talk: Category talk:Legendary creatures.

If you believe that is incorrect or misleading, please use the category talk. --Glimz 13:28, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

The category states "This category concerns legendary creatures: creatures that are or have been believed to be real".

The ceryneian hind is a myth, it was never considered to be real. ~~~~ ( ! | ? | * ) 14:01, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Please do have a look at the examples and references I provided. Mythical creatures are categorized in this category for now. Quoting Legendary creature:
A legendary creature can also be a mythical or fantastic creature (emphasis mine)
The other examples I gave and the contents of the category itself clearly indicate that mythical creatures are categorized in Category:Legendary creatures. Re your edit summary, "The category states 'This category concerns legendary creatures: creatures that are or have been believed to be real'": Whether the ancient greeks actually believed that the hind existed, I do not know. If you do, and believe the category heading is misleading, feel free to correct it. If you think that all those other articles are incorrectly categorized and a new category should be added (or the existing one renamed), please say so on the talk page. If you mean that all is well as it is (and I just cannot grasp it:-), it might be worthwhile to provide a more detailed explanation in the category (or its talk page). Cheers, --Glimz 15:09, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

I'll go ahead and recat it again as you didn't oppose? The alternative category would be Category:Fictional species ("For creatures that are wholly fictional creations, see Category:Fictional species") which is not the right place, IMO. Glimz 08:00, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

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