Griffins Were Mythical Gold-Guarding Hybrid Creatures Known For At Least 5,000 Years

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com  – If you were to ask a random pᴀsserby on the street what the most fantastic creatures are, they would undoubtedly say – griffin, among others. At least five thousand years old, a mythical hybrid animal known as ‘griffin’ had the body of a lion and head, sharp claws, and snow-white […]

Arimaspians: Mysterious Mighty Warriors With One-Eye

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Arimaspians were a tribe of ordinary human-sized horsemen with only one eye in the middle of their forehead. Based on ancient records, they inhabited land at the foot of the Riphean  (Rhipaion) Mountains, a mountain range located far north of Eurasia. Polyphemus, by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1802 Greek […]