is a specific kind of: imaginary being, imaginary creature.

is a broader term that covers: halcyon | mythical creature, mythical monster | phoenix | houri | Amazon | Gog and Magog | golem | hero.

instances of which are: Augeas | Alcyone, Halcyon | Arjuna | Scylla | Stentor | Dardanus | Ganymede | Hyperborean | Niobe | Perseus | Andromeda | Cepheus | Cassiopeia | Midas | Sisyphus | Narcissus | Nibelung | Bellerophon | Paris | Patroclus | Pegasus | Sarpedon | Siegfried | Sigurd | Enkidu | Gilgamish | Sita | Hero | Leander | Pygmalion | Galatea | Romulus | Remus | Daedal, Daedalus | Icarus | Procrustes | Eurydice | Orion | Orpheus | Psyche | Alcides, Heracles, Herakles, Hercules | Pandora | Fenrir | Volund | Ygdrasil, Yggdrasil | Ymir | Wayland, Wayland the Smith, Wieland | Ajax | Valkyrie | Jason | Medea | Laertes | Odysseus | Ulysses | Penelope | Theseus | Tantalus | Achilles | Aeneas | Atreus | Agamemnon | Menelaus | Iphigenia | Clytemnestra | Aegisthus | Orestes | Antigone | Creon | Jocasta | Electra | Laocoon | Laius | Myrmidon | King Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus Rex | Tiresias | Peleus | Hector | Helen, Helen of Troy | Leda | Priam ... show more.