My brother never sees me
But sometimes, we share a crown
I'm usually black, white or yellow
If you cut me in half, I can actually be
hint 1:
I am a legendary creature
hint 2:
I often appear in flags
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But sometimes, we share a crown
I'm usually black, white or yellow
If you cut me in half, I can actually be
hint 1:
I am a legendary creature
hint 2:
I often appear in flags
You are
My brother never sees me
The heads look in opposite directions
But sometimes, we share a crown
There's sometimes a single crown above the two heads
I'm usually black, white or yellow
For example, black in the Albanian flag, yellow in the Montenegrin flag, white in Serbia's coat of arms.
If you cut me in half, I can actually be
One-headed eagles exist.
Answer:
The moon
My brother never sees me
The sun and the moon can rarely be seen together.
But sometimes, we share a crown
During a solar eclipse, that is.
I'm usually black, white or yellow
It's black in an eclipse, and white or sometimes yellow at night.
If you cut me in half, I can actually be
Sometimes a "half moon" can be seen.
It could be,
Janus, a two faced Roman god.
My brother never sees me
The faces are opposite of each other, so he can't see the other face.
Or, that one is facing the past and the other is facing the future.
But sometimes, we share a crown
They often are depicted with a single crown.
I'm usually black, white or yellow
Since he is a god, he is motsly represented in black ink, white statues or yellow(ish) coins.
If you cut me in half, I can actually be
Something to do with separating the 2 faces?
It could be
A tooth
As,
About brother and being seen
The inner tooth and exterior tooth cannot see each other
About a crown
A tooth can be capped with a crown(for support/cosmetic purposes)
Colors
It can be in black/white/yellow colours
Cutting
A tooth can be cut into half, still it would be a tooth
I would say:
A bean?
Because
I don't know for the 1st and 2nd tips but there is black beans, white beans and yellow beans and "bean" cut in half is just "be".
well according to me the answer is
A night/knight.
My brother never sees me
a day never sees a night and vice versa.
But sometimes, we share a crown
but only sometimes that is in dawn and dusk when they are together for a while and share a crown i.e. when they share time.
I'm usually black, white or yellow
a night is usually black when there is no moon or stars visible, kind of white when the sky is full of stars.
If you cut me in half, I can actually be
not sure about this one.
hint
a knight is a legendary creature.
It is...
unicorn
My brother never sees me
Horse and unicorn are seems like brothers, but horse nevers sees unicorn
But sometimes, we share a crown
unicorn have one horn(as a crown here) on head
I'm usually black, white or yellow
Usually it's seems in black and white colors
If you cut me in half, I can actually be
If you cut unicorn from middle , half part will look like horse, and horses are actually exist and unicorns are just imaginary creature as per your hint
Hint:
I am a legendary creature
Yes, It is legendary creature, found in fairy tails etc..
It is...
Cerberus
My brother never sees me
He is always on the underground to prevent the dead from leaving
But sometimes, we share a crown
People often confuse Cerberus with his brother Orthrus
I'm usually black, white or yellow
He is usually painted in those colors in antiques
If you cut me in half, I can actually be
If you cut one of his heads he can look like his brother (with 2 heads)
Answer is
Eyes
My brother never sees me
one eye can not see another eye
But sometimes, we share a crown
Both share same glasses or sects.
I'm usually black, white or yellow
eye color are black and white
If you cut me in half, I can actually be
Not sure about it
For Hint
May be its related to "Cyclops"