The Sphinx

The Sphinx is a composite beast with a woman's face and eagle's wings on a lion's body. It corresponds to the Sun and to the elements of earth and air. Call upon the Sphinx for sex, magic, amorousness, and riddles. Sphinx (the Throttler) is an assyrian calendar goddess who devours men/women when they fail to correctly answer her riddles. Sands of Time are collected from between the paws of the Sphinx and can be used to increase longevity.
(quoted from The Wicca Handbook by Eileen Holland)