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connected to many mythological events, typically that of Egypt and Greece, as well as how the mysterious creature is surrounded by lust and death. The writer James
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through the Sphinx to show how she is an artist by tapping into the logic of
Western Culture and visual recognition and classification. Napoleon on the other hand felt that the Sphinx was a representation of the empire he created, while Avis’ father Hegel Dobell thought that the Sphinx represented just an idea.
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the concept of a meaningless existence in turn of searching for authenticity by disconnecting from societal conventions of wealth and status. He tests the durability of character of the novel's protagonists through a series of tests that may challenge their perception of truth regarding their existence.
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share thematic elements of decadence with
Oedipus' myth and parallels the protagonist's journey to self-discovery. The Sphinx motif present within the novel is established through the enigmatic creature of Murakami's design, Oshima: a mysterious, omnipotent being who has the protagonist grapple with
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solved the riddle by answering: "Man—who crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then uses a walking stick in old age". In some lesser accounts, there was a second riddle: "There are two sisters: one gives birth to the other and she, in turn, gives birth to the first.
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In contrast to the sphinxes in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Greece, of which the traditions largely have been lost due to the discontinuity of the civilization, the traditions related to the "Asian sphinxes" are very much alive today. The earliest artistic depictions of "sphinxes" from the South Asian
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Deborah Barker discusses, in “The Riddle of the Sphinx: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps’s The Story of Avis", how the painter Avis used the Sphinx as a representation of what women truly were in the nineteenth century. Avis thought that she could solve the prejudice that resulted from her gender and race
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uses similar motifs from the Greek myth to explore Pauk's, the protagonist, road to destiny and fulfilling the quests needed to defeat the dragon: the Sphinx motif. Using intelligence, courage, and determination, Pauk defeats the dragon but not before facing the consequences of the knowledge he
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is another creature that is similar to the Sphinx, being a winged bull or lion with human face. The Gopat have been represented in ancient art of Iran since late second millennium BC, and was a common symbol for dominant royal power in ancient Iran. Gopats were common motifs in the art of
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or incarnation of Vishnu has a human body and the head of a lion and Vishnu as
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purpose, just as the "sphinxes" in other parts of the ancient world. It is said by the tradition, to take away the sins of the devotees when they enter a temple and to ward off evil in general. It is therefore often found in a strategic position on the
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of guardian sphinxes lining the approaches to tombs and temples as well as serving as details atop the posts of flights of stairs to very grand complexes. Nine hundred sphinxes with ram heads (Criosphinxes), believed to represent
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Bested at last, the Sphinx then threw herself from her high rock and died; or, in some versions
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in Greece where she asked all passersby the most famous riddle in history: "Which creature has one voice and yet becomes four-footed and two-footed and three-footed?" She strangled and devoured anyone who could not answer.
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The Indian conception of a sphinx that comes closest to the classic Greaco-Roman idea is the
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to travellers to allow them passage. The exact riddle asked by the Sphinx was not specified by early tellers of the myth, and was not standardized as the one given below until late in Greek history.
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acquired on his journey. Decadent themes of fate, destiny, tragedy, mystery, and identity present themselves in the Burmese adaptations of Greek myths, in this case, it is Oedipus and the Sphinx.
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designs that spread throughout Europe in engravings during the 16th and 17th centuries. Sphinxes were included in the decoration of the
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as ornaments. Her body is naturalistically rendered as a recumbent lioness. Such sphinxes were revived when the
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3441:"Gopat (Sphinx) and Shirdal (Gryphon) in the Ancient Middle East"
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3165:"From Satan to The Sphinx: The Masonic Mysteries of D.C.'s Map"
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2835:. Anthony Spawforth, Esther Eidinow. Oxford University Press.
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to compare with a similar but horned (unicorn) mythical beast
240:, in contrast, the sphinx is typically depicted as a man (an
2354:. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. pp. 254–255.
2018:, Greek horse and human hybrid, or horse, human, fish hybrid
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2378:(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004), 54, 59, 177.
