Sphinx in Danish

An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.

(Greek mythology) One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who committed suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles.

(mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.