peryton
Sign in to saveThe peryton is a fictional hybrid animal combining the physical features of a stag and a bird. The peryton was invented by Jorge Luis Borges in his 1957 Book of Imaginary Beings, using the fictional device of a supposedly long-lost medieval manuscript.
Key facts
- Mythical creature.Country
- Atlantis (fictional origin)
- Mythical creature.Region
- Fictional
- Mythical creature.Habitat
- Fictional lands, Atlantis, Fantasy realms
- Mythical creature.Details
- A fictional hybrid combining the features of a stag and a large bird. Said to cast a human shadow until it kills a person, whereupon it begins casting its own shadow.
- Mythical creature.name
- Peryton
- Mythical creature.image
- Perytonmontage.jpg
- Mythical creature.caption
- An artist's impression of a peryton
- Mythical creature.Grouping
- Fantasy creatures
- Mythical creature.Sub_Grouping
- Hybrid
- Mythical creature.Similar_entities
- Furfur, Hippogriff, Pegasus
- Mythical creature.Folklore
- Fakelore
- Mythical creature.First_Attested
- 1957
- Mythical creature.AKA
- Winged stag
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- Image
- Perytonmontage.jpg
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- Peryton
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- Characteristics
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- References
The peryton is a fictional hybrid animal combining the physical features of a stag and a bird. The peryton was invented by Jorge Luis Borges in his 1957 Book of Imaginary Beings, using the fictional device of a supposedly long-lost medieval manuscript.
== Precursors ==
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Cervidae
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bird
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human
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Middle Ages
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Jorge Luis Borges
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International Standard Book Number
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Oxford
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fiction
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digital object identifier
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Atlantis
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fantasy
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microwave oven
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Pegasus
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bibcode
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Dungeons & Dragons
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Q118398
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antagonist
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Late Middle Ages
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sibyl
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cavity magnetron
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