[HN Gopher] Medieval Bestiary ___________________________________________________________________ Medieval Bestiary Author : rougka Score : 21 points Date : 2022-11-07 05:38 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (bestiary.ca) (TXT) w3m dump (bestiary.ca) | SoftTalker wrote: | _Medieval Bestiary_ would be a good name for a band... | jansan wrote: | I was really into this during my teenage years, inspired by early | role playing games. It was super hard to find information living | in a small town with a small library before the internet existed. | For some beasts I never found out if the beasts were based on | myths, taken from fantasy fiction or simply invented by the | authors. | | Can east asian beasts be included? If so, I would suggest Qilin | (Chinese) or Kirin (Japanese) (yes, the one on the beer label). | gerdesj wrote: | I own a first edition Monster Manual (and DMG and PH). | | "It does not include beasts from non-European sources unless | those beasts are the basis of Bestiary, Physiologus, or other | Western beast legends." | | That's a shame because there is a bit of an overlap throughout | history of beasties finding a new home - far away from where | they originated, thanks to an enterprising traveller spreading | stories in passing. | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin and keep on reading and | clicking to lose a few hours! | gerdesj wrote: | https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastsource422.htm | | Sailors talk some complete twaddle at the best of times (I live | close to HMS Heron) but blaming a six inch fish for delays in | deployment or delivery takes some neck! | | I love this resource. I'll be hunting down a beast that delays IT | systems deployment. Some sort of insect is indicated ... | anfractuosity wrote: | I really like how they thought that hedgehogs picked up grapes | etc. with their spines to carry to their hoglets. | | There's a cool little animation based on this - | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57BTS-W_2QI | zwieback wrote: | The weird style - was it on purpose or were they really bad at | drawing stuff? | zwieback wrote: | Two Medieval Monks were also very interested in this topic: | | https://the-toast.net/2015/04/01/two-medieval-monks-invent-b... ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-11-08 23:00 UTC)