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Here is a list of mythical creatures beginning with this letter and I am constantly gathering information from each continent and continually updating.

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Androsphinx (Egyptian)

Androphinxes are a race of intelligent, immortal magical beasts. It is said that they once held a vast stellar empire given to them by the gods in an effort to teach mortals the way of truth. The sphinxes had their own methods, however, by teaching mortals to think for themselves with riddles and parables.

In Egyptian mythology, in contrast, the sphinx is typically depicted as a man, and were seen as a benevolent representation of strength and ferocity, usually of a pharaoh. Unlike Greek or Levantine/Mesopotamian ones, Egyptian sphinxes were not winged. Both the Greek and Egyptian sphinxes were thought of as guardians, and statues of them often flank the entrances to temples.