Directory of Gryphons Resources

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Gryphons are frequently depicted with a lion-type body, bird-type head and torso, wings, feathers or fur, and with various types of creature tails. Some are more like a lion, more like a bird, or more like a serpent. Contradictory personas have appeared in fiction and history. They have been good or evil, gentle or vicious, and their talons have either been poisonous or detected poison. Gryphons have been likened or mistaken for other similar creatures such as the phoenix, hippogryph, sphinx, and rukhs or rocs.

Resources in This Category

• Gryphon Cliff

  http://www.myth-and-fantasy.com/gryphons/
  Gallery of images and artists, links, ancient legends and international lore.

• Gryphon's Guild

  http://gryphonguild.yuku.com/
  Group sharing their interest, information, and art about this creature.

• The Gryphon Pages

  http://www.gryphonpages.com/
  References to literature, art, history, heraldry, and symbolism, with a bibliography and collectors resources.

• Wikipedia: Griffin

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin
  Encyclopedic entry of fiction, literature, legend, architecture and heraldry; related topics such as hippogriffs and surnames.

 

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