The manticore is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the face of a human. It has three rows of sharp teeth, like a shark, and a tail with poisonous spiked barbs that it can throw like javelins at its enemies. Mythical Creatures List, Weird Creatures, Mythological Creatures, Medieval Life, Medieval Art, Ex Libris, Magnificent Beasts, Manticore, Medieval Paintings