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I would be interested in seeing a Wyvern oroborus, like the kind Carl Jung spoke of http://escribiramachetazos.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/oroborus.jpg
I’m not sure if I misread, but I was anticipating the new Pegasus, as well as the new “Flion” (I don’t know if anyone cares, but they’re called “Lamasu”).
The Kayloon (people are calling them “Lion Kirin”) is a fantastic idea.
The Heirocosphinx is mistakenly thought to be falcon headed but is in fact hawk-headed; if you look closely at the eye of the creature you will notice the lack of the vertical stripe emanating from the eye – these were the dark markings of the Peregrine Falcon (Horus). Also, if you observe the tail of the creature you’ll see that it’s not spade-ended representing fur (such as in Sekmet’s case) but it’s comparably bulbous to the cobra adjacent.
Hardly any documentation of this creature is found outside of Herodotus and Pliny, but it’s proper name is “Opinicus” – it is a creature with a bird’s head and a lion’s body. Originally thought to be a dragon of sorts by the Greeks, it was later amalgamated into their myth as the Greek gryphon, the “Gyrphon” – head of the gyrfalcon (Gry), body of a lion (on) and had a serpent’s tail. Later, with the interaction with the Peloponnese who were of Assyrian decent, the Griffin symbol took on the form of half eagle, half lion (no mention of the tail, though art depicts it as spade), and by the crusades it was strictly the eagle/lion hybrid, representing the two creatures symbolizing the British at the time.
It’s a little funny, but Melody’s “poads” always reminded me of baby Opinici – sure they’re cute now, but wait till they get hungry!
