10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANDROSPHINX»
Discover the use of
androsphinx in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
androsphinx and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction
Apotrope a symbolic statue, image or construction intended to provide protection
against evil spirits sphinx a sculpted figure which has the prostrate body of a lion
and the head of a human (androsphinx) or other animal such as a ram ...
Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi, 2008
Androsphinx Androsphinxes are huge, winged mythological creatures with the
bodies of male lions and man-like facial features. They can speak the languages
of common and all sphinxes. Combat: The male, or andro-, sphinx is the most ...
Doug Stewart, TSR Inc, Bonvillain, 1993
“Those were mere rhetoric,” gasped the androsphinx. “Addressed to the
atmosphere, as it were. You need not have answered—yet. The question is yet to
come. Now, it is also true that every cat has one tail more than no cat. Hence, if
no cat ...
The criosphinx below is a combination of ram and lion; a row of such creatures
carved in limestone under Ramesses ll lined the approach to the Great Temple at
Kamak (shown on p. 96). Above the red granite androsphinx has a human head;
...
Prisse D'Avennes, Maarten J.Raven, 2007
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Old Testament and Ancient Egypt Teacher's Manual
There are so many sphinxes in Egypt that they have come up with names for
each kind: hierocosphinx (lion body with hawk head), crisosphinx (lion body with
ram head), and androsphinx (lion body with human head). Sphinxes are often
found ...
6
Classical Numismatic Auctions XII
[L]-IH, Sphinx with human head standing right (androsphinx), trampling on
serpent, crocodile's head emerges from Sphinx's chest and its tail is an Uraeus (
cobra); behind, Nike flying right with wreath to crown Sphinx. Apparently
unpublished ...
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
Furthermore, the Androsphinx was in what's now Egypt while the Gynosphinx, the
Headworld having thoroughly dried out in the first few decades of the Dome, was
on Incain's beach. Both sphinxes were immobile and both also contained ...
8
The Legacy of Heroes: A Fantasy Role-Playing Game; Game ...
... from the sphinx Climate: Temperate to desert hills Intelligence: High to Genius (
14-18) Alignment: Neutral Skills: Interaction +18, Intuition +18 Androsphinx Level
11 Champion Type(s): Magical Beast Perception: +21, Blindsight Initiative:+17 ...
Others suggested they ask for the help of one of their monster allies such as a
gargoyle or an umber hulk, or perhaps a roc or an androsphinx. They were all
possibilities. The gargoyle was a rough humanoid shape with enormous bat-like
...
“Technically, an Androsphinx.” Echo kept going, priding himself in his knowledge.
“And, at the bottom of this sandstone statue by the front paws was a plaque with
just a name on it. All it said was Bromos.” Echo finally caught on. “Okay, why'd ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANDROSPHINX»
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androsphinx is used in the context of the following news items.
Mars rover photo: A faceless sphinx found on the Red Planet?
But without a face, there is no way to tell if it is an androsphinx, the traditional sphinx statue that depicted a human face on the body of a lion. «Examiner.com, Oct 14»
