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Chimera (mythology) According to Greek mythology, the Chimera, Chimaera, Chimæra, or Khimaira ( ; ) was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature from Lycia, Asia Minor, composed of different animal parts. Typically, it is depicted as a lion with a goat's head ...

, a fire-breathing monster of ancient Lycia said to combine parts from multiple animals *

Mount Chimaera Mount Chimaera was the name of a place in ancient Lycia, notable for constantly burning fires. It is thought to be the area called Yanartaş in Turkey, where methane and other gases, such as hydrogen, emerge from the rock and burn. Some ancient ...

, a fire-spewing region of Lycia or Cilicia typically considered the inspiration for the myth Chimera, chimera, chimère, Chimaira, etc. may also refer to:

Biology

Chimaera Chimaeras are Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous fish in the order (biology), order Chimaeriformes (), known informally as ghost sharks, rat fish (not to be confused with rattails), spookfish, or rabbit fish; the last two names are also applied to B ...

, various cartilaginous fishes of the order Chimaeriformes ** ''Chimaera'' (genus), the eponymous genus of the order Chimaeriformes * Chimera (EST), a single cDNA sequence originating from two transcripts *

Chimera (genetics) A genetic chimerism or chimera ( or ) is a single organism composed of cells of different genotype, genotypes. Animal chimeras can be produced by the fusion of two (or more) embryos. In plants and some animal chimeras, Mosaic (genetics), mos ...

, a single organism with cells from two different zygotes *

Chimera (virus) A chimera or chimeric virus is a virus that contains genetic material derived from two or more distinct viruses. It is defined by the Center for Veterinary Biologics (part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection ...

, with genetic material from other organisms * Chimeric protein or fusion protein *

Chimera (paleontology) In paleontology, a chimera is a fossil that was reconstructed with elements coming from more than a single species or genus of animal. In other words, they are mistakes or sometimes hoaxes made by paleontologists, putting together parts that do no ...

, a fossil made with parts from different animals * Chimera Project, a

Soviet biological weapons program The Soviet Union covertly operated the world's largest, longest, and most sophisticated biological weapons program, thereby violating its obligations as a party to the Biological Weapons Convention of 1972.Leitenberg, M., Zilinskas, R., & Kuhn, ...

Media

Fictional entities

* Chimera (Fullmetal Alchemist), characters * Chimera (Marvel Comics), the name of different characters from Marvel Comics *

Chimera (DC Comics) Cain Cassandra Cain David Cain Rex Calabrese Rex "The Lion" Calabrese is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He debuted in ''Batman: Eternal'' #14 during "The New 52" and was created by James Tyn ...

, the name of different characters from DC Comics * Chimera (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a magical beast * Chimera Anima, a name grouping of animals in the anime ''Tokyo Mew Mew'' * The Chimera, an alien race in '' Resistance'' * Chimera ants, a group of deadly and invasive mutant bugs in the anime and manga series ''Hunter × Hunter''

Films

* ''Chimera'' (1968 film), Italian musicarello * ''Chimera'' (2001 film), Italian romance * ''Chimère'' (film), France, 1989 * ''Chimères'' (film), 2013 * ''

Chimera Strain ''Chimera Strain'' (initially known as Chimera) is a 2018 science fiction drama/ thriller film written and directed by Maurice Haeems, and produced by Jay Sitaram and Maurice Haeems. Plot A genius but mentally unbalanced scientist, Quint, attempts ...

'', a 2018 Indian-American film * ''La Chimera'', a 2023 romantic drama

Gaming

* ''Chimaera'' (magazine), a British zine dedicated to postal board games, 1975–1983 * ''Chimera'' (video game), a 1985 adventure *

Chimera (larp convention) Chimera is a Live action role-playing (LARP) convention held annually every August in Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island ( ...

, Auckland, New Zealand *

Chimera Entertainment Chimera Entertainment is a German video game developer based in Munich. The company is part of the developer family of Remote Control Productions. As of April 2021, the company employs 70 people. History Chimera Entertainment was founded by the ...

, a game developer, Munich, Germany

Literature

* ''

The Chimeras ''The Chimeras'' () is a sequence of sonnets by the French writer Gérard de Nerval, made up of eight individual poems and a total of twelve sonnets. The poems are: "El Desdichado", "Myrtho", "Horus", "Anteros", " Delphica", "Artemis", "Christ at ...

'', 1854 sonnets by Gérard de Nerval * ''Chimaira'', a 2001 novel by

Valerio Massimo Manfredi Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 8 March 1943) is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist. Biography He was born in Piumazzo di Castelfranco Emilia province of Modena and, after getting a degree in Classical Arts at ...

* ''Chimera'' (Barth novel) (1972) * ''Chimera'' (CrossGen), a 2003 comic book series * ''Chimaera'' (novel), by Ian Irvine, 2004 * ''Chimera'' (novel series), by Baku Yumemakura, Japan * ''Chimera'' (short story), by Lee Youngdo * ''Chimera'' (2015), novel in Mira Grant's Parasitology trilogy

Music

Groups or artists

Chimaira Chimaira ( ) is an American heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in August 1998, the band's name is derived from the word Chimera (mythology), Chimera, a monstrous creature in Greek mythology. Throughout its history, ...

