Sphinx (disambiguation)

Sphinx (disambiguation)
A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.
Sphinx or Sphynx may also refer to:
In Egypt
Great Sphinx of Giza, the giant Sphinx statue near the Great Pyramids
Sphinx of Memphis, a stone sphinx located near the ruins of Memphis
Geographic features
Antarctica
Mount Sphinx, in the Prince de Ligne Mountains, Queen Maud Land
Sphinx Hill, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
Sphinx Island, Graham Land
Sphinx Mountain, in the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land
Sphinx Peak, Victoria Land
Canada
The Sphinx (British Columbia), a mountain in British Columbia
Sphinx Dome, a lava dome in British Columbia
Europe
Sphinx (Romania), a natural rock formation in the Carpathian Mountains
Sphinx (Scotland), meteorological feature in the Cairngorms
Sphinx, a Turkish rock outcrop in ANZAC Cove
United States
The Sphinx (Kings Canyon National Park), in California
The Sphinx (Wyoming), a mountain in the Wind River Range
Sphinx Mountain (Madison County, Montana)
Arts and entertainment
Fictional entities
Sphinx (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics characters
S.P.H.I.N.X., an organization in The Venture Bros.
The Sphinx, a character in the 1999 film Mystery Men
Sphinx, a character in the TV series Mahō Sentai Magiranger
Film and television
The Sphinx (1916 film), an American lost silent film
The Sphinx (1920 film), an Italian silent film
The Sphinx (1933 film), an American film directed by Phil Rosen
Sphinx (film), a 1981 American film adaptation of Robin Cook's novel (see below)
"Sphinx" (Space Ghost Coast to Coast), a television episode
"The Sphinx" (Extreme Ghostbusters), a television episode
Literature and periodicals
Sphinx (novel), a 1979 novel by Robin Cook
The Sphinx (Aeschylus), a fragmentary satyr play in the Seven Against Thebes trilogy
The Sphinx (magazine), a 1902–1953 magazine for magicians
The Sphinx (poem), an 1894 poem by Oscar Wilde
The Sphinx, an 1846 short story by Edgar Allan Poe
The Sphinx, a journal of Alpha Phi Alpha
Music
Sphynx (band), a 1990s American dance music act
The Sphinx (album), a 2011 album, or the title song, by Sananda Maitreya (Terence Trent D'Arby)
The Sphinx – Das Beste aus den Jahren 1976–1983, a 2006 album by Amanda Lear
Sphynx (album), a 2003 album by Melechesh
"The Sphinx" (song), a 1978 song by Amanda Lear
Other media
Sphinx (Marc Quinn sculpture), a 2006 sculpture of Kate Moss
Sphinx, a 1984 role-playing game
The Sphinx, a 2013 sculpture produced by Banksy during the Better Out Than In residency in New York City
Organisations
Sphinx (senior society), a secret society at Dartmouth College
Sphinx Senior Society, a senior society at the University of Pennsylvania
Sphinx Organization, aiding the development of young Black and Latino classical musicians
Sphinx Resources, a Canadian mining company
Sphinx Systems, a Swiss firearms manufacturer
Science and technology
Sphinx (gene), a non-coding RNA in Drosophila
Sphinx (moth), the common name of many moths in the family Sphingidae
Sphinx (genus), a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae
Sphinx (satellite), an American test satellite
Sphynx cat, a breed of hairless cat
Sphinx tiling, a geometric tiling using the "sphinx" hexiamond
Computing
Sphinx (documentation generator), a free, open-source, extensible documentation generator
Sphinx (home automation system), a conceptual home environment designed in the Soviet Union in 1987
Sphinx (search engine), an SQL full-text search engine
CMU Sphinx, a free voice recognition engine from Carnegie Mellon University
Sphinx, codename for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0; see History of Microsoft SQL Server
Transport
CSS Sphynx, later the Japanese ironclad Kōtetsu, a 19th-century warship
HMS Sphinx, several ships of the Royal Navy
French ship Sphinx, several ships of the French Navy
La Mouette Sphinx, a French hang glider design
Other uses
Le Sphinx, a Paris brothel founded in 1931
Sphinx Ting, Taiwanese actor and model
Sphinx, a typeface produced by Deberny & Peignot
Sphinx, a disc golf fairway driver by Infinite Discs
Sphinx, a nickname for Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of United States
See also
SPHINCS
Sfinks (disambiguation)
Sfinx (disambiguation)
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