 | Tere Stouffer - 2007 - 276 pages
...Ariosto had long heard legends of a griffin — a mythological creature with the body, legs, and tail of a lion, and the head, wings, and claws of an eagle — being crossed with a horse. The word is Greek in origin (hippos means horse; griff is from the... | |
 | Laurie Triefeldt - 2007 - 126 pages
...Legends about the griffin are common to Europe and the Middle East. Griffons had the body and hind legs of a lion and the head, wings and claws of an eagle. Griffons were thought to be very wise with great treasures hoarded in their nests, which were built... | |
 | Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - 1926 - 404 pages
...such a way that their tails form coils at opposite ends of the panel. In each case the head and log of one animal pass through the coil formed by the...in early representations of animals, is well shown. Sec (F), Plate III. 6. The patterns on the upper part of the ring are, like those on the opposite side,... | |
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Griffon, an animal fabled to have the body of a lion and the head, wings and claws of an eagle, and to be strong enough to carry off sheep and cattle. 