, an American heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio * Chimera (Irish band), a musical group *

Chimera (Russian band) Chimera (also known as Deputat Baltiki) was a Russian Underground music, underground Rock music, rock band formed by singer/guitarist and lead-guitarist Gennady Bachinsky in St. Petersburg in 1990. It was the main group of the club Tamtam (rock ...

, an underground musical band *

Mike Dred Michael Cullen (born 1967 near Lowestoft, England), aka Mike Dred, is a British experimental techno Disc jockey, DJ, producer, and sound engineer, best known for his work in acid techno, and his use of the Roland TB-303. He is also known as th ...

or Chimera (born 1967), techno musician

Albums

* ''Chimaira'' (album), 2005 * ''Chimera'' (Andromeda album) (2006) * ''Chimera'' (Aria album) (2001) * ''Chimera'' (Delerium album), 2003, by Delerium * ''Chimera'' (Erik Friedlander album) (1995) * ''Chimera'' (Mayhem album) (2004) * ''Chimera'' (Bill Nelson album), 1983 * ''Chimeras'' (album), 2003, by John Zorn * ''Chimera'', by The Cost, 2002 * ''Chimera'', by Duncan Mackay, 1974 * ''鵺-chimera-'', a 2016 EP by

Girugamesh is a Japanese rock band, formed in 2003. Their name is sometimes stylized with a metal umlaut as girugämesh and is derived from the ''Final Fantasy'' character. They disbanded on July 10, 2016, although announced a new song, to celebrate lab ...

* ''Chimera'', a 2009 EP by Chris Pureka * ''Chimera'', a 2014 EP by

Marié Digby Marié Christina Digby ( ; born April 16, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter best known for her acoustic cover version of Rihanna's "Umbrella (song), Umbrella", which was featured on the MTV show ''The Hills (TV series), The Hills'' and pea ...

Songs

* "Chimeres I, II and III", 2007 compositions by

Fred Momotenko Alfred Momotenko-Levitsky (; born 7 August 1970), also known as Fred Momotenko or just Momotenko, is a Russian and Dutch composer, percussionist, and sound engineer. Born to a musical family, he pursued studies in music in his native Soviet Union ...

* "Chimera", by Duncan Sheik, '' Daylight (Duncan Sheik album)'' * "Chimaera", by Bad Religion from '' Generator'',1992 * "Chimera", by the Tea Party from ''

Triptych A triptych ( ) is a work of art (usually a panel painting) that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels that are hinged together and can be folded shut or displayed open. It is therefore a type of polyptych, the term for all m ...

'', 1999 * "Chimeras", by Tim Hecker from '' Harmony in Ultraviolet'' * "Chimera", by Bonham from ''

Mad Hatter The Hatter (called Hatta in ''Through the Looking-Glass'') is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and its 1871 sequel ''Through the Looking-Glass''. He is often referred to as The Mad Hatter ...

'' * "The Chimera", by the Smashing Pumpkins from ''

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'', 2012 * "Chimera", by Polyphia from album '' Remember That You Will Die'', 2022

Television

* ''Chimera'' (British TV series), 1991 * "Chimera" (''NCIS''), an episode * "Chimera" ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), 1999 * "Chimera" (''Stargate SG-1''), an episode * "Chimera" (''The X-Files''), an episode * ''Chimera'' (South Korean TV series), 2021

People

Jason Chimera Jason Chimera (; born May 2, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played for five teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Chimera played his junior career in the WHL, for Medicine Hat and Brandon. ...

(born 1979), NHL ice hockey player * Chimaera, a ring name of

Ricardo Rodriguez (wrestler) Jesús Ricardo Rodríguez (born February 17, 1986) is an United States, American professional wrestler and announcer, commentator, primarily performing for Major League Wrestling (MLW). He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainm ...

(b. 1986), wrestler

Computing

* Chimera (software library) *

Camino (web browser) Camino (from the Spanish word ' meaning "path") is a discontinued free, open source, GUI-based Web browser based on Mozilla's Gecko layout engine and specifically designed for the OS X operating system. In place of an XUL-based user interfa ...

or Chimera *

UCSF Chimera UCSF Chimera (or simply Chimera) is an extensible program for interactive visualization and analysis of molecular structures and related data, including density maps, supramolecular assemblies, sequence alignments, docking results, trajectories ...

, software to visualize molecules *

Chimera Linux Chimera Linux is a Linux distribution striving for the minimum complexity of system configuration while retaining and expanding on the flexibility common to general purpose Linux based systems. It uses musl as its libc implementation, userland to ...

, a Linux distribution

Other uses

* Chimaera (town), ancient Himarë, Albania * Chimaera Mountains, an ancient Ceraunian Range, Albania *

Chimera (spacecraft) ''Chimera'' is a NASA mission concept to orbit and explore 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 (SW1), an active, outbursting Small Solar System body, small icy body in the outer Solar System. The concept was developed in respon ...

, a space exploration mission proposal * Chimera (architecture), or grotesque *

TVR Chimaera The TVR Chimaera is a two-seater sports car manufactured by TVR between 1992 and 2003. The name was derived from Chimera (mythology), Chimera, the monstrous creature of Greek mythology, which was made of the parts of multiple animals. First d ...

, a car * Chimera (roller coaster), La Feria Chapultepec Mágico, Mexico City * 623 Chimaera, a main-belt asteroid