Sphinx

n.	1.	In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion. The awful ruins of the days of old . . . Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphinx. - Shelley.
	2.	On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.
	2.	Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.
	3.	(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidæ; - called also hawk moth. See also tomato worm.
	4.	(Zool.) The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx). Sphinx baboon (Zool.) a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx), often kept in menageries. Sphinx moth (Zool.) Same as Sphinx, 3.

Noun	1.	sphinx - an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
	2.	Sphinx - (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
	3.	sphinx - one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians

To see a sphinx in your dream, signifies fear of the unknown.human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul