The griffin/griffon/gryphon to be a powerful and majestic creature even as king of the creatures; known for guarding treasure and priceless possessions. Adrienne Mayor, proposes that the griffin was an ancient misconception derived from the fossilized remains of the Protoceratops found in gold mines in the Altai mountains of Scythian antiquity it was a symbol of divine power and a guardian of the divine. Some have suggested that the word griffin is cognate with Cherub.
