view gallery |  "Phra Aphai Mani"—Rayon Town, Rayon Province, Thailand.
in Epic Beings and Creatures A statue near the centre of the small city of Rayon depicting the epic hero Phra Aphai Mani. posted by: Ianatlarge location: Thailand date approved: 7/27/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Dragon Bench - Chico, CA
in Epic Beings and Creatures A bench on Third and Main in Chico, CA. posted by: saopaulo1 location: California date approved: 7/22/2010 last visited: 7/22/2010 |
view gallery |  Big Sasquatch - Creston, BC
in Epic Beings and Creatures This big guy is sitting on a roof of a service station. posted by: bcrockcrawler, xstitcher, & BMXer location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 7/13/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Paseo Vista Sea Monster - Chandler, Arizona
in Epic Beings and Creatures Arizona may not have a sea, but we have this fun sea monster. posted by: Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking location: Arizona date approved: 7/13/2010 last visited: 7/13/2010 |
view gallery |  Father Time - Fountain of Time, Chicago, IL
in Epic Beings and Creatures The lone sentinel of Time stands across a pool of water from an enormous wave of humanity peopled with 100 figures... Five stages of life, from infancy on the north to old-age on south are depicted in Lorado Taft's epic sculpture. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 6/29/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Pegasus - Mobil Gas Station - Deerfield, MA
in Epic Beings and Creatures This red pegasus metal sign is mounted on a brick building that houses a car shop that also has gasoline pumps for Mobil. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 6/22/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Unicorn - Children's Fountain - Columbus, Ohio
in Epic Beings and Creatures A Unicorn at the Children's Fountain in the Battelle Riverfront Park in Columbus, Ohio. posted by: Mr. 0 location: Ohio date approved: 6/13/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Griffin - Children's Garden - Columbus, Ohio
in Epic Beings and Creatures A Griffin at the Children's Fountain in the Battelle Riverfront Park in Columbus, Ohio. posted by: Mr. 0 location: Ohio date approved: 6/13/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Neptune -- Holker Hall, Cumbria
in Epic Beings and Creatures Neptune's statue sits on a horse at the top of a staircase in the formal gardens of Holker Hall. posted by: flipflopnick location: Northwest England, United Kingdom date approved: 5/23/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  "Mario the Magnificent" Drexel University - Philadelphia, PA
in Epic Beings and Creatures The bronze dragon sculpture by Eric Berg was installed in 2002 was named in honor of beloved Drexel alum Mario V. Mascioli, who hadn't missed a Drexel men's basketball home game in 20 years before his death in January 2005. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 5/18/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Billy Goat Gruff - Dodd's Creek Bridge, Salado, TX
in Epic Beings and Creatures Quick, cross the bridge while the goat has that troll distracted. OTOH, they may be plotting mischief together. posted by: Tygress location: Texas date approved: 5/17/2010 last visited: 6/7/2010 |
view gallery |  Sirena (mermaid) - Salado, TX
in Epic Beings and Creatures She sits, melancholy, in a spring said to be fed by her own tears. Troy Kelley's interpretation of the key figures -- Sirena and the magical catfish -- of a tale told him by his grandmother. posted by: Tygress location: Texas date approved: 5/17/2010 last visited: 5/17/2010 |
view gallery |  Sasquatch - Osoyoos, BC, Canada
in Epic Beings and Creatures This Bronze statue is located 18 kilometres east of the small city of Osoyoos along Highway #3. posted by: bcrockcrawler, xstitcher, & BMXer location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 5/15/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Diana - St Petersburg, FL
in Epic Beings and Creatures One of many statues located on Snell Isle. posted by: ChapterhouseInc location: Florida date approved: 5/7/2010 last visited: 5/29/2010 |
view gallery |  Father Time - Chicago, IL
in Epic Beings and Creatures Father Time is a winged figure holding an hourglass in his outstretched proper left hand and a scythe over his proper right shoulder. Figure sits atop a clock which juts out from the corner of the building high above street level. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 5/5/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Weeping Tainui. Wanganui. New Zealand.
in Epic Beings and Creatures This is the statue of Tainui who, in Maori mythology, was the beautiful daughter of the Maori chief of Putikituna and it was she who created the lovely Virginia Lake with her tears of sorrow. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 5/5/2010 last visited: 3/14/2010 |
view gallery |  Mustang / Mesteño - Denver, CO
in Epic Beings and Creatures Denver's controversial blue Mustang was inspired by the Pacing White Mustang myth posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 5/5/2010 last visited: 5/8/2010 |
view gallery |  FengHuang Statue -- Beijing China
in Epic Beings and Creatures A statue of the mythical FengHuang statue viewable from Fourth Ring rd. The FengHuang is a Chinese version of the Phoenex. posted by: Narniaexpert location: China date approved: 4/30/2010 last visited: 7/4/2010 |
view gallery |  Diana - San Francisco, CA
in Epic Beings and Creatures Diana was the goddess of the hunt. According to mythology, Diana was born with her twin brother Apollo on the island of Delos, daughter of Jupiter and Latona. posted by: DougK location: California date approved: 4/12/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Humpty Dumpty — Oamaru, New Zealand
in Epic Beings and Creatures Who was Humpty Dumpty? When did the phrase first begin? No one is certain, however most children know the nursery rhyme that was first published in 1810. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 4/8/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Unicorn of Porvoo cathedral -- Porvoo, Finland
in Epic Beings and Creatures Visit inside the Porvoo cathedral and you will find medieval unicorn painted on one of the pillars. posted by: small oaks location: Finland date approved: 3/28/2010 last visited: 5/7/2010 |
view gallery |  Brown Palace Hotel Griffins - Denver, CO
in Epic Beings and Creatures One of Denver's finest hotel uses griffins as a logo posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 3/24/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Tlaloc - Tijuana, Mexico
in Epic Beings and Creatures Statue the Rain God. It's located on Av Revolucion. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Mexico date approved: 3/18/2010 last visited: 3/18/2010 |
view gallery |  Quetzalcoatl - Tijuana, Mexico
in Epic Beings and Creatures Sculpture of the plumed serpent god, on Av Revolucion. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Mexico date approved: 3/18/2010 last visited: 3/18/2010 |
view gallery |  Huehueteotl - Tijuana, Mexico
in Epic Beings and Creatures A statue of Huehueteotl on Av Revolucion in Tijuana. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Mexico date approved: 3/18/2010 last visited: 3/18/2010 |
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