Clay Imaginary Animal Figures in the Museum of Hoeamsa Temple

There were clay animal figures behind of human figures.
Animals displayed in this room looked like imaginary.
It seemed that each animal figures had its own specific religious meaning.

But regrettably, I don’t have any background knowledge about those symbolic animals.

Categorically, there were three kinds of animals, walking, flying and swimming.
In my guess, they tried to describe all kinds of animals on the earth.
Is there other kinds of animals other than walking, flying and swimming animals.

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Of course, clay figures looked like mythic and seemed deeply related to Buddhism.

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