Re: [pic] what is it?

Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> wrote in article
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> >> what creature is this?
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> >> -joan
> >It appears to be a Griffen, a mythical beast that was half lion, half
> >dragon.  Hope that helps?
> 
> A griffin-?  My understanding is that a griffin has the head and wings
> of an eagle and the body of the lion.
> I made this pic using some stationary as the model- and I don't know
> what kind of creature it represents... The head looks horse/dragonish
> with the claws of a bird of prey, and the body of a snake...  I guess I
> need to do some research before I can title this...
> -joan

Well, if it's not a griffin/gryphon, it might be a chimera/chimaera....
That's the generic term for creatures like that, I believe.

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