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vgh The Griffin (Greek gryphos, Persian شیردال‌ shirdal "lion-eagle") (also very often spelled gryphon and, less commonly, gryphen, griffon, griffen, or gryphin) is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. Asthe lion was considered the "King of the Beasts" and the eagle the "King of the Air", the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. The griffin is generally represented with four legs, wings and a beak, with eagle-like talons in place of a lion's forelegs and feathered, equine-like ears jutting from its skull. Some traditions say that only female griffins Sketch of a resting Griffinhave wings. Some writers describe the tail as a serpent. See the entry Saint George and the Dragon for a 19th century painting of St George and the dragon, showing a dragon that looks alot like a classically-conceived griffin. Classical and heraldic griffins are male and female. A "male" griffin, called a keythong in a single 15th century English heraldic manuscript, is an anomaly that belongs strictly to a late phase of English heraldry. Less commonly known to many, the griffin is a parent to the hippogriph - a combination of a horse and a griffin - even though griffens and hippogriphs are the worst of enemies.









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Anonymous griffins 1 Tuesday, 3:22 PM EST by AVMidian
 
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wtf is a griffin. omfg there are sooo many nerds who like this ****. its boring.
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Anonymous What Griffins Eat 0 Jan 11 2010, 7:41 PM EST by Anonymous
 
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What I think personally is that Griffins with it's lion and eagle mix of a body it might feast on larger creatures due to it's size. With that said it would probably eat larger creatures like deer but also eat smaller creatures like fish due to it's eagle features.
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Anonymous Re: Griffins 1 Dec 30 2009, 10:10 AM EST by Anonymous
 
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Man, I have NO idea. I've looked all over for different things like that, but dang! i can't find anything! Considering that their head is Eagle, a Griffin would prob. eat whatever an eagle eats: fish and the like.
However, since it's OTHER half is Lion, then it might eat deer or something. But i don't think that because the Eagle in it would barf! Lol.
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