Half Men

Human animal crossbreeds, including centaurs, merfolk, Fauns, Nymphs, sphinxes, harpies, manticoras, werewolves, and the Horseman. In Xanth such crossbreeding is acceptable and at times unavoidable, facilitated by unmarked love springs.

Hamadryad

A tree Nymph. They inhabit and protect various trees in Xanth, and some in Mundania, though they are invisible and relatively powerless there.

Hand-Ball

A ball formed of all manners of hands.

Harpies

Harpies have the heads and breasts of women; and great greasy bodies,wings and short ugly legs of vultures. They come from the love-spring cross of a human and a vulture, though history does not record which sex was which species. They can fly, and their talons are sharp but chipped and stained from lack of personal care. Most harpies are ugly and dirty, but the youngest females are beautiful and clean. It is only after decades of bitter and abusive spinsterhood that they begin to neglect themselves. Male harpies are rare and when no male harpies are hatched, the females propagate by mating alternate generations with men and with vultures. The few male harpies are considered to be princes. Harpies prefer the taste of meat, and will eat the entrails of humans if they can. They live in grimy holes dibbled into the sides of cliffs, and use their dung for building. They save unhatched eggs as weapons, for harpie eggs explode in an unbeliveable stench, and spray mess all over the landscape.

Human/Vulture crossbreeds: dirty birds with the head and breasts of women, and bodies of vultures. Most of them are raucous, ill-tempered, ugly old hens, but a few are young and nice, like Heavenly Helen. They have a centuries-long running feud with the goblins, because the goblin-girls lured the few male harpies away with their attractive legs. In return, the harpies put a spell on the goblins to make their women prefer bad men. This feud caused the power of both goblins and harpies to decline in Xanth, which was fortunate for the human folk.

Hephalumph

An elephantine creature inspired by one in the Winnie the Pooh series.

Hippocampus

A monster with the head and forefeet of a horse and tail of a dolphin.

Hippogryph

A monster with the forepart of a griffin and body of a horse. It has golden feathers and a yellow tail. i.e. Xap, Chex�s sire, and Xavier�s steed.

Holey Cow

A big cow with a bumpy gait, as full of holes as any big cheese.

Hoorah Bird

Derived from "Hoorah�s nest" � a hodgepodge. A huge bird with bright but tasteless plumage, with patches of red, blue, yellow on the wings; a brown tail speckled with white, and a body streaked with shades of green. It collects things. When it spots something interesting, it cries "Hoo-Rah!"

Horses

There are really no true horses in Xanth, but a number of equine crossbreeds or variants, like sea horses, horseflies, centaurs, hippogryphs, unicorns, pookas (ghost horses), night mares, and day mares.

House fly

A flying house.

Hydra

A water dragon with a number of heads. When one is cut off, two more grow in its place

Hypotenuse

A big, fat monster associated with triangles.