THE GRIFFIN 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. AS THE LION WAS TRADITIONALLY CONSIDERED THE KING OF THE

BEASTS AND THE EAGLE WAS THE KING OF THE BIRDS, THE GRIFFIN WAS

THOUGHT TO BE AN ESPECIALLY POWERFUL, INTELLEGENT AND A MAJESTIC

CREATURE. IN ANTIQUITY IT WAS A SYMBOL OF DIVINE POWER AND A GUARDIAN

OF THE DIVINE.