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Sphinx at Plaza de los Emperadores (Parque de El Capricho,
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Classic Régence garden Sphinx in lead, Château Empain, the
901:
Limestone funerary stele (shaft) surmounted by two sphinxes
761:"Riddle of the Sphinx" redirects here. For other uses, see
641:. They had an equal appeal to artists and designers of the
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The first appearances of sphinxes in French art are in the
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Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources
3302:"New Life for the Lion Man – Archaeology Magazine Archive"
2066:, Persian monster with a lion's body and a humanoid head.
2042:, Greco-Roman mythological bird monster with woman's face
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Marble capital and finial in the form of a sphinx, 530 BC
124:
2030:, European and East Asian reptile-like mythical creature
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In March 2023, a limestone sphinx was discovered at the
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or vehicles of the deity during the processions of the
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The sphinx was the emblem of the ancient city-state of
2922:"Sphinxes of all sorts occur on the Bharhut gateways"
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The sphinx imagery has historically been adopted into
3375:, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes:
3342:, Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company (1 June 1987).
2783:. trans. A. R. Maxwell-Hyslop. Blackwell Publishing.
2124:, Russian mythological creature, half-woman half-bird
544:(1515–20), which updated the vocabulary of the Roman
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3247:. Tehran: Shour Afarin Publications. Archived from
1040:. Numerous sphinxes can be seen on the gateways of
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2526:. The Finnish Literature Society. pp. 12–30.
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1369:, as well as in collections of tales, such as the
555:in the 1520s and 1530s and she continues into the
411:lists the names of three aspects of the local sun
3486:. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). pp. 662–663.
1392:, also known as "lion-human" is the oldest known
2303:The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
2154:similar lion statues in Burma, Laos and Cambodia
2927:Combined Methods in Indology and Other Writings
2136:, Hindu mythological lion-elephant-horse hybrid
1452:as Narashima and saved the world from chaos in
1150:in the form of Narashima when Narashima killed
1064:or temple gateway, or near the entrance of the
3087:Ancient Greek Myth in World Fiction since 1989
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2054:, Assyrian deity, bull/lion-eagle-human hybrid
1444:of Vishnu who takes the form of half-man/half-
1146:and Shiva as Sharabha was killed by Vishnu as
1032:subcontinent are to some extent influenced by
948:natural rock formation in the Bucegi Mountains
603:and clothed chests ending with a little cape.
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3431:Stewart, Desmond. Pyramids and the Sphinx. :
3406:Hesiod, Theogony, Works and Days, Testimonia,
2172:to compare with similar lion-like statues in
2142:, giant griffin-like bird in Jewish mythology
2096:, Chinese/East Asian mythical hybrid creature
1658:with unusual ear and ruff features, 1503–1482
1210:). It is depicted on the corners of Buddhist
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3216:"Dadestan-i Denig, Question 90, Paragraph 4"
1603:Head from a female sphinx, c. 1876–1842 BC,
516:or "grotesque" decorations of the unearthed
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3394:Kallich, Martin. "Oedipus and the Sphinx."
2441:The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
2305:. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 28.
2196:"Dr. J's Lecture on Oedipus and the Sphinx"
2084:, self-regenerating bird in Greek mythology
1634:Typical Egyptian sphinx with a human head (
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2999:"Purusha-mriga and other fantastic beasts"
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2160:similar lion statues in the Ryukyu Islands
691:wrote extensively about Egyptian culture.
595:examples in the grounds of the Portuguese
337:The largest and most famous sphinx is the
2390:"Smiling Sphinx Statue Unearted in Egypt"
2002:(older reading: Zû), Mesopotamian monster
1343:, North and North West region of Iran in
1047:In South India, the "sphinx" is known as
3408:Edited and translated by Glenn W. Most,
3163:Freund, Charles Paul (5 November 1995).
2930:. Oxford University Press. p. 459.
