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Published: 2017-04-30 17:52:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 15349; Favourites: 409; Downloads: 152
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Description Another work for the Chilean TCG "Mitos y Leyendas".

Let's see some of wikinformation about one of the most famous legendary creatures:

Have 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. 

In Greek and Roman texts, griffins and Arimaspeans were associated with gold. Indeed, in later accounts, "griffins were said to lay eggs in burrows on the grounds and these nests contained gold nuggets." 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, though this hypothesis has been strongly contested as it ignores pre-Mycenaean accounts. In antiquity it was a symbol of divine power and a guardian of the divine.

I hope you like it!

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Comments: 12

SuperSabre-Tooth [2022-03-28 05:15:02 +0000 UTC]

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LuminousSpirit1996 [2018-04-04 00:12:22 +0000 UTC]

Very Nice
Keep it up!

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AnnaRDunster [2018-02-19 01:27:06 +0000 UTC]

Lovely rendering, I like the turqoise feathers in the tail a lot!

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LittleMissWriter7 [2017-05-15 05:04:42 +0000 UTC]

Ohmygoodness how are you so good at drawing?

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Infinity12356 In reply to LittleMissWriter7 [2017-05-16 00:47:53 +0000 UTC]

Pure awesomeness 

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LittleMissWriter7 In reply to Infinity12356 [2017-05-16 01:22:44 +0000 UTC]

It's a possibility

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LasselantaNariel [2017-05-06 15:45:39 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful! 

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RavenHeart1984 [2017-05-03 05:20:53 +0000 UTC]

epic

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HawkeShep [2017-05-01 08:14:14 +0000 UTC]

If this ain't majestic af, I don't know what is!

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Gryphondrake7991 [2017-04-30 19:14:58 +0000 UTC]

That's very awesome, I like the hole body detail of the gryphon

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Feig-Art In reply to Gryphondrake7991 [2017-04-30 19:32:44 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Gryphondrake7991 In reply to Feig-Art [2017-04-30 19:58:40 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome, keep up the good work

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