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This category is for sightings (real or immortalized in statuary, art, or enactment) of figures, beings or creatures of mythic or epic status.
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Image for Unicorn - B.A.A. Logo - 100th Running Boston Marathon - Boston, MAview gallery
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Epic Beings and CreaturesUnicorn - B.A.A. Logo - 100th Running Boston Marathon - Boston, MA

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The unicorn found in the commemoration installation in Copley Square is the logo for the Boston Athletic Association.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 5/24/2013

last visited: never

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Epic Beings and CreaturesPomona - Pomona College - Claremont, California

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This sculpture is of Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruitful abundance and is one of the few Roman gods without a Greek counterpart. This sculpture is found on the campus of Pomona College in Claremont, California.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member wildwoodke

location: California

date approved: 5/19/2013

last visited: never

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Epic Beings and CreaturesGriffins - Pasadena, CA

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These griffins are located on the City of Padsadena Permit Center at 175 N. Garfield Avenue in Pasadena, CA

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2

location: California

date approved: 5/10/2013

last visited: 5/2/2013

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Epic Beings and CreaturesOld City Hall Epic Creatures -- Wichita KS

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Two different but similarly fearsome creatures leer over those who dare to approach the former City Hall in downtown Wichita KS.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Kansas

date approved: 5/6/2013

last visited: 3/16/2013

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Epic Beings and CreaturesCamouflaged Dragon -- Douglas Co. Courthouse, Lawrence KS

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A wonderful dragon slinks down one side of the Douglas County Courthouse clock tower in downtown Lawrence KS. You can almost feel him drooling!!

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Kansas

date approved: 5/6/2013

last visited: 3/16/2013

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Epic Beings and CreaturesCreeping Dragon Chimera -- Riley Co. Courthouse, Manhattan KS

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A camouflaged dragon creeps down the side of the Riley Co. Courthouse in manhattan KS

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Kansas

date approved: 5/6/2013

last visited: 3/16/2013

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Epic Beings and CreaturesWinged lion-eagle sphinxes -- US Courthouse, 401 N Main St, Wichita KS

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Two fierce-clawed and sharp-toothed eagle-lion sphinxes hold the seal of the U S Government in a frieze over the entrance to the US Courthouse in downtown Wichita KS

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Kansas

date approved: 5/3/2013

last visited: 3/16/2013

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Epic Beings and CreaturesMedusa -- Osborne Co. Courthouse, Osborne KS

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The severed head of Medusa decorates the front western entrance to the Osborne Co. Courthouse in Osborne KS.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Kansas

date approved: 5/3/2013

last visited: 3/16/2013

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Epic Beings and CreaturesHygieía — Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, Germany

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Statue of Hygieía, the Greek goddess of health, inside the temple of the Elisabethenbrunnen, one of the most famous wells in the spa town of Bad Homburg

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member prussel

location: Hessen, Germany

date approved: 4/29/2013

last visited: never

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Epic Beings and CreaturesBellerophon Taming Pegasus - Finsbury Avenue, London, UK

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When seeing this sculpture for the first time the initial thought is "what is it"?. If you had a photograph you would be rotating it in your hands to try and discover its secret.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Master Mariner

location: London, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/29/2013

last visited: never

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Epic Beings and CreaturesThe Dragon Being Slain by Saint George – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

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This statue on the Newcastle Upon Tyne municipal war memorial showing Saint George slaying the dragon was used to represent victory in the Great War.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dtrebilc

location: Northeast England, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/29/2013

last visited: never

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Epic Beings and CreaturesPegasus - Calgary, Alberta

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On top of the Pegasus Greek Restaurant you will find a small statue of a pegasus that attracts your attention to this restaurant in southwest Calgary, Alberta.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member wildwoodke

location: Alberta, Canada

date approved: 4/29/2013

last visited: never

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Epic Beings and CreaturesGargoyles @ the Washington Memorial Chapel - Valley Forge, PA

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Authentic medieval gargoyles adorn the top of the Washington Memorial Chapel @ Valley Forge Military Park.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 4/29/2013

last visited: 3/17/2012

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Epic Beings and CreaturesCentaur Knight - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

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Statue of centaur knight in centre of Luxembourg City

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member puczmeloun

location: Luxembourg

date approved: 4/18/2013

last visited: never

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Epic Beings and CreaturesUnicorn - Niederscheld, Hessen, Germany

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[DE] Dieses geflügelte Einhorn findet man bei einem privaten Haus in Niederscheld / [EN] This winged unicorn can be found at a private house in Niederscheld

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Eibacher Kuckuck

location: Hessen, Germany

date approved: 4/13/2013

last visited: never

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Epic Beings and CreaturesSasquatch — Harrison Hot Springs, BC

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The sasquatch, or bigfoot, is a legendary primate that has often reported around the Harrison Hot Springs area. Sasquatch is an Anglicized derivative of the local Halq'eméylem word sásq’ets.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 4/9/2013

last visited: never

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Epic Beings and CreaturesPrometheus - Los Angeles, CA

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This sculpture is located in Los Angeles' MacArthur Park.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2

location: California

date approved: 4/8/2013

last visited: 4/2/2013

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Epic Beings and CreaturesStorybook Dragon, Portland, OR

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This dragon is part of a mosaic statue at Chapman School.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Queens Blessing

location: Oregon

date approved: 4/7/2013

last visited: 4/13/2013

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Epic Beings and CreaturesMythical Dragon – Kelowna, British Columbia

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Mythical Dragon is perched atop of the Primal Instinct Tattoo shop located at 1546 Pandosy Street in downtown Kelowna.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member BK-Hunters

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 4/2/2013

last visited: never

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Epic Beings and CreaturesEuterpe - St. George's Gardens - London, UK

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This statue of the Muse Eutrepe stands in the historic St. George Gardens.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill

location: London, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/1/2013

last visited: 4/20/2013

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Epic Beings and CreaturesLindwurm - Herborn, Hessen, Germany

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DE] Diese bemalte Schnitzerei eines Lindwurms findet man an einem alten Haus in der Hauptstraße 41 in Herborn / EN] This painted carving of a lindworm can be found on an old house at Hauptstraße 41 in Herborn

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Eibacher Kuckuck

location: Hessen, Germany

date approved: 3/30/2013

last visited: never

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Epic Beings and CreaturesWilde Mändle - Oberstdorf, Germany, BY

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This is a figurative sculpture showing a so-called 'Wilde Mändle' (Wild Men). It is located in front of the rail road station in Oberstdorf, Germany, Bayern.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Tante.Hossi

location: Bayern, Germany

date approved: 3/30/2013

last visited: never

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Epic Beings and CreaturesSt George & the Dragon - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain.

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St Georges Park, features some beautiful local craftsmanship. A wooden carved sculpture of St George slaying the dragon was mastered by Mark Goldsworthy. Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Lord Abercrombie

location: Eastern England, United Kingdom

date approved: 3/30/2013

last visited: 4/7/2013

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Epic Beings and CreaturesXipe Totec - Chalchuapa, El Salvador

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Xipe Totec was, amongst other things, the Aztec god of agriculture and vegetation. Other Mesoamerican cultures such as the Mayans also adopted this deity.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2

location: El Salvador

date approved: 3/24/2013

last visited: 3/22/2013

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Epic Beings and CreaturesJubiläumsbrunnen — Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Germany

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The Jubiläumsbrunnen (Jubilee Fountain, also called Neptune fountain) stands in front of the Elberfeld Town Hall. At the top of fountain you see a about three meters high figure of Neptune, the Roman god of water and the sea, with his typical trident

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member prussel

location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

date approved: 3/22/2013

last visited: never

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