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[[Our Monsters Are Different]], dealing with [[Mix-and-Match Critters|bird/mammal hybrids]].
While not as popular as [[Our Dragons Are Different|Dragons]] or [[Unicorn
The oldest gryphon myths come from the [[Egyptian Mythology]] and ancient Sumer. Later, they were picked up by [[Greek Mythology]], and afterward used in Heraldry. They became a symbol of Christianity thanks to being a mixture of two majestic creatures that Christians back then saw as the "kings" of animals. After that, they went into literature, but their popularity would be low until the 1990's.
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* The '''Opinicus''', a slight variation with has the front legs of a lion, rendering only the wings and head (and sometimes they even don't have the wings) as being bird like; don't expect ears to show up. It may or may not have a snake's tail.
* The '''Hippogriff''', which resembles a gryphon with the body and back limbs of a horse instead of a lion, was made newly popular by [[J. K. Rowling]]
The Marigryph or "Mergryph", a Heraldic creature that is essentially [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|a Classical Gryphon with a mermaid tail instead of a lion tail and sometimes other underwater features]], has faded into
May overlap with [[Giant Flyer]] should the gryphon have wings. The wingless opinicus never flies, being seemingly not as magical as [[Our Dragons Are Different|eastern dragons]]. In contrast to their formerly benign religious symbolism, an example being the Gryphon in Dante's [[Divine Comedy]], which represents the mingling of the human and divine natures in [[Jesus|Christ]], modern gryphons often appear as dark if not demonic, though [[Dark Is Not Evil|they might still be good]]; or [[Light Is Not Good|they may be light-themed but evil]]. They are sometimes used as [[Horse of a Different Color|flying steeds]]. If gryphons are used as part of the [[Furry Fandom]], one may then expect a [[Winged Humanoid]] to be present.
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* In ''[[The Spiderwick Chronicles]]'' there is a gryphon called Byron. In the original books his design is actually quite original, as while following the classical griffin design his beak has teeth/teeth-like serrations and his ears are actually similar to those of a lion. The movie had him as a typical griffin however.
* Keladry from the ''[[Tortall Universe]]'' raises a baby, classical-type griffin until his parents are found. Griffins there are magical and intelligent, if hard to communicate with.
** They're also [[Living Lie Detector
* In the [[Diana Wynne Jones]] novel ''[[The Dark Lord of Derkholm]]'' and its sequel, ''Year of the Griffon'', feature a mixed human and griffon family, the result of a wizard who created intelligent griffons by mixing lion, eagle, (and later, cat) germ plasm with his own and his wife's and raising the hybrid kids alongside his own.
* In the ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' series by [[Mercedes Lackey]], gryphons are highly intelligent beings who were some of the earliest magic users of the world. In-world, they're considered to be extreme
* Like all Speakers in ''[[The Dragon Wars Saga]]'', gryphons come in various types depending on affinity. Kimi has an ice affinity and is half arctic eagle, half snow leopard.
* The [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] short story "Darkness Box" features gryphons used as war animals, which are apparently immortal (or near to it) and which bond closely to their owners.
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** Also there are the dark griffin riders, who ride black griffins wearing bronze masks.
* In the first three ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic]]'' games, the griffins stood on their hind legs, while in IV and V, they go on all fours.
* Griffons appear in ''[[Riviera: The Promised Land]]'' as demons, and in ''[[Yggdra Union]]'' and ''[[Blaze Union]]'' as mounts alongside horses and dragons. The latter two games have griffon-riding units as female-only, seeing as all the characters riding anything else happen to be male. In ''[[Yggdra Unison]]'', the superior mobility of griffon riders during the daytime makes the only two of them in the game, Kylier and Emilia, [[Lightning Bruiser]]-style [[Game Breaker
* ''[[American McGee's Alice]]'' has the Gryphon, who is initially held captive by the Mad Hatter. Alice frees him, and he helps lead her force against the Red Queen's army. {{spoiler|He is killed in an aerial duel with the Jabberwock, and his corpse is pretty much one of the only things that Alice can take cover behind in the ensuing boss fight.}}
* The Angels from [[Darksiders]] ride angelic creatures called Ortho that look like armored white griffins.
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