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... griffin . The griffin is a composite creature , with the body of a lion , and the head and wings of an eagle . The creature has a long and com- plicated history , both in art and legend . Even today many experts are puzzled about its ...
... griffin . The griffin is a composite creature , with the body of a lion , and the head and wings of an eagle . The creature has a long and com- plicated history , both in art and legend . Even today many experts are puzzled about its ...
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... griffin is carved on the tenth - century palace wall . Griffins are also found on Assyrian carvings during the following centuries . In the eighth century BC they are found on cast bronzes and westward through Anatolia into Greece ...
... griffin is carved on the tenth - century palace wall . Griffins are also found on Assyrian carvings during the following centuries . In the eighth century BC they are found on cast bronzes and westward through Anatolia into Greece ...
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... griffin had various and con- tradictory meanings . Dante made the griffin a symbol of Christ , and in the Purgatio he describes a solemn procession in which the griffin draws a chariot symbolising the Church . He had in mind the ...
... griffin had various and con- tradictory meanings . Dante made the griffin a symbol of Christ , and in the Purgatio he describes a solemn procession in which the griffin draws a chariot symbolising the Church . He had in mind the ...
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Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
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