The Sphinx

A Sphinx is a zoomorphic mythological figure, depicted as a recumbent lion with a human head. It has its origins in sculpted figures of Old Kingdom Egypt, to which the ancient Greeks applied their own name for a female monster, the "strangler", an archaic figure of Greek mythology. Similar creatures appear throughout South and South-East Asia, and the sphinx enjoyed a major revival in European decorative art from the Renaissance onwards.

(from http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Sphinx)

The name I chose for my self as you can see is Sphinx. This is also my gamer name (as in the name I use when I’m playing games ;) ). The Sphinx is supposed to be a monster having the head of a woman (though I’m quite comfortable with my sexuality and am most definitely a man. Hence for obvious reasons, I’m going to modify this to having the head of a man), the body of a lion and the wings of an eagle. The Sphinx is best known in Egyptian mythology but Sphinxes have known to be present in Greek, Babylonian, and also Indian mythology.

The Sphinx was supposed to be a dangerous creature. It only asked one simple riddle. If you couldn’t answer, it would kill you. The riddle was “What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night?” Oedipus (Greek Mythology) managed to answer the riddle and The Sphinx promptly killed itself.

A Sphinx is supposed to be a mysterious person who asks enigmatic questions. I’d like to believe that I’m an enigma, but unfortunately some of my friends would disagree. But hey, I’d like to live in my own little deluded world where I’m supposedly a mysterious person. :D

Readers, kindly pardon some of my first few blogs coz I’m kinda getting the hang of this and hopefully you’ll enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy thinking them ;)