[HN Gopher] Medieval Bestiary
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       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.
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       | 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).
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         | "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.
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         | 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...
        
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