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the head and wings of an eagle, and back covered
with feathers. Their front legs are like those
of an eagle, but much thicker and stronger.
Like birds it builds its nest, and instead
of an egg lays an agate therein.
It has long claws and talons of such size that the
people of that country (India was assigned as the
native country of the Gryphons) make them into drinking cups.
They found gold in the mountains and built their
nests of it, for which reason their nests were very
tempting to the hunters, and they were forced to keep
vigilant guard over them. Their instinct led them to
know where bured treasures lay, and the did their best
to keep plunderers at a distance. The Arismaspians, among
whom Gryphons flourished, were a one-eyed people of Scythia.
Milton borrows a simile from the gryphons, "Paradise Lost," Book II:
With winged course, o'er hill and moory dale,
Pursues the Arismaspian, who by stealth
Had from his wakeful custody purloined
The guarded gold," etc.
Dee's Art Gallery
This is where I got the above pic.
Morion's Page
This place has neat background sets, graphics, and animations.
24 ways "Gryphon"
has been spelled
through time:
Gryffen, girphinne, greffon, grefyne, grephoun, griffen, griffin, griffion,
griffon, griffoun(e), griffown, griffun, griffyn, grifon, grifyn, griphin,
griphon, gryffin, gryffon, gryfon, gryfoun(e), gryphen, gryphin, and gryphon.
I made my own background and bars.
Please do not steal them.
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