1351:, and can be found in texts such as the
1120:, one of the Pandavas of the Hindu Epic
1004:(Sanskrit, "human-cat") in India, or as
395:What names their builders gave to these
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53:, 2nd half of the 5th century BC. From
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2657:Pliny the Elder, Natural History 8.30
2148:to compare its use in Japanese culture
1176:, the fourth incarnation of the deity
1044:stupa, dating to the 1st century B.C.
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2781:The Dictionary of Classical Mythology
2553:Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory
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2415:Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
2340:, episode 693 'The Age of the Sphinx'
1981:List of hybrid creatures in mythology
1016:(Pali, "human-lion") in Myanmar, and
763:Riddle of the Sphinx (disambiguation)
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3357:, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
3272:"Gopat and Shirdal in the Near East"
2997:Pattanaik, Devdutt (14 March 2024).
2924:Kosambi, Damodar Dharmanand (2002).
2611:Foundation, Poetry (12 March 2024).
2090:or Pi Yao, Chinese mythical creature
2078:, winged stallion in Greek mythology
1373:and in its Islamic replication, the
853:'s retelling of the Oedipus legend,
742:, she was a daughter of Echidna and
2112:, Hindu mythology: lion-bird hybrid
2008:, Greek mythological hybrid monster
955:is a natural rock formation in the
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3412:No. 57, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
3191:"The Lost Symbol's Masonic Temple"
2118:, Iranian mythical flying creature
1428:("human-lion") is an incarnation (
1192:Burmese depiction of the Manussiha
14:
5043:Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld
5038:The Contendings of Horus and Seth
3474:; Mitchell, John Malcolm (1911).
2352:The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
1551:Winged sphinx from the palace of
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5086:Beautiful Festival of the Valley
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2756:The Sphinx in the Oedipus Legend
2547:Barker, Deborah (January 1998).
2274:W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
2268:The History of the Ancient World
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3505:Sphinx Head Found in Greek Tomb
3492:La Sphinx: Étude iconographique
3445:نشریه هنرهای زیبا- هنرهای تجسمی
3276:نشریه هنرهای زیبا- هنرهای تجسمی
1284:Sphinx adopted as an emblem in
738:. According to Apollodorus and
722:, the Sphinx was a daughter of
390:Sphinx water erosion hypothesis
3494:(in French). De Boccard, 1957.
2758:. Königstein im Taunus: Hain.
2301:Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003).
795:It was said in late lore that
726:and an unknown she—either the
629:Sphinxes are a feature of the
437:, with her likeness carved in
221:of a lion, and the wings of a
1:
3089:, Bloomsbury Academic, 2016,
2587:""The Sphinx" by Oscar Wilde"
2435:Goldfarb, Russell M. (1962).
2072:, Japanese legendary creature
1976:Hybrid creatures in mythology
1852:capital, Attic, c. 580–575 BC
845:The riddle in popular culture
599:(of perhaps the 1760s), with
5218:Egyptian legendary creatures
3095:10.5040/9781474256278.ch-006
2952:Marg. A Magazine of the Arts
2893:Louise McTigue, ed. (2014).
2669:Journal of Ethiopian Studies
2388:Kuta, Sarah (8 March 2023).
2036:or griffon, lion-bird hybrid
1864:The Sphinx of Adi Gramaten,
1481:, are similar to the Sphinx.
1296:architecture and symbolism.
996:(Sanskrit, "human-animal"),
863:ascend back to the heavens.
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102:Persian, Egyptian, and Greek
5243:Monsters in Greek mythology
5028:Book of Traversing Eternity
3472:Griffith, Francis Llewellyn
3230:"Menog-i Khrad, Chapter 62"
2872:"Sfinxul din Muntii Bucegi"
2833:Oxford Classical Dictionary
2517:Lyytikäinen, Pirjo (2003).
2242:. See Beekes, 2010: 1431-2.
1654:Sphinx of Egyptian pharaoh
929:Lycian sarcophagus of Sidon
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5228:Female legendary creatures
5053:Litany of the Eye of Horus
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3439:Taheri, Sadreddin (2013).
3270:Taheri, Sadreddin (2013).
