Though I’m starting out with something fairly obvious, most of the myths and folklore I use will be fairly obscure, but the reason I’m starting with this is because I’ve had an interesting idea stewing in my for it for days.
I’m sure you’ve all seen a griffin before, but in case you haven’t, here’s a hypercondensed summary: Half-lion, half eagle fantastic beast, popular as a heraldic symbol, and fond of hoarding gold and murdering horses.
But though this seems to escape a lot of people, this is somewhat more like a monster archetype; it’s one of those creatures that every culture has to have one, just as it is with dragons. BEHOLD:
