Chimera (mythology) (that does not occur with depictions of male lions). Sighting the Chimera was an omen of storms, shipwrecks, and natural disasters (particularly volcanoes). While there are different genealogies, in one version the Chimera mated with her brother Orthrus and was the mother of the Sphinx and the Nemean lion (others have Orthrus and their mother, Echidna, mating; most attribute all to Typhon and Echidna). The Chimera finally was defeated by Bellerophon with the help of Pegasus, at the command of King Iobates of Lycia, after terrorizing Lycia and nearby lands. Since Pegasus could fly, Bellerophon shot the Chimera from the
Chimera (Dungeons & Dragons) tear with lion fangs, and with a dragon's head that can bite or breathe fire. The chimera appears in the first edition "Monster Manual" (1977), where it is described as a three-headed creature that can bite with its lion head, gore with its goat head, and breathe fire with its dragon head. A relative of both the chimera and the gorgon, the gorgimera first appeared in the module "The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth" (1982). The gorgimera next appeared in "Monster Manual II" (1983). The chimera is further detailed in "Dragon" #94 (February 1985), in "The Ecology of the Chimera," by