Change: the winged horse Pegasus and, driving a lead-tipped lance down the Khimaira's flaming throat, suffocated it.The Chimera
may have once been identified with the winter-rising Constellation Capricorn (the serpent-tailed goat).
Next to the dragon, the chimera is the second most popular beast to guard portals.
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