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Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 29 - Manticore
Welcome to the twenty-nineth issue of my weekly news article! I hope you enjoy it, and please, show the featured artists some love and recognition through pageviews, 's and 's!
If you like this article, please show support by clicking the heart icon on the left to add it to your favorites. Thanks!
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This week's creature feature is: Manticore
From Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manticor… :
The manticore (Baricos in Greek) is a legendary creature similar to the Egyptian sphinx. It has the body of a red lion, a human head with three rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), and a trumpet-like voice. Other aspects of the creature vary from story to story. It may be horned, winged, or both. The tail is that of either a dragon or a scorpion, and it may shoot poisonous spines to either paralyze or kill its victims. The creature's feet may also be of a dragon, but are mostly referred to as lions paws.
The manticore myth was of Persian origin, where its name was "man-eater". The English term "manticore" was borrowed from Latin mantichora, itself borrowed from Greek mantikhoras—an erroneous pronunciation of the original Persian name. It passed into European folklore first through a remark by Ctesias, a Greek physician at the Persian court of King Artaxerxes II in the fourth century BC, in his notes on India ("Indika"), which circulated among Greek writers on natural history but have not survived.
Now, for the features! Works are featured from various categories, in no particular order:
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NOTICE: I NEED YOUR IDEAS!
Did you get featured and want to pay it forward? Do you know of an artist with amazing fantasy art? Are YOU one? Read on!
I'm planning on doing a "Reader's Pick" article, with a bunch of fantasy or mythical creatures combined into one feature. The only rules are these: No nudity (just no naughty bits showing), no excessive blood or gore, and they MUST COME FROM A CATEGORY I'VE ALREADY DONE. These should be the ones I've "missed", if you will. All visual media. Just leave a comment on this article with a link to your favorite deviation or deviant, and I'll pick out the ones that really stand out to me to feature! Of course, if I don't have enough, I'll wait until I do.
Also, do you have a favorite fantasy creature that I haven't covered yet? Leave a comment suggesting which ones you would like to see!
If you suggest a deviation or a topic, and I use it, I will include your icon at the top of the news article that I feature it in! Think of it as a little free exposure!
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Thank you so much for viewing, and come back next week for a different inhabitant of the Realms of Fantasy and Myth!
~Arah
Previous Issues:
Week 1 - Unicorns: news.deviantart.com/article/78…
Week 2 - Merfolk: news.deviantart.com/article/79…
Week 3 - Eastern Dragons: news.deviantart.com/article/79…
Week 4 - Kitsune: news.deviantart.com/article/80…
Week 5 - Alicorn: news.deviantart.com/article/81…
Week 6 - Gnomes: news.deviantart.com/article/82…
Week 7 - Tanuki: news.deviantart.com/article/83…
Week 8 - Centaurs: news.deviantart.com/article/84…
Week 9 - Special Edition: news.deviantart.com/article/84…
Week 10 - Orcs: news.deviantart.com/article/85…
Week 11 - Dryad: news.deviantart.com/article/87…
Week 12 - Halflings: news.deviantart.com/article/87…
Week 13 - Elves: news.deviantart.com/article/88…
Week 14 - Faeries: news.deviantart.com/article/92…
Week 15 - Vampires: news.deviantart.com/article/93…
Week 16 - Sphinx: news.deviantart.com/article/94…
Week 17 - Griffin: news.deviantart.com/article/94…
Week 18 - Phoenix: news.deviantart.com/article/95…
Week 19 - Djinn: news.deviantart.com/article/97…
Week 20 - Werewolves: news.deviantart.com/article/97…
Week 21 - Selkie: news.deviantart.com/article/98…
Week 22 - Gargoyles: news.deviantart.com/article/99…
Week 23 - Western Dragons: news.deviantart.com/article/10…
Week 24 - Drow: news.deviantart.com/article/10…
Week 25 - Yeti: news.deviantart.com/article/10…
Week 26 - Kirin: news.deviantart.com/article/10…
Week 27 - Satyr: news.deviantart.com/article/10…
Week 28 - Hippocampus: news.deviantart.com/article/11…
Welcome to the twenty-nineth issue of my weekly news article! I hope you enjoy it, and please, show the featured artists some love and recognition through pageviews, 's and 's!
If you like this article, please show support by clicking the heart icon on the left to add it to your favorites. Thanks!
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************
This week's creature feature is: Manticore
From Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manticor… :
The manticore (Baricos in Greek) is a legendary creature similar to the Egyptian sphinx. It has the body of a red lion, a human head with three rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), and a trumpet-like voice. Other aspects of the creature vary from story to story. It may be horned, winged, or both. The tail is that of either a dragon or a scorpion, and it may shoot poisonous spines to either paralyze or kill its victims. The creature's feet may also be of a dragon, but are mostly referred to as lions paws.
The manticore myth was of Persian origin, where its name was "man-eater". The English term "manticore" was borrowed from Latin mantichora, itself borrowed from Greek mantikhoras—an erroneous pronunciation of the original Persian name. It passed into European folklore first through a remark by Ctesias, a Greek physician at the Persian court of King Artaxerxes II in the fourth century BC, in his notes on India ("Indika"), which circulated among Greek writers on natural history but have not survived.
