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Chimera

Arising from Greek mythology, the chimera's form
is a combination of lion, goat and snake. The head and the main
body are those of a lion, whilst the goat's head springs from
the middle of the creatures back, and the snake forms the tail.
In all tales, the chimera has the ability to breathe fire, an
ability that proves to be her undoing when the Greek hero Bellerophon
inserts a lump of lead into her throat, which then melts and destroys
her insides.
The story of the chimera is a simple one, though
its origins are not particularly clear. As one of the offspring
of the giant Typhon and the half-woman, half-serpent being Echidna,
the chimera laid waste to the land until she was finally slain
by Bellerophon with the aid of Pegasus.
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