The serpopard, also known as the monstrous lion, is a mythical animal known from ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian art. Serpopard is a modern coinage, a portmanteau of serpent and leopard, reflecting the interpretation that the creature combines the body of a leopard with the long neck and head of a serpent; some scholars instead describe the figures as serpent-necked lions. No name for the creature survives in any ancient text, so serpopard is purely a modern descriptive label rather than a term the cultures that depicted it used themselves.
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SymbolSourced to the subject's own accountThe serpopard is depicted as an animal with the body of a leopard and the long neck and head of a serpent, known from ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian art. 1 Connections
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1. Serpopard (Wikipedia)
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the creature represents an animal with the body of a leopard and the long neck and head of a serpent
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