Talk:List of hybrid creatures in folklore

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Tengu, race of mixed bird-monkey, japanese myth of warriors/bounty hunters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.213.99.231 (talk) 10:25, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

merge question

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Goat people some are suggesting merging that list to this article. How does everyone feel about that? Dream Focus 19:25, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose in part - it changes the subject: not all critters in the list are "upper part human", see eg Baphomet. IMO renaming the list as suggested by AFD is a better solution. Of course, "distributed copying" of the "goat-list" into relevalt parts of the complete "hybrid list" makes sense as well. Staszek Lem (talk) 19:34, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support distributed copying, i.e. merging. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 23:03, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Devil

There is a picture of the devil, calling him that in the information written under the image, but the devil is not listed in the article at all. Dream Focus 19:37, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

[1] An IP address removed information that was there since the start of the article years ago. Dream Focus 19:45, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pulgasari

The Korean article ko:불가사리 (전설) (mostly unreferenced) says: "body of the bear, the elephant's nose, the eyes of a rhinoceros, the feet of a tiger, the teeth of a hawk, the tail of a bull, and many other animal parts;" - i.e., basically a knock-off of Baku (spirit). I didnt add this description, because I could not verify it. Pulgasari article about film is no wiser. Staszek Lem (talk) 21:26, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tagged for dispute and sources

The “factual accuracy is disputed” tag has been there since 2018 and never explained or discussed. I’ve looked at WP:LSC and it says ”Selection criteria (also known as inclusion criteria or membership criteria) should be unambiguous, objective, and supported by reliable sources.” so I assume that’s the problem with this article, but I’m guessing.
Related to that, it’s also tagged as needing additional citations, which I assume means citations concerning membership criteria.

The list has a clear theme but it is inherently diverse and eclectic so I can’t see where membership criteria could be sourced from. I’m inclined to remove the tags, say in about a week, but does anyone else have a view on this? --Northernhenge (talk) 15:56, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Driders?

These are Drow-Spider hybrids, but there's a more generic (and older, Greek) term for more general humanoids with spider bottoms: Arachne/Arachnae. I'm not sure of a good citation but maybe someone with a library full of mythological history could find one? ;) In fact, this entire article needs some citation love and more references/entries. 47.221.237.206 (talk) 07:27, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Taur-hybrids (centauroid)"?

  Hi, I just made an account to post this, sorry if I don't know what I'm talking about.
  I just want to ask why these are called as such? I was under the belief that taur/taurus meant bull in Greek and Ancient Greek, so it doesn't seem right for these to be called taur-hybrids and centauroids when some of them don't have anything to do with bulls. In fact, it even says "Taurs are a class of mythological horse people..." it then goes on to list 5 creatures, of which three are part horse and one is part donkey, which is close enough to a horse, I guess, and the last one is the Minotaur that is not in any amount part horse, which goes against the sub-category description, despite the Minotaur being  the only one that makes sense when it comes to -taur meaning bull.
  So it seems to me as if the name of the sub-category makes no sense, I'd obviously assume it was spawned off of "centaur". The Wikipedia page for Centaurs says their name means "piercing bull", but offers no reason as to why that would be the case considering that centaurs are part horse. And even if the name had no issues, the 5 listed creatures are an exercise in finding the odd one out that does not fit the sub-category description, the Minotaur. Which is also the only listed creature that is part bull.
  Again, sorry if I'm just ignorant of something. Andreazj (talk) 14:46, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Use of 'draconian' in description of draciana

'Draconian' seems to be used in the description of draciana to mean 'pertaining to dragons'. This is not the standard, generally-accepted definition which is 'extremely strict; harsh'. 2600:8807:874E:E00:D1EB:EDD0:3FEB:284B (talk) 12:30, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have changed 'draconian' to 'draconic'. While the former is correct, if old-fashioned, according to the Wiktionary entry, we have a more up-to-date and less ambiguous word, so good catch! Daranios (talk) 16:03, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unicorn?

Why is unicorn not on this list? Winged horse is, but not unicorn. (I.e. horse with extra part). One of the other entries even mentions unicorns.

not editing bc I fear the editors. 2600:1700:F90:6950:E020:EFBD:DE2D:A9AA (talk) 17:47, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Zora Definition

So, I was scrolling this page because I was curious as to whether there was a mythological creature that matched the lynel's appearance (there's not) and I came upon the definition for the Zora. This article defines them as being quote "Half-man half-fish." I'd argue that this is an incorrect definition, and they wouldn't really count as hybrid creatures unless you count the different types of fish traits they possess. Mipha being inspired by dolphins, Dorephan being inspired by whales, and Sidon being inspired by a hammerhead shark. If there has to be a Legend of Zelda rep, I'd recommend using lynels as they combine horse, goat, and lion traits. Perhaps even hylian traits given their centaur inspiration. I'm aware this isn't very high priority, but I still wanted to draw attention to it. AverageIdiotEnby (talk) 17:18, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]