Hippogriffs and Other Relatives

About Hippogriffs | Harry Potter and Buckbeak | Hippogriff poetry | Hippogriffanalia | Other Relatives

About Hippogriffs

Hippogriffs from Lady Gryphon's Mythical Realm, with selection's from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso.

Dave's Mythical Creatures and Places: Hippogriff.

"Griffins and horses were supposed to be mortal enemies. The Hippogriff symbolizes an impossible thing. There is an old expression Iungentur iam grypes equis which means "To cross griffons with horses," indicating an impossible scenario."

Wikipedia: Hippogriffs.

The Hippogriff, from CyberTeen Mag's Potter-inspired "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" website. CyberTeen is written byjunior high school students and their teachers around the world.

Hippogryph (Gareth Long's Encyclopedia of Monsters, Mythical Creatures and Fabulous Beasts). Minimal

Encyclopedia Mythica: Hippogriff by Micha F. Lindemans.

The "Dictionary of Difficult Words" defines hippogriff as "n. fabulous winged monster with body of horse." Difficult for them to get right, apparently.

Harry Potter and Buckbeak

Obviously, there's more, but I couldn't find anything that stood out.

MSNBC: "Behind the Magic of 'Harry Poter'" an "inside look at technology that brings Rowling's hippogriff to life"

USA Today: "Buckbeak's fame soars with 'Harry Potter'" by Claudia Puig. Another piece on the special-effects magic. Clearly Warner Brothers got together a bus-load of journalists for a hippogriff peek.

"Save the Hippogriff" by Robbie Fischer, for the Harry-Potter-themed MuggleNet.com. Maybe I'm too old, but I don't quite see the point of writing this.

Hippogriff poetry

"Falling Hippogriff Feathers" by Deborah P. Kolodji, hippogriff poetry.

The Hippogriff by Arnold Sundgaard. More poetry.

Hippogriffanalia

Parenthood.com Baby Names: Hippogriff. Attention: Do NOT name your baby "hippogriff." No. Nope. Never. Stop it. Don't even think about it.

"Hippogriff and Ussadorn Vihok, a Himapan creature" blog thoughts by Yongkiat K., connecting the Hippogriff with the (Thai) Himmapan creature, the Ussadorn Vihok.

16th Century Hippogriff printer's mark. An excellent find. The motto reads Sic mihi atq(ue) aliis, "As for me, so also for others," probably not with reference to the hippogriff.

"The Gryphon and the Hippogriff were walking hand in hand" blog thoughts on the hippogriff by from Zed Lopez:

"But for the joke to work—for the hippogriff to be sillier than the griffin—the High Renaissance Italians must have considered the griffin to be a real animal…"

Other Relatives

Gryphon Relatives from James Scott Spaid's The Gryphon Pages. Includes the Hippogryph, Opinici, Sphinxes, Phoenix, Rocs, Garuda and Simurgh.