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Hippogriff A Hippogriff is a mythical beast, supposedly the incredibly rare offspring of a griffin and a filly. In medieval times there was an expression, "To mate griffins with horses," which meant about the same as the modern expression, "When pigs fly." The hippogriff was therefore a symbol of impossibility and love. The hippogriff is said to be an omnivore, eating either plants or meat. www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hi/Hippogriff.html   (156 words)

The Order of the Hippogriff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) A hippogriff is not an easy beast to master, since it had been fashioned as a creature of war. Hippogriffs are gentled from birth to get them used to Man, but with adolescence comes a violence that must be faced down with the strength of a professional trainer. Hippogriffs are trained with clipped wings, or they surely would fly away, and hoods that blindfold them and constrain their beaks, since sudden movement will excite an unbroken hippogriff to violence. www.cwhnj.com /madhat/divright/legends/hippogri.htm   (2617 words)

picture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Hippogriffs are flying monsters that have an equal likelihood to be predator, prey, or steed. Hippogriffs are able to attack fairly large prey, such as bison, but they do not prey on carnivores. Domestic hippogriffs are also taught to recognize a limited number of species as food; humanoids of course are not on that list. www.cs.bgu.ac.il /~ron/adnd/bestiary/h/H9.html   (614 words)

Hippogriff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A Hippogriff (also spelled Hippogryph')' is a legendary creature, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a mare. Hippogriff, illustration by Gustave Dore for Orlando furioso. The Lake George Monster, a hoax, was a hippogriff. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hippogriff   (670 words)

HPL: Bestiary H An adult hippogriff's wingspan is approximately 24 feet (PA6, FB). Hippogriffs are carnivorous and are extremely dangerous until tamed, which should only be attempted by a trained witch or wizard. Hippogriff owners are required to keep them under Disillusionment Charms to prevent Muggles from seeing them (PA6, FB). www.hp-lexicon.org /bestiary/bestiary_h.html   (817 words)

hippogriff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Hippogriffs are creatures with the head, wings, and forelegs of a griffin; and the body, hind legs, and tail of a horse. Hippogriffs build ground nests, and lay a single egg that will hatch within a day. The baby hippogriffs are able to fly within a week, but it would be months until they can fly on longer journeys. www.op97.k12.il.us /cyberteen/2001/fanbeasts/beasts/hippogriff.htm   (122 words)

Hippogriff :: d20srd.org Hippogriffs fight to the death to defend their nests and their hatchlings, which are prized as aerial mounts and fetch a handsome price in many civilized areas. A hippogriff can fight while carrying a rider, but the rider cannot also attack unless he or she succeeds on a Ride check. Hippogriff eggs are worth 2,000 gp apiece on the open market, while young are worth 3,000 gp each. www.d20srd.org /srd/monsters/hippogriff.htm   (322 words)

Basibanget.NET » Blog Archive » Gryphon Bukan Hippogriff Hippogriff juga lebih jinak dibandingkan gryphon serta merupakan makhluk omnivora. Hippogriff memiliki postur sebesar kuda (karena merupakan persilangan dengan kuda), sedangkan gryphon hanya sebesar macan. Hippogriff cenderung memiliki warna putih ke abu-abuan, sedangkan gryphon warnanya cokelat. basibanget.net /basian/2005/12/12/gryphon-bukan-hippogriff   (289 words)

Hippogriff stables   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Hippogriffs are large, half bird, half horse, creatures. You should never insult a Hippogriff because it might be the last thing you do. Lecalepes is the smallest and youngest Hippogriff in the stables. www.expage.com /hippogriffstables   (174 words)

Hippogriff - Harry Potter Wiki - A Wikia wiki One must show proper respect to Hippogriffs by bowing to it and waiting for it to bow in return before approaching one. Harry Potter's first encounter of a Hippogriff is in September 1993, when Hagrid gathered several of them to show to his Care of Magical Creatures Class. Draco Malfoy, who has not paid any attention to the lesson, insults the creature, which earns him a gash on the arm and a trip to the hospital wing. harrypotter.wikia.com /wiki/Hippogriff   (184 words)

Subtle Signs » JKR’s Hippogriff: Tweaking the Symbolism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Rowling admits in interviews that she did not invent the hippogriff, but neither has she, to my knowledge, disclosed her source for this fantastic beast (though she mentions it was believed to be a real creature in the Middle Ages and that there were some extraordinary illustrations of it [1]). The first is the hippogriff’s unusual parentage [13], the idea being that, through love, the griffon and the horse are able to overcome even the obstacle of their being enemies [14]. In this instance the hippogriff is not used as a metaphor for love but for the loss of control over his passions, as he is rather taken with Angelica who escapes while he’s attempting to remove his armour. subtlesigns.org /?p=110   (3355 words)

