Mediterranean Mythological_hybrid



zeus darting lightning @ typhon, shown hide human torso, bird s wings , reptilian lower body (chalcidian black-figured hydria, c. 550 bc, staatliche antikensammlungen inv. 596).


in archaic greece, luwian , assyrian motifs imitated, during orientalizing period (9th 8th centuries bc), inspiring monsters of mythology of classical greek period, such chimera, harpy, centaur, griffin, hippocampus, talos, pegasus, etc.


the motif of winged man appears in assyrian winged genie, , taken in biblical seraphim , chayot, etruscan vanth, hellenistic eros-amor, , christian iconography of angels.


the motif of otherwise human figures sporting horns may derive partly goat hybrids (as in pan , devil in christian iconography) or partly bull hybrids (minotaur). gundestrup cauldron , pashupati figure have stag s antlers (see horned god, horned helmet). christian representation of moses horns, however, due mistranslation of hebrew text of exodus 34:29–35 jerome.







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