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There were different mythological adaptions for the winged lion: 1  Shedu in Sumerian, Akkadian, Persian, and Iranian tribes mythology was depicted as a winged lion. 2  He has often been depicted with a bull body instead of a lion body. 3  The winged lion was the heraldic symbol of Mark the Evangelist.
What creature has a body of a lion head of horse and wings of an eagle? Answer Hippogriff (which I have also seen spelt Hippogryph and Hippogryphe) is a Mythological Creature. I is the Result of the pairing of a Griffin and a Mare.