Geography/Culture: Egypt (where She was male) > Greece, especially Thebes. The first female Sphinx, winged and recumbent was found in the palace of Esarhaddon, 7th c. B.C. Assyria. According to myth She was born in farthest Ethiopia.
Linguistic Note: from Greek sphiggein.
Description: Woman-faced, lion-bodied, eagle-winged calendar Goddess; She Whose dominion is over heaven and earth; Guardian of Thebes; She Who engages in win or die riddling contests; evil, lyreless, Muse of the dead; Black Sphinx; She Who allures with the gay colours of Her wings; She Who is amourous and devouring, dominating and possesive; She Who completely absorbs the whole being of Her lover or son; She Who was sent forth by Hades to be a cannibalistic snatcher of young men, or old.
She is sometimes multiple, then considered nightmare or underworld Demonesses.
To Whom Sacred: eagle; snake; lion; dog (sometimes the dog is substituted for the lion); Mount Phikion (Sphinx Mountain, where She has Her lair). Her body parts (not including the dog, who has underworld connections) are calendar symbols showing Her to be a calendar Goddess.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• She bears a resemblance to Egyptian Am-Mit, Eater-of-the-Dead, Who is linked with Maat, Truth.
• Greek dialect variant, Bix. {Could this be related to the derogatory term for women 'Bitch!'}
• Daughter of Echidne, She-Viper.
• Also called the Man-snatching-Ker, a form of Cer, {Doom}, Who is linked with Car, Queen-Bee.
• Perhaps an aspect of Ourania, Heavenly-One.
• Plural Sphinges; this is also a {Greek?} term for prostitutes.
• Variant, Sphix.