Editing Sphinx (section)

== See also ==
* [[Mythological hybrid|Hybrid creatures in mythology]]
* [[List of hybrid creatures in mythology]]

'''Similar hybrid creatures'''
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* [[Dacian draco|Lupul Dacic]] or the head of a wolf with the body of a snake, the sacred symbol of the Dacians, the ancient inhabitants of modern Romania. 
* [[Anzû (mythology)|Anzû]] (older reading: Zû), Mesopotamian monster
* [[Chimera (mythology)|Chimera]], Greek mythological hybrid monster
* [[Centaur]] and [[Ichthyocentaur]], Greek horse and human hybrid, or horse, human, fish hybrid
* [[Cockatrice]], snake with rooster's head and feet and bat's wings
* [[Dragon]], European and East Asian reptile-like mythical creature
* [[Griffin]] or griffon, lion-bird hybrid
* [[Harpy]], Greco-Roman mythological bird monster with woman's face
* [[Siren (mythology)|Siren]], Greco-Roman mythical creature with the combined features of a woman and bird, often a woman's head and breasts and a bird's body 
* [[Lamassu]], Assyrian deity, bull/lion-eagle-human hybrid
* [[Hippogryph]], half eagle, half horse
* [[Manticore]], Persian monster with a lion's body and a humanoid head.
* [[Nue]], Japanese legendary creature
* [[Pegasus]], winged stallion in Greek mythology
* [[Phoenix (mythology)|Phoenix]], self-regenerating bird in Greek mythology
* [[Pixiu]] or Pi Yao, Chinese mythical creature
* [[Qilin]], Chinese/East Asian mythical hybrid creature
* [[Satyr]], or [[Faun]], a Greek or Roman mythical creature that is half human half goat
* [[Sharabha]], Hindu mythology: lion-bird hybrid
* [[Simurgh]], Iranian mythical flying creature
* [[Sirin]], Russian mythological creature, half-woman half-bird
* [[Snow Lion]], Tibetan mythological celestial animal
* [[Yali (Hindu mythology)|Yali]], Hindu mythological lion-elephant-horse hybrid
* [[Ziz]], giant griffin-like bird in Jewish mythology
* [[Komainu]] to compare its use in Japanese culture
* [[Chinthe]] similar lion statues in Burma, Laos and Cambodia
* [[Shisa]] similar lion statues in the Ryukyu Islands
* [[Nian]] to compare with a similar but horned (unicorn) mythical beast
* [[Haetae]] to compare with similar lion-like statues in [[Korea]].
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