Talk:Griffon/@comment-30440023-20161124235625/@comment-10429980-20161126041935

As far as I know hippogriffs weren't even regarded as real in mythology, rather the word came into existence as a symbol of something impossible (i.e. since griffons and horses were such bitter enemies that there was no way they would ever breed), an ancient equivalent of the modern day "when pigs fly" and other such sayings.