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Why dowould dwarves ride griffins?

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Why do dwarves ride griffins?

Something I noticed is that a fair amount of famous fantasy fiction depicts dwarves riding griffins (e.g. Warhammer, Warcraft). Ignoring for a moment why dwarves seem to have little difficulty operating outside of their typical subterranean habitat, why domesticate griffins in particular? Is it because, according to real medieval bestiaries, griffin sniff out precious metals like gold and line their nests with it?