Hippogriff: was Oscar Wilde connection?

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 7109

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Rita Winston" <catlady at w...> wrote:
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> 
> The Hipppogriff resembles the Griffin that both have an Eagle as 
> their front half. The Griffon has the back half of a Lion as its 
back 
> half and the Hippogriff has the back half of a Horse as its back 
> half. The name Griffin (gryphon) comes from a Greek word 
meaning 'to 
> grab' because it grabs things (like nice edible sheep, or humans) 
> with its claws. The name Hippogriff combines Hippos (Greek for 
Horse, 
> as in the name of the prehistoric mammal Eohippos for Dawn Horse) 
> with the name Griffin.
> 
Of course, the most famous griffin in British Literature is in Lewis 
Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. In the chapter The Mock Turtle's 
Story, he is the pseudo-turtle's inseperable companion. You can see 
what he looks like thanks to John Tenniel's immortal illustrations.

   - CMC