sphinx
mythological creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion
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Summary
sphinx is a mythical hybrid[1]. sphinx draws 14,553 Wikipedia views per month (mythical hybrid category, ranking #2 of 13).[2]
Key Facts
- Father: Typhon[3], Orthrus[4]
- Mother: Echidna[5], chimera[6]
- Sex or gender: female[7]
- Instance of: mythical character[8]
- Part of: Egyptian mythology[9]
- Commons category: Sphinxes[10]
- Country of origin: Ancient Greece[11]
- Has part(s): lion[12], human[13]
- Inception: 800 BC[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sphinxes[15]
- Commons gallery: Sphinx[16]
- Facet of: Malkuth[17]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition[21], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[22], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[23], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], Pauly–Wissowa[26]
- Present in work: The NeverEnding Story[27]
- Different from: Sfinks[28]
- Female form of label: sphynge[29], esfinx[30]
- Sibling: Hydra[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]
- Maintained by WikiProject: Religion work group[33], WikiProject Ancient Egypt[34], WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome[35], WikiProject Egypt[36], WikiProject Greece[37], WikiProject Mythology[38], WikiProject Women in Religion[39], WikiProject Women's History[40]
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Influence
Things named for sphinx include 896 Sphinx[41], an asteroid[42].
Why It Matters
sphinx has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] sphinx is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for sphinx include 896 Sphinx[41], an asteroid[42].
FAQs
Who were sphinx's parents?
sphinx's father was Typhon[3]. sphinx's mother was Echidna[5].