Heraldic beasts

The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated form of the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), originally native to Southeast Asia. It was first domesticated around 8,000 years ago and is one of the most common and widespread domesticated animals in the world. Chickens are primarily kept for their meat and eggs, though they are also kept as pets.

A dragon is a mythical creature found in the folklore of cultures throughout the world. It is generally reptilian or serpentine in form and often possesses a variety of predatory features, such as claws, wings, scales, or horns. Dragons are typically portrayed as intelligent beings capable of manipulating natural elements. Their appearance commonly incorporates reptilian, mammalian, and avian traits.

In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

long-lived bird that is cyclically regenerated or reborn in Arabian, East Asian, and Greco-Roman mythology

In Greek mythology, Medusa (; ), also called Gorgo () or the Gorgon, was one of the three Gorgons. Medusa is generally described as a woman with living snakes in place of hair; her appearance was so hideous that anyone who looked upon her was turned to stone. Medusa and her Gorgon sisters Euryale and Stheno were usually described as daughters of Phorcys and Ceto; of the three, only Medusa was mortal.

The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (; Classical Latin: gryps or grypus; Late and Medieval Latin: gryphes, grypho etc.; Old French: griffon) is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle with its talons on the front legs.

In European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk ( or ) is a legendary reptile reputed to be a serpent king, who causes death to those who look into its eyes. According to the Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder, the basilisk of Cyrene is a small snake, "being not more than twelve inches in length", that is so venomous, it leaves a wide trail of deadly venom in its path, and its gaze is likewise lethal.

thumb|right|A dragon-like ouroboros in a 1478 drawing in an alchemical tract

thumb|Manticore or "Martigora" ― Johannes Jonston (1652), Historiae NaturalisCopperplate engraving by Matthäus Merian.

thumb|upright|The sun god Inti (in the top left) represented in a depiction of Cápac Raymi, an annual feast celebrating the December solstice, included in the book [[El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno ()]] Inti () is the ancient Inca sun god. He is revered as the national patron of the Inca state. Although most consider Inti the sun god, he is more appropriately viewed as a cluster of solar aspects, since the Inca divided his identity according to the stages of the sun. Worshiped as a patron deity of the Inca Empire, Pachacuti is often linked to the origin and expansion of the Inca Sun C

mythological creature in Phoenician and Greek mythology

heraldic animal

mythical figure common in western European legend

unofficial national symbol of France

Zilant (; ; , ) is a legendary creature, something between a dragon and a wyvern in Tatar mythology. Since 1730, it has been the official symbol of Kazan, the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. This winged snake is mentioned in legends about the foundation of Kazan.

coat of arms

mythical beast found in European mythology and heraldry

symbol of the human soul in East Asian and Central Asian traditions

thumb|The Catoblepas as depicted by Jan Jonston, Historia naturalis de quadrupedibus, Amsterdam, 1657 The catoblepas (from Latin catōblepas, ultimately from Greek καταβλέπω (katablépō) "to look downwards") is a legendary creature from Aethiopia, first described by Pliny the Elder and later by Claudius Aelianus.

thumb|200px|The coat of arms of the Visconti of Milan showing the biscione wearing a crown

thumb|Amphiptere by Edward Topsell (1608) Amphiptere (also called Amphithere, Amphitere, or Phipthere; meaning bi-winged, two-winged) is a type of winged serpent found in European heraldry.

heraldic animal

The hieracosphinx () is a mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry. The god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder") was usually depicted as one. The name Hieracosphinx comes from the Greek , itself from (hierax "hawk") + ("sphinx").

extinct dog type

heraldic animal

A hippalectryon, or hippalektryon (), is a type of fantastic hybrid creature of Ancient Greek folklore; half-horse (front) and half-rooster (hind), including the tail, wings and hind legs. Its colour varies between yellow and reddish. No myths related to it are currently known.

fictional horse with a horn and wings

heraldic symbol, primarily represented in the coats of arms of certain important towns of the former Crown of Aragon

legendary big cat with a multicolored hide, which after feasting sleeps in a cave for 3 days, whose roar emits a sweet odor, drawing in all creatures (except for the dragons) to be preyed upon

heraldic animal

heraldic animal

heraldic animal

sculptures by James Woodford

heraldic animal

right|thumb|275px|A heraldic alphyn The alphyn is a rare heraldic creature. It is much like a heraldic tyger, but stockier and with tufts of hair covering its body, and also has a thick mane and long thin tongue. Another notable characteristic is its knotted tail, reminiscent of Celtic design and similar to that of the griffin. Sometimes it is depicted as having an eagle's or dragon's talons on its forelegs, other times they are cloven, like a goat's. Occasionally all four feet are depicted as having the claws of a lion. In English heraldry, the alphyn was used as a heraldic badge of the Lords

Italian folktale

heraldic animal

thumb|upright=0.8|Gajasimha sculpture, Museum of Cham Sculpture, Danang, Vietnam

Wolf in Chechen culture

heraldic animal

heraldic animal

thumb|200px|A sea-griffin. The sea-griffin (German: Fischgreif; Polish: rybogryf, gryf morski) is a heraldic charge in form of an aquatic griffin with the head, upper half, wings, and talons of an eagle and the lower half of a fish.