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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.
Poukai – monstrous predatory bird, likely based on an extinct species; Shahbaz (Persian mythology) – a god who helped the Iranian peoples and guided the Faravahar to the Iranian lands; Triple-headed eagle (multi-cultural) – Wuchowsen - (Abenaki) One of the four wind spirits in Abenaki lore. Depicted as a giant eagle who lives atop a mountain.
Kurangaituku is a supernatural being in Māori mythology who is part-woman and part-bird. [21] Lamassu from Mesopotamian mythology, a winged tutelary deity with a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings. Lei Gong, a Chinese thunder god often depicted as a bird man. [22] The second people of the world in Southern Sierra Miwok ...
The griffin in classical mythology was depicted as a lion-eagle creature. Griffin-like creatures were depicted in Egyptian and Persian mythology. The first beast in the first vision of the biblical prophet Daniel resembled a winged lion. The winged lion was the heraldic symbol of Mark the Evangelist. The goetic demon Vapula was depicted as a ...
Colo Colo – Rat-bird hybrid that can shapeshift into a serpent; Corycian nymphs – Nymph of the Corycian Cave; Cretan Bull – Monstrous bull; Crinaeae – Fountain nymph; Criosphinx (Ancient Egypt) – Ram-headed sphinx; Crocotta (Medieval Bestiaries) – Monstrous dog-wolf; The Cu Bird – El Pájaro Cu; a bird
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Pages in category "Mythological lions" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. ... Lion and Sun; Lion of Al ...
List of Greek mythological creatures; List of legendary creatures from China; List of legendary creatures from France; List of legendary creatures from Japan; List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology; List of named animals and plants in Germanic heroic legend; List of Philippine mythological creatures; List of spiritual entities in Islam
Avalerion (Medieval Bestiary) – King of the birds. Awa-hon-do – Insect spirit. Axex (Ancient Egyptian) – Falcon-lion hybrid. Ayakashi – Sea serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil. Ayakashi-no-ayashibi – Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture. Aziza – Little people that help hunters.