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  2. Griffin - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Wikipedia

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    Bessie Griffin and The Gospel Pearls recorded the song on their Portraits in Bronze album in 1960. [8] [9] Odetta performed the song at Carnegie Hall on April 8, 1960. The song was included on her album, Odetta at Carnegie Hall the same year. [10] This version was part of the soundtrack of Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Gospel According to St ...

  4. Legendary creature - Wikipedia

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    In Christian art, animals carried symbolic meanings, where for example the lamb symbolized Christ, a dove indicated the Holy Spirit, and the classical griffin represented a guardian of the dead. Medieval bestiaries included animals regardless of biological reality; the basilisk represented the devil , while the manticore symbolised temptation.

  5. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Sihuanaba – a shapeshifting spirit that typically takes the form of an attractive, long haired woman seen from behind, before revealing her face to be that of a horse Tikbalang – creature with the body of a man and the head and hooves of a horse, lurks in the mountains and forests (Philippines)

  6. List of griffins as mascots and in heraldry - Wikipedia

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    The Saab auto company features a profiled griffin head in its logo. Saab Aerospace built a fighter jet, the JAS 39 Gripen, meaning "griffin" in Swedish. Scania, a Swedish truck and bus manufacturer, uses the griffin as its trademark. Sprecher Brewery features a heraldic black griffin in its logo. A cartoon griffin named Rooty appears on bottles ...

  7. List of hybrid creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Penghou – A Chinese tree spirit with the face of a human and the body of a dog. Pratyangira – A Hindu Goddess having the head of a lion. Sekmet – The lioness-headed Egyptian Goddess. Set – The dog-headed Egyptian God. Tikbalang - A tall Filipino horse-headed man. Tumburu - A horse faced Hindu deity. Varaha – A boar-headed avatar.

  8. Spirituality - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. [1] [2] [3] [note 1] Traditionally, spirituality referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man", [note 2] oriented at "the image of God" [4] [5] as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.

  9. Body of light - Wikipedia

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    Other terms used for this body include body of glory, [2] spirit-body, luciform body, augoeides ('radiant body'), astroeides ('starry or sidereal body'), and celestial body. [ 3 ] The concept derives from the philosophy of Plato : the word 'astral' means 'of the stars'; thus the astral plane consists of the Seven Heavens of the classical planets .