In 1878 the original gateway was replaced by a statue of a griffin.
The show includes a sea creature that breathes fire and a goddess flying in on a griffin.
He rides on a huge chariot which carries the sacred altar surmounted by a huge statue of a griffon.
The cast of the tale includes dwarfs, centaurs, minotaurs, wonderful flying gryphons and intrepid fighting mice.
Her "mythological series" offers a menagerie of creatures taken from legends and lore, such as the gryphon, the cockatrice, and the makara.
Griffin painstakingly summons up appropriate textual evidence to support her readings, making clear links to broader socio-political contexts and sociological accounts of diasporic experiences.
Griffin is careful to argue that these three environments were not necessarily discrete, each with its own unique cultural patterns.
Griffin focuses on this interaction between popular recreation and space in three types of community.
