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[[File:SphinxGiza.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Great Sphinx of Giza]], with the [[Khafre's Pyramid|Pyramid of Khafre]] in the background]] |
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[[File:Sphinx of Hetepheres II - fourth dynasty of Egypt.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Perhaps the first sphinx, Queen [[Hetepheres II]] from the fourth dynasty (Cairo Museum)]] |
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[[File:Sphynxes.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Avenue of ram-headed sphinxes at [[Karnak]] in [[Luxor]] dating to the eighteenth dynasty]] |
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[[File:Sphinx Darius Louvre.jpg|thumb|175px|Winged sphinx from the palace of [[Darius the Great]] during [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]] at [[Susa]] (480 BC).]] |
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A '''sphinx''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Σφίγξ /''sphinx'', sometimes Φίξ ''/Phix'') is a mythological creature that is depicted as a recumbent feline with a human head. It has its origins in sculpted figures of lionesses with female human heads (unless the pharaoh was depicted as the son of the deity) of [[Old Kingdom]] [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] in association with their solar deities, [[Bastet|Bast]] or [[Sekhmet]]. The [[ancient Greeks]] adapted this image and applied their own name for a male monster, the "strangler", an archaic figure of [[Greek mythology]]. Similar creatures of either gender appear throughout South and South-East Asia. In European decorative art, the sphinx enjoyed a major revival during the [[Renaissance]]. Later, the sphinx image, something very similar to the original Ancient Egyptian concept, was exported into many other cultures, albeit often interpreted quite differently due to translations of descriptions of the originals and the evolution of the concept in relation to other cultural traditions. |
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Generally the role of sphinxes is associated with architectural structures such as royal tombs or religious temples. The oldest known sphinx was found in [[Gobekli Tepe]], [[Turkey]] and was dated to 9,500 B.C.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/apr/23/archaeology.turkey Birch, N., 7000 Years Older Than Stonehenge: The Site that Stunned Archaeologists, The Guardian, April 2008]</ref> Perhaps the first sphinx in Egypt was one depicting [[Hetepheres II|Queen Hetepheres II]], of the [[fourth dynasty of Egypt|fourth dynasty]] that lasted from [[2723 BC|2723]] to [[2563 BC]]. She was one of the longest-lived members of the royal family of that dynasty. |
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The largest and most famous is the [[Great Sphinx of Giza]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: أبو الهول, sited at the [[Giza]] Plateau on the west bank of the [[Nile River]] and facing due east ({{coord|29|58|31|N|31|08|15|E|}}). It is also from the same dynasty. Although the date of its construction is uncertain, the head of the Great Sphinx now is believed to be that of the pharaoh [[Khafra]]. |
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What names their builders gave to these [[statue]]s is not known. At the Great Sphinx site, the inscription on a [[stele]] erected a thousand years later, by [[Thutmose IV]] in [[1400 BCE]], lists the names of three aspects of the local sun deity of that period, ''[[Khepera]] - [[Rê]] - [[Atum]]''. The inclusion of these figures in tomb and temple complexes quickly became traditional and many pharaohs had their heads carved atop the guardian statues for their tombs to show their close relationship with the powerful solar deity, [[Sekhmet]], a lioness. Other famous Egyptian sphinxes include one bearing the head of the pharaoh [[Hatshepsut]], with her likeness carved in [[granite]], which is now in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in New York, and the [[alabaster]] sphinx of [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], currently located within the open-air museum at that site. The theme was expanded to form great [[Avenue (landscape)|avenues]] of guardian sphinxes lining the approaches to tombs and temples as well as serving as details atop the posts of flights of stairs to very grand complexes. Nine hundred with ram heads, representing [[Amon]], were built in [[Thebes (Egypt)|Thebes]], where his cult was strongest. |
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==Greek traditions== |
