Myths, folktales, and associated beasts

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We already have a variety of topics for related subjects:

1] Please post dragon coins, and particularly Saint George and the Dragon, in this topic: Dragons on coins

2] This topics deals mainly with Oceanian and pre-Colombian culture and artefacts: Tribal art and extinct civilisations

3] This topic deals mainly with real animals, and humans real or fictional: Man and beast (not horses)

4] This topic deals with animals on coats of arms: Coats of arms with ANIMAL supporters

5] Finally: Ancient mythology on modern coins

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Kazakhstan, 1 tenge, 1993.  Sheep's head.

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Kazakhstan, 3 tenge, 1993.  Wolf's head.

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Kazakhstan, 5 tenge, 1993.  Leopard.

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Kazakhstan, 10 tenge, 1993.  Double-headed cockerel.

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Chimeras, griffins/gryphons, non-European lions such as the merlion and the squinte, are good subjects for this topic.

Also fictional characters, human and non-human, from folktales and ancient Greek and Roman legends.

And folk art, such as I have illustrated here already.

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Singapore, merlion, 1 dollar coin, 2013.



Singapore, $1, 1975.

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Burma, 5 pyas, 1953.  Chinthe: Burmese mythical lion.

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Greece, 5 drachmai, 1930.  Another fine phoenix design.

[Md. Shariful Islam]

I hope I am right. This is a mythical beast. According to accepted belief this is a lion. Did any one ever see a lion like this?

I guess a dragon met a lioness and that gave this off spring which the the Tripura kings got in their cage.

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Georgia, 50 tetri, 1993.  Griffin.