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The Sphinx is the best known such hybrid. The hippogriff is supposed to be a mixture of several animals and the author notes that in order to support its weight, the wings would be so heavy that flight would be impossible, which proves—without question—that it does not exist. [10]
Hieracosphinx (Ancient Egypt) – falcon-headed sphinx; Hihi – baboon monster; Hiisi – nature guardian; Hippalectryon – a horse-rooster hybrid; Hippocamp (Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician) – horse-fish hybrid; Hippogriff (Medieval Bestiaries) – hybrid of a griffin and horse; a lion-eagle-horse hybrid
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.
A sphinx (/ s f ɪ ŋ k s / SFINKS; Ancient Greek: σφίγξ, pronounced; [1] pl. sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. In Greek tradition, the sphinx is a treacherous and merciless being with the head of a woman, the haunches of a lion, and the wings of a bird.
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.
Hippogriff – winged horse with the head and upper body of an eagle (French, England) Hurakan - (Caddoan?/ Native American) called a Thunderbird, but has many dissimilarities to the usual kind. This being is the pet of a local storm god, who rides him through the skies during hurricanes. Lives beneath the Gulf of Mexico.
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. [1] Facing directly from west to east, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza , Egypt .
The Hieracosphinx has the head of a hawk and the body of a lion.The name was coined by Herodotus for the hawk-headed sphinxes that he saw in Egypt; the other being the ram-headed sphinx which Herodotus called Criosphinx (Ancient Greek: Κριόσφιγξ).