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Some of these are pretty wild. Makes me wonder if similar mischaracterized/illustrated of animal depictions were the source for the belief in dragons and other
by gehwartzen 5y ago
Some of these are pretty wild. Makes me wonder if similar mischaracterized/illustrated of animal depictions were the source for the belief in dragons and other monsters
- wincy 5y agoI’ve heard that the idea of dragons sleeping in caves arose because cave bears lived in well, caves throughout Europe and it’s quite possible their skeletons would be mistaken for a dragons.
- omarhaneef 5y agoDinosaur bones!
- danparsonson 5y agoThis one is my personal favourite: https://www.uliwestphal.de/elephas-anthropogenus/soloelephants/jpgs/1313.jpg https://www.uliwestphal.de/elephas-anthropogenus/soloelephan...
- peteradio 5y agoWho drew that one? The 3 year old prince or court jester?
- Aunche 5y agoThere is a theory that elephant skulls inspired the myth of cyclops. http://www.strangehistory.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dwarf-elephant.jpg http://www.strangehistory.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/0...
- posterboy 5y agoI convinced myself that Mushu on the Ishtar gat must be a horse because horses are said to have come from the north and mare, a Germanic-Celtic isogloss would somewhat match the description if rhotacism was involved. Then I went on about Amazons and Mars just because their origin may be uncertain. So no, here be dragons. The domestication of the horse keeps being challenged anyhow.