Marvellous mythical beings Semberani Creatures of creation and destruction are entrenched in our cultures, writes ninotaziz JUST a month or so ago, my family and I watched the hit Warner Bros movie and yet another exhilarating fantasy adventure from the Harry Potter world created by J K Rowling, Fantastic Beasts And Where to Find Them. Mythical being such as flying horses, dragons, griffins and the all-good unicorn have been with us for the longest time. And it’s rather timely that they took centrestage in the movie, subtly echoing the cry for saving our world’s own animals in danger of extinction. Lovers of legends and folklore from around the world would know that the idea of using the marvellous and horrifying in storytelling is as old as time itself. Just like in the movies, Greek storyteller Homer used such mythological creatures, some of which included the three-headed Chimera and winged Pégasus to great effect. In the Iliad, Homer described the Chimer...