#bonnacon

[marginaliadesign]

Be careful with those beans in your Friday taco...

[prackyplisnove]

někdy ochočené stračeny utečou a žijí spolu s divokými zubry, co kdyby se však začlenily do stáda bonnaconů, mýtických divokých turů se schopností střílet ohnivý trus (na 600 metrů daleko), a splodili spolu hybridní potomstvo?

(vzniklo tak trochu v reakci na tvořivou společnost, českou odnož allatra, kultu, co prezentuje putina jako mesiáše)

[resismedievalmenagerie]

I've never heard of a Bonnacon, but this is a Bonnacon! We've forgotten a lot of mythological creatures and honestly, in the Bonnacon's case, that is just a shame. According to this Bestiary from ~1175, "When it turns to flee, it emits a fart three acres long, using an overflow of the large intestine, a fart so hot that it scorches whatever it touches. Thus, by an offensive discharge banishes pursuers.” This is why I do this work. For creatures like the lowly and forgotten Bonnacon, who farts defensive fire three acres long.

[briefbestiary]

A beast with a burning dung-based defense system. Its bowel release system is its notable form of self-protection.

[thegenxorcist]

Bonnacon

The bonnacon is a mythical, bull-like beast with the mane of a horse and horns that spiral inward on top of its head. The bonnacon’s curved horns are not effective for defending itself against hunters, so instead it shoots a stream of potent dung that can burn anything in its path. In manuscripts the attacking hunters are depicted either with full armor, or just spears and shields, to defend themselves from the robust excrement.

What makes the medieval story of the bonnacon comical is the visual representation of the hunt in bestiary manuscripts. The hunters’ facial expressions are often quite amusing, with eyes big and fearful, and lips in worried straight lines. In the image below (also at the top of this post) from the Northumberland Bestiary, the hunter’s wide eyes and pressed lips show his trepidation...

The Bonnacon, Laughing Stock of the Medieval Bestiary

[cleanskies]

Animal with 'amazing flatulence' found in medieval book

Satirist Ian Hislop has included the ancient Bonnacon among Britain's oldest jokes for his BBC podcast.

A gold leaf shower of manure coming out of its backside at high speed - propelled, as the Latin will tell you. It's his secret weapon - amazing flatulence. The knights are overcome by acid burns, heat and smell.

There is no moral attached to this story whatsoever.

[morwaldblog]

monsterin

Besides dinosaurs, other of my favorite topics are monsters, especially those from mythology

All of these are from different medieval illustrations, manuscripts, bestiaries, etc. I chose the strangest, least known or unusual depictions of known creatures; there are a couple that didn't had names, so I made them up

Not counting the hydra, I avoided drawing dragons, because I want to save them for a future drawing heh. It was a fun thing to draw, I think my favorite of the bunch is the winged salamander

[quailtea]

Working on something new