Meanings
comparative more leontocephalic · superlative most leontocephalic
- human scienceslion-headed
In this spell, a falcon is said to drop a stone to the ritualist, and it should be engraved with the figure of the leontocephalic Helios-Horus, described as an aerial spirit, encircled by an ouroboros.
2018, Christian H. Bull, The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus, page 3411 more example
It is not necessary to follow C. Blinkenberg […] to see the extraordinary resemblance between this figure of the Gorgon and that of the Mithraic leontocephalic god, whose body also has wings and is entwined with a snake.
1991, David Ulansey, The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries, page 32
Origin
- Ancient Greekλέων“lion”
- Englishleontocephalic
From (combining form of) Ancient Greek λέων (léōn, “lion”) + -cephalic.
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