imaginary being

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Noun

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imaginary being - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction imaginary creature imagination, imaginativeness, vision - the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be" hypothetical creature - a creature that has not been observed but is hypothesized to exist mythical being - an imaginary being of myth or fable giant - an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales hobbit - an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien mermaid - half woman and half fish; lives in the sea merman - half man and half fish; lives in the sea Cadmus - (Greek mythology) the brother of Europa and traditional founder of Thebes in Boeotia monster - an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts witch - a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil character, fictional character, fictitious character - an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel" psychopomp - a conductor of souls to the afterworld; "Hermes was their psychopomp" sylph - an elemental being believed to inhabit the air unicorn - an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead