Sphinx

Meaning

Proper Noun

• An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.
• One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who commited suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles.

Related

Similar words

• The Great Sphinx, The Great Sphinx of Giza

Origin

• or šzp-ꜥnḫ remains unclear.