Chimera

I found a channel on youtube where they are mythological videos.  What I like is it is a good introduction to mythology, at least from what I seen until now.  It is mainly on Greek Mythology.  I think I will dig a bit deeper for place to cover other mythologies.  I had found a few videos here and there but that's all.

I found one interesting particuliar video on the Chimera.  The video explain well what the Chimera is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YB01R9km2M.  It is a monster with various animal parts.  It seems to be an theme in Greek mythology.  There is plenty of animal with various or extra parts on them.  Pegasus, for example, is a horse with wings and he can fly.  Cerberus is a three headed dog.  Hydra is a many headed kind of dragon.  Well, it is the depiction that I always had seen.  Even human may have some animal parts, think of Medusa with serpents as hairs.

Mythology is also inspiration for some human conditions.  I think the chimera was the inspiration for peoples sho have a particuliar condition related to their adn.  More explanations here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics)  It is not the only condition having a link with mythology.  Hermaphroditus is linked with intersex.  Oedipus have a link with the mental but I think Freud may had smoked a little bit too much.  Or Freud was not as much knowledgeable on mythology when he found his Oedipal complex.

There something that got me on the Chimera path.  It can be yet another monster but as my knowledge of this beast grow, there something that makes me wonder.  Chimera had been put on the bad guy side.  Is it truely that?  Who knows the emotions this beast have?  It would be fun to explore the worldview of this composite being.