Buraq – Mythical Hybrid
Another mythological creature, the Buraq is an Islamic take on the same Chimera archetype that we see above. The head of a human, body of a horse and wings of a bird, and other plumage results in an imaginative and thought-provoking creature of myth. The creature is credited with transporting prophets to heaven in Islamic tradition. There’s no real knowing how this mystical creature came about in Islam culture, although most religions have a number of unanswered questions.
Buraq
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