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{{otherlore|The peryton is a mythological hybrid animal combining the physical features of a stag and a bird. The peryton was first named by Jorge Luis Borges in his 1957 Book of Imaginary Beings, using a supposedly long-lost medieval manuscript as a source. 

The peryton is said to have the head, neck, forelegs and antlers of a stag, combined with the plumage, wings and hindquarters of a large bird, although some interpretations portray the peryton as a deer in all but coloration and bird's wings.

According to Borges, perytons lived in Atlantis until an earthquake destroyed the civilization and the creatures escaped by flight. A peryton casts the shadow of a man until it kills one during its lifetime, at which time it starts to cast its own shadow.|<ref name="wikipedia.peryton">{{cite|accessdate=2022-01-31|title=Peryton|website=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peryton}} Licensed: [[CC-BY-SA]].</ref>|Wikipedia|margin=200px}}

===Found in Adventures===
{{5e Creature Adventure List|Peryton}}

==List of Perytons==
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==Sources and Notes==
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Author	Monster Manual (5e) +
Canon	true +
Creature Name	Peryton Overview +
Habitat	Hill + and Mountain +
Name	Peryton Overview +
Publication	Monster Manual (5e) +
SortText	Peryton AAA Overview 5e +
Subtype	Monstrosity + and Peryton +
Type	Overview +