griffin

Summary

griffin ranks in the top 0.49% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,081 views/month, #381 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• griffin is a type of mythical hybrid^[2].
• griffin is part of Greek mythology^[3].
• griffin's Commons category is recorded as Griffins^[4].
• griffin's said to be the same as is recorded as opinicus^[5].
• griffin's said to be the same as is recorded as Anqa^[6].
• griffin comprises eagle^[7].
• griffin comprises lion^[8].
• griffin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Griffins^[9].
• griffin's depicted by is recorded as Fighting between griffin and panther, Lucanian fresco (Paestum)^[10].
• griffin's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[11].
• griffin's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[12].
• griffin's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[13].
• griffin's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[14].
• griffin's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[15].
• griffin's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[16].
• griffin's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• griffin's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[18].
• griffin's different from is recorded as griffin in a work of fiction^[19].

Body

Definition and Type

griffin is a type of mythical hybrid^[2].

Use and Application

Components include eagle^[7], an organisms known by a particular common name^[20] and lion^[8], a taxon^[21]. griffin is part of Greek mythology^[3].

Influence

Things named for griffin include ORP Gryf^[22], a minelayer^[23]; Order of the Griffon^[24], an order^[25], in Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin^[26], founded in 1884^[27]; and HSwMS Gripen^[28], an attack submarine^[29].

Why It Matters

griffin ranks in the top 0.49% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,081 views/month, #381 of 77,819).^[1] griffin has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] griffin is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for griffin include ORP Gryf^[22], a minelayer^[23]; Order of the Griffon^[24], an order^[25], in Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin^[26], founded in 1884^[27]; and HSwMS Gripen^[28], an attack submarine^[29].