tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post1837332821527506234..comments2024-03-21T07:21:10.901-04:00Comments on The Lord Geekington: Horrendously Antiquated IllustrationsCameron McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-3016751091211409922008-11-05T21:33:00.000-05:002008-11-05T21:33:00.000-05:00Thumbs up on the site! Have you tried to put toget...Thumbs up on the site! Have you tried to put together some sort of pre-rational claasification system for these "alleged" mythical creatures? ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-19923732223142514262007-07-16T15:40:00.000-04:002007-07-16T15:40:00.000-04:00IIRC Monsters of the Sea by Richard Ellis commente...IIRC Monsters of the Sea by Richard Ellis commented that the Kraken/Kraxen/Krabben/Hafgufa moniker was used more freely than is normally thought. "Krabben" perhaps hints at relation/confusion with the mysterious giant lobster-monster as well. Is Paxton's Kraken research published anywhere? I previously read his "Pelagic Peculiarities" and the "Egede Account" papers and loved them; sea monsters are in dire need of a fresh take. Too bad his page doesn't seem to have been updated in years.<BR/><BR/>Well I got pwned on the cyclops/elephant connection, I should have used weasel words more extensively! I recall hints that Polyphemus originally had two eyes in (really) original depictions, hmm. Now to play the waiting game...Cameron McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-1178553556720117732007-07-16T15:08:00.000-04:002007-07-16T15:08:00.000-04:00Nice stuff. The giant fish-type thing with plants ...Nice stuff. The giant fish-type thing with plants growing on it <I>might</I> be a version of the island-monster/kraken: that's right, contra what it says in most of the literature, kraken is NOT synonymous with 'giant squid/octopus/cephalopod'. The original kraken was an immense island-like creature that, after spending time on the surface, became covered in plants and came to look like land. The pairing up of the kraken with big mysterious cephalopods came later, though of course the real story is more twisted than this. The real root of the kraken legend remains unknown [these comments are mostly based on the research of Charles Paxton: google his name to get an idea of what he works on].<BR/><BR/>Another thing: the cyclops myth was NOT based on elephant skulls. Again, this is a recent (in this case, 20th century) suggestion. I plan to cover this on the blog some time ... yeah, and the rest :)Darren Naishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324870234525004643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-27685373016327731452007-07-16T12:51:00.000-04:002007-07-16T12:51:00.000-04:00Great post. And love your blog.Great post. And love your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-84256662290490337802007-07-16T00:44:00.000-04:002007-07-16T00:44:00.000-04:00Great post! The history of science illustration is...Great post! The history of science illustration is quite amazing. In honor of Linnaeus' 300 anniversary this year, You should highlight some of his great drawings of "species" of Anthropomorpha.<BR/>http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/CE7/Image6.gifKevin Zelniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-18779389831929983222007-07-15T19:54:00.000-04:002007-07-15T19:54:00.000-04:00Sordes: Nice blog, you've been listed. I kinda wis...Sordes: Nice blog, you've been listed. I kinda wish I was able to take German in High School though...<BR/><BR/>Matt: Dang, how come I never saw this part of your site before? Anyways, thanks for the correction.Cameron McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-50843351394782561372007-07-15T17:01:00.000-04:002007-07-15T17:01:00.000-04:00Cool images! I really like the goat-eating crab, h...Cool images! I really like the goat-eating crab, hadn't heard of that one before.<BR/><BR/>I think I can shed some light on a couple of the characters in the Kansas Monsters vignette: both the puppy-faced reptile and the little beaked critter are copied from Cope's 2nd installment of "Fossil Reptiles of New Jersey" (transcribed <A HREF="http://www.hmnh.org/library/cope/cope1870.html" REL="nofollow">here).</A> The former is Cope's interpretation of <I>Mosasaurus</I> (with a long, snake-like neck "towering above the waves"). The beaked critter is a poor copy of Cope's rendering of the turtle <I>Osteopygis</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-2364743699270498212007-07-15T15:13:00.000-04:002007-07-15T15:13:00.000-04:00Well, the Rhinoceros of Dürer looks in fact strang...Well, the Rhinoceros of Dürer looks in fact strange with its scaly skin and the little horn on the shoulders, but on the other hand, it looks surprisingly acurate in its proportions and the positions of the skin wrinkles. <BR/>BTW, I made a short post about faked monsters from the 19th century on my blog, perhaps it could interest you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-80920059819856065902007-07-15T14:19:00.000-04:002007-07-15T14:19:00.000-04:00But they really do exist! Why would the map be ly...But they really do exist! Why would the map be lying to us? <BR/><BR/><BR/>Amazing blog post, you sure know a lot about very strange things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com