Mythical Creatures

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Made after a day looking at the V&A's collection of mythical beasts with Dylan: oddlyhewn.blogspot.com/

Here are a couple of stories about the Mermahuataur from Kate and
Jonny. There are also drawings from Reilly, Dan and Justin.

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elstob says:

This is amazing.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

jędrek says:

schweet
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

furious_george_ii says:

I like.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

headphonic says:

/applause
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

David G Photography says:

Cool. You may need to re-title this slide because I think my neighbor has a two headed dog, as no 1 headed dog could actually bark that much!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

trib says:

Erm... Echidna's are real.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

ioboy says:

Indeed! But also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna_(mytholo gy)

(These ones are not quite as cute)
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

preshaa says:

Thank you all <3

30,000 people now know that between me and Dylan we couldn't spell Narwhal correctly :)
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

eagleapex says:

Excellent!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Three-Star Dave says:

Very fun. Though mermaids are generally scaly / fish hybrids, rather than narwhal hybrids. But the overall chimeric concept here is great.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

wamcvey says:

You might want to add a Chimera (lion, snake, goat). You might also be able to double up the lion/human combo by listing a Sphinx.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

sidetracked says:

Awesome idea, if a bit hard to read... light colors with white text and al
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

dominiccrrll says:

Wamcvey: You're right, except Manticore should also merge with "Eagle" - it has wings. Sphinx /would/ be the straight cross with Human / Lion, though.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

zmustapha says:

Awesome!
Though, no chimera?
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

bronder says:

Nearly as awesome - www.comicvsaudience.net/images/flow_heavymeta l.jpg
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

storm@stormink.net says:

That is sweet!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Anton Peck says:

Epic.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

!!blue says:

I love it! Only needs a goat to cover the chimera and the satyr. ;)
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

mervae says:

informative.
dog trio = :)
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Anton Peck says:

By the way, is "narwhale" intentionally spelled that way?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

LizJones_ says:

Brilliant.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

tantek says:

What about Ligers? Hmm, apparently they're not mythical.

Consider adding a small circle for "fly", intersecting with "human" and forming a "brundlefly".
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

preshaa says:

Thanks for the comments dudes, and we've fixed the spelling of Narwhal :)
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Frankenstein says:

How would something like a werewolf fit into this schema?
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

-jell- says:

Nice work... but Echidna? A mythical creature????

So the one I photographed was probably my imagination, right?

www.flickr.com/photos/-jell-/3503472338/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

preshaa says:

Jell: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna_(mythology)
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

preshaa says:

Yay! Mermahuataur writing:

the28thdent.blogspot.com/2009/08/mermahuataur .html
jonnyhopper.blogspot.com/2009/08/mermahuataur .html

Yay! Mermahuataur drawing:

Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

simonsterg says:

Such a friendly map of the mythical monster world!
Do you know Sara Fanelli's beautiful picture book,
Mythical Monsters?
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

pgm hellas says:

very nice
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

embeedub says:

It's embarassing how much I love this.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Graves935 says:

on the "narwhale" comment, i believe narwhal is the correct spelling. and BRILLIANT!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

marphyll9 says:

Maybe in another version you could add the chimera, as lion, goat and snake intersection.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Patrick Johanneson says:

Pure genius.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

037 says:

Awesome!! Where do dragons go? :D

I love critical over-analysis.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Duzins says:

Awesome!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Valerio_B says:

Narwhal does not approve
twurl.cc/1iwo
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

tychay says:

The "manticore" should be a sphinx. You can merge the sphinx part with a scorpion (dragon) or an eagle or something depending on your reading of Greek myth.

The Chimera is missing too. And there'd be a fun with with snake-snake-snake-snake-snake (etc) with Hydra. :-)

BTW, nice diagram.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

chrisodonnell says:

Amazing.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Dinosaur Andrews says:

I approve this message.
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Manticore Pinion says:

Manticores traditionally did not have wings, but they do have scorpion tails.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

popgraph says:

I took the liberty of adding hover overs for each mythical creature with a image, Wikipedia blurb and a PopGraph popularity score fir each creature. Enjoy.

popgraph.com/coolstuff/mythical-creatures.htm l
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

againstty0 says:

it is missing the singaporean merlion

:p
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

reyarts says:

L♥Ve it!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

gin girl jen says:

funny well done
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Robert_Paulson says:

Someone pointed out that mermaids are generally scaly and narwhals aren't, but nobody found it appropriate to dispute the narwhal's link to the unicorn and camahueto? Narwhals have tusks in their mouths, not horns on their heads.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Manticore Pinion says:

lol Bitch Tits. :P

Actually, if you just take the narwhal horn and smack it on a horse (in most cases these days. Traditionally a unicorn would be mixed with a goat and a lion too) then don't you get a unicorn? therefor the mix is agreeable.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

alk_is says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Genii Loci, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
..and of course, why not, consider joining!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Moff says:

Nice idea. In addition to the Merlion for v2, I reckon Medusa should get a look in.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Kombizz says:

what a ......
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

thomwell says:

Wise.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

preshaa says:

Thanks for the comments and favourites everyone <3
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

HansWobbe says:

A great example of "Thinking outside the ... (box)"! I've wanted to extend this type of "set theory" diagram to more than the usual 7 areas several times in the past. It never occurred to me to "stretch" the circles into irregular shapes.
Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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