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In Japan, Bai Ze is also called Hakutaku. The oldest known depiction of Hakutaku appears in the Tiandi ruixiang zhi ‘Treatise on the Auspicious Signs of Heaven and Earth’ (天地瑞祥志), a work originated in China. This work is listed in late 9th-century Japanese bibliographies, while is unknown in Chinese ones.
The ancient Greek historian Aelian wrote: "In Egypt, they worship lions, and there is a city called after them. The lions have temples and numerous spaces in which to roam; the flesh of oxen is supplied to them daily (...) and the lions eat to the accompaniment of song in the Egyptian language" , thus the Greek name of the city Leontopolis was ...
Egyptian lion gods – Lions were a symbol of warfare and most all of these gods were warriors Aker – earth and underworld god; Ȧmi-Pe – A lion god; Apedemak – depicted as a figure with a male human torso and a lion head; Bast – Lioness goddess of fertility and protection against disease. Hert-ketit-s; Ḥuntheth – A lioness goddess
A zorse is the offspring of a zebra stallion and a horse mare. This cross is also called a zebrose, zebrula, zebrule, or zebra mule. The rarer reverse pairing is sometimes called a hebra, horsebra, zebrinny, or zebra hinny. Like most other animal hybrids, the zorse is sterile. [2] A zony is the offspring of a zebra stallion and a pony mare.
During the New Kingdom the Nubian gods Maahes (god of war and protection and the son of Bast) and Dedun (god of incense, hence luxury and wealth) were depicted as lions. Maahes was absorbed into the Egyptian pantheon, and had a temple at the city the invading Greeks called Leontopolis, "City of Lions", at the delta in Lower Egypt. His temple ...
Often depicted as a figure with a male human torso and a lion head, and at the temple of Naqa with a snakes body and a lion head, Apedemak was a war god worshiped by the Meroitic peoples inhabiting Kush. He is often considered the equivalent of Maahes the lion-headed war god of Egypt, despite a claim of the two not being counterparts. [2]
Griffin, a.k.a. griffon or gryphon – a lion/eagle hybrid; Hybrid creatures in mythology; Kotobuki – a Japanese Chimera with the parts of the animals on the Chinese Zodiac; Lamassu – an Assyrian deity described to be bull/lion/eagle/human hybrid; List of hybrid creatures in folklore
Alabaster votive relief of Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash, showing Anzû as a lion-headed eagle in a Master of Animals motif, ca. 2550–2500 BC; found at Tell Telloh the ancient city of Girsu, The name of the mythological being usually called Anzû was actually written in the oldest Sumerian cuneiform texts as 𒀭𒉎𒈪𒄷 ( an.im.mi mušen ...