Which mythical creature had the head of an Eagle and the bodyand legs of a Lion?
Sir Eglamour of Artois has the hero go through the mouth of a dragon to reach the Otherworld. Sir Eglamour's baby son is carried away from Christabel by a griffin. A griffin is a mythical creature with the body and feet of a lion and the head and the wings of an eagle. Its earliest depiction can be seen in the throne room of the Palace of Knossos on the Mediterranean island of Crete, in Greece, in a Minoan fresco that dates to the mid-2nd century BC. Sir Eglamour's young son is not the only baby to be carried off by this mythical bird
Lion head symbol of Singapore and washed ashore to an island. There he saw a creature which he believed was a lion. So he named the island "Singa Pura" (in Tamil language Singa puram) which means "Lion City" in Malay, from which the name Singapore was derived. According to the Singapore government: Extracted from "Guidelines on the use of National Symbols: The Singapore Lion Symbol" (July 1999) published by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts: Lion head symbol of Singapore The lion head symbol was introduced in 1986 as an alternative national symbol of Singapore. The lion head was chosen as a logo,