Sphinxes

A sphinx ( ; , ; or sphinges ) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle.

ancient Egyptian monumental sculpture

thumb|Manticore or "Martigora" ― Johannes Jonston (1652), Historiae NaturalisCopperplate engraving by Matthäus Merian.

thumb|Lamassu at the Iraq Museum, [[Baghdad|alt=Pair of stone lamassu sculptures with human heads and winged bull bodies displayed in the Iraq Museum]] Lama, Lamma, or Lamassu (Cuneiform: , ; Sumerian: lammař; later in Akkadian: lamassu; sometimes called a lamassuse) is a Mesopotamian protective deity.

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sculpture

painting by Gustave Moreau

painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in the Louvre

granite sphinx in the collections of the Louvre

The hieracosphinx () is a mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry. The god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder") was usually depicted as one. The name Hieracosphinx comes from the Greek , itself from (hierax "hawk") + ("sphinx").

ancient Egypt sculpture

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6th-century BC Iberian sculpture

stone sphinx located near the remains of Memphis, Egypt

monument in Saint Petersburg, Russia

type of tessellation

painting by Fernand Khnopff

poem by Oscar Wilde

5th-century BC Iberian sculpture