The Sphinx can be a strange creature to use in Dungeons & Dragons because it blurs together multiple mythological concepts ...

Among these is a giant sphinx who asks Harry this riddle: First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the last ...

A sphinx is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. This is the Great Sphinx of Giza. It is chiselled from limestone and has the face of Pharaoh Khafre.