Sphinx 896
The Sphinx was a composite creature with the head of a woman, the body of a lion, the wings of a bird and a serpentine tail.
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Tantalus 2102
Tantalus was a mythic king of Phrygia, in Greece, one of dozens of Zeus’ illegitimate offspring.
Toro 1685
Toro is named for the wife of US astronomer Samuel Herrick, but resonates to its Spanish meaning of “bull.”
Typhon 42355
Typhon was a child of Gaia, Mother Earth, a huge winged monster with the head of a human and snake coils below, the bane of mankind, who belched fire, caused huge storms and massive destruction.
Urania 30
Urania was one of the nine Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.
Varuna 20000
Varuna is the Hindu god of the waters of the earth, both rivers and lakes and the ocean deeps.
