• Tar_Alcaran
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    321 month ago

    And medieval European books have knights fighting giant snails. Whatever could it mean?

    • Flying SquidOP
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      291 month ago

      The reptilians clearly killed off all the giant snails in Europe after the knights tried to fight them while mounted on them.

      I can’t explain the rabbits though.

        • Flying SquidOP
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          181 month ago

          Have you never seen a penis willow before? I mean I assume you’ve heard of pussy willows.

        • Tar_Alcaran
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          111 month ago

          Ahhh, so that’s the field where upon mine fucks grow! It is no longer baren.

        • Jerkface (any/all)
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          71 month ago

          They don’t grow naturally like that. They’re grafted on, like a fruit tree that has apples, pears and plums. Mostly plums.

        • @[email protected]
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          51 month ago

          Honestly though, what do those pictures mean? Just bored monks or is there a story behind them?

          • I Cast Fist
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            91 month ago

            Bored monks, most of the time. Just image search “weird medieval illumination” for all sorts of weird shit on books from 1100~1400

  • @ChicoSuave
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    The actual answer is because Japan has lots of reptile representation among their demons and yokai.

    Japan has lizards and enjoys them as a culture to celebrate. The closest the West has is “salamander = fire”.

    • Flying SquidOP
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      81 month ago

      There’s some others, like sea serpents and the Western concept of dragons as giant flying lizards. A dragon is literally the symbol of Wales (okay, a wyvern if you want to be technical about it, but whatever).

      • @MutilationWave
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        (okay, a wyvern if you want to be technical about it, but whatever)

        Nah that’s a dragon. They hadn’t invented D&D yet.

  • @asdfasdfasdf
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    1 month ago

    Reptilian? It has clearly visible gills and fins, and looks distinctly like a fish.