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From the [[Bronze Age]], the Hellenes had trade and cultural contacts with Egypt. Before the time that [[Alexander the Great]] occupied Egypt, the Greek name, ''sphinx'', was already applied to these statues. The historians and geographers of Greece wrote extensively about Egyptian culture. Heredotus called the ram-headed sphinxes, ''criosphinxes'', and the bird-headed ones, ''[[Hieracosphinx|hierocosphinxes]]''. |
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The word ''sphinx'' comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] Σφίγξ, apparently from the verb σφίγγω (''sphíngō''), meaning "to strangle".<ref>Note that the γ takes on a 'ng' sound in front of both γ and ξ.</ref> This name may be derived from the fact that the hunters for a pride of lions are the lionesses, and kill their prey by strangulation, biting the throat of prey and holding them down until they die. <!--: the following is garbled:the Sphinx has no "given name" and "proper name":This may be her [[proper name]], but ''The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology'' states that her given name was '''Φιξ—Phix'''.)--> The word ''[[sphincter]]'' derives from the same root. However, the historian Susan Wise Bauer suggests that the word "sphinx" was instead, a Greek corruption of the Egyptian name "shesepankh," which meant "living image," and referred rather to the ''statue'' of the sphinx, which was carved out of "living rock" (rock that was present at the construction site, not harvested and brought from another location), than to the beast itself.<ref name="multiple">{{cite book |
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| first = S. Wise |
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| authorlink = S. Wise Bauer |
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| title = The History Of The Ancient World |
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| publisher = [[W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.]] |
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| location = New York |
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| year = 2007 |
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| pages = 110–112 |
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| isbn-10 = 0-393-05974-X }}</ref> |
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There was a single ''sphinx'' in Greek mythology, a unique demon of destruction and bad luck. According to [[Hesiod]], she was a daughter of [[Echidna (mythology)|Echidna]] and [[Orthrus]];<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'', [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+327&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130 327]</ref> according to others, she was a daughter of Echidna and [[Typhon]]. All of these are [[chthonic]] figures from the earliest of Greek myths, before the Olympians ruled the Greek [[Pantheon (gods)|pantheon]]. [[Pierre Grimal]]'s ''The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology'' states that Sphinx's [[proper name]] was Phix (Φίξ), though it does not identify a source for this information. The Sphinx, though, is called by this name (Phix (Φίξ)) by [[Hesiod]] in line 326 of the [[Theogony]]. |
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In [[Greek mythology]], a sphinx is represented as a monster with a head of a woman, the body of a [[lioness]], the wings of an [[eagle]], and a [[snake|serpent]] headed tail. |
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The sphinx was the emblem of the ancient city-state of [[Chios]], and appeared on seals and the obverse side of coins from the sixth century BC until the third century AD. |
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Athena appears in the middle of the upper-half of the middle of a sarcophagus found in the middle pyramid of Giza, with two sphinxes at her side. |
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[[File:Marble Sphinx.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Marble Sphinx dated 540 B.C. Acropolis Museum, Athens]] |
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===The Riddle of the Sphinx=== |
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The Sphinx is said to have guarded the entrance to<!--any other area needs to be made specific--> the Greek city of Thebes, and to have asked a riddle of travelers to allow them passage. The exact riddle asked by the Sphinx was not specified by early tellers of the stories, and was not standardized as the one given below until late in Greek history.<ref>{{cite book|last=Edmunds|first=Lowell|title=The Sphinx in the Oedipus Legend|year=1981|publisher=Hain|location=Königstein im Taunus|isbn=3-445-02184-8}}</ref> |
