Hybrid Creatures
Hybrid creatures bring together forms that cross natural boundaries to signal power, liminality, and sacred protection. This category distinguishes composite beasts from human–animal hybrids while tracing their roles in myth, ritual, heraldry, and ancient art. Expect well-known exemplars such as the Chimera, Griffin, Sphinx, Minotaur, and Centaur, used as guardians, omens, testers of kings, or teachers at the edge of the wild. We note functions, symbols, and iconography (wings, claws, horns, riddles, labyrinths etc.) and how meanings shift across regions and periods. Use the tiles to browse by culture, role, or motif, then open any card for sources, variant spellings, and imagery. Entries separate literary invention from enduring folklore and highlight links to temples, city gates, coins, and protective talismans.