Half-creatures

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Half-creatures are fictional creatures of two of more species. Commonly, the half-creature is one part human, such as in the case of the Minotaur, who was said to have been half man, half bull. Half-creatures can be found in classical mythology,^[1][2] as well as in modern fantasy.^[3]

Contents 1 Mythology 2 Literature 3 Video games 4 Television, anime and film 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Mythology

• Centaurs are half man, half horse.^[4]
• The Chimera, according to Homer, have the foreparts of a lion, the middle of a goat and the hindquarters of a serpent.^[4]
• A Griffon has the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle.^[4]
• Minotaurs are half man, half bull.^[4]
• The Satyrs are half goat and half man.^[4]
• The Sphinx is a lion that has the head of a man.^[4]
• The Naga has the upper body of a human and the lower body of a snake, similar in form to a mermaid.
• The Mermaid has the upper body of a human(usually a woman) and the lower body of a fish.

[edit] Literature

• A Hippogriff is a cross between a horse and a Griffon.^[4]
• Youwarkee is half bird, half girl.^[4]
• A Quetzal is a part bird part human creature.

[edit] Video games

• Genis Sage, Raine Sage and most of the cast of Tales of Symphonia are half-elves.^{[citation needed]}ב֒צָ֞ בַרחֻ
• Alucard from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a half-vampire.^{[citation needed]}
• Dizzy from the Guilty Gear series is a half-gear.^{[citation needed]}
• Uriko from the Bloody Roar series is a half cat.^{[citation needed]}
• Soren from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance is half-laguz and half-beorc.^{[citation needed]}
• Dante and Vergil from the Devil May Cry series are both half-demons.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Television, anime and film

• InuYasha and Naraku from the InuYasha anime are both half-demons.^{[citation needed]}
• Gohan, Trunks, Goten, Bulla from the Dragon Ball series are all half-saiyans, while Pan is a quarter-saiyan.^{[citation needed]}
• Paige Matthews, Chris Perry and Wyatt Halliwell from Charmed are all Whitelighter/witch hybrids.^{[citation needed]}
• The four main characters from Tokyo Mew Mew were infused with DNA from four different animals, making them kemonomimis.^{[citation needed]}
• Characters from Fruits Basket are also half-creatures.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• Legendary creatures
• List of legendary creatures

[edit] References