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This is the Greek version of the Sphinx, though usually the Sphinx was depicted as a female. That is unless you are referring to the lesser known human-headed winged lions that were carved from stone by the Assyrians and usually placed as magical guardians to temples and palaces. They are called lamassi (lamassus in the singular). These guardians are easily distinguished by their beards, horned caps and clothing. They were often built with five legs, allowing them to be viewed from different angles without any discontinuity of physical form.
Some of the variants of the Egyptian Sphinx. the best known one has a male head, though.
A Lammasu. (Fem: Apsasu)
Commonly confused with a Griffon (Head and wings of an eagle, body of a lion) or a Sphinx (Human Head, Lion body).
which creature hast the head of a women and the body of a lioness and be found next to the pyramids in Egypt
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What monster has the head of a woman and the body of a lion?
The Sphinx
Which large and famous sculpture in Egypt has the body of a lion and a head of a woman?
The Sphinx.
Which Egyptian god had a head of a pharaoh and body of a loin?
the sphinx. or, if you're confused, Sekhmet, was a goddess, with the body of a woman and the head of a lion. She was the goddess of war.
What is a huge sculpted stone lion with a mans head?
I think you are talking about the Sphinx in Egypt. It is a huge lion body with a woman\'s head.
Which legendary creature has a huge stone creature with a man's head and lion's body?
That sounds like the Manticore if it wasn't for the stone body. Actually, the question is describing a Sphynx. Although, in most cultures, the Sphynx had the head of a woman and the body of a cat, or lion.
Who was a Sphinx?
Sphinx is a fictitious being in the ancient Egyptian and Greek mythology. It had a lion's body and a human head. In the Greek tradition Sphinx had a woman's head and breast.
What are the parts of a sphinx?
head of a human feet of a lion wings of a bird and a body of a ...
What does the Great Sphinx at Giza look like?
In Egypt the Great Sphinx had the body of a lion and the head of a man. However, there is also an Avenue of Sphinxes at Karnak with ram heads instead of human heads. The Greek Sphinx had the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a lion, wings of an eagle and a serpent for a tale. It was also depicted in as sitting upright rather than recumbent. Sphinxes can represent anything from a great ruler to a powerful god.
What has the head of an echidna and the body of a lion?
An echidna-headed lion.
The body of the Egyptian Sphinx was based on which animal?
The Egyptian Sphinx has the body of a lion and the head of a human. In Greek mythology, the Sphinx was a demon with a form like a winged lion with a woman's head, though sometimes she was depicted with a lion's paws, claws and breasts of a lion, a serpent's tail and the wings of an eagle. The Greek Sphinx was intelligent and terrorized an entrance to the city of Thebes, refusing passage - killing people - unless her riddle was solved. The hero odepius answear the question and the sphinx killed itself
A sphinx has the body of what animial?
body of lion head of man
What is the body of a griffin?
The body of a griffin is that of a lion and the head is that of an eagle.
