Altar of Sant'Oronzo, Lecce Cathedral (Cathedral of Maria Santissima Assunta and Sant'Oronzo), Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy

Capitoline She-wolf, Entrance to the Praetorium of Tarragona, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

Bas-reliefs of Hindu epic Ramayana and Bhagavata Purana, Prambanan, 9th century Hindu temple, UNESCO, Java, Indonesia

The Parthenon, ancient temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, UNESCO, Athens, Greece

Exquisite carvings of dragons on the pillars at the temple of the Goddess of the Pearl, a local deity, in Puning City, Guangdong Province, China

Avenue of Sphinxes, Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Petra Tou Romiou site, legendary birthplace of Aphrodite, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Europe

Reliefs, Temple of Opet, Karnak Temple Complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Statue in the Palace of the Giants, Ancient Agora of Athens, Athens, Greece

Animal roof guardians, mythological creatures guarding the Golden Hall, Jin Dian Gong, Golden Palace Temple, protected against lightning strikes by an iron cage, summit 1613 metres high, Mount Wudang, Wudang Shan, Taoist mountain, Hubei province, UNESCO world cultural heritage site, birthplace of Tai chi, China

Fountain statue of a lindworm dragon attacking a man, Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria

Kinnara (also called Kinari, Kinaree, Kinnaree, Ginnarie or Ginnaree), mythological bird creature, Wat Phra Kaeo Grand Palace (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pre-Columbian goldwork collection, mythical bird with human head, Gold Museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, South America

Venus Kallipygos, mythological sculpture by Ignaz Lengelacher, on the Schlossplatz, Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Art Nouveau Palace of Culture with statue of Romulus and Remus, Targu Mures, Mure& County, Transylvania, Romania, Europe

Temple guardian in front of the Bupaya Pagoda at the Ayeyarwady river, Bagan, Pagan, Burma, Myanmar, Asia

Two blue dragons on a Buddhist incense bowl, Mui Ne, Vietnam, Asia

Mythological figure at the Fortunabrunnen Fountain, Herrenchiemsee Castle, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sanctum, Elephant Cave Goa Gajah, stone carvings of Hindu gods, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Chapel, Agia Triada excavation site, Crete, Greece, Europe

Dragon wall relief, BBodnath Stupa, Boudhanath or Boudha, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia

Relief of a three-headed elephant, Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Gefion fountain at Langelinie, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe

New Buddhist temple complex in Mui Ne, Vietnam, Asia

Relief of a three-headed elephant, Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia