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The word hippogriff, also spelled hippogryph, [2] is derived from the Ancient Greek: ἵππος híppos, meaning "horse", and the Italian grifo meaning "griffin" (from Latin: gryp or grypus from Ancient Greek: γρύψ, romanized: grýps), which denotes another mythical creature, with the head of an eagle and body of a lion, that is purported to be the father of the hippogriff.
Hippogriff – A creature with the front quarters of an eagle and hind quarters of a horse. Jengu – A water spirit with the tail of a fish. Ketu – An Asura who has the lower parts of a snake and said to have four arms. Lamia – A female with the lower body like that of a snake and is also spelled as Lamiai.
The word sphinx comes from the Greek Σφίγξ, associated by folk etymology with the verb σφίγγειν (sphíngēn), meaning "to squeeze", "to tighten up". [5] [6] [7] This name may be derived from the fact that lions kill their prey by strangulation, biting the throat of prey and holding them down until they die.
A message etched into an ancient sphinx has proven to be, well, sphinx-like. The “mysterious” inscription has long been an enigma, puzzling scholars for over a century.
Sassanid bowl with sitting griffin, gilted silver, from Iran.. The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (Ancient Greek: γρύψ, romanized: grýps; Classical Latin: gryps or grypus; [1] Late and Medieval Latin: [2] gryphes, grypho etc.; Old French: griffon) is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle with its talons on the front legs.
Partridge — Partridges are mentioned three times in the Bible: 1 Kings 26:20, Jeremiah 17:11, and Sirach 11:30 (in the Apocrypha). Francolins and sand partridges are found in the Holy Land. Peacock — A common translation of תֻּכִּיִּים ( tukkiyyîm ), mentioned in 1 Kings 10:22 and 2 Chronicles 9:21 as an import from Tarshish ...
The Sphinx of Naxos, also Sphinx of the Naxians, now in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, is a 2.22 meter tall marble statue of a sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a woman, the chest and wings composed of the impressive feathers of a prey bird turned upward, and the body of a lioness.
The manticore or mantichore (Latin: mantichorās; reconstructed Old Persian: *martyahvārah; Modern Persian: مردخوار mard-khar) is a legendary creature from ancient Persian mythology, similar to the Egyptian sphinx that proliferated in Western European medieval art as well.