![]() ![]() They were usually portrayed as capricious and often simply as evil. The earliest references to Mermaids are in Assyrian folklore and the creatures became well known in Europe via Greek adoptions of the Assyrian legends. “The creature has four feet, and that his head resembles that of a man, but that in size it is comparable to a lion while the tail of this animal puts out hairs a cubit long and sharp as thorns, which it shoots like arrows at those who hunt it.” 3. The legend of the Manticore originated in Persia and, like many monsters, reached medieval Europe via Pliny the Elder’s 1st century Naturalis Historia, which tended to be quite willing to accept such creatures.įlavius Philostratus, writing after Pliny, said: The first English language mention of the Hircocervus comes from a manuscript of 1398. Both Aristotle and Plato discuss the Hircocervus in their philosophy, although to Aristotle’s mind the creature is clearly fictional. The Hircocervus was supposed to be half deer and half goat and had been speculated about since antiquity. The point of folklore was more to illustrate issues of moral and social importance rather than to accurately depict the natural world. Whether or not people believed in all of these creatures is difficult to say, since it was not really the point to believe or disbelieve (although many would have been convinced of the existence of these creatures). See more weird medieval guys on Twitter or support the account on Ko-Fi.The folklore of medieval Europe was a mixture of legends from various sources, such as ancient regional stories mixed with Judeo-Christian religious tales and myths from the Roman Empire and the Near East. Important weird guy incoming /BI3iqtdyh1- weird medieval guys May 10, 2022 Oops forgot to add my other fave /TkpaBOrM06- weird medieval guys June 29, 2022 Judging /ruDdLVtb0B- weird medieval guys April 30, 2022 Lion, italy, 15th century /tao7nDRffZ- weird medieval guys May 27, 2022Ī humble little creature, netherlands, 15th century /zOpyQ2KpzQ- weird medieval guys June 17, 2022ĭemon, netherlands, 15th century /9VQHKamdvb- weird medieval guys May 21, 2022 Lion, netherlands, 12th century /94nAZfVsPG- weird medieval guys June 14, 2022 Happy lion, france, 15th century /3wnB0AVib7- weird medieval guys June 7, 2022 ![]() Lions were considerably less scary in the middle ages: 13th century /LNtbSKZMmK- weird medieval guys June 1, 2022 Normal bat, france, 15th century /070uJKKqzn- weird medieval guys June 18, 2022 Update.SNOOSTER has entered the chat /OXVElNR1SJ- weird medieval guys May 7, 2022 ![]() Snail deer, dutch, 15th century /o3PgQ88Usc- weird medieval guys May 7, 2022 Snail rooster, bruges, 15th century /e7lSxST0dI- weird medieval guys June 12, 2022 Snail hybrid creatures were apparently very popular: ![]() □□□□, germany, 16th century /3B7lGpbcJP- weird medieval guys May 4, 2022Ĭat playing the bagpipes, france, 15th century /UGZVJMDmOY- weird medieval guys May 30, 2022Ĭat playing the organ, belgium, 15th century /jVsdwPLu7g- weird medieval guys June 17, 2022Ĭat fish, iran, 16th century /yrXTv9n3TK- weird medieval guys June 29, 2022 Medieval interpretations of cats are quite something:Ĭat, germany, 15th century /ZMFltYmPHb- weird medieval guys June 8, 2022 Weird Medieval Guys' 317,900-strong following ( at the time of publishing) is testament to humankind's love for strange little dudes, and you can check out some of the account's best and weirdest below.įrog, france, 15th century /ZgKyuJHcgI- weird medieval guys May 22, 2022 "On Twitter it feels like a given that no matter what you’re doing, at least one person will want to tell you that they don’t like it it’s a classic Internet phenomenon and it’s especially bad on Twitter," they say. says they never expected the account to become so popular - but they're more surprised that the response has been pretty much entirely positive. Weird Medieval Guys has taken off in a big way, with its curious creatures regularly getting tens of thousands of likes. "It almost hurt not to, like I had all of these little creatures saved on my laptop, and I knew they needed to be housed somewhere they’d get the love they deserve." "Once I realized how many medieval guys were hidden away in the corners of the Internet, waiting to be seen, I felt almost obligated to share them with people," they say. The page's creator, who goes only by their Twitter handle says there are thousands of medieval manuscripts digitized and published online for everyone to enjoy. One of these is " Weird Medieval Guys," which gives peculiar little medieval drawings a new lease of life by sharing them on the platform. While much of Twitter is, frankly, a cesspit, there are some corners of the site where wholesome accounts, designed only to bring joy, dwell. ![]()
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