Creature Feature: Peryton

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A Peryton is basically a stag with wings and feathers, some say it has the hindquarters of a bird.Its mortal enemy is the human.It is said to cast the shadow of a man, until it kills one, and then its shadow changes to the Peryton form.Perytons can only kill one man in its lifetime.They lived in Atlantis until an earthquake destroyed it, but the Perytons flew away to safety.Jorge Luis Borges is attributed to have created the Peryton in his story Book of Imaginary Beings. He stated he used a long-lost medieval manuscript as a source.Perytons are featured in many current stories, including (but not limited to) a Donald Duck comic, the bestiary of Dungeons and Dragons, and in the novel The Unicorn Sonata by Peter S. Beagle.Isn't that a unique creature?Have you ever heard of a Peryton before?