Alot of Fire

daily drawings with a theme by two sometimes three people (we miss you, dB!)

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jb 12 10 17 mythical beasts day 28 Ant-lion Wiki The Myrmecoleon or Ant-lion is a fantastical animal from classical times, possibly by error from the Septuagint version of the book of Job, reappearing in the Greek Christian Physiologus of the 3rd or 4th century A.D. It is found in Medieval bestiaries such as the Hortus Sanitatis of Jacob Meydenbach. also referenced in some sources as a Formicaleon (Antlion), Formicaleun or Mirmicioleon There are two interpretations of what a Myrmecoleon is. In one version, the antlion is so called because it is the "lion of ants", a large ant or small animal that hides in the dust and kills ants. In the other version, it is a beast that is the result of a mating between a lion and an ant. It has the face of a lion and the body of an ant, with each part having its appropriate nature. Because the lion part will only eat meat and the ant part can only digest grain, the ant-lion starves. The ant-lion story may come from a mistranslation of a word in the Septuagint version of the Old Testament, from the book of Job. The word in Hebrew is laiisch (ליש), an uncommon word for lion, which in other translations of Job is rendered as either lion or tiger; in the Septuagint it is translated as mermecolion, ant-lion.

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SD Minotaur 12.10.17

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jb 12/09/17 mythical beasts day 27 Mayura – Hindu Wiki: which is one of the sacred birds of the Hindu mythology. The legend states that the Mayura was created from the feathers of Garuda, another semi-divine mythical birds of Hindu mythology. Garuda is believed to be a vahana (conveyance) of Vishnu, one of the Trimurti. In images of the mayura as a mythical bird, it is depicted as killing a snake, which according to a number of Hindu scriptures, is a symbol of cycle of time

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SD Griffen 12.09.17

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SD Ladon 12.08.17

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jb 12/07/17 mythical beasts day 25 The Nariphon Wiki: (Thai: นารีผล), also known as Makkaliphon (Thai: มักกะลีผล, from Pali makkaliphala), is a tree in Buddhist mythology which bears fruit in the shape of young female creatures. The maidens grow attached by their head from the tree branches.[1] This tree grows at the Himaphan, a mythical forest where the female fruits are enjoyed by the Gandharvas who cut the fruits and take them away.

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jb 12 06 17 mythical beasts day 24 Wiki Finnish mythology Otso, Ohto, Kontio, metsän kuningas (the king of the forest), and mesikämmen (honeypalm) are some of the many rarely uttered circumlocutory epithets for the spirit that was never directly named. Generally, the spirit of the bear was referred to as friend, brother, uncle, or forestcousin, or ways were thought up that would bypass the need to refer to the spirit at all, even indirectly. Some sub-traditions considered the bear to be a relative who had fled the community and been transmogrified by the power of the forest.

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SD Charybdis 12.06.17

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SD Telechines (for. 12.05.17)

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JB 12/05/17 mythical beasts day 23 Aralez Aralez - Aralezner (Armenian) - The oldest gods in the Armenian pantheon, Aralez are dog-like creatures with powers to resuscitate fallen warriors and resurrect the dead by licking wounds clean.

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jb 12 04 17 mythical beasts day 22 pardalokampoi Wiki: Pardalokampoi (Etruscan) Fish-tailed leopard Relative of hippocampus Aside from aigikampoi, the fish-tailed goats representing Capricorn, other fish-tailed animals rarely appeared in Greek art, but are more characteristic of the Etruscans. These include leokampoi (fish-tailed lions), taurokampoi (fish-tailed bulls) or pardalokampoi (fish-tailed leopards).

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SD Gorgons - Stheno, Medusa, Euryale 12.04.17

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jb 12/03/17 mythical beasts day 21 Qalupalik Wiki: Qalupalik (Inuit) It is a human-like creature that lives in the sea, with long hair, green skin, and long fingernails.[1] The myth is that qalupaliks wear an amautiit (a form of pouch that Inuit parents wear to carry their children) so they can take babies and children away who disobey their parents.[2] The story was used to prevent children from wandering off alone, lest the qalupalik take the children in her amautik underwater and keep them forever. Qalupaliks are said to make a distinctive humming sound; therefore, they can be heard before they appear.

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SD Poseidon 12.03.17

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jb 12/02/17 mythical beasts day 20 Redcap Wiki: The redcap (English) is a type of malevolent, murderous goblin found in Border folklore. They are said to inhabit ruined castles along the Anglo-Scottish border, especially those places that were once the scenes of tyranny or wicked deeds. He is also known as Redcomb and Bloody Cap.[1] "...a short, thickset old man with long prominent teeth, skinny fingers armed with talons like eagles, large eyes of a fiery red colour, grisly hair streaming down his shoulders, iron boots, a pikestaff in his left hand, and a red cap on his head. When travellers take refuge in his lair he will fling huge stones at them, and if he kills them he will soak his cap in their blood, giving it a crimson hue. However, he may be driven away by repeating words of Scripture or holding up the cross. He will then utter a dismal yell and vanish in flames, leaving behind him a large tooth on the spot where he was last seen. Other than these measures, human strength will do very little in overcoming him

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SD Harpy (2) 12.02.17

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SD Medusa (2) (for 12.01.17)