List of mythical creatures in Egyptian mythology
- Abtu - A sacred fish.
- Akhekh - A winged hybrid and bird and oryx.
- Anat â A sacred fish.
- Axex â A kind of griffin.
- Apshait â A flesh-eating beetle mentioned in the Book of the Dead.
- Medjed â A sacred Elephantfish that ate the penis of Osiris.
- Sak â A monster with the head of a hawk, the body of a lion, hindquarters of a horse, numerous triangular mammaries, and the tail as a fully bloomed lotus.
- Serpopard - A monster resembling a leopard with a log serpentine neck.
- Sha â The Set Animal, a vauel caniform monster associated with the god Set.
- Sphinx - Creatures with the bodies of lions, used as pharonic symbols.
- Androsphinx - A Sphinx with a human head.
- Criosphinx - A Sphinx with the head of a ram.
- Hieracosphinx - A Sphinx with the head of a hawk.
- Uraeus â sacred cobra symbol.
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