Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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The Griffin (Gryphon), the majestic eagle-lion of classical and medieval European legend — a noble beast with the head and wings of an eagle and the body
The Wyvern, the two-legged winged dragon of European heraldry and legend — a dragon-like creature with eagle's legs, bat-wings, a serpentine body, and a
Og, king of Bashan, in Hebrew tradition — the great giant-king and last of the Rephaim whose iron bed was a marvel, who in legend survived the Flood on
The Rephaim in Hebrew tradition — an ancient race of giants tall as the Anakim, with Og as their last survivor, whose name also denotes the shades of the
Behemoth in Hebrew tradition — the colossal land-beast and king of earth’s animals from the Book of Job, with bones of bronze and limbs of iron,
The Ziz in Hebrew tradition — the colossal primordial bird whose wings eclipse the sun, king of birds and counterpart of Leviathan and Behemoth, guardian
Rahab in Hebrew tradition — the primordial sea-dragon and personification of the raging chaos-waters crushed by God at creation, kin to Leviathan and a
The Re’em in Hebrew tradition — the colossal, untamable wild ox whose strength was proverbial in scripture, too vast for Noah’s Ark and mistaken for a
The Nephilim in Hebrew tradition — the giant offspring of the fallen Watchers and mortal women whose violence corrupted the earth and brought the great
The Anakim in Hebrew tradition — the legendary giant race of Canaan, the “sons of Anak” descended from the Nephilim, who terrified the spies of Israel and
