medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Manticores properly have the head of a man, the body of a lion, and the
tail of a dragon or scorpion.
People can call anything they like a manticore, though it may not be
helpful . . .
DW
Christopher Crockett wrote:
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>From: Susan Hoyle <[log in to unmask]>
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>>At least I think it is a manticore: man's face, lion's body, angel's
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>wings, strange tail, splayed rear legs...
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>one of my sources identifies this 12th c. beast from Nazareth as a "manticore
>(?)" :
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>http://ariadne.org/cc/nazareth/jacoby3-5.jpg
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>http://ariadne.org/cc/nazareth/archfrag-lion.jpg
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>but there's no "man's face", nor wings.
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>c
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