The Chimera was one of the offspring of a legendary pairing: Typhon and Echidna. She often appeared before natural disasters, mostly volcanic eruptions. ![]() The Chimera was also seen as an omen, of sorts. The fire spewed out from the goat’s head and devastated any challengers who approached the beast. ![]() But this monster’s most unusual and deadly weapon, by far, was her ability to breathe fire. The Chimera was reputed to be “near invincible,” for she had the strength of a lion, the cunning of a goat, and the venom of a snake. She ransacked many villages, mostly killing cattle but sometimes destroying houses and slaughtering innocent people as well. She had a terrible temper and no civilized instincts. Like most chimeric creatures in Greek mythology, the Chimera was a nasty piece of work. Finally, the monster’s lion tail morphs into a snake, with a venomous serpentine head replacing the lion’s natural puff of fur. The goat’s head appears to be male, since it has horns and a beard. The creature also has a goat’s head, rising from between its shoulder blades. Exaggerated ears and breasts show that the creature is female, even though it does have a short, ragged mane.īut of course, there’s more to the Chimera than its lion features. It has a lion’s body, complete from head to tail. ![]() The Chimera may be ancient Greece’s most bizarre creature-so bizarre that its name is now used to describe any creature with an unusual combination of animal traits.Īt its most basic level, the Chimera is a female lion.
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