original version of the centaurs. Keres, the spirit of violent or cruel death. Achlys, who may have been numbered amongst the Keres. She was represented on the shield of Heracles. Kobaloi, a mischievous creature fond of tricking and frightening mortals. Laestrygonians or Laestrygones, a tribe of giant cannibals. Antiphates, King of the Laestrygonians. Lamia Lion-Headed Giants Leon or Lion, killed by Herakles in the war against the gods. Manticore or Androphagos, having the body of a red lion, a human face with three rows of sharp teeth, and the wings of a bat or dragon. The manticore can shoot spikes out of its tail, making it a deadly foe. Merpeople, humans with fish tail after torso (Mermaid as female, Merman as male). They lure adventurers to drown them. Mimas, a giant. Minotaur, a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus in the Labyrinth created by Daedelus. Multi-headed Dogs Cerberus (Hellhound), the three-headed giant hound that guarded the gates of the Underworld. Orthrus, a two-headed dog, brother of Cerberus, slain by Heracles. Nymph Odontotyrannos, a beast with a black, horse-like head, with three horns protruding from its forehead, and exceeded the size of an elephant. Onocentaur, part human, part donkey. It had the head and torso of a human with the body of a donkey. Ophiotaurus (Bull-Serpent), a creature part bull and part serpent. Orion, giant huntsman whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion by Artemis. Ouroboros, an immortal self-eating, circular being. The being is a serpent or a dragon curled into a circle or hoop, biting its tail. Pallas, a giant. Panes, a tribe of nature spirits that had the heads and torsos of men, the legs and tails of goats, goatish faces, and goat-horns. Periboea, a Giantess. Daughter of the king of the giants. Philinnion, an unwed maiden who died prematurely and returned from the tomb as the living dead to consort with a handsome youth named Makhates. When her mother discovered the girl she collapsed back into death and was burned by the terrified townsfolk beyond the town boundaries. Phoenix, a golden-red firebird of which only one could live at a time, but would burst into flames to rebirth from ashes as a new phoenix. Picolous, one of the Giants. Polybotes, a giant. Porphyrion, a giant, king of the giants. Satyrs and Satyresses, creatures with