Now, for the features! Works are featured from various categories, in no particular order:
:thumb151457759:
:thumb103110208: :thumb130296138: :thumb114297734:
:thumb46970203: :thumb103321264:
:thumb51983657:
:thumb144976529: :thumb108483538:
:thumb124126695: :thumb94090586:
:thumb108174851:
:thumb144222235: :thumb75359433: :thumb123928067:
:thumb127536456:
NOTICE: I NEED YOUR IDEAS!
Did you get featured and want to pay it forward? Do you know of an artist with amazing fantasy art? Are YOU one? Read on!
I'm planning on doing a "Reader's Pick" article, with a bunch of fantasy or mythical creatures combined into one feature. The only rules are these: No nudity (just no naughty bits showing), no excessive blood or gore, and they MUST COME FROM A CATEGORY I'VE ALREADY DONE. These should be the ones I've "missed", if you will. All visual media. Just leave a comment on this article with a link to your favorite deviation or deviant, and I'll pick out the ones that really stand out to me to feature! Of course, if I don't have enough, I'll wait until I do.
Also, do you have a favorite fantasy creature that I haven't covered yet? Leave a comment suggesting which ones you would like to see!
If you suggest a deviation or a topic, and I use it, I will include your icon at the top of the news article that I feature it in! Think of it as a little free exposure!
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Thank you so much for viewing, and come back next week for a different inhabitant of the Realms of Fantasy and Myth!
~Arah
Previous Issues:
Week 1 - Unicorns: news.deviantart.com/article/78…
Week 2 - Merfolk: news.deviantart.com/article/79…
Week 3 - Eastern Dragons: news.deviantart.com/article/79…
Week 4 - Kitsune: news.deviantart.com/article/80…
Week 5 - Alicorn: news.deviantart.com/article/81…
Week 6 - Gnomes: news.deviantart.com/article/82…
Week 7 - Tanuki: news.deviantart.com/article/83…
Week 8 - Centaurs: news.deviantart.com/article/84…
Week 9 - Special Edition: news.deviantart.com/article/84…
Week 10 - Orcs: news.deviantart.com/article/85…
Week 11 - Dryad: news.deviantart.com/article/87…
Week 12 - Halflings: news.deviantart.com/article/87…
Week 13 - Elves: news.deviantart.com/article/88…
Week 14 - Faeries: news.deviantart.com/article/92…
Week 15 - Vampires: news.deviantart.com/article/93…
Week 16 - Sphinx: news.deviantart.com/article/94…
Week 17 - Griffin: news.deviantart.com/article/94…
Week 18 - Phoenix: news.deviantart.com/article/95…
Week 19 - Djinn: news.deviantart.com/article/97…
Week 20 - Werewolves: news.deviantart.com/article/97…
Week 21 - Selkie: news.deviantart.com/article/98…
Week 22 - Gargoyles: news.deviantart.com/article/99…
Week 23 - Western Dragons: news.deviantart.com/article/10…
Week 24 - Drow: news.deviantart.com/article/10…
Week 25 - Yeti: news.deviantart.com/article/10…
Week 26 - Kirin: news.deviantart.com/article/10…
Week 27 - Satyr: news.deviantart.com/article/10…
Week 28 - Hippocampus: news.deviantart.com/article/11…
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As you probably noticed, I'm not really active on here very much right now (I'm always logged in, so even if it says I'm here I'm probably not).
Nothing awful going on, just lots of things keeping me busy. So I'll be flitting in every now and then to weed through messages, but I'm basically taking a break from DA for a little while.
Take care, everyone!
~Arah
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter, everyone! Take just a moment today to remember what the holiday is about, it's easy to forget the triumphant story when surrounded by chocolate bunnies XD
Oh, and don't make yourselves TOO sick on candy ;P
Later!
~Arah
Playing Catch-Up
I haven't really done much in the way of art for awhile, but I thought I would go ahead and upload what I have done. Expect random updates here and there while I upload everything whenever I get a spare moment! XD
Later!
~Arah
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To those of you who don't, happy Day-After-Valentine's-Day-Cheap-Chocolate Day! :iconredheart-plz: :iconchocolate2plz: :iconredheart-plz:
And to those of us in the Southern USA - Well, we'll get our Valentine's Day when we thaw out >_< :iconsnowballdownplz:
Later!
~Arah
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Thanks for including Britt's images of Dar'Rushk (the 6-panel artwork/costume pair). The costume itself got retired around 1 year ago, but I always like seeing it show up in various places. Between the artwork Britt did and the construction work of Lance and Lynette, it came out more amazing than I ever hoped.
If you're interested, Dar'Rushk's final resting place is on a mannequin in the back of my office at home: [link]
Ah, memories... Makes me want to put him back into service. Maybe in a few years. :>
If you're interested, Dar'Rushk's final resting place is on a mannequin in the back of my office at home: [link]
Ah, memories... Makes me want to put him back into service. Maybe in a few years. :>