#greeksphinx

[hr-bananabird]

Art Fight - Attack on @sleepingwoolf !

[primreaper]

A little break from centaurs to show my Greek Sphinx babies!

[hogwartiandecor]

Went to the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia yesterday, this is in the Egyptian room, but she's a Greek Sphinx.

[poker-face-william]

Ancient guardians of precious artifacts, and accursed cities. These distant cousins of the Manticore decided to engross theme selves in arcane knowledge, and mystic wisdom as a means to gain power. Not only did this make them powerful in their own right, but nation leaders would also come to these powerful creatures and offer them food and wealth in exchange for protection of sacred sights, or collections of wealth.  Sphinxes live lives of luxury, rarely having to actually protect their charges, as the simple rumor that a sphinx guards something is enough to scare off would be thieves. On the rare occasion that a burglar would attempt to rob a sphinxes charge, they give the brave soul a chance at success by offering them a riddle, or a question of ancient lore. If the burglar fails to answer the sphinxes question, the sphinx will relieve them of their life with as much ease as a cat to a mouse. The Sphinxes that gain a taste for blood will often leave a masters service, and block entrance to random cities that they treat as their charge, killing any who fail to answer their questions.

[avanii]

Day 6: The Greek Sphinx is one of my favourite mythological creatures <3 I drew this last night on the train, but forgot to post it!

[gotojobin]

#TheGreekSphinx #GreekSphinx #Sphinx The Greek Sphinx was a winged lion with the head of a woman. She posessed the secrets of the universe but refused to reveal them, and was associated with death. The once besieged and terrorized the city of Thebes, but was defeated by Oedipus when he correctly guessed the answer to her riddle.

[theink-drinker]

Day 10 - Winged⁠ ⁠ I've just realised that my entry for day 5 and day 10 could be interchangeable. Here's day 10 - the sphinx, specifically the Greek sphinx.⁠ ⁠ The sphinx is present in both Ancient Egyptian and Greek mythologies but there are slight differences between both iterations. The Egyptian version was a lion with the head of a man and was seen as a guardian figure, protecting the pyramids and defeating the enemies of Ra, the sun god. Sphinxes were often depicted with the head of the current pharaoh symbolising his strength and protection over Egypt. ⁠ ⁠ The Greek version, on the other hand, was much more monstrous. This sphinx had the body of a lion, a woman's head and bird wings. She would pose riddles to travellers and if they failed she would devour them as a punishment. In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, the sphinx tormented the city of Thebes, sitting guard outside and posing her riddle - no one could come or go from the city until Oedipus solved the riddle and defeated her.⁠ Could you have defeated the Greek sphinx?⁠ ⁠ “What has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?”⁠ ⁠ •⁠ ⁠ •⁠ ⁠ •⁠ ⁠ @mabgraves⁠ ⁠ #illustration #procreate #digitalart #digitalillustration #digitaldrawing #digitalartist #digitalpainting #artistoninstagram #queerart #queerartist #illustrationartists #illustrationart #procreateart #procreateillustration⁠ ⁠ #drawlloween #mabsdrawlloweenclub #mabsdrawlloweenclub2021 #drawlloween2021 #inktober #inktober2021 #winged #wings #greekmythology #sphinx #egyptianmythology #greeksphinx #riddles #mythology #legendarycreature #cryptid https://www.instagram.com/p/CU2yA08MIs-/?utm_medium=tumblr