Inside an European royal castle, I found a copper beast located on a square stone-carved foundation in the palace garden...and finally discovered that the divine beast was called Griffon.

J.H., 1997

There is much gold in Indica (India) also, not found much in rivers, except in the Pactolo river, but in the mountains there is a very great amount. In these, gryphons live; 

Bibliotheca or Myrobiblion, Photios, 8th AD

Looked up and awed by the many;
lingered in and held by the few.

Langyee Griffon Architectures Series