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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.
Articles relating to griffins and their depictions, legendary creatures 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. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Griffins .
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 ...
Griffin, a prize that made one voyage as a whaler; Gribshunden or Griffen ('Griffin'), a 15th-century Danish warship; HMS Griffin, several ships of the Royal Navy; Hired armed cutter Griffin, two Royal Navy vessels; Le Griffon ('The Griffin'), a 17th-century French ship; USS Griffin, a U.S. Navy submarine tender during World War II
On April 6, 2010, President Reveley announced that the college has selected the Griffin as its new mascot. [7] President Reveley stated that the new mascot symbolizes the links between the college's historic ties to both Great Britain, whose monarchy has used the symbol of the lion in the past, and the United States, which uses the eagle as the national symbol.
Gryphon (band), a British progressive rock band, and their self-titled 1973 album Gryphon, a 2007 TV film; Gryphon Trio, a Canadian classical piano trio; Gryphon, a 1990 installment of the TV anthology series WonderWorks
[14] [15] Griffin was named preseason second-team all-SEC ahead of the 2023 season as an all-purpose back and third team as a returner. [16] [17] Griffin was also named a preseason All-American. [18] [19] Griffin would also be named to the Paul Hornung Award watch list, which is give to the nation's most versatile player. [20]