1)
A legendary sea creature having the head and upper body of a woman and
the tail of a fish.
2) A
tiny imaginary being in human form, depicted as clever, mischievous, and
possessing magical powers.
3) One
of a race of monsters having the head, arms, and trunk of a man and the
body and legs of a horse.
4) A
fabled creature symbolic of virginity and usually represented as a horse
with a single straight spiraled horn projecting from its forehead.
5) A
bird in Egyptian mythology that lived in the desert for 500 years and
then
consumed itself by fire, later to rise renewed from its ashes.
6) One
of a group of sea nymphs who by their sweet singing lured mariners to destruction
on the rocks surrounding their island.
7) A
figure in Egyptian myth having the body of a lion and the head of a
man,
ram, or hawk.
