A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.

Sphinx or Sphynx may also refer to:

In Egypt

  • Great Sphinx of Giza, the giant Sphinx statue near the Great Pyramids
  • Sphinx of Memphis, a stone sphinx located near the ruins of Memphis
  • Sphinx International Airport, a public airport serving the city of Giza

Geographic features

Antarctica

  • Mount Sphinx, in the Prince de Ligne Mountains, Queen Maud Land
  • Sphinx Hill, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
  • Sphinx Island, Graham Land
  • Sphinx Mountain, in the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land
  • Sphinx Peak, Victoria Land

Canada

  • The Sphinx (British Columbia), a mountain in British Columbia
  • Sphinx Dome, a lava dome in British Columbia

Europe

  • Sphinx (Romania), a natural rock formation in the Carpathian Mountains
  • Sphinx (Scotland), meteorological feature in the Cairngorms
  • Sphinx, a Turkish rock outcrop in ANZAC Cove

United States

  • The Sphinx (Kings Canyon National Park), in California
  • The Sphinx (Wyoming), a mountain in the Wind River Range
  • Sphinx Mountain (Madison County, Montana)

Arts and entertainment

Fictional entities

  • Sphinx (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics characters
  • S.P.H.I.N.X., an organization in The Venture Bros.
  • The Sphinx, a character in the 1999 film Mystery Men
  • Sphinx, a character in the TV series Mahō Sentai Magiranger

Film and television

  • The Sphinx (1916 film), an American lost silent film
  • The Sphinx (1920 film), an Italian silent film
  • The Sphinx (1933 film), an American film directed by Phil Rosen
  • Sphinx (film), a 1981 American film adaptation of Robin Cook's novel (see below)
  • "Sphinx" (Space Ghost Coast to Coast), a television episode
  • "The Sphinx" (Extreme Ghostbusters), a television episode

Literature and periodicals

  • Sphinx (novel), a 1979 novel by Robin Cook
  • The Sphinx (Aeschylus), a fragmentary satyr play in the Seven Against Thebes trilogy
  • The Sphinx (magazine), a 1902–1953 magazine for magicians
  • The Sphinx (poem), an 1894 poem by Oscar Wilde
  • "The Sphinx", an 1846 short story by Edgar Allan Poe
  • The Sphinx, a journal of Alpha Phi Alpha

Music

  • Sphynx (band), a 1990s American dance music act
  • The Sphinx (album), a 2011 album, or the title song, by Sananda Maitreya (Terence Trent D'Arby)
  • The Sphinx – Das Beste aus den Jahren 1976–1983, a 2006 album by Amanda Lear
  • Sphynx (album), a 2003 album by Melechesh
  • "The Sphinx" (song), a 1978 song by Amanda Lear
  • Sphinx, a song by Gojira from their 2021 album Fortitude
  • Sphinx (album), an album by the Allegro Jazz Ensemble

Other media

  • Sphinx (Marc Quinn sculpture), a 2006 sculpture of Kate Moss
  • Sphinx, a 1984 role-playing game
  • Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy, a 2003 action-adventure video game
  • The Sphinx, a 2013 sculpture produced by Banksy during the Better Out Than In residency in New York City

Organisations

  • Sphinx (senior society), a secret society at Dartmouth College
  • Sphinx Senior Society, a senior society at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Sphinx Organization, aiding the development of young Black and Latino classical musicians
  • Sphinx Resources, a Canadian mining company
  • Sphinx Systems, a Swiss firearms manufacturer

Science and technology

  • Sphinx (gene), a non-coding RNA in Drosophila
  • Sphinx (moth), the common name of many moths in the family Sphingidae
  • Sphinx (genus), a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae
  • Sphinx (satellite), an American test satellite
  • Sphynx cat, a breed of hairless cat
  • Sphinx tiling, a geometric tiling using the "sphinx" hexiamond

Computing

  • Sphinx (documentation generator), a free, open-source, extensible documentation generator
  • Sphinx (home automation system), a conceptual home environment designed in the Soviet Union in 1987
  • Sphinx (search engine), an SQL full-text search engine
  • CMU Sphinx, a free voice recognition engine from Carnegie Mellon University
  • Sphinx, codename for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0; see History of Microsoft SQL Server

Transport

  • CSS Sphynx, later the Japanese ironclad Kōtetsu, a 19th-century warship
  • HMS Sphinx, several ships of the Royal Navy
  • French ship Sphinx, several ships of the French Navy
  • La Mouette Sphinx, a French hang glider design

Other uses

  • Le Sphinx, a Paris brothel founded in 1931
  • Sphinx Ting, Taiwanese actor and model
  • Sphinx, a typeface produced by Deberny & Peignot
  • Sphinx, a disc golf fairway driver by Infinite Discs
  • The Sphinx, nicknames of a prominent German general and military reformers, Hans von Seeckt
  • Sphinx, a nickname for Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of United States
  • Sphinx Observatory at the Jungfraujoch glacier saddle in Switzerland

See also

  • Sfinks (disambiguation)
  • Sfinx (disambiguation)
  • SPHINCS
  • SPHINCS+

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