{Sphinx and Griffin}[7th November 1990]

[Redbook8:95-96][19901107:1007l]{Sphinx and Griffin}[7th November 1990]

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*The griffin, griffon or gryphon had a lion’s body and a bird’s head, usually that of an eagle;** the sphinx had a lion’s body and a human head, and became, over time, female, winged, omniscient and man-eating. Both were common at many or most times in ancient Egyptian and Greek culture, and elsewhere in Western Asia in the case of the Griffin. In fact, the Greek sphinx is represented at times as having **** elements of woman (head and breasts), lion (or dog) (body and paws), bird (wings), and serpent (tail):#

– so becoming an emblem of a particular manifestation of totality, perhaps even of integration.

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*E[ncyclopaedia] B[ritannica] 5:496, 11:92

{(cf [[Redbook8:126A][19901217:0000]{“Sphinx to Griffin, Are you receiving me, over?”}[17th December 1990],] 126A)}

**occasionally with horse’s ears

***{cf [[Redbook8:126A][19901217:0000]{“Sphinx to Griffin, Are you receiving me, over?”}[17th December 1990],] 126A,

[[Redbook8:136][19901221:2050]{Sphinx versus Griffin}[21st December 1990],] 136}

**** Brewer [Dictionary of Phrase and Fable], 1025

#(ref …. (earlier Vol? []))

#*[But see next entry]

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