What is a mythic animal?

What is a mythic animal? A product of people’s imaginations? Traditionally, they are animals that do not exist. As combinations of several real animals, many mythical animals have the characteristics of these animals. For example, griffins are half-lion and half-eagle. Lions and eagles both represent royalty. Moreover, the eagle is the Ruler of the Skies and the lion, Ruler of the Land. Griffins govern both realms.

Mythic animals live at the edges of our minds. Moreover, they live in our world, in places where everything is a little wild and primitive. Furthermore, we may encounter them, when we least expect it. For example, on a foggy day or a moonlit night, you may glimpse one.

The edges of cultivated areas and wild areas are the best places to encounter mythic animals. Since they are “between places”, these border areas have great power and mystery. At marshes and beaches, encounters with water beasties often occur. Also, you can come upon mythic animals in the deserts or deep in the forests, where things are lonely and wild.

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