page_title: List of heraldic charges
section_title: Hybrids
hierarchical_section_title: List of heraldic charges / Beasts / Hybrids
caption_attribution_description: English: Fig. 314.—Sea lion.
context_page_description: This is a list of heraldic charges. It does not cover those charges which are geometrical patterns and resemble partitions of the field; for these, see Ordinary.
  Fox-Davies in his presentation of common heraldic charges divides them into the following categories: the human figure, the heraldic lion, beasts, monsters, birds, fish, reptiles, insects, plants, and "inanimate objects".
context_section_description: Sphinx: depicted with the head and breasts of a woman.
  Griffin, combining the head (but with ears), chest, wings and forelegs of the eagle with the hindquarters and legs of a lion (the male griffin lacks wings and his body is scattered with spikes). See List of griffins as mascots and in heraldry.
  Unicorn, having a horse's body, deer's legs, goat's beard, and often a lion's tail
  The hippogriff is like the griffin except that the lion parts of the griffin are replaced by those of a horse.
  Harpy
  Theow is a wolf-like creature but with cloven hooves.
  The "sea-horse" (hippocampus) is depicted as half horse and half fish
  The sea-lion is a combination of a lion and a fish.
  Any combination of parts of other animals, e.g. winged reindeer, is possible.
caption: A sea-lion, illustrated in A Complete Guide to Heraldry (1909).
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