Imaginary Beings by Borges
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Bahamut
Burak
Cheshire Cat
Kilkenny Cats
The Elephant That Foretold the Birth of the Buddha
Phoenix
Griffin
Harpies
The Unicorn of China
Hochigan
Humbaba
Eight-Forked Serpent
Cerberus
Kraken
The Hydra of Lernaea
An Animal Imagined by Kafka
Manticore
Banshee
Nasnas
The Panther
The Leveler
An Insect Imagined by C. S. Lewis
Sphinx
Simurgh
Swedenborg's Angels
Zaratan
Trolls
A Crossbreed
Abtu and Anet
The Tigers of Annam
Basilisk
Catoblepas
Crocotta and the Leucrocotta
Elves
Garuda
Haniel, Kafziel, Azriel, and Aniel
Chinese Dragon
Fauna of China II
Ichthyocentaur
Namazu
The Mother of Tortoises
The Ass with Three Legs
Kujata
The Lamed Wufniks
An Offspring of Leviathan
Singing Beast
Minotaur
Nāga
Fauna of Mirrors
Pygmies
Satyrs
Sirens
Swedenborg's Devils
Thermal Beings
The Monkey of the Inkpot
A King of Fire and his Steed
Valkyrie
Fauna of United States
Amphisbaena
Behemoth
Eastern Dragon
The Eloi and the Morlocks
Gnomes
Fairies
Chinese Phoenix
Fauna of China I
Jucivur
Two Metaphysical Beings
The Lunar Hare
Lemuri
Lilith
An Animal Imagined by Poe
The Sea Horse
One-Eyed Beings
The Norns
Pelikan
Remora
Rukh
Hundred-Heads
Scylla
Squonk
Celestial Stag
Celestial Cock
The Ouroboros
Unicorn
The Sow Harnessed with Chains
Baldanders
Barometz
Jinn
Fastitocalon
The Shaggy Beast of La Ferte-Bernard
Golem
Haokah the Thunder God
Chinese Fox
Hippogriff
Jewish Demons
Centaur
Lamia
Brownies
Mandrake
Mermecolion
The Nymphs
Odradek
Peryton
Salamander
Animals in the Form of Spheres
Sylph
Talos
The T'ao T'ieh
Doppelgänger
Youwarkee
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