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"He kept saying nobody in their right mind would rather study Knarls than Chimaeras."

— Hermione Granger about Rubeus Hagrid^[src]

A Chimaera is a type of hybrid animal and a violent magical creature native to Greece.

Description

The Chimaera is a vicious, bloodthirsty creature with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a dragon's tail.

History

Because of their ferocity, Chimaeras are classified by the Ministry of Magic as XXXXX (very dangerous), and their eggs are classified as Class A Non-Tradeable Materials.

There is only one recorded instance of a wizard killing a Chimaera, although the victory was soured when the wizard fell from his winged horse.

"Dangerous" Dai Llewellyn, the famous Caerphilly Catapults player, was killed by a Chimaera while on holiday in Greece.

In 1995, Rubeus Hagrid stated to Hermione Granger that it was difficult to get a Chimaera egg, causing Hermione to speculate that he had tried to get one, and wanted to use it as part of a lesson, while Hermione advises Hagrid better not to bring dangerous beasts to teach to the Hogwarts students, due to Dolores Umbridge's inspection.

During the Battle of Hogwarts, when Vincent Crabbe cast Fiendfyre, flaming Chimaeras appeared out of it.

Behind the scenes

In classical Greek mythology the Chimaera was the daughter of Typhon and Echidna, her siblings included the Neamean Lion and the Lernean Hydra. The Chimaera was hunted and slain by the hero Bellerophon, son of Ποσειδῶν(Poseidon), with the aid of his winged steed Pegasus.
A chimaera is literally a "hodge-podge" of several creatures. They are usually described as having three heads (a lion, a goat, and a dragon or bird) on the front of a bull-like body which has the wings of a large bird, and the tail is a snake, which makes a fourth "head".
While the classical Chimaera is part lion, goat, and dragon, a true Chimaera is simply any two or more of anything including humans which leads to the medical diagnosis known as "Chimaerism" where one child still in the womb will envelope the other.
In some accounts Chimaeras can breath fire.

Appearances

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (First appearance)
Quidditch Through the Ages (Mentioned only)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
Harry Potter Trading Card Game

External links

Chimaera on Wikipedia

Magical creatures by classification
X	Flobberworm · Horklump
XX	Augurey · Bowtruckle · Chizpurfle · Clabbert · Diricawl · Fairy · Ghoul · Gnome · Grindylow · Imp · Jobberknoll · Mooncalf · Porlock · Puffskein · Ramora · Winged horse
XXX	Ashwinder · Billywig · Bundimun · Crup · Doxy · Dugbog · Fire crab · Fwooper · Glumbumble · Hippocampus · Hippogriff · Hodag · Jarvey · Knarl · Kneazle · Leprechaun · Lobalug · Mackled Malaclaw · Moke · Murtlap · Niffler · Nogtail · Pixie · Plimpy · Pogrebin · Red Cap · Salamander · Sea serpent · Shrake · Streeler · Winged horse
XXXX	Centaur · Demiguise · Erkling · Erumpent · Golden Snidget · Graphorn · Griffin · Hidebehind · Kappa · Kelpie · Merperson · Occamy · Phoenix · Re'em · Runespoor · Snallygaster · Sphinx · Tebo · Thestral · Thunderbird · Troll · Unicorn · Winged horse · Yeti
XXXXX	Acromantula · Basilisk · Chimaera · Dragon · Horned Serpent · Lethifold · Manticore · Nundu · Quintaped · Wampus cat · Werewolf

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 {{Quote|He kept saying nobody in their right mind would rather study Knarls than Chimaeras.|[[Hermione Granger]] about [[Rubeus Hagrid]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
-A '''Chimaera''' is a type of hybrid animal and a  violent magical creature native to [[Greece]].
+A '''Chimaera''' is a type of hybrid animal and a violent magical creature native to [[Greece]].
 ==Description==
 The Chimaera is a vicious, bloodthirsty creature with a [[lion|lion's]] head, a [[goat|goat's]] body, and a [[dragon|dragon's]] tail.
 ==History==
 Because of their ferocity, Chimaeras are classified by the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] as XXXXX (very dangerous), and their [[egg]]s are classified as Class A [[Non-Tradeable Material]]s.
 There is only one recorded instance of a [[Wizards|wizard]] killing a Chimaera, although the victory was soured when the wizard fell from his [[winged horse]].
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 ==Behind the scenes==
-*In classical Greek mythology the Chimaera was the daughter of [[Wikipedia:Typhon|Typhon]] and [[Wikipedia:Echidna_(mythology)|Echidna]], her siblings included the Neamean Lion and the Lernean Hydra. The Chimaera was hunted and slain by the hero [[Wikipedia:Bellerophon|Bellerophon]] with the aid of his [[Winged horse|winged steed]] [[Wikipedia:Pegasus|Pegasus]].
+*In classical Greek mythology the Chimaera was the daughter of [[Wikipedia:Typhon|Typhon]] and [[Wikipedia:Echidna_(mythology)|Echidna]], her siblings included the Neamean Lion and the Lernean Hydra. The Chimaera was hunted and slain by the hero [[Wikipedia:Bellerophon|Bellerophon]], son of [[Wikipedia: Poseidon|Ποσειδῶν]](Poseidon), with the aid of his [[Winged horse|winged steed]] [[Wikipedia:Pegasus|Pegasus]].
 *A chimaera is literally a "hodge-podge" of several creatures. They are usually described as having three heads (a lion, a goat, and a dragon or bird) on the front of a bull-like body which has the wings of a large bird, and the tail is a [[snake]], which makes a fourth "head".
 *While the classical Chimaera is part lion, goat, and dragon, a true Chimaera is simply any two or more of anything including humans which leads to the medical diagnosis known as "Chimaerism" where one child still in the womb will envelope the other.
-* In some accounts Chimaeras can breath fire.
+*In some accounts Chimaeras can breath fire.
 ==Appearances==