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What is an animal that has a human head on a four-legged animal's body called?

Sphinx/ Σφύγξ is the name of the creature that has the body of lion and a female human head.


What is the Egyptian animal monument with a human head?

The Sphynx. It has the body of a lion, head of a human, and loves riddles.


What animal has the sphinx represent?

The body of a recumbent lion with a human head


Was ra a animal or half animal?

ra was a god. the body of a human head of a dog or something


What do you call an animal that has a human head on a four-legged animal's body called?

A sphinx. Most often, the animal's body is that of a lion. Another, similar to the sphinx is the manticore, which was reputed to have poisonous spikes on its tail, which could kill instantly. There is also the centaur, but this has not only the face of a human, but also the torso.


What stone statue was part animal and part man guarding the pyramids?

If you are asking about the pyramids at Giza in Egypt, the most famous stone statue is the Sphinx, a statue with the head of a human and the body of a lion. However, in ancient Egyptian mythology, the gods were often depicted having the body of a human and the head of an animal; each god was associated with a particular animal and would often be shown having the head of that animal. For instance, Bastet was a goddess associated with cats, so she is often shown with the head of a cat and the body of a human female.


The statue that guard a pyramid that is half man and half animal?

If you are asking about the pyramids at Giza in Egypt, the most famous stone statue is the Sphinx, a statue with the head of a human and the body of a lion. However, in ancient Egyptian mythology, the gods were often depicted having the body of a human and the head of an animal; each god was associated with a particular animal and would often be shown having the head of that animal. For instance, Bastet was a goddess associated with cats, so she is often shown with the head of a cat and the body of a human female.


Why does the sphinx have a human head and a lion body?

Because the Egyptians thought that the Lion was the toughest animal in the World, so they put the head of their leader, the Pharaoh, on top of the Lions body.


What part of a human body is the torso?

Its the bit of your body that everything comes off. If you remove your head, arms and legs then the bit left is called the torso


Why does a sphinx have a human head?

yes.It has a cat body abd a human head


What animal lives in the human head?

louse


What is a good imaginary animal that is mixed with other animals?

What about a Hippogriff? It is an imaginary animal with a horse's body and a hunting bird's wings and head. Or, a centaur, which is half horse, half human? Or a faun (half goat, half human)?