MLP fun facts #3 Griffons

Hello and welcome once again to another instalment of mlp fun facts.

todays topic griffons.

first off I was very surprised when they first introduced griffons into the show through the character Gilda, the main reason being the fact that in the old
legends from the middle east about griffons, GRIFFONS HATED HORSES/ponies.
That's right griffons would most often slay any equine that came near their territory , this was do to the fact that griffons of old would build their nests high up on cliff sides and on rock spires using gold as their nesting materials, this led to raiders thieves explores and really anyone near by to hunt down griffon nests to steal the gold and other treasure used to build their nest.
Since those who came hunting for the griffons gold would need to get away fast with the treasure they would most often travel on horse back or in a caravan pulled by several horses.
after several generations griffons came to see all horses as threats to their nests and survival and started to slay all horses they saw both domestic and wild.
the hatred is so strong that the being known as a hippogryph was created to represent the concept off impossible love.
a hippogryph the child of a male griffon and a female horse/pony. they have the head and wings of an eagle or hawk like their griffon father but instead of a lions body they have the body of a horse.
this is why I wasn't surprised by Gilda's attitude towards the other ponies .what confused me was her attitude towards rainbow dash.
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