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It was said in late lore that [[Hera]] or [[Ares]] sent the Sphinx from her [[Ethiopia]]n homeland (the Greeks always remembered the foreign origin of the Sphinx) to [[Thebes (Greece)|Thebes]] in Greece where she asks all passersby the most famous [[riddle]] in history: "Which creature in the morning goes on four legs, at mid-day on two, and in the evening upon three, and the more legs it has, the weaker it be?" She strangled and devoured anyone unable to answer. [[Oedipus]] solved the riddle by answering: Man—who crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane in old age. By some accounts<ref>{{cite book | last=Grimal | first=Pierre | others=trans. A. R. Maxwell-Hyslop | title=The Dictionary of Classical Mythology | isbn=0631201025 | publisher=Blackwell Publishing | year=1996 }} (entry "Oedipus", p. 324)</ref> (but much more rarely), there was a second riddle: "There are two sisters: one gives birth to the other and she, in turn, gives birth to the first." The answer is "day and night" (both words are feminine in Greek). |
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Bested at last, the tale continues, the Sphinx then threw herself from her high rock and died. An alternative version tells that she devoured herself. Thus Oedipus can be recognized as a "[[liminal]]" or threshold figure, helping affect the transition between the old religious practices, represented by the death of the Sphinx, and the rise of the new, [[Twelve Olympians|Olympian]] gods. |
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In [[Jean Cocteau]]'s retelling of the Oedipus legend, ''[[The Infernal Machine]]'', the Sphinx tells Oedipus the answer to the riddle, to kill herself so that she did not have to kill anymore, and also to make him love her. He leaves without ever thanking her for giving him the answer to the riddle. The scene ends when the Sphinx and [[Anubis]], who is there to kill the victims who cannot answer the riddle, ascend back to the heavens. |
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==Sphinxes in South and South-East Asia== |
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[[File:Purushamrigatribhuvanai01.JPG|thumb|225px|Purushamriga or Indian sphinx depicted on the Shri Varadaraja Perumal temple in [[Tribhuvana]], India]] |
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A composite mythological being with the body of a lion and the head of a human being is present in the traditions, mythology and art of South and South-East Asia<ref>Deekshitar, Raja. "Discovering the Anthropomorphic Lion in Indian Art." in ''Marg. A Magazine of the Arts''. 55/4, 2004, p.34-41; [http://www.sphinxofindia.rajadeekshithar.com Sphinx of India].</ref> Variously known as ''purushamriga'' (Sanskrit, "man-beast"), ''purushamirukam'' (Tamil, "man-beast"), ''naravirala'' (Sanskrit, "man-cat") in India, or as ''nara-simha'' (Sanskrit, "man-lion") in Sri Lanka, ''manusiha'' or ''manuthiha'' (Pali, "man-lion") in Myanmar, and ''nora nair'' or ''thepnorasingh'' in Thailand. |
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In contrast to the sphinx in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Greece, where the traditions largely have been lost due to the discontinuity of the civilization,<ref>{{cite book|last=Demisch|first=Heinz|title=Die Sphinx. Geschichte ihrer Darstellung von den Anfangen bis zur Gegenwart|year=1977|location=Stuttgart}}</ref> the traditions of the "Asian sphinx" are very much alive today. The earliest artistic depictions of "sphinxes" from the South Asian subcontinent are to some extent influenced by [[Hellenistic art]] and writings. These hail from the period when Buddhist art underwent a phase of Hellenistic influence. But the "sphinxes" from Mathura, Kausambi, and Sanchi, dated to the third century BC until the first century AD, also show a considerable non-Hellenist, indigenous character. It is not possible, therefore, to conclude the concept of the "sphinx" originated through foreign influence.<ref>Deekshithar, Raja. "[http://www.sphinxofindia.rajadeekshithar.com/earlyart.html SPHINX OF INDIA]". Retrieved on 21 January 2007.</ref>. |
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In South India, the "sphinx" is known as ''purushamriga'' (Sanskrit) or ''purushamirukam'' (Tamil), meaning "man-beast". It is found depicted in sculptural art in temples and palaces where it serves an [[apotropaic]] purpose, just as the "sphinxes" in other parts of the ancient world.<ref>{{cite book|last=Demisch|first=Heinz|title=Die Sphinx. Geschichte ihrer Darstellung von den Anfangen bis zur Gegenwart. |year=1977|location=Stuttgart}}</ref> It is said by the tradition, to take away the sins of the devotees when they enter a temple and to ward off evil in general. It is therefore often found in a strategic position on the [[gopuram]] or temple gateway, or near the entrance of the [[Sanctum Sanctorum]]. |
