tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205335875639637252.post3429062003550543817..comments2023-10-31T06:56:01.917-04:00Comments on yog-blogsoth: FABULOUS CREATUREMichael Bukowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05551050082487650160noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205335875639637252.post-2709483829106217272022-02-17T01:06:29.951-05:002022-02-17T01:06:29.951-05:00We have a similar creature in Bengali folklore as ...We have a similar creature in Bengali folklore as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205335875639637252.post-381948673442222602013-06-04T12:17:50.188-04:002013-06-04T12:17:50.188-04:00If you can get your hands on that Chinese bestiary...If you can get your hands on that Chinese bestiary, it's well worth a look. It's quite pricey, but I'm sure you can <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49977148" rel="nofollow">find one in a nearby library</a>. The Japanese as well have a rich tradition of beasts, from the folkloric <i><a href="http://pinktentacle.com/2009/10/anatomy-of-japanese-folk-monsters/" rel="nofollow">yokai</a></i> to modern movie <i><a href="http://pinktentacle.com/2008/10/kaiju-anatomical-drawings/" rel="nofollow">kaiju</a></i>. If I had a lot more play money I'd gladly add these (and other works) to my slowly-growing bestiary collection.<br /><br />And speaking of which, thanks for the early send of the "Illustro Obscurum" vol. IV (2nd ed.). My friend will be delighted to receive this gift.MWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02699985860237005231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205335875639637252.post-44440822102491964112013-06-04T11:46:05.565-04:002013-06-04T11:46:05.565-04:00WOAH MW! that's some good monster research!WOAH MW! that's some good monster research!Michael Bukowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551050082487650160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205335875639637252.post-20953783582823970982013-06-04T11:32:01.882-04:002013-06-04T11:32:01.882-04:00The Chinese too have a chest-face monster, the xin...The Chinese too have a chest-face monster, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xing_Tian" rel="nofollow">xing tian</a>. The linked Chinese wiki has a few illustrations, but by far the most disturbing blemmye/xing tian I've seen is a gif screenshot from a Japanese TV program found <a href="http://psychicmayhem.blogspot.com/2012/01/wednesday-werk-acephali-almas.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />"<a href="http://amzn.com/0520218442" rel="nofollow">A Chinese Bestiary</a>" (University of California Press, 2002) lists and illustrates 345 fabulous creatures and personages found in the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanhaijing" rel="nofollow">Shan Hai Jing</a>". I'm sure a careful reader will find many <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2010/10/21/130722022/looking-for-new-monsters" rel="nofollow">similar creatures in Western folklore</a>.MWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02699985860237005231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205335875639637252.post-85075361280081245652013-05-28T20:31:36.750-04:002013-05-28T20:31:36.750-04:00I'll never forget as a child looking up "...I'll never forget as a child looking up "monster" in my grandmother's dictionary and the illustration was the famous renaissance woodcut of this very being, along with the creature who was a big foot with a head and arms growing from it.lazycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08391072231837230851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205335875639637252.post-45674006669174270322013-05-28T19:00:10.400-04:002013-05-28T19:00:10.400-04:00Now that you said that, I am completely uberjealou...Now that you said that, I am completely uberjealous because the available copies cost like $60. And to be honest, I like different depictions of any kind of great old one.<br /><br />Anyways, Your artwork looks similar to the artwork in the field guide. Are you just revamping, or more appropriately, remaking them? Just a wonder.Nickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892007791072992567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205335875639637252.post-23899035853712241432013-05-28T15:42:47.688-04:002013-05-28T15:42:47.688-04:00Yeah I have that Petersen's field guide. It...Yeah I have that Petersen's field guide. It's really cool but not really an "encyclopedia". Michael Bukowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551050082487650160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205335875639637252.post-58332110055085071612013-05-28T15:07:06.432-04:002013-05-28T15:07:06.432-04:00That guy is pro x1,000,000,000,000
Oh Michael, so...That guy is pro x1,000,000,000,000<br /><br />Oh Michael, sorta bad news: I think that these books might had beaten you to make an encyclopedia :I :<br /><br />http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac236/xRalphx_rpg/RPG%20Collection/Call%20of%20Cthulhu/5105-S-Petersen-Field-Guide-to-Cthu.jpg <br /><br />http://lovecraftzine.com/2013/04/23/lovecraftian-bestiary/Nickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892007791072992567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205335875639637252.post-66123437620183246072013-05-28T14:14:18.475-04:002013-05-28T14:14:18.475-04:00THANKS GUYS!!!!THANKS GUYS!!!!Michael Bukowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551050082487650160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205335875639637252.post-16607885286479555242013-05-28T14:10:40.194-04:002013-05-28T14:10:40.194-04:00<3 for blemmyes.<3 for blemmyes.c.johnson462https://www.blogger.com/profile/05607241287275901441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205335875639637252.post-27451048299269164082013-05-28T12:08:51.656-04:002013-05-28T12:08:51.656-04:00That's got to be the most biologically plausib...That's got to be the most biologically plausible-seeming Blemmye I've ever seen. Very awesome.Jaysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652611193354218021noreply@blogger.com