Английская Википедия:Hieracosphinx

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Wall relief of Horus at the temple of Edfu, Egypt

The hieracosphinx (Шаблон:Lang-grc) is a mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry.[1] The god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder") was usually depicted as one.[2] The name Hieracosphinx comes from the Greek Шаблон:Lang, itself from Шаблон:Lang (hierax "hawk") + Шаблон:Lang ("sphinx").[3]

Description

The Hieracosphinx has the head of a hawk and the body of a lion. The name was coined by Herodotus to the hawk-headed sphinxes that he saw in Egypt; the other being the ram-headed sphinx which Herodotus called Criosphinx (Шаблон:Lang-grc).

In popular culture

The Hieracosphinx is the name of a monster card in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game.[4]

In the Real-time strategy game Age of Mythology, worshipping Bast allows players to upgrade their Sphinxes to Hieracosphinxes.

See also

References

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