3243:Taheri, Sadreddin (2017).
2831:Hornblower, Simon (2012).
2743:. Nabu Press. p. xiv.
2437:"Late Victorian Decadence"
2421:. Google Arts and Culture.
1589:Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
1396:statue, discovered in the
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5068:Spell of the Twelve Caves
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3457:10.22059/jfava.2013.30063
3288:10.22059/jfava.2013.30063
2795:(entry "Oedipus", p. 324)
2715:; Gantz, pp. 23–24.
2565:10.1080/10436929808580211
2350:Strudwick, Helen (2006).
1903:from the Fourth Dynasty (
1000:(Tamil, "human-animal"),
903:. Greece, 5th century BC.
803:sent the Sphinx from her
791:, 560 BC (reconstitution)
498:, Spain, mid-18th century
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5203:Ancient Egyptian symbols
5177:Ancient Egypt portal
5023:Book of the Heavenly Cow
3414:Harvard University Press
3124:Edmunds, Lowell (1996).
2754:Edmunds, Lowell (1981).
2681:Statius, Thebaid, 2.496
2482:Atkinson, Tully (2003).
2060:, half eagle, half horse
1987:Similar hybrid creatures
1587:, but possibly from the
1400:, a German cave in 1939.
1313:Similar hybrid creatures
885:Funerary stele, 530 BC,
633:interior decorations of
349:on the west bank of the
345:Plateau adjacent to the
5213:Egyptian artefact types
4878:Horus on the Crocodiles
3483:Encyclopædia Britannica
3396:Oedipus: Myth and Drama
3306:archive.archaeology.org
3031:Demisch, Heinz (1977).
2968:Demisch, Heinz (1977).
2954:. 55/4, 2004, p.34-41;
2779:Grimal, Pierre (1996).
1951:National Museum of Iran
1936:Cleveland Museum of Art
1921:National Museum of Iran
1575:Achaemenid sphinx from
1461:Without feline features
1410:(Early Middle Persian:
1168:the sphinx is known as
1024:("man-lion deity"), or
718:-headed. According to
553:School of Fontainebleau
25:Sphinx (disambiguation)
5048:Great Hymn to the Aten
4828:Crown of justification
4552:Souls of Pe and Nekhen
3830:Amenhotep, son of Hapu
3665:Veneration of the dead
3410:Loeb Classical Library
2334:Brian Dunning (2019).
1813:Oedipus and the Sphinx
1796:Oedipus and the Sphinx
1732:wingless rococo sphinx
1385:– The 32,000-year-old
1371:Matikan-e yusht faryan
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5258:Mythological monsters
3353:Clay, Jenny Strauss,
2895:"Bucegi Natural Park"
2804:Julien d'Huy (2012).
2374:Regier, Willis Goth.
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286:Σφίγξ, associated by
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5248:Mythological hybrids
3650:Opening of the mouth
2809:Bulletin de la SERPE
2739:Sear, David (2010).
2394:Smithsonian Magazine
1671:Ancient Greek sphinx
1620:Great Sphinx of Giza
1390:Löwenmensch figurine
1383:Löwenmensch figurine
1318:With feline features
856:The Infernal Machine
783:, on its 12.5-meter
757:Riddle of the Sphinx
559:style of the French
339:Great Sphinx of Giza
316:Great Sphinx of Giza
21:Great Sphinx of Giza
4783:The Indestructibles
4587:Hermes Trismegistus
3338:Caldwell, Richard,
3169:The Washington Post
3130:The Classical World
1848:Marble sphinx on a
1770:Park Schönbusch in
1583:, 355 BC. Found in
1269:Pauk and the Dragon
1233:Japanese Literature
1095:is also one of the
957:Bucegi Natural Park
694:There was a single
681:Alexander the Great
540:by the workshop of
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67:Legendary creatures
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5253:Mythological lions
4996:Books of Breathing
4015:Four sons of Horus
3435:, U.S., 72. Print.
