[[Image:Ruggiero rescuing angelica Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres.jpg|thumb|300px|''Roger and Angelique'' by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, painted 1819, portrays the scene from ''Orlando Furioso'' in which Roger, mounted on a hippogriff, rescues Angelique.]] A Hippogriff is a legendary creature, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a filly. Ludovico Ariosto's poem, ''Orlando Furioso'' (1516) contains an early description (canto IV): ::::XVIII :No empty fiction wrought by magic lore, :But natural was the steed the wizard pressed; :For him a filly to griffin bore; :Hight hippogryph. In wings and beak and crest, :Formed like his sire, as in the feet before; :But like the mare, his dam, in all the rest. :Such on Riphaean hills, though rarely found, :Are bred, beyond the frozen ocean's bound. ::::XIX :Drawn by enchantment from his distant lair, :The wizard thought but how to tame the foal; :And, in a month, instructed him to bear :Saddle and bit, and gallop to the goal; :And execute on earth or in mid air, :All shifts of manege, course and caracole; :He with such labour wrought. This only real, :Where all the rest was hollow and ideal. According to Thomas Bulfinch's ''Legends of Charlemagne'': :Like a griffin, it has the head of an eagle, claws armed with talons, and wings covered with feathers, the rest of its body being that of a horse. This strange animal is called a Hippogriff. The reason for its great rarity is that griffins despise horses, which they regard with the same feelings a dog has about a cat. In Middle Ages there was an expression, "To mate griffins with horses", which meant about the same as the modern expression, "When pigs fly". The hippogriff was therefore a symbol of impossibility and love. This was supposedly inspired by Virgil's ''Ecologues: ...'' mate Gryphons with mares, and ''in the coming age shy deer and hounds together come to drink..'', which would also be the source for the reputed medieval expression, if indeed it was one. Among the animal combat themes in Scythian gold adornments may be found griffins attacking horses. The hippogriff seemed easier to tame than a griffin. In the few medieval legends when this fantastic creature makes an appearance, it is usually the pet of either a knight or a sorcerer. It makes an excellent steed, being able to fly as fast as lightning. The hippogriff is said to be an omnivore, eating either plants or meat. ==Hippogriffs in art and popular culture== [[Image:Hyppogryphe.png|thumb|300px|The hippogriff Buckbeak from the movie, ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'']] Hippogriffs feature in: *''Agesilan of Colchos'', a sequel to ''Amadis de Gaula'', published in the 1530s. *''The Worm Ouroboros'' by Eric Rucker Eddison, 1922. *Many role-playing games such as ''Dungeons & Dragons'' *The third, fourth and fifth books of the ''Harry Potter'' series, as well as in the film ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie)''. *The ''Castlevania: Circle of the Moon'' video game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. *Various books of Piers Anthony's ''Xanth'' series, most notably Xap Hippogriff. *The PC game ''Warcraft III'', as the flying combat unit of the Night elf. *The Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game Demon's Crest has a winged miniboss referred to as a hippogriff. ==Hippogriffs in heraldry== The hippogriff figures, rarely, as a charge (heraldry) in heraldry. ==References== * Thomas Bulfinch, [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4927 ''Legends of Charlemagne''], 1863. Legendary creatures
I wonder if anyone can produce a genuine medieval quote mentioning horses and griffons in the same line. A quote would be a welcome addition, unless this is in the "as legend has it..." category. User:Wetman Not medieval, but close: Ludovico Ariosto, ''Orlando Furioso'', canto IV, stanzas 18-19: XVIII No empty fiction wrought by magic lore, But natural was the steed the wizard pressed; For him a filly to griffin bore; Hight hippogryph. In wings and beak and crest, Formed like his sire, as in the feet before; But like the mare, his dam, in all the rest. Such on Riphaean hills, though rarely found, Are bred, beyond the frozen ocean's bound. XIX Drawn by enchantment from his distant lair, The wizard thought but how to tame the foal; And, in a month, instructed him to bear Saddle and bit, and gallop to the goal; And execute on earth or in mid air, All shifts of manege, course and caracole; He with such labour wrought. This only real, Where all the rest was hollow and ideal. This was supposedly inspired by Virgil's ''Ecologues'' version of the lion and the lamb lying together -- ''...soon shall we see mate Gryphons with mares, and in the coming age shy deer and hounds together come to drink..'', which would also be the source for the reputed medieval expression, if indeed it was one... ''Orlando Furioso'' is at various points on the Internet said to be the first appearance of the hippogriff in literature (and also not). -- User:Someone else 06:58, 22 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Totally excellent! Some of this should be excerpted for the main page. User:Wetman 10:52, 21 Nov 2003 (UTC)
