Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Demon name "Bune" | Unk | A demon of death and Grand Duke of the infernal regions. He removes corpses, haunts cemeteries, and marshals the demons around the places of the dead. He has been depicted as a three-headed dragon, the heads being respectively those of a dog, griffin and man. Unk |
Demon name "Focalor" | Christian | A Great Duke of Hell who kills men, drowns them, and overthrows warships and has power over wind and sea and hoped to return to heaven after one thousand years, but he was deceived in his hope. Focalor is depicted as a man with the wings of a griffin. Christian demonology |
"Griffin" | Greek | Griffon or Gryphon, has the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. In heraldry the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. |
"Hippogriff" | Greek | The winged horse, whose father was a griffin and mother a horse. A symbol of love. Greek |
"Ikhekhu or Akhekhu" | Egypt | A semi-supernatural being described as a serpent with four legs, resembling an European griffin. Egypt |
"Semargl" | Slavic | Simargl, Semargl-Pereplut, a griffin with the body of a dog. Slavic |
"Simorgh" | Persian | Gigantic bird like the hippogriff or griffin; half phoenix, half lion. Persian |