3126:"Oedipus in Burma"
2859:Book of the Sphinx
2376:Book of the Sphinx
1398:Hohlenstein-Stadel
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1251:Kafka on the Shore
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5147:Mysteries of Isis
5120:Related religions
5013:Book of the Earth
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3490:Dessenne, André.
3422:978-0-674-99720-2
3389:978-0-8018-5362-3
3381:978-0-8018-5360-9
3363:978-0-521-82392-0
3348:978-0-941051-00-2
3340:Hesiod's Theogony
3189:Taylor, David A.
3104:978-1-4742-5627-8
2617:Poetry Foundation
2533:978-952-222-990-8
2361:978-1-4351-4654-9
2312:978-0-500-05120-7
2287:978-0-393-05974-8
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1066:sanctum sanctorum
450:Sphinx of Memphis
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4968:Was-sceptre
4795:and objects
4272:Mehet-Weret
4115:Harpocrates
3945:Banebdjedet
3910:Arensnuphis
3590:Osiris myth
3311:16 November
3200:16 November
3195:Smithsonian
3174:15 November
2713:p. 29 n. 20
2642:Apollodorus
2488:The Wildean
1994:Lupul Dacic
1749: [
1466:In ancient
1442:Dashavatara
1387:Aurignacian
1302:Champollion
1276:Freemasonry
1123:Mahabharata
1110:Kanyakumari
1103:Brahmotsava
1093:puruṣamr̥ga
1084:puruṣamr̥ga
1077:Chidambaram
1049:puruṣamr̥ga
994:puruṣamr̥ga
700:Apollodorus
643:Romanticism
635:Robert Adam
519:Domus Aurea
409:Thutmose IV
375: /
318:, with the
261:Renaissance
242:androsphinx
5192:Categories
5132:Gnosticism
4973:Winged sun
4818:Corn mummy
4720:Characters
4644:Werethekau
4482:Sebiumeker
4292:Meretseger
4157:Ikhemu-sek
4095:Hermanubis
3595:Philosophy
3585:Numerology
3402:Most, G.W.
3383:(Vol. 1),
3333:References
2644:, Library
2419:"Caresses"
2058:Hippogryph
2022:Cockatrice
1692:and other
1656:Hatshepsut
1416:Martikhwar
1412:Mardyakhor
1354:Bundahishn
1196:In Burma (
1057:apotropaic
1018:norasingha
1014:manutthiha
1006:nara-simha
1002:naravirala
805:Aethiopian
677:Bronze Age
639:grottesche
613:(1896) by
583:in Spain,
546:grottesche
513:grottesche
435:Hatshepsut
363:31°08′15″E
360:29°58′31″N
351:Nile River
250:ανδρόσφιγξ
187:pronounced
158:pronounced
48:red-figure
5078:Festivals
4943:Shen ring
4923:Ouroboros
4858:Eye of Ra
4813:Cartouche
4751:Locations
4696:Serpopard
4663:Creatures
4594:Tjenenyet
4577:Ta-Bitjet
4522:Shesmetet
4442:Renenutet
4427:Raet-Tawy
4347:Nehmetawy
4297:Meskhenet
4065:Hedjhotep
3920:Assessors
3618:Practices
3580:Mythology
3575:Maa Kheru
3555:Afterlife
3391:(Vol. 2).
3041:cite book
3011:0971-751X
3003:The Hindu
2978:cite book
2573:1043-6928
2496:1357-4949
2461:0021-8529
2276:pp.
2128:Snow Lion
2064:Manticore
1778:, 1789–90
1426:Narasimha
1422:Narasimha
1408:Manticore
1404:Manticore
1208:manuthiha
1203:Manussiha
1174:Narasimha
1170:narasimha
1159:Sri Lanka
1144:Narasimha
1134:that god
1026:nora nair
1010:manussiha
976:gateway,
689:Herodotus
647:Symbolism
619:Symbolist
589:Białystok
581:La Granja
528:arabesque
504:Mannerist
496:La Granja
447:alabaster
278:The word
274:Etymology
176:romanized
93:Narasimha
81:Manticore
5198:Sphinxes
5142:Kemetism
4983:Writings
4893:Khepresh
4737:Rededjet
4639:Wepwawet
4624:Wadj-wer
4342:Nehebkau
4337:Nefertem
4257:Mandulis
4192:Kebechet
4182:Iusaaset
4100:Heryshaf
4050:Hatmehit
3885:Apedemak
3760:Nephthys
3655:Pyramids
3635:Funerals
3433:Newsweek
3416:, 2018.
