And you got an influx of the Islamic/Middle Eastern traditions in to Western mythology once the Crusades got going...I would assume that Classical Mythology is probably a source for these creatures due to the fact that Greek and Latin works were to my understanding widely read in by the educated elite in the Middle Ages.
And you got an influx of the Islamic/Middle Eastern traditions in to Western mythology once the Crusades got going...
You'll have to source that for me.