Strewth is psychologically and physiologically unable to tell a falsehood. Strewth's origins vary, some say they're a life-form grown from a Bejesus feather, others say that they're another of Gosh's divine messengers. People would ask, but Strewth hasn't been seen for years.
No one knows who Snap is.
Showing posts with label mythology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mythology. Show all posts
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Monday, April 20, 2015
Beings of Exclamation
Great Caesar's Ghost is the spirit of a departed leader the the Eternal City (the name was a misnomer, it turned out). Once tried to build a tower into High Heaven, saw something while at the very top, stuff went down, and is now a ghost. Now he acts as a monitor of the worldly plane, and basically tries to warn people away from acts of folly and hubris.
You know when you see something that leaves you speechless and you whistle in astonishment? The Whistler did that when it saw the birth of the world. Technically qualifying as a wind god, the Whistler has mastery over wind instruments such as flutes, fifes, and whistles of all sorts. And cleanliness, some believe. It is commonly agreed that the Whistler whistling in astonishment on the seventh day of Kingdom Come will officially signal the end of the world. Last seen performing an impromptu concert on an asteroid to a small group of little green men and foos.
You know when you see something that leaves you speechless and you whistle in astonishment? The Whistler did that when it saw the birth of the world. Technically qualifying as a wind god, the Whistler has mastery over wind instruments such as flutes, fifes, and whistles of all sorts. And cleanliness, some believe. It is commonly agreed that the Whistler whistling in astonishment on the seventh day of Kingdom Come will officially signal the end of the world. Last seen performing an impromptu concert on an asteroid to a small group of little green men and foos.
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Thursday, February 5, 2015
Good/Bad/God/Demon
Abraxas, from Gnosticism. Usually depicted in the form of an anguipede, a creature with the head of a rooster and legs of snakes.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Messenger of the Minced Oaths Pantheon
Odgka (pronounced Odge-Kaa), the official messenger of the Gods, an appointed mortal temporarily transformed into a demi-god at certain points of their life whenever the gods need a gofer.
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
Anguirus 1998
American Anguirus
Anguirus as a mutated Red Eyed Crocodile Skink, mutated by atomic testing in French Polynesia, ala Zilla and Baragon 1998. I'll leave it up to you to figure so many exotic lizard species were affected by it.
In 1998 American Godzilla movie, Godzilla's name is depicted as a mispronunciation of the original name Gojira, which in the film's world is derived from a Japanese "mythological sea dragon that filled their hearts with fear". This certainly was meant to be some filler text to justify the movie's title name, and, but what if there was more to it? What if in the movie's setting it's part of an international disinformation campaign to cover-up an occurrence in 1954 Japan, the events of the original Godzilla movie? Or what if in this world Godzilla and all associated monsters are actually elements of east Asian mythology, with Gojira literally being a dragon/lóng? What if they weren't just myths?
Anyways, the idea is that this Anguirus got his name because he's buddies with Zilla Junior, and in the myth, Gojira's ally had the same name.
Anguirus as a mutated Red Eyed Crocodile Skink, mutated by atomic testing in French Polynesia, ala Zilla and Baragon 1998. I'll leave it up to you to figure so many exotic lizard species were affected by it.
In 1998 American Godzilla movie, Godzilla's name is depicted as a mispronunciation of the original name Gojira, which in the film's world is derived from a Japanese "mythological sea dragon that filled their hearts with fear". This certainly was meant to be some filler text to justify the movie's title name, and, but what if there was more to it? What if in the movie's setting it's part of an international disinformation campaign to cover-up an occurrence in 1954 Japan, the events of the original Godzilla movie? Or what if in this world Godzilla and all associated monsters are actually elements of east Asian mythology, with Gojira literally being a dragon/lóng? What if they weren't just myths?
Anyways, the idea is that this Anguirus got his name because he's buddies with Zilla Junior, and in the myth, Gojira's ally had the same name.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Baal Buster
A piece from earlier this year that I’m actually glad I finished. Baal Hadad battling the sea serpent Yam, a scene from Levantine mythology. These figures are seen as transliterations of Marduk and Tiamat, respectively, and having already done a work featuring those two, I took some liberties as far as depicting these two.
Baal Hadad would eventually become equated with satan by Abrahamic religions, eventually becoming Beezlebub. With that in mind, I thought a pre-fall Beezlebub, already interested in flies, would be an interesting thing to draw. As for Yam, Tiamat is undoubtedly female, often described as being a mother to monsters and having an udder. If Yam was to exist in the same world, I would think it would make sense for him to be a male equivalent, having different coloring, differing ornaments decorating his head, not having an udder and generally exhibiting sexual dimorphism.
Tiamat’s, and presumably Yam’s, offspring are quick to help Yam fight, but are kept at bay by Baal’s fly minions. This is just a few short seconds before Baal shoves that lightning bolt down Yam’s throat.
Sunday, June 2, 2013
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