3110:13 March
2878:13 March
2857:Regier,
2829:"Sphinx"
2711:; Most,
2705:Theogony
2697:Theogony
2622:13 March
2596:13 March
2504:45270114
2417:(2017).
2264:(2007).
2110:Sharabha
1970:See also
1697:capitals
1694:European
1563:(480 BC)
1479:centaurs
1438:Hinduism
1345:Iron Age
1341:Luristan
1339:period,
1223:Thailand
1216:ogresses
1132:Sharabha
839:Olympian
611:Caresses
481:Claudius
479:emperor
407:pharaoh
219:haunches
204:sphinges
200:sphinxes
167:Boeotian
63:Grouping
57:, Italy.
5263:Riddles
5157:Thelema
5127:Atenism
4958:Ushabti
4928:Pschent
4918:Neshmet
4833:Deshret
4793:Symbols
4742:Ubaoner
4681:Griffin
4567:Taweret
4562:Tatenen
4497:Serapis
4492:Sekhmet
4462:Resheph
4407:Qed-her
4357:Nekhbet
4332:Nebtuwi
4197:Khensit
4167:Imhotep
4162:Imentet
4060:Hedetet
3925:Astarte
3860:Andjety
3835:Amesemi
3675:Deities
3660:Temples
3548:Beliefs
3255:19 July
3150:4351896
3016:22 June
2901:17 June
2399:3 April
2278:110–112
2152:Chinthe
2146:Komainu
2116:Simurgh
2082:Phoenix
2076:Pegasus
2052:Lamassu
2034:Griffin
2012:Centaur
2006:Chimera
1885:Tunisia
1866:Eritrea
1850:cavetto
1776:Bavaria
1757:Belgium
1716:Potsdam
1622:in 1858
1555:during
1486:Gallery
1468:Assyria
1440:in the
1430:Avatara
1337:Elamite
1294:Masonic
1286:Masonic
1227:Himapan
1198:Myanmar
1182:avatara
1180:; this
1062:gopuram
1042:Bharhut
978:Bharhut
953:Sfinxul
946:Sfinxul
937:Romania
835:liminal
814:Oedipus
732:Echidna
728:Chimera
724:Orthrus
716:serpent
708:Statius
675:In the
651:Oedipus
623:Oedipus
577:Potsdam
561:Régence
542:Raphael
536:of the
454:avenues
439:granite
431:Sekhmet
418:Khepera
397:statues
292:sphíngō
254:pharaoh
231:Oedipus
206:) is a
178::
89:Lamassu
77:Griffin
4991:Amduat
4938:Serekh
4933:Scarab
4863:Hedjet
4768:Benben
4711:Uraeus
4706:Sphinx
4691:Medjed
4649:Wosret
4634:Wepset
4619:Wadjet
4542:Sopdet
4527:Shezmu
4507:Seshat
4502:Serket
4447:Renpet
4432:Rekhyt
4412:Qetesh
4377:Pakhet
4307:Mnevis
4282:Menhit
4262:Medjed
4252:Mafdet
4242:Maahes
4227:Khonsu
4217:Kherty
4212:Khepri
4080:Hemsut
4055:Hauron
4045:Hathor
3980:Buchis
3965:Ba-Pef
3950:Bastet
3880:Anuket
3875:Anubis
3850:Amu-Aa
3845:Am-heh
3794:Triads
3785:Tefnut
3770:Osiris
3737:Ennead
3722:Naunet
3712:Kauket
3702:Hauhet
3697:Amunet
3684:Ogdoad
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