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Here is a partial list of mythical creatures:
* '''[[Our Dragons Are Different|Dragon]]''': (Western) Solitary, violent, fire breathing, greedy, dangerous. May eat people or bury hoards of treasure.
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* '''[[Unicorn]]''': Purity, rarity, power (which goes against tradition, 'cause in heraldry they are chained down because they're violent MFs). Usually the [[Last of His Kind|last of its kind]]. Often associated with virgins.
* '''[[Our Mermaids Are Different|Mermaid]]'''
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', the Unicorn is the symbol of the [[Cool Ship]] ''White Base''. [[Chars Counterattack|Later on in life]], Gundam pilot Amuro Ray adopts it as his own.
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* Most of the guilds in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' have a mythical motif in their name, including the titular Fairy Tail (fairies), Quatro Cerberos, Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, Grimoire Heart (Devils), Phantom Lord and recently Sabertooth and Mermaid Heel.
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* HYDRA, the ersatz [[James Bond|SPECTRE]] (who incidentally use the very similar motif of the octopuss), in the [[Marvel Universe]].
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* The dragon Smaug in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.
* The Ordo Hydra, another conspiracy group, in the [[Inquistion War Trilogy]] by Ian Watson ( a series of Warhammer 40000 novels). They are a secret group in the already secret group of the Ordo Malleus who are already part of the "mostly ignored of by the general population" group, the Inquisition. They are really secretive.
* The Manticore (a weird cross between a lion and a scorpion) is the heraldric symbol of the Star Kingdom of Manticore in the ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' series.
* ''Ice Falcon'' is a teen drama by Rita Ritchie, about a Medieval boy going on a quest to Iceland to capture a (very expensive) white falcon to ransom his father. Along the way he meets a sea captain who chants from the [[Norse Mythology|Eddas]] to mark time on fog bound coasts where it is not safe to look for landmarks. This of course stresses, "This guy is a Viking."
== Tabletop Games ==▼
* The Dragonmarked Houses in ''[[Eberron]].''▼
* The Alpha Legion from ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' have the hydra as their symbol, representing the doctrine of autonomous operation and the ability to have multiple fronts who can act even without chains of command (the "head" being removed).▼
* In the ''[[Iron Kingdoms]]'', the Retribution of Scyrah fields [[Mini-Mecha|myrmidons]] are named after mythical beasts and often designed after the traits of their namesake
== Real Life ==
* The closest thing to this would be actual
**The Arrow-Cross was a symbol of Hungarian Fascism. Supposedly it was the emblem of the Magyar tribes (if they didn't make that up). One sometimes gets the impression that Fascists might have been [[Fridge Logic|pretty good fantasy writers]] if they hadn't decided to be murderous thugs.
** The Double-Headed Eagle goes as far back apparently as the Hittites and is a generic symbol of empire. Several rulers including the Byzantines, the
** Scotland uses the Unicorn. Interestingly it was once chosen as a [[Take That]] to England as supposedly Unicorns have an [[Elves Versus Dwarves|eternal feud]] with lions and the Lion of course represents England.
**Venice is the "Lion of St. Mark" which is actually a Griffin (a winged lion).
▲== Tabletop Games ==
▲* The Dragonmarked Houses in [[Eberron]].
▲* The Alpha Legion from ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' have the hydra as their symbol, representing the doctrine of autonomous operation and the ability to have multiple fronts who can act even without chains of command (the "head" being removed).
▲* In the [[Iron Kingdoms]], the Retribution of Scyrah fields [[Mini-Mecha|myrmidons]] named after mythical beasts and often designed after the traits of their namesake ; the Phoenix is a perfect example with its [[Healing Factor|regenerating force field]] and ability to [[Kill It with Fire|bathe its surroundings in a roaring inferno]].
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