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The term chimera is used to designate that imaginary monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat and a tail. of dragon, which, according to what the fable maintains, in addition to presenting the aforementioned physiognomy, vomited calls.

Greek mythology: fantastic monster of enormous power and fearsome

Especially In Greek mythology Chimera was a horrendous and tremendous monster, son of Typhon (the youngest son of Gea) and of Echidna (character that represented the viper in the Hellenic mythology), who wandered through the different regions of Asia Minor, awakening terror among the people and devouring every animal that crossed his path. road. Many believe that behind this myth could be a real battle against some warrior leader, whose name, symbol or title had some relation to the goat.

Chimera was invincible and that is why everyone feared him until the Greek hero and son of Poseidon named Bellerophon, he faced her like no one else and managed to destroy her through a piece of lead that he would have implanted in the tip of his spear.

Something fanciful or utopian

On the other hand, the term is recurrently used to refer to something fanciful or utopian, something that someone may believe possible but that in reality it is not. "My brother dreams of the chimera of a world without wars."

A chimera would be that which is certainly impossible to achieve, although we must emphasize that beyond of knowing it, people think about it, dream about it and hope that sooner or later they will get.

Resource widely used in fictional stories

In the world of fiction, in the literature, in the movie theater, on television, in the theater, the chimera, is a resource that is always very present and that the authors of any gender They like to incorporate into their stories because it allows them to enter into the story in question those idyllic issues, impossible to achieve, but that out there the force of some character he does manage to get ...

In fictions we can find recurrent characters who like to dream in great, convinced that they will achieve what they set out to do, no matter how fantastic and impossible it may seem to priori; with beautiful women who are believed to never be able to be conquered, with impossible loves and lives so impressive that it is believed that they do not exist in reality.

And we must say that the public likes these characters because at a certain point many dream like them and with them, and finally in fiction it is easier to make them achieve their dreams and longings.

Genetic disorder

While, chimerism turns out to be a genetic disorder; According to the theory, two oocytes, before fertilization, will unite, forming a single one that will develop normally. The living being that will result from this union will possess double information genetics. Almost always when analyzing the different cases, the cells present a DNA different as if it were two people in one.

Fossil

On your side, Paleontology holds that the chimera is a fossil which is made up of parts of individuals that correspond to different species and that when they were discovered by the researchers, they believed that it was the remains of the same species and it was not.

Fish species

The term chimera is also used to designate the member of the order Chimaeriformes, a group of cartilaginous fish, distant relatives of sharks.

Spanish magazine and song by Soda Stereo

In Spain, in addition to the aforementioned uses, Chimera is the name of a monthly magazine which deals with literary analysis and was created in 1980.

And in Argentina, Mundo de Chimeras has been the title of a song by the popular rock group Soda Stereo, led by musician Gustavo Cerati. The theme is part of the album Languis and was released in 1989.
The song refers precisely to the fire, repeating in several passages “light bonfires”.

Themes in Chimera