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Shouldn't there be a description of the Hippogriff in the article text? User:Aliter 12:12, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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[[Image:Ruggiero rescuing angelica Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres.jpg|thumb|300px|''Roger and Angelique'' by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, painted 1819, portrays the scene from ''Orlando Furioso'' in which Roger, mounted on a hippogriff, rescues Angelique.]] A Hippogriff is a legendary creature, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a filly. Ludovico Ariosto's poem, ''Orlando Furioso'' (1516) contains an early description (canto IV): ::::XVIII :No empty fiction wrought by magic lore, :But natural was the steed the wizard pressed; :For him a filly to griffin bore; :Hight hippogryph. In wings and beak and crest, :Formed like his sire, as in the feet before; :But like the mare, his dam, in all the rest. :Such on Riphaean hills, though rarely found, :Are bred, beyond the frozen ocean's bound. ::::XIX :Drawn by enchantment from his distant lair, :The wizard thought but how to tame the foal; :And, in a month, instructed him to bear :Saddle and bit, and gallop to the goal; :And execute on earth or in mid air, :All shifts of manege, course and caracole; :He with such labour wrought. This only real, :Where all the rest was hollow and ideal. According to Thomas Bulfinch's ''Legends of Charlemagne'': :Like a griffin, it has the head of an eagle, claws armed with talons, and wings covered with feathers, the rest of its body being that of a horse. This strange animal is called a Hippogriff. The reason for its great rarity is that griffins despise horses, which they regard with the same feelings a dog has about a cat. In Middle Ages there was an expression, "To mate griffins with horses", which meant about the same as the modern expression, "When pigs fly". The hippogriff was therefore a symbol of impossibility and love. This was supposedly inspired by Virgil's ''Ecologues: ...'' mate Gryphons with mares, and ''in the coming age shy deer and hounds together come to drink..'', which would also be the source for the reputed medieval expression, if indeed it was one. Among the animal combat themes in Scythian gold adornments may be found griffins attacking horses. The hippogriff seemed easier to tame than a griffin. In the few medieval legends when this fantastic creature makes an appearance, it is usually the pet of either a knight or a sorcerer. It makes an excellent steed, being able to fly as fast as lightning. The hippogriff is said to be an omnivore, eating either plants or meat. ==Hippogriffs in art and popular culture== [[Image:Hyppogryphe.png|thumb|300px|The hippogriff Buckbeak from the movie, ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'']] Hippogriffs feature in: *''Agesilan of Colchos'', a sequel to ''Amadis de Gaula'', published in the 1530s. *''The Worm Ouroboros'' by Eric Rucker Eddison, 1922. *Many role-playing games such as ''Dungeons & Dragons'' *The third, fourth and fifth books of the ''Harry Potter'' series, as well as in the film ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie)''. *The ''Castlevania: Circle of the Moon'' video game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. *Various books of Piers Anthony's ''Xanth'' series, most notably Xap Hippogriff. *The PC game ''Warcraft III'', as the flying combat unit of the Night elf. *The Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game Demon's Crest has a winged miniboss referred to as a hippogriff. ==Hippogriffs in heraldry== The hippogriff figures, rarely, as a charge (heraldry) in heraldry. ==References== * Thomas Bulfinch, [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4927 ''Legends of Charlemagne''], 1863. Legendary creatures
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I wonder if anyone can produce a genuine medieval quote mentioning horses and griffons in the same line. A quote would be a welcome addition, unless this is in the "as legend has it..." category. User:Wetman Not medieval, but close: Ludovico Ariosto, ''Orlando Furioso'', canto IV, stanzas 18-19: XVIII No empty fiction wrought by magic lore, But natural was the steed the wizard pressed; For him a filly to griffin bore; Hight hippogryph. In wings and beak and crest, Formed like his sire, as in the feet before; But like the mare, his dam, in all the rest. Such on Riphaean hills, though rarely found, Are bred, beyond the frozen ocean's bound. XIX Drawn by enchantment from his distant lair, The wizard thought but how to tame the foal; And, in a month, instructed him to bear Saddle and bit, and gallop to the goal; And execute on earth or in mid air, All shifts of manege, course and caracole; He with such labour wrought. This only real, Where all the rest was hollow and ideal. This was supposedly inspired by Virgil's ''Ecologues'' version of the lion and the lamb lying together -- ''...soon shall we see mate Gryphons with mares, and in the coming age shy deer and hounds together come to drink..'', which would also be the source for the reputed medieval expression, if indeed it was one... ''Orlando Furioso'' is at various points on the Internet said to be the first appearance of the hippogriff in literature (and also not
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