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★ ★ ★ GRIFFIN, a compositecreature with lion body, winged or wingless, and bird (usually eagle) head. The name is from the Greek gryps via the Latin gryphus. Like the sphinx (q.v.), the griffin is a favourite motif in decorative arts in the 2nd millennium B.C., it occurred on seals and ivories all over western Asia by about 1500 B.C., it was common in Crete around the same time and by the 14th century B.C. was known inn Greece also. The Asiatic griffin has a crested head, while the Minoan and Greek griffin usually has a mane of spiral curls It may be recumbent or seated on its haunches, often paired with a sphinx; occasionally it acts as a beast of prey, leaping on anther animal, but it may itself be the victim of a predator. The large griffins painted on the throne room wall of the palace of Minos in Crete suggest a protective function for the beast. ★★★ ★ ★ |
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