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The [[sphinx]] ({{Greek|σφίγξ}}, from {{lang|grc|σφίγγειν}} ''sphíngein'' "to strangle") is a hybrid being with a human head and a mostly winged animal body that can show itself to the [[clairvoyant gaze]]. Ideally, one can see the four-beast (also called four-form or [[tetramorph]]), which unites all four sphinx animals, i.e. [[man]], [[eagle]], [[lion]] and [[bull]]. Occasionally, one even sees a [[dragon]] or [[reptile]] tail, which points back to a very early stage of [[human evolution]]. In [[Egypt]], however, sphinx figures with [[w:Sheep|ram]], [[w:hawk|hawk]] and [[w:sparrowhawk|sparrowhawk]] heads were also common.

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