This creature springs from Greek legends. The Hippogryph looks like a horse but with the head, front claws, and wings of an eagle. This creature is said to come from the union between a grphon and a horse. Hobbits are a cheerful folk, fond of eating and friendship. They are shorter than dwarves and have hair on their toes.
Hobbits are a people onto themselves.
In Greek legends this creature could only be defeated by cutting off it's heads and then burning the neck. If this was not done where one head was cut off two more would grow in it's place. Hercules had to defeat this monster in one of his 12 labors. These small devilish creatures love to play tricks on mortals. Often their tricks tend toward the cruel side.