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Several ancient mythological creatures are similar to the griffin. These include the Lamassu, an Assyrian protective deity, often depicted with a bull or lion's body, eagle's wings, and human's head. Sumerian and Akkadian mythology feature the demon Anzu, half man and half bird, associated with the chief sky god Enlil. This was a divine storm ...
The word hippogriff, also spelled hippogryph, [2] is derived from the Ancient Greek: ἵππος híppos, meaning "horse", and the Italian grifo meaning "griffin" (from Latin gryp or gryphus), which denotes another mythical creature, with the head of an eagle and body of a lion, that is purported to be the father of the hippogriff.
Sea goat – A creature that is half-goat half-fish. Sea-griffin – A griffin variant with the hindquarters of a fish. Sea-lion – A creature with the head and upper body of a lion and the tail of a fish. Siren – Half-bird, half-woman creature of Greek mythology, who lured sailors to their deaths with their singing voices.
Garuda – a mythical creature and Demigod from Indian sub-continent; Griffin, a.k.a. griffon or gryphon – a lion/eagle hybrid; Hybrid creatures in mythology; Kotobuki – a Japanese Chimera with the parts of the animals on the Chinese Zodiac; Lamassu – an Assyrian deity described to be bull/lion/eagle/human hybrid; List of hybrid creatures ...
Griffin or griffon, lion-bird hybrid; Lamassu, Assyrian deity, bull/lion-eagle-human hybrid; Tengu, Japanese magical creature half-man half-bird; Hybrid beasts in folklore; List of hybrid creatures in folklore; Tiamat; Ziz, giant griffin-like bird in Jewish mythology; Zeus, Greek deity of sky and thunder; Zuism, Icelander protest against tax ...
Siren, Greco-Roman mythical creature with the combined features of a woman and bird, often a woman's head and breasts and a bird's body; Lamassu, Assyrian deity, bull/lion-eagle-human hybrid; Hippogryph, half eagle, half horse; Manticore, Persian monster with a lion's body and a humanoid head. Nue, Japanese legendary creature
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 or Gryphon or Gryps or Grypes: a creature that combines a lion's body and an eagle's head and wings. Harpies: a creature with the torso, head, and arms of a woman, and the talons, tail, and wings (mixed with the arms) of a bird. Very small but can be vicious when provoked. Aello; Celaeno; Ocypete; Hippalectryon: a creature with the fore ...