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Сообщение от uriart
yasuna69, in general it is not griffins , and chimeras .
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Dear colleague , I beg to differ with your opinion. Without getting into the wilds of ancient mythology , and turning to the banal Wikipedia , see the following:
" Griffins - the mythical winged creature with the body of a lion, an eagle's head and a lion. Have sharp claws and white or golden wings . Griffins - contradictory creatures simultaneously uniting heaven and earth , good and evil . Their role in the various myths and literature is ambiguous . They can act as advocates , supporters, and how evil , nothing restrained animals . "
" Chimera ( al-Greek. . Χίμαιρα, letters. " Young goat ") - in Greek mythology monster with the head and neck of a lion, body of a goat , a serpent 's tail ; offspring of Typhon and Echidna ... nursed her likiets Amisodar . First mention Chimera is about the sixth song "Iliad" , which says that it was of divine origin - in front of a lion, body of a goat , a snake's tail , and she spews fire from its mouth . "
Thus , the main feature to determine breed this cute little animals is the presence of wings.
Besides, if the griffin and still represents a good start ( for example, the use of this image in heraldry ), the chimera was originally a purely negative character .
Of course, on this occasion, we can argue , and remembering the House with Chimeras , and overlap images chimeras and gargoyles , but , in my opinion , in this case kokretno special significance it has not.
Sincerely .