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[[File:Purushamrigachidambaram01.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Male purushamriga or Indian sphinx guarding the entrance of the Shri Shiva Nataraja temple in Chidambaram]] |
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The ''purushamriga'' plays a significant role in daily as well as yearly ritual of South Indian [[Shaiva]] temples. In the [[sodasa-upacara]] (or sixteen honors) ritual, performed between one to six times at significant sacred moments through the day, it decorates one of the lamps of the [[diparadhana]] or lamp ceremony. And in several temples the ''purushamriga'' is also one of the ''[[vahana]]'' or vehicles of the deity during the processions of the [[Brahmotsava]] or festival. |
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In [[Kanyakumari district|Kanya Kumari]] district, in the southernmost tip of the Indian subcontinent, during the night of [[Shiva Ratri]], devotees run 75 kilometres while visiting and worshiping at twelve Shiva temples. This [[Shiva Ottam]] (or Run for Shiva) is performed in commemoration of the story of the race between the Sphinx and [[Bhima]], one of the heroes of the epic ''[[Mahabharata]]''. |
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The Indian conception of a sphinx that comes closest to the classic Greek idea, is in the concept of the ''[[Sharabha]]'', a mythical creature, part lion, part man and part bird, and the form of Sharabha that god [[Shiva]] took on to counter [[Narasimha]]'s violence. |
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In [[Philippines]], the sphinx is known as ''nicolonia''. It is depicted as part man and part eagle that is known to ask riddles to wanderers who trespass in the Bicol region. Anyone who fails to answer its riddle is said to be carried off to the [[Mayon Volcano]] where they are said to be offered to the volcano god, [[Gev'ra]], to appease his anger. |
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In [[Sri Lanka]], the sphinx is known as ''narasimha'' or man-lion. As a sphinx, it has the body of a lion and the head of a human being, and is not to be confused with [[Narasimha]], the fourth reincarnation of the deity [[Vishnu]]; this [[avatara]] or incarnation is depicted with a human body and the head of a lion. The "sphinx" narasimha is part of the Buddhist tradition and functions as a guardian of the northern direction and also was depicted on banners. |
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In [[Burma]], the sphinx is known as ''[[Chinthe#Manussiha|manussiha]]'' (''manuthiha''). It is depicted on the corners of Buddhist [[stupas]], and its legends tell how it was created by Buddhist monks to protect a new-born royal baby from being devoured by [[ogre]]sses. |
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Nora Nair and Thep Norasingh are two of the names under which the "sphinx" is known in [[Thailand]]. They are depicted as upright walking beings with the lower body of a lion or deer, and the upper body of a human. Often they are found as female-male pairs. Here, too, the sphinx serves a protective function. It also is enumerated among the mythological creatures that inhabit the ranges of the sacred mountain [[Himapan]].<ref>[http://www.himmapan.com/himmapan_lion_thepnorasri.html Thep Norasri<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>{{clr}} |
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[[File:La Granja de San Ildefonso Sfinx01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[La Granja (palace)|La Granja]], Spain, mid-18th century]] |
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[[File:Fernand Khnopff 002.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Fernand Khnopff]]'s symbolist version of a sphinx.]] |
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==Revived sphinxes in Europe== |
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The revived ''[[Mannerism|Mannerist]] sphinx'' of the sixteenth century is sometimes thought of as the ''French sphinx''. Her coiffed head is erect and she has the breasts of a young woman. Often she wears ear drops and [[pearl]]s as ornaments. Her body is naturalistically rendered as a recumbent lioness. Such sphinxes were revived when the ''[[Grotesque|grottesche]]'' or "grotesque" decorations of the unearthed "''Golden House''" (''[[Domus Aurea]]'') of [[Nero]] were brought to light in late fifteenth century Rome, and she was incorporated into the classical vocabulary of arabesque designs that spread throughout Europe in [[engraving]]s during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Sphinxes were included in the decoration of the ''loggia'' of the [[Vatican Palace]] by the workshop of [[Raphael]] (1515–20), which updated the vocabulary of the Roman grottesche. |
