Human beings want to be like lions or other animals or gods. We are the king of animals. People admire our strength and are afraid of us, as you can read in many of their stories. But they also admire eagles, elephants, gods, goddesses and other beings. Sphinx The Sphinx is a monster which appears in both Greek and Egyptian mythology.
Sphinxes have the body of a lion and the head of a human.
The Greek Sphinx also has wings, which the Egyptian does not have. In Greek mythology, the Sphinx poses a riddle to all who seek to pass a rock near Thebe and strangles all people who cannot solve it. As a child he crawls on all fours, as a grown-up he walks on two legs and old people need a cane for walking. After hearing the right answer, the Sphinx destroys itself by throwing itself down the rock. The Egyptian Sphinx is a goddess of wisdom and knowledge.