MuggleNet | Save the Hippogriff - by Robbie Fischer. Hippogriffs, on the other hand, have none of these disadvantages. I'm sure the discerning breeder and connoisseur will be intrigued by the different breeds and varieties of hippogriffs, just as there are different kinds of eagles and horses. Whether purchasing your hippogriff for the family or for the business, you can get exactly the kind you want, and breed them for the traits you desire. www.mugglenet.com /editorials/theburrow/robbie03.shtml   (1474 words)

Buckbeak the Hippogriff: Symbolism for H/Hr - Kindred Spirits As we know, Buckbeak the Hippogriff was part of a huge moment of H/Hr romantic imagery in POA, when Harry and Hermione flew on Buckbeak, with Hermione clinging to Harry for safety and comfort - on a moonlit night no less, to rescue Sirius. Furthermore, the Hippogriff of greek mythology is half horse and half Griffin. A Griffin is a creature with the head, beak and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion, sometimes with the tail of a scorpion or a snake. www.portkey.org /talk/index.php?showtopic=2648&view=findpost&p=34533   (1792 words)

Reality's End - Hippogriff Bestiary Description The Hippogriff was a fabulous creature with the head, wings, and talons of an eagle, foreparts of a lion, ears of a dog, and the hindquarters of a horse. The Hippogriff is founded from an saying by Virgil "to crossing horses and gryphons," which means trying to do the impossible. Because of its unlikely parentage, the Hippogriff is a symbol of love. www.realitysend.com /adoptions/bestiary/hippogriff.shtml   (115 words)

Handbook of Hippogriff Psychology: CJV Translation Hippogriffs are creatures with the head of an eagle and the body of a horse. The name is from 'hippo' (Greek for 'horse') and 'griffon' (or griffin or gryphon), an ancient Greek creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. It would be difficult to create an acceptable translation of 'hippogriff' using either native Japanese or Chinese elements. www.cjvlang.com /Hpotter/bktitle/hippops.html   (207 words)

Hippogriff's Avenging Daughter She had been an ally to Splendid Yamsur, eldest son of Yelm, who used to be called "The Victorious." Now, Splendid Yamsur and Hippogriff had sworn solemn oaths of friendship, but in several great battles of Godtime, Hippogriff was abandoned by her so-called friend, who was not called "The Victorious" afterwards. Hippogriff underwent a series of painful and humiliating experiences during the War of the Gods and the Great Darkness. In a fight with Maran Gor, the Earthshaker, Hippogriff's legs were broken and her bronze claws were ripped from her feet, but Yamsur was able to replace her feet with hooves. www.btinternet.com /~Nick_Brooke/folktale/hippo.htm   (496 words)

AlbemarleFamily - PR-A Harry Potter Inspired Hippogriff A hippogriff is a part bird and part horse mythological creature well known in the popular Harry Potter series. After the hippogriff is complete it will be exhibited and then given to the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind. The hippogriff is scheduled for exhibit at Fashion Square Mall’s Center Court October 6th thru the 12th. www.albemarlekids.com /vpage.htm?pageid=143   (933 words)

The Hippogriff The creature was invented by Ludovico Ariosto in his Orlando furioso and was based on a proverbial phrase about crossing a griffin with a horse that was used to signify an impossibility or incongruity." "Hippogriff The winged horse, whose father was a griffin and mother a filly (Greek, hippos, a horse, and gryphos, a griffin). Hippogriffs prefer the desolate sections of the temperate and tropic regions, especially rolling hills that enable them to get quickly airborne, and are fiercely territorial. www.angelfire.com /nj/hope/phoenix/hippogriff.html   (232 words)

Behind the magic of 'Harry Potter' - Dateline NBC - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) You've heard the phrase, "when pigs fly," but try getting a 7-foot tall hippogriff to fly, even if he is only virtual. Now the hippogriff with his incredible shrinking wings was ready for his close up. The animators then painstakingly married together the different layers of the sequence: their virtual hippogriff, the blue screen with Harry and even animated dust from Buckbeak's hooves. www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5182794   (802 words)

The Gryphon and the Hippogriff were walking hand in hand (MemeMachineGo!) The Gryphon and the Hippogriff were walking hand in hand The history of the gryphon and the hippogriff. The flying, trotting, weasel-eating hippogriff of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a mythical beast invented not by J.K. Rowling but by the Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto (seen at right) in his 1515 epic, Orlando furioso. www.mememachinego.com /archives/001367.html   (400 words)

