Mythical Lions

[catapault]

Closest I can come up with is a griffin, which has the body of a lion, the head and wings of an eagle, the tail of a serpent. This sundial gnomen has a head that looks more lion-like than eagle-ish.

A chimera has a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. No wings.

Help me out. What's this?

 

[susanm9006]

Gargoyle?

 

[1 bruce 1]

Closest I can come up with is a griffin, which has the body of a lion, the head and wings of an eagle, the tail of a serpent. This sundial gnomen has a head that looks more lion-like than eagle-ish.

A chimera has a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. No wings.

Help me out. What's this?
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Got a front view?

 

[catapault]

Definitely not a gargoyle. They're on roof to direct water away from gutter / downspout.

This sundial picture is the only one I took that I kept. Have emailed Lowell Observatory - let's see if I get an answer.

 

[Norachan]

It looks Persian, could it be a Manticore?

What is a manticore?

 

[catapault]

Looks promising, Norachan. Maybe /sorta the sundial gnomen has a human head. No. I zoomed in on the original image and it has a definite muzzle. And the wings are an issue. Manticore mostly don't have wings from what I looked up. But this is good! Power of TheCatSite will figure this out!

 

[Willowy]

Just your standard winged lion, I'd assume.

Winged lion - Wikipedia

 

[catapault]

You got it W Willowy ! It's the winged lion of Venice! Lion of Venice - Wikipedia

I always seem to want to complicate things. Winged lion it is. Yay!~ for TheCatSite and its people. Its cats - well, we know about them.

 

[Norachan]

It's a very nice sundial C catapault Is he in your garden?

 

[catapault]

In my dreams, Norachan We do have a nice sundial but not this nice. We were in Sedona Arizona in April, for a 10 day, three generation family vacation. Saw the winged lion sundial at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. It had been a 50th birthday gift to Percival Lowell from the observatory staff in, I think, 1905.