Last Update: 2002/08/29

And do you know there are many creatures of human head and animal bodies in Greek myths? And there are also some popular species like Unicorns and Siren? Here are some of the creatures' names:

Harpy	head of a female and body of a bird
Centaur	Head of a human and body of a horse
Minotaur	Head of a man and body of a bull
Unicorn	Animal with a horn
Amazon	Worrier race of women
Siren	Female Sea demons with bird body, who sing songs to make the ships crush
Cecrops	Half man half snake (He's the first king of Athens)
Hippocampus	horse with hind parts of fish or dolphin, drawn Poseidon's (the sea god) chariot
phoenix	mythical bird associated with sun god Apollo
Cerberus	the three-headed watchdog who guard the entrance to the lower world (the Hades)
Echidna	head of a beautiful nymph, but body of a serpent, mother of Cerberus, Sphinx, Ladon, Hydra
Sphinx	demon of death, destruction and bad luck. (Egypt: male statue of lion w/ human head, sometimes w/ wings)
Ladon	100 heads dragon killed by Hercules during the 12 labors
Chimera	head of a lion, body of a she-goat 'n tail of a dragon
Mermaid	Heads of maiden, body of fish
Nereid	Sea nymphs
Triton	Fish-man (male mermaids)
Hydra	Serpent with hundreds of heads