When it comes to fantasy, mythical creatures are a given. Specifically, dragons are a given. Sometimes, a unicorn or two will pop up, but fantasy has a real thing for dragons. And while giant ...

Komodo dragons would have been a great candidate for the inspiration behind the mythical dragons in Europe -- except that Europeans didn't discover them until 1910. Megalania Prisca (Image credit ...

1. Manticores. Manticores are one of the few fantastic beasts we’ve actually seen in Game of Thrones, aside from the dragons and direwolves.Although in Earth mythology the manticore was a fusion ...

The mythical First World is interesting for several reasons. First and foremost, it establishes dragons as the indigenous creatures of the Material Plane and puts all other creatures (and gods) as ...