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The first appearances of sphinxes in French art are in the [[School of Fontainebleau]] in the 1520s and 1530s and she continues into the [[Baroque|Late Baroque]] style of the French [[Regence|Régence]] (1715–1723). |
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From France, she spread throughout Europe, becoming a regular feature of the outdoors decorative sculpture of eighteenth-century palace gardens, as in the [[Belvedere (palace)|Upper Belvedere Palace]] in [[Vienna]], [[Sanssouci Park]] in [[Potsdam]], [[La Granja (palace)|La Granja]] in Spain, [[Branicki Palace, Białystok|Branicki Palace]] in [[Białystok]], or the late [[Rococo]] examples in the grounds of the Portuguese [[Queluz National Palace]] (of perhaps the 1760s), with [[Ruff (clothing)|ruff]]s and clothed chests ending with a little cape. |
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Sphinxes are a feature of the [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] interior decorations of [[Robert Adam]] and his followers, returning closer to the undressed style of the grottesche. They had an equal appeal to artists and designers of the [[romanticism|romantic]], and later [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolism]] movements in the nineteenth century. Most of these sphinxes alluded to the [[Oedipus|Greek sphinx]], rather than the Egyptian, although they may not have wings. |
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==Sphinxes in Freemasonry== |
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[[File:DSC01907.JPG|thumb|248px|right|Sphinx adopted as an emblem in [[Freemasonry|Mason]]ic architecture]] |
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The sphinx image also has been adopted into [[Freemasonry|Mason]]ic architecture. Among the Egyptians, sphinxes were placed at the entrance of the temple to guard the mysteries, by warning those who penetrated within, that they should conceal a knowledge of them from the uninitiated. [[Jean-François Champollion|Champollion]] says that the sphinx became successively the symbol of each of the gods, by which Portal suggests that the priests intended to express the idea that all the gods were hidden from the people, and that the knowledge of them, guarded in the sanctuaries, was revealed to the initiates only. As a Masonic emblem, the sphinx has been adopted in its Egyptian character as a symbol of mystery, and as such often is found as a decoration sculptured in front of Masonic temples, or engraved at the head of Masonic documents. It cannot, however, be properly called an ancient, recognized symbol of the Order. Its introduction has been of comparatively recent date, and rather as a symbolic decoration than as a symbol that announces any dogma. |
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==Similar creatures== |
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*The 32,000 year old [[Aurignacian]] Löwenfrau Goddess is the oldest known anthropomorphic statue. Previously known as the [[Lion man]], she has a human female body and a lioness head. |
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*Not all human-headed animals of antiquity are sphinxes. In ancient [[Assyria]], for example, bas-reliefs of [[shedu]] bulls with the crowned bearded heads of kings guarded the entrances of the temples. |
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*In the classical Olympian mythology of Greece, all the deities had human form, although they could assume their animal natures as well. All the creatures of Greek myth who combine human and animal form are archaic survivals: [[centaur]]s, Typhon, [[Medusa (mythology)|Medusa]], [[Lamia (mythology)|Lamia]]. |
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*[[Narasimha]] ("man-lion") is described as an incarnation ([[avatar]]) of [[Vishnu]] within the [[Puranic]] texts of [[Hinduism]] who takes the form of half-man / half-[[Asiatic Lion]], having a human torso and lower body, but with a lion-like face and claws. |
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*The [[Manticore]] is a similar creature, who also features a lion's body with human-like face. |
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==Gallery== |
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File:The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx.jpg|The [[Great Sphinx of Giza]] in 1858 |
