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Cerberus
- Three-headed dog
- Guards the gate to Hades
Furies
- Female spirits of the Underworld
- Sent to torment men who had done something evil
Nymph
- Female nature spirits
- Each nymph is assosiated with a specific location or natural element
Harpies
- Creatures with the head of a woman and the body and wings of a bird
- Would steal food and objects from people
Medusa
- A Gorgon- woman with snakes for hair
- Anyone who looked at her turned to stone
Centaur
- Creatures with the head, arms and torso of a human and the body and legs of a horse
- Many centaurs were wild and violent
Pegasus
- Winged Horse
- Son of Poseidon and Medusa
Minotaur
- Creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man
- Imprisoned in a labyrinth by King Minos
Hydra
- Serpent with nine heads
- If one head was cut off, two new ones grew in its place
