Description: 1678 engraving by Joannes Johnstonus from httpscommonswikimediaorgwikiFileMartigoraengravingjpg The Manticore or Martigora was described by Pliny and Aristotle as a creature with the face and ears of a human with grey eyes and a red body a tail with a sting like that of a scorpion and being the size of a lion and with a lions paws a triple row of teeth and an appetite for human fleshQuoth httpsskwikipediaorgwikiMantichora In GrecoPersian mythology the manticore is a monster with the body of a lion and the face of a human with sharp teeth She has a scorpion tail that can shoot poisonous darts Her poison is not deadly but causes extreme pain The gods of Olympus expelled her from Greece for her crimes
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