"Brother, do you want to continue talking? Which one do you want to know most? There are many monsters in Western mythology. If they were all told, it would probably be dark."
Lin Sen felt a little bit pained. When he encountered a problem that Huang Buyi was interested in, it was difficult for him not to talk about it.
Huang Buxi nodded matter-of-factly and said, "I have to say, I haven't gotten to the point yet. Then I will tell you something now. This big event is about an Eastern mythical beast holding a divine sword and following
A Western monster holds a sacred weapon and has a big showdown. That is our chance. When they both lose, it will be our chance."
Lin Sen asked in confusion: "Wouldn't it be better if you just say what it is?"
"No, we can't talk about it yet. Please finish talking about the monsters you know first. I'm very interested in this issue. You can't let me hold it back, right?"
After speaking, Huang Buqi took the lead in firing and said: "As far as I know, there is also a centaur, which is the famous centaur in Greek mythology. It belongs to King Ixion and Yun of Thessaly.
There are many categories of centaur products. Some have human bodies and limbs, but extend from the waist back to the torso and hind legs of a horse. Some have a pair of wings, and some have a pair of horse ears. They are also derived from this.
It has names such as onocentaur, bucentaur and leontocentaur.
Then there is Cerberus (Cerberus), the descendant of Echidna and Typhon, the watchdog of hell in Greek mythology. This dog has three heads (50 heads are recorded in Hesiod's "Theogony",
Reduced to 3 for the convenience of carving) The dog's mouth is dripping with poisonous saliva, its lower body has a dragon's tail, and the hair on its head and back is full of coiled poisonous snakes. I really don't know more about it, you
If you know anything, you can tell me, I’m all ears.”
Huang Buqi's attitude was very serious, just like a studious primary school student. Lin Sen sighed helplessly, what's the point of this nonsense? He is a very simple and direct person, and he likes simple and direct things. Huang Buqi sighed helplessly.
Xi's approach is a scam.
"Well, I also know about chimera, who is also a descendant of Echidna and Typhon. "chimera" means "goat" in Greek. It has the body of a sheep and the head of a lion (Hessey
It is recorded in Aude's "Theogony" that it had three heads) and a snake tail, could breathe fire, and was eventually killed by Bellerophon riding a Pegasus. Some people also say that it is a descendant of the Hydra, or a descendant of the Hydra.
It is said to be born of Echidna and her son the two-headed dog. It often appears in narrative poems, paintings, sculptures and architecture in the Middle Ages. There are different opinions on the origin of Kemilla. The more realistic theory is that it was produced in the Lycian volcanic area.
The foothills of the volcano are rich in snakes, the higher slopes are rich in goats, and the desolate top is the crater, where lions roam, so Kemila may be a metaphor for this area.
Criosphinx, the legendary sheep-headed sphinx of ancient Egypt, is a sacred object of Oman. Together with the male-faced lion lion androsphinx and the griffin hieracosphinx, they are all subspecies of the female-faced sphinx sphinx.
Dragon (Western Dragon), you must be familiar with this thing. It is characterized by four legs and two wings, and it can breathe fire. It is equivalent to a mixture of reptiles and birds. There is also fafnir, a Nordic hero.
In the legend, a giant dragon lived underground, protecting the treasure of light, and was later killed by the hero Sigurd. This dragon was mentioned in the story of "The Ring of Nibe".
Garuda (Garuda), a giant bird in ancient Indian mythology that is similar to a vulture and has a fierce temperament. It feeds on dragons. It was once the mount of Vishnu in heaven. Gryphon (Gryphon) The gryphon first appeared in ancient times.
In Akkadian (Babylonian-Assyrian) mythology, in the legend of Marduk killing monsters and becoming a god, the gryphon was the third giant beast killed by him. Then in Greek mythology, the gryphon is
A gryphon-headed monster with two wings on its back. Its body is larger than eight male lions and its height is more than a hundred. An eagle has long ears, a leopard's mouth, and sharp claws on its feet as big as horns.
, for the supreme god Zeus, the sun god Apollo and the goddess of revenge Emeriss, the chariot-drawing god Ares is also engraved with the gryphon beast logo on his helmet."
In fact, these are no longer the category of traditional Western mythology, but have already reached the category of Indian mythology. Lin Sen said all this in a ruminative manner just to satisfy Huang Buqi's curiosity. What a rip-off!
"Hehe... I didn't expect that your knowledge is so profound. I really can't compare with you in anything. As the eldest brother, I am so shameless." Huang Buyi laughed so hard that Lin Sen felt confused.
"Brother, why are you laughing?"
"No, actually I know some, such as hippocampus (horse-headed fish-tail monster), a half-fish, half-horse monster with a horse's head and a dolphin's tail (or horse's tail or snake's tail), and some have front legs.
Some don't, but they have webbed feet and fins on their backs. In Roman mythology, they were the mounts of Neptune, the god of the sea.
There is also Hydra, the hydra born from Echidna and Typhon in Greek mythology. It has a huge body and a very ferocious temperament. It has nine heads, eight of which can kill, and the ninth
The tall one, that is, the upright one in the middle, is unkillable. Hydra grew up in the Lena swamp of Argolis, and often climbed to the shore, destroying crops and harming livestock. The first chapter of Hercules
The second task is to kill this hydra."
