Hippogriffs are legendary creatures, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a mare. It has the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a horse. The reason for its great rarity is that griffins regard horses as enemies. It has been suggested this idea was strong enough in medieval times to produce an expression, "to mate griffins with horses", which meant about the same as the modern expression, "When pigs fly". The hippogriff was therefore a symbol of impossibility and the power of love. This was supposedly inspired by Virgil's Ecologues: ... mate Gryphons with mares, and in the coming age shy deer and hounds together come to drink.., which would also be the source for the reputed medieval expression, if indeed it was one.
Habitat[]
Their habitat is the sky or land. They come down to land when there are strong gusts of wind and settle down on land for protection.