Chimera

(She-Goat) Greek A fire-breathing monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail; the offspring of the monsters Echidna and Typhon. Bellerophon destroyed the Chimera by riding his winged horse, Pegasus, and shooting the monster with arrows or lumps of lead. The origin of this creature may be a volcano in Lycia, Asia Minor, whose eruptions created as much havoc as did the mischief of Chimera. The word chimera is used in English for an illusory fantasy or a wild, incongruous scheme.