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In ancient Egypt, Sphinx, with a woman's head and torso, a lion's body and eagle's wings, the the goddess-protector of Pharaohs, while later on, shpinx was used to represent the Pharaohs themselves. Another mythological creature inspired by the lion was the griffin, that had a lion's body with the head and the wings of an eagle, used as well as a guardian symbol.
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