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10 Legendary Creatures from Around the World: Media

Come encounter 10 strange and astonishing legendary creatures.

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Here there be dragons!
A sculpture of a Chinese dragon.
© tomodaji—iStock/Getty Images
The Little Mermaid sculpture
The Little Mermaid, bronze sculpture by Edvard Eriksen, 1913, modeled after...
© Williammacgregor/Dreamstime.com
tapestry: The Unicorn in Captivity
The Unicorn in Captivity, from The Hunt of the Unicorn, French...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, gift of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1937, (37.80.6), www.metmuseum.org
Abominable Snowman
Abominable Snowman.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Patrick O'Neill Riley
Kappa riding on a cucumber, painting by Hokuga; in the Victoria and Albert Museum,...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph, A.C. Cooper Ltd.