Human-headed mythical creatures

A sphinx ( ; , ; or sphinges ) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle.

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

thumb|Lamassu at the Iraq Museum, [[Baghdad|alt=Pair of stone lamassu sculptures with human heads and winged bull bodies displayed in the Iraq Museum]] Lama, Lamma, or Lamassu (Cuneiform: , ; Sumerian: lammař; later in Akkadian: lamassu; sometimes called a lamassuse) is a Mesopotamian protective deity.

thumb|right|Ivan Bilibin's Alkonost

thumb|Sirin lubok print, 18th century Sirin () is a mythological creature of Russian legends, with the head of a beautiful woman and the body of a bird (usually an owl), borrowed from the siren of the Greek mythology. According to myth, the Sirin lived in Iriy or around the Euphrates River.

thumb|right|Gamayun (representation in a painting by Viktor Vasnetsov). Gamayun () is a prophetic bird of Russian folklore. It is a symbol of wisdom and knowledge and lives on an island in the mythical east, close to paradise. She is said to spread divine messages and prophecies, as she knows everything of all creation, gods, heroes, and man. Like the Sirin and the Alkonost, other creatures likewise deriving ultimately from the Greek myths and siren mythology, the Gamayun is normally depicted as a large bird with a woman's head. In the books of the 17th-19th centuries, Gamayun was described as

mythological creature

Xiangliu (), known in the Classic of Mountains and Seas as Xiangyao (), is a venomous nine-headed snake monster that brings floods and destruction in Chinese mythology.

right|thumb|250px|Karyōbinga in a depiction of the Amitabha Sutra Kalaviṅka ( kalaviṅka; Pali: karavika; Jiālíngpínqié; , ; ; karawik; , Malay: karawek) is a fantastical immortal creature in Buddhism, with a human head and a bird's torso, with long flowing tail.

Japanese spirit

mythological serpent

ancient Meitei folktale

Achelois (Ancient Greek: , Ἀkhelōís means 'she who drives away pain') was a name attributed to several figures in Greek mythology.

legendary creature

thumb|A kusarikku on the right holding a lance with an ugallu on the left on a Hittite relief from Carchemish.