Mythological Fearsome Critter

The Sphonk: An hybrid between the sphinx and the squonk. It has the gift of prophecy, but it can foresee only unfortunate events, so it is shunned by men and beasts alike and this makes him even sadder.

For those who don't know what a squonk is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squonk

Fantastic Creature

It has been recently proven that, in ancient times, gryphons really existed, but their appearance was different from the one that has been transmitted to us by legends, old raffigurations and miniated manuscripts.