Manticore
c. 400 BCE – 1600 CEattested
Persia
- Iranian
Man's face, lion's body, and a tail that fires spines. Reported to Greece by a physician at the Persian court who seems to have believed every word.
Known for
- human face on a lion
- spine-shooting tail
- eats its victims entire
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.