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File:Museo Egizio di Torino-631 o.jpg|Typical Egyptian sphinx with a human head. ([[Museo Egizio]], [[Turin]]) |
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File:Hatshepsut-SmallSphinx MetropolitanMuseum.png|Sphinx of Egyptian pharaoh [[Hatshepsut]] with unusual ear and ruff features, 1503-1482 BC |
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File:028MAD Sphinx.jpg|Ancient Greek sphinx from [[Delphi]]. |
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File:Modern Chios sphinx.jpg|Modern reproduction of symbol used for [[Chios|Chian]] goods and coinage during pre-Hellenic times |
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File:Sphinxes.jpg|3000-year-old sphinxes were imported from Egypt to embellish public spaces in [[Saint Petersburg]] and other [[Europe]]an [[Capital (political)|capitals]]. |
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File:Wien Schloss Belvedere DSC03014.JPG|[[Belvedere (palace)|Upper Belvedere Palace]] in [[Vienna]]. |
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File:Bundesarchiv Bild 170-770, Potsdam, Sanssouci, Sphinx im Park Sanssouci.jpg|[[Park Sanssouci]] in [[Potsdam]] |
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File:Queluz Palace sphynx statue and ballroom wing.JPG|[[Queluz National Palace|Queluz]] wingless rococo sphinx. |
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File:Enghien CHSph1JPG.jpg|Classic Régence garden Sphinx in lead, Château Empain, Enghien, Belgium. |
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File:Sphinx - Park Schönbusch.jpg|Park Schönbusch in [[Aschaffenburg]], [[Bavaria]], 1789-90. |
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File:IngresOdipusAndSphinx.jpg|[[Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres|Ingres]], ''Oedipus and the Sphinx''. |
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File:Paris Hôtel de Ville 2497 07.jpg|[[Hôtel de Ville, Paris]], 1870s. |
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File:Gustave Moreau 005.jpg|[[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolist]] ''Oedipus and the Sphinx'' by [[Gustave Moreau]]. |
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File:Esfingedebotero.jpg|A contemporary sphinx by [[Botero]], in [[Medellín, Colombia]]. |
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File:Jardin El Capricho Sfinxs at Plaza de los Emperadores05 cropped.jpg|Sphinx at Plaza de los Emperadores (Parque de El Capricho, [[Madrid]].) |
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File:Foreign Affairs Building of Canada.jpg|The [[Lester B. Pearson Building]] in [[Ottawa]] was designed to resemble the Sphinx. |
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File:Marble sphinx on a cavetto capital.jpg|Marble sphinx on a cavetto capital, Attic, ca. 580-575 B.C. |
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File:Sphinx_guinle_1.JPG|Sphinx guarding the entrance of [[:pt:Parque Eduardo Guinle|Parque Eduardo Guinle]]. |
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File:Sphinx_guinle_2.JPG|Sphinx guarding the entrance of [[:pt:Parque Eduardo Guinle|Parque Eduardo Guinle]]. |
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==See also== |
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{{commonscat|Sphinxes}} |
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*[[Griffin]] |
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*[[Pyramid]] |
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*[[Egyptian pyramids]] |
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*[[Hippogriff]] |
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*[[Simurgh]] |
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*[[Angel]] |
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*[[Phi Sigma Sigma]] |
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==Notes== |
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[[Category:Egyptian legendary creatures]] |
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[[Category:Greek legendary creatures]] |
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[[Category:Mythological hybrids]] |
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[[Category:Egyptian artefact types]] |
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[[Category:Legendary mammals]] |
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[[Category:Riddles]] |
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[[Category:Fantasy creatures]] |
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[[Category:Ancient Egyptian symbols]] |
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[[Category:Mythological felines]] |
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