Elfwood: SF&F Art / Carina 'CeL' Larsson / 'hippogriff' Hippogriffs are a lot of fun to draw, but any fantasy creature comprised of different real animals is hard to draw. I have also tried drawing Hippogriff's and agree that they are indeed hard. The head is good, and a tad too large for the body, but i love the detail you put into it. elfwood.lysator.liu.se /art/c/e/cel/hippogriff.jpg.html   (917 words)

Hippogriff Handmade Plush Toy from Stuffe & Nonsense   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) A Hippogriff or Hippogryph is a fantastic creature with the body and hind legs of a horse but the head, wings and forelimbs of an eagle. Hippogriffs were supposed as the offspring of a griffin and a mare. Adding the bird parts was comparatively easy, since we already had those patterns for the gryphon. www.stuffemal.com /stuffed_animals/Hippogriff.html   (343 words)

Griffin & Hippogriff The griffin is generally shown with four legs, a beak, and an eagle-like talons. A hippogriff is the off spring of a horse and a griffin. A hippogriff is easier to tame than a griffin. www.tqnyc.org /NYC063585/grif.htm   (127 words)

Hippogryph, Hippogriff -Creatures of Mythology- Hippogryphs, Hippogriffs Such unions are incredibly rare, since the relationship between the two species is usually one of predator and pray. Unlike griffins, hippogriffs could be tamed and used as aerial mounts, in which role they were immortalized in the Italian Renaissance poet Ariosto's famous saga, Orlando Furioso. There is an old expression in Medieval times "Jungentur jam grypes equis" which means "To cross griffons with horses", which meant about the same as the modern expression, "When pigs fly." The hippogriff was therefore a symbol of impossibility and love. www.mythicalrealm.com /creatures/hippogriff.html   (404 words)

The Hippogriff Theory - Harry and Hermione fanfiction The Hippogriff Theory - Harry and Hermione fanfiction As we all know, There was a Hippogriff in the Prisoner of Azkaban by the name of Buckbeak who played a fairly major role, to say the least. Well, as it turns out, the Hippogriff is in fact a creature out of Greek mythology. www.freewebs.com /thehippogrifftheory   (347 words)

Care of Magical Creatures Hippogriff returns the greeting, it is safe to Hippogriff should be ready to fly within a week, though 6) The Hippogriff can fly a ____ after it is born. www.angelfire.com /wizard2/comc/index.html   (184 words)

Hippogriff - Wikipedia, den fria encyklopedin Roger och Angelique av Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, målad 1819, avbildar scenen från Orlando Furioso där Roger på en hippogriff räddar Angelique. Hippogriff, hästgripen är ett fabeldjur, en avkomma av en grip och ett häststo. I bok tre (Fången från Azkaban) äger Hagrid en hippogriff. sv.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hippogriff   (93 words)

Care of Magical Creatures - Learn your magical creatures and how to care for them. - Magic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) The first thing that you need to know about the Hippogriff is that they are very proud. Don't EVER insult a Hippogriff, because they could kill you very easily if they wanted to. Hippogriffs will not trust you if you blink too much. maxpages.com /moonfootprongs/Care_of_Magical_creatures - !http://www.maxpages.com/moonfootprongs/Care_of_Magical_creatures   (233 words)

deleterius: HERE'S A HIPPOGRIFF THAT SHOULD BE PUT DOWN!! Symbolically, hippogriffs mean "impossible love" or "impossible union." That, at least, is what I discovered they meant when I started checking symbolism for a spork. There was a medieval expression, "to mate griffins with horses," which was along the same lines as "When Hell freezes over," because griffins and horses (the logical parents of a hippogriff) are supposed to hate each other. Let's see, clouds are pretty, and snow is pretty, and sunrises, and precious metals, and butterflies, and hippogriffs, and and blue, and pink, and yellow..." But once she put it all together, she ended up with a Sue who looked like something the dog threw up. community.livejournal.com /deleterius/2531465.html   (2897 words)

! Harry Potter Books and more... - Magizoology Ministry wizards have just now uncovered evidence that the Hippogriff was let loose in Diagon Alley by the dark wizard Dominique Solomon. There was no one killed by the startled Hippogriff, but several Wizards who were were seriously wonded by the Hippogriff when they were trying to calm it down so they could capture it. The Ministry of Magic is investigating on what caused the Hippogriff to become spooked and suddenly tear towards Diagon Alley. www.openflame.com /harrypotter/magizoology.shtml   (1553 words)

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