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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.
A cartoon griffin named Rooty appears on bottles of Sprecher Root Beer. Vauxhall Motors of Luton, England, uses the griffin as its trademark. The 367th Training Support Squadron unit patch is a Griffin holding a Globe and Torch. Merv Griffin Entertainment used a griffin as its mascot & logo in its heyday.
Canisius' golden griffin has been called one of the most unusual of all NCAA mascots. [2] [3] In 2010, after the College of William & Mary adopted the Griffin as their new school mascot, Petey "wrote" a satirical open letter to the William & Mary griffin that was published in USA Today, welcoming the new griffin mascot to the college mascot ...
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Bessie Virginia Griffin, better known as Bessie Blount, [1] (November 24, 1914 – December 30, 2009), was an American writer, nurse, physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist. Early life [ edit ]
During trial her housekeeper testified that Helmsley said "only the little people pay taxes." She ended up serving 19 months in prison. Image credits: ProudReaction2204
Nov. 29—President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. A week following his death, on November 29, 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Warren ...
Calafia orders the griffins forward and they, hungry from the long sea voyage, fly out and maul the city's defenders. [6] Sating their hunger, the griffins continue to snatch Christian men in their claws and carry them high in air only to drop them to their deaths. The city's defenders cower and hide from the griffins.