With the muscular body of a horse, the face of an eagle, feathered wings, and deadly talons, the Hippogriff is thought to be an evil spirit who possesses the ability to fly to the moon. Despite its threatening reputation, this mythical creature has a rather impressive cultural resume.

Making its debut in Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso in the early sixteenth century, it has since made cameos in many works crucial to popular culture. While embodying the beloved Buckbeak in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is often regarded as the Hippogriff's most famous work, the depiction of the Hippogriff Kingdom in My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) remains the Hippogriff’s star role. Needless to say, this mythical menace has artistic range.