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label
  • Griffin
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name
  • Griffin
Subject
  • Greek legendary creatures
  • Griffins
  • Egyptian legendary creatures
  • Mythological hybrids
  • Heraldic beasts
  • European legendary creatures
  • Mythological birds of prey
abstract
  • Power/speed metal band formed in San Francisco, CA, USA in 1981.
dbo:abstract
  • The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (Greek: γρύφων, grýphōn, or γρύπων, grýpōn, early form γρύψ, grýps; Latin: gryphus) is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion; the head and wings of an eagle; and an eagle's talons as its front feet. Because the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle the king of birds, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. The griffin was also thought of as king of all creatures. Griffins are known for guarding treasure and priceless possessions.Adrienne Mayor, a classical folklorist, proposes that the griffin was an ancient misconception derived from the fossilized remains of the Protoceratops found in gold mines in the Altai mountains of Scythia, in present-day southeastern Kazakhstan, or in Mongolia.In antiquity it was a symbol of divine power and a guardian of the divine.
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  • Flight Of The Griffin
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  • US metal band
discogs
musicbrainz
Musicbrainz GUID
  • 57ea259e-9030-477c-a607-fe7ff2cc34cb
universally unique identifier
  • 56d8391353a7ddfc01f95d43
wikipedia
schema:foundingDate
  • 1980
wsb:allMusic_page
wsb:deezer_artist_id
  • 54630
wsb:deezer_fans
wsb:deezer_page
wsb:discogs_id
  • 1777273
wsb:iTunes_page
wsb:location
wsb:name_without_accent
  • Griffin
wsb:spotify_page
wsb:wikia_page
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