Gajasimha
Animal hybrids don’t only exist in our world today. Many legends exist describing mythological ones. The Gajasimha is an Indian legendary beast with the body of a lion and the head of an elephant. These sculptures can be found in South Indian and Southeast Asian temples.
Buraq
A Buraq is a legendary beast commonly used in Islamic literature and is a horse-like creature featuring a human face and a peacock tail. This creature is notorious in Islamic literature for transporting prophets to Heaven.