Hieracosphinx
The hieracosphinx is a mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry. The god Haroeris was usually depicted as one. The name Hieracosphinx comes from the Greek Ιερακόσφιγξ, which means ἱέραξ + Σφίγξ.Description
The Hieracosphinx has the head of a hawk and the body of a lion. The name was coined by Herodotus to the hawk-headed sphinxes that he saw in Egypt.
