The hieracosphinx () is a mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry.Gwynn-Jones, P. Ll. (1998) The Art of Heraldry : origins, symbols, designs, London : Parkgate, The god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder") was usually depicted as one. The name Hieracosphinx comes from the Greek , itself from (hierax "hawk") + ("sphinx").
Description The Hieracosphinx has the head of a hawk and the body of a lion. The name was coined by Herodotus for the hawk-headed sphinxes that he saw in Egypt; the other being the ram-headed sphinx which Herodotus called Criosphinx ().
In popular culture The Hieracosphinx is the name of a monster card in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Trading Card Game.
In the Real-time strategy game Age of Mythology, worshipping Bast allows players to upgrade their Sphinxes to Hieracosphinxes.
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Comparison of the hieracosphinx with other sphinx types