mythical animal with the head, front body, legs, and wings of an eagle and the body, hind legs, and tail of a lion
Mythological creature with an eagle's head and wings and a lion's body, used as a decorative motif during the renaissance period.
Greek mythological being with a body of a lion, wings and head of an eagle.
The Griffin is a legendary creature with the head, beak and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion and occasionally the tail of a serpent or scorpion. Its origin lies somewhere in the Middle East where it is found in the paintings and sculptures of the ancient Babylonians, Assyrians and Persians. In Greek mythology, they took gold from the stream Arimaspias and, neighbors of the Hyperboreans, they belonged to Zeus. The later Romans used them for decoration and even in Christian times the Griffin motif often appears. Griffins were frequently used as gargoyles on medieval churches and buildings.
A fabulous animal typically half eagle and half lion.
A lion with the head, front claws, and wings of an eagle. Often seen in European coat of arms. The most noted can be seen of the coat of arms of the English royal family.
winged monster with an eagle-like head and body of a lion
a combination of an eagle and a lion
a combination of two animals, lion and eagle
a fabulous animal, symbolically significant for its domination of both the earth and the sky - because of its lion's body and eagle's head and wings
a fabulous creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body and hind-quarters of a lion
a heraldic fabulous animal with a forepart of the body as an eagle and the abdomen of a lion
a mythical animal whose image has not been chosen by any nation as its symbol
a mythical beast with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle
a mythical creature part lion and part eagle
a mythological animal which is meant to have an eagle's front half but a lion's back half
a mythological beast commonly depicted as having the head, forelegs and wings of an eagle, and the hindquarters, tail and occasionally ears of a lion
a mythological beast with the upper body and wings of an eagle and the tail and legs of a lion
a mythological creature composed, in a piebald fashion, of an eagle and a lion
an animal represented in ancient art with the fore part of an eagle and the hinder parts of a lion
an imaginary creature with the wings and body of an eagle and the head of a lion
A mythical beast originating in ancient Greece that has the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.
(15) -- a mythological beast with the body of a lion, and wings and head of an eagle (Pedley, 354)
A creature with the head, wings, and claws of an eagle and the body and hind legs of a lion.
a fierce monster with the head and wings of an eagle and the body and claws of a lion.
(or Gryphon) In Greek mythology, a beast with the body of a lion and the head of an eagle. Occurring in much Late Italian Renaissance, French Renaissance through Louis XIV, and the work of Adam and Sheraton, and again in the Empire and Regency styles. A Griffin represents strength, agility and the destroying power of the gods.
lion-like beast with wings -Hearthrall of Lord's Keep: one responsible for light, warmth, and hospitality -Heart of Thunder: cave of power in Mount Thunder -Heartthew: Berek Halfhand -heartwood chamber: meeting-place of a Woodhelven -Heers: leaders of a Woodhelven -Herem: a Raver -High Lord: leader of the Council of Lords -High Wood: offspring of the One Tree -Hirebrand: a master of wood-lore -Hurn: a Cord of the Ramen -hurtloam: a healing mud -Huryn: a Ranyhyn, Terrel's mount -Hynaril: a Ranyhyn, mount of Tamarantha and Mhoram -Illearth Stone: source of evil power found under Mount Thunder -Imoiran Tomal-mate: a Stonedowner -Irin: warrior of the Third Eoman of the Warward -Jehannum: a Raver -Kevin Landwaster: son of Loric Vilesilencer, last High Lord of the Old Lords -Kevin's Lore: knowledge of power left by Kevin in the Seven Wards -Kiril Threndor: Heart of Thunder -Korik: a Bloodguard
A mythical creature having the head, forepart, and wings of an eagle and the body, hind legs, and tail of a lion. Sometimes used as a decorative motif.
Mythological creature having an eagle's head supported by a lion's body. Used as a decorative motif.
The Griffin (Greek gryphos, Persian شیردال‌ shirdal "lion-eagle")Variant spellings include gryphon and, less commonly, gryphen, griffon, griffen, or gryphin is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head, with upstanding ear-tufts, and wings of an eagle: as the lion was considered the "King of the Beasts" and the eagle the "King of the Air", the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. The griffin is generally represented with four legs, wings and a beak, with eagle-like talons in place of a lion's forelegs and feathered, equine-like ears jutting from its skull. Some writers describe the tail as a serpent, in the manner of a chimera.
