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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 34 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Can you explain dicks on trees, tho?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago

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

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Varcour@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 11 months 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@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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".

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

(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.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

For what it's worth, the word goes back to the 17th century. But Wikipedia also calls them a type of dragon, so 🤷.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

There's also a Baltic cult of worshipping wood snakes. And a fairy tale about one being the king of the sea.

[–] felykiosa@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

It is in fact a reference to the argonian maid but government don't want you to know!

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 11 months ago

They were so close, but it was actually amphibians.

[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago

I see a Sleestak. The slowest, least scary monster in all media. And this one is a monk!

[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 0 points 11 months ago
[–] FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

The Secret of the Ooze