Schmidt characterized as the counterpart of the simurgh. There is also the Armenian term Paskuč ( Armenian: պասկուչ) that had been used to translate Greek gryp 'griffin' in the Septuagint, which H. The term Sēnmurw is recognized as the etymological ancestor of simurgh, which is generally regarded as a mythological bird (rather than a composite) in later medieval Persian literature, though some argue that this bird may have originated from the Mesopotamian lion-griffin. Litvinskij argued for the possibility that the application of this term may extend to the griffin. Middle Persian Sēnmurw in Sasanian culture was a fabulous composite creature, and Russian archaeologist Boris A. Possible Old or Middle Iranian names for the creature have been discussed. However, the practice of referring to ancient Iranian griffin objects or monuments as shirdal, is not followed by other current archaeological scholarship (e.g, here ). In the modern Persian language, the griffin has come to be called shirdal ( Persian: شیردال), meaning 'lion-eagle'.
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