manticore vs mythical creature

manticore and mythical creature both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
manticore	Yes	No	No	No
mythical creature	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mythical creature is a hypernym of manticore; that is, mythical creature is a word with a broader meaning than manticore:

manticore: a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion
mythical creature: a monster renowned in folklore and myth

Other hypernyms of manticore include mythical monster.

manticore (noun)	mythical creature (noun)
a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion	a monster renowned in folklore and myth