After hesitating and thinking for a while, Huang Buyi continued: "There is also the karkadann (the unicorn in the Middle East). In Persia, Arabia, India and North Africa, the ferocious karkadann is an animal that is feared by both humans and animals. However, people in order to
Obtain its horn, and occasionally try to capture karkadann. Its horn can be used to make a flute or be used to make antidotes.
Next is manticore. The "Properties of Things" written by Bartlomaeus Angorix describes it as having a red lion body, a human face (I changed it to an ape face), and human ears.
It has blue eyes, three rows of sharp teeth on its upper and lower jaws, and deadly stings on its tail like a scorpion. These stings can be launched in any direction. Manticore is very agile and can make powerful attacks.
Jumping, often found in the jungles of India, foraging for humans. The earliest description of Manticore should come from ancient Persia. Setsias, a Greek physician in the 5th century BC, once included an ancient Persian account of Manticore.
Er’s records. Since then, many Greek and Roman scientists, such as Aristotle and Pliny, have made the same description.”
Lin Sen was completely speechless. You all know that, why are you asking me? Do you want to test me or show off yourself? Lin Sen secretly despised Huang Buyi. Now that he has talked about this, then
Go ahead, he's not afraid of any challenge!
"Well, I also know about mushhushshu (Sirush), which is said to be the mount of the ancient Babylonian god Marduk. It is a kind of mythical beast with a dog's head and a snake's body, somewhat like a dragon. I checked a lot of information and found it in Google's English information
Its name is mushhushshu, and the Chinese name "Sirush" was found in Baidu's Chinese information. The translations of the two names are obviously different. The information describes that it has four legs, the legs are very long, and there are hooks on the hind feet.
It has claws, scales all over its body, a long neck with a flat head, big eyes, upright horns, and a two-forked tongue.
Naga (Naga), you are familiar with this thing, there are many games with this character. In Indian mythology, the snake god who lives underground is usually depicted as an upper body humanoid, and some are depicted as seven-headed snakes. It is an ancient Indian
The cobra is worshiped as a fetish, and it often becomes the food of Garuda.
As far as I know, navagunjara is an Indian mythical creature. It has the head of a rooster or a peacock, the back of a camel, its front legs are human hands and elephant feet, its hind legs are composed of tiger feet and horse hooves, and its tail is a snake.
Then there is Pegasus, a thing in Greek mythology. After Perseus, the son of Zeus, cut off the head of the Gorgon Medusa, Pegasus and Pegasus jumped out from her body.
The giant Chrysaor, they are all descendants of Poseidon. According to legend, this flying horse stepped on the Hippoclinic fountain of inspiration when it crossed Mount Helicon, and poets could get inspiration by drinking from it. Therefore, this flying horse
The horse is also regarded as a symbol of the muse, the goddess of literature, art and science.”
Huang Buyi expressed his admiration for Lin Sen. It was really rare to know so much. But since it was a competition, he would not give in easily. He thought for a moment and said: "Go on, Peryton, who grew up in
A half-deer, half-bird monster on Atlantis, with the head and legs of a deer, the feathers, wings and back half of a bird. What Pellidon casts in the sun is not a half-deer, half-bird shadow, but a half-deer and half-bird shadow.
Humanoid shadows are therefore believed to be spirits transformed from travelers who died in a foreign land. It is said that the Pellidons are the enemies of mankind, and they were responsible for the destruction of Rome.
The questingbeast is a monster with the head of a snake, the belly of a leopard, and the belly of a lion. It is a symbol of chaos. It has the claws of a hare (or the hooves of a deer) and runs very fast, looking for water sources everywhere to temporarily quench the thirst that can never be quenched.
The feeling. When it is running, its belly will make the sound of forty hounds. This monster appears many times in Mallory's books.
Quetzalcoatl (Queztec), the feathered serpent god in Aztec legend, has bird feathers on its wings and tail. It is not only the "man of the sun", but also the god of wind. This god is derived from the horse.
Masato’s Kukulcan originally also meant the God of Thunder.
Sleipnir (Sleipnir), the gray war horse of Odin, the father of the gods in Norse mythology, has eight legs and can run faster than the wind. It can gallop freely in the air, on the ground and in hell. Once there is a war anywhere, Odin will
Ding would put on his eagle helmet and ride on this eight-legged gray horse to fight. There would always be two crows and two wolves on its side."
Nordic mythology has appeared, so powerful!
Not to be outdone, Lin Sen said: "Thunderbirds are a magical bird in the mythology of the American Quinaintel people. The Indians on the Pacific coast believe that the thunderbird is a giant bird that carries a lake and is the source of precipitation."
It is a bird that eats whales and spits out their bones on the top of the mountains. The mountain Indians believe that it is a small red bird with a pair of wings that shoots lightning arrows. When its wings flap, it makes thunder.
Then there is the unicorn (unicorn), which you must know, it is a very famous monster. The first person to mention the unicorn was the ancient Greek historian, the doctor Katesias. According to him, it is a kind of monster.
A beast about the size of a horse, with a pure white body, a dark red head, dark blue eyes, and a horn on the top of its head, about one and a half feet long. The Roman scientist Pliny once described it in more detail, saying that it
It is a "very violent and ferocious beast, with a body like a horse, a head like a deer, feet like an elephant, and a tail like a wild boar. It roars deeply and powerfully. The horns on its forehead are black and about two feet long."
The competition between the two is over, and there is no winner in the end. Lin Sen and Huang Buji can only be said to have their own strengths.