Sphinx
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A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle.
Sphinx Cd M Paris De Ridder 865 n 2
The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Great Pyramid in the background
A Sphinx as depicted on the Dream Stele (1401 BC) at the Giza site, as recorded by Karl Richard Lepsius
Sphinx statue, 392-379 BC. "A lion-headed goddess is a lion-goddess in human form, while a royal sphinx, conversely, is a man who has assumed the form of a lion." Henry George Fischer
Griffin
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The griffin, griffon, or gryphon 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.
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…plumes clotted with gore and talons on livid hands. John Tzetzes described her as having the front of a lion, the rear of a human, the wings of a griffin and the claws of an eagle. Sometimes, the wings are specified to be those of an eagle, and the tail to be serpent-headed. According to Hesiod, the…
Knossos fresco in throne palace
Falcon-headed feline predator or "griffin". End of Dynasty 0, c. 3000 BC, Western Kom, Tell el-Farkha, Egypt.
Shirdal on the silver cup, Iranian Art.
Bronze figure of a griffin, Roman period (AD 50–270)