Because the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts, and the eagle the king of the birds, by the Middle Ages, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. Old French: griffon) is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and sometimes an eagle's talons as its front feet. The griffin, griffon, or gryphon ( Ancient Greek: γρύψ, grū́ps Classical Latin: grȳps or grȳpus Late and Medieval Latin: gryphes, grypho etc. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bronze griffin head from Olympia, Greece.
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