Griffin - West Hollywood, CA
Posted by: Metro2
N 34° 05.004 W 118° 23.126
11S E 372178 N 3772269
Located at 692 North Robertson Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Waymark Code: WMPZ18
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2015
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The Abbey is a popular gay bar in West Hollywood. It has a sculpture of griffin on its walls facing the street.
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"The griffin, griffon, or gryphon ... is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion; the head and wings of an eagle; and an eagle's talons as its front feet. Because the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle the king of birds, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. The griffin was also thought of as king of all creatures. Griffins are known for guarding treasure and priceless possessions. Adrienne Mayor, a classical folklorist, 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 Scythia, in present-day southeastern Kazakhstan, or in Mongolia. In antiquity it was a symbol of divine power and a guardian of the divine."