Christian legendary creatures

thumb|Behemoth as depicted in the Dictionnaire Infernal by Collin de Plancy Behemoth (; , bəhēmōṯ) is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation. Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large or powerful entity.

The Tarasque () is a creature from French mythology. According to the Golden Legend, the beast had a lion-like head, a body protected by turtle-like carapace(s), six feet with bear-like claws, a serpent's tail, and could expel a poisonous breath.

thumb|upright|The bishop-fish in Johann Zahn's 1696 work Specula physico-mathematico-historica notabilium ac mirabilium sciendorum

marine monster of the Renaissance

thumb|Detail of a former floor mosaic dating from year 1213, Basilica of San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna. thumb|Oryx in [[Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve in Israel.]]