GRIFFINS WERE EMBLEMS OF A MAGIC HORSE-BIRD BONDED TO AN AMAZON

"Tile with Woman-Griffin" (see related A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N) Art Institute, Chicago, USA, Illinois

Griffin - once a very popular emblem linked to notions represented by Amazons, who were unsubmissive womenin an era when women were oppressed. By extension, since Amazons escaped to Ukraine after the fall of Troy, today Ukrainian women are viewed as embems of beauty and independence.

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