The set of three 3-foot-wide scrolls depicts a griffin at three different time points. Once while she is holding a baby in her mouth. Once while she is incubating a child in her womb, and last when the child leaves her body. Together, the scenes form the image of the whole griffin.

The set of 4-foot-wide scrolls tells the story of the griffin’s child after it comes across a bird’s nest in a tree. Driven by hunger, it eats the eggs on the ground and fights with the parent bird to protect its children. The griffin’s child succeeds in eating all but one baby bird, who escapes after blinding the griffin’s child using its parent’s feather. Using its sense of smell, the griffin’s child chases after the baby bird, who goes to hide among a porcupine’s quills. The griffin’s child crashes headfirst into the porcupine, sending them tumbling. All of the porcupine’s quills pierced into the griffin’s child and the baby bird lost its life atop the child’s head. Unaware of this, the griffin’s child continues the chase until the baby bird’s corpse becomes bones and fell to the ground. After devouring the remains, the griffin child rests with a full belly and a new bird-like monster is born to continue the cycle.