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<blockquote data-quote="Rabelais" data-source="post: 1588440" data-attributes="member: 2969"><p><strong>The Terasque and Tiamat</strong></p><p></p><p>The Basilisk is a greek word meaning "Little King", a monster that evolved into the Cockatrice.</p><p></p><p>The Terasque is a legendary French Dragon that "haunts the banks of the River Rhone between Avignon and Arles in southern France."</p><p></p><p>Larger in size than the biggest horse or burliest ox, the terasque stood on six powerful limbs equipped with the murderous paws of a giant bear, and furiously switched its long viperine tail from side to side like living whipcord... with a massive carapace encrusting its back, bristling with an armory of massive spikes.</p><p></p><p>There's a town in France called Terascon, they still hold a festival every year to celebrate the legend.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Tiamat is an Assyrian-Babylonian Goddess of the Sea and Chaos.</p><p></p><p>"According to Assyro-Babylonian mythology, at the beginning of the world there were two primordial beings--Apsu, the male incarnation of fresh water and space; and Tiamat, the female incarnation of the sea and chaos.</p><p></p><p>From these descended a great and varied dynasty of gods. They challenged the power of Apsu. Ultimately Apsu became so incensed by their irreverence that he and a reluctant Tiamat plotted their progeny's destruction. The gods battled, and destroyed Apsu. Apsu's death transformed her into a ferocious hatred, an unquenchable thirst for vengence.</p><p></p><p>She created a vast army of scaled men with the poisonous stings of scorpions and hideous hounds with blazing eyes of fire, and sentient storms. She was finally defeated by the Assyrian god Marduk in a titanic battle.</p><p></p><p>He spilt her blood and diced up her internal organs. The blood spilled upon the ground and created the race of Men. (dummy, always be careful when you gut your catch)</p><p></p><p>The above culled from Dragons, A Natural History by Karl Shuker. (Barnes & Noble Press. NY NY. 1995.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rabelais, post: 1588440, member: 2969"] [b]The Terasque and Tiamat[/b] The Basilisk is a greek word meaning "Little King", a monster that evolved into the Cockatrice. The Terasque is a legendary French Dragon that "haunts the banks of the River Rhone between Avignon and Arles in southern France." Larger in size than the biggest horse or burliest ox, the terasque stood on six powerful limbs equipped with the murderous paws of a giant bear, and furiously switched its long viperine tail from side to side like living whipcord... with a massive carapace encrusting its back, bristling with an armory of massive spikes. There's a town in France called Terascon, they still hold a festival every year to celebrate the legend. Tiamat is an Assyrian-Babylonian Goddess of the Sea and Chaos. "According to Assyro-Babylonian mythology, at the beginning of the world there were two primordial beings--Apsu, the male incarnation of fresh water and space; and Tiamat, the female incarnation of the sea and chaos. From these descended a great and varied dynasty of gods. They challenged the power of Apsu. Ultimately Apsu became so incensed by their irreverence that he and a reluctant Tiamat plotted their progeny's destruction. The gods battled, and destroyed Apsu. Apsu's death transformed her into a ferocious hatred, an unquenchable thirst for vengence. She created a vast army of scaled men with the poisonous stings of scorpions and hideous hounds with blazing eyes of fire, and sentient storms. She was finally defeated by the Assyrian god Marduk in a titanic battle. He spilt her blood and diced up her internal organs. The blood spilled upon the ground and created the race of Men. (dummy, always be careful when you gut your catch) The above culled from Dragons, A Natural History by Karl Shuker. (Barnes & Noble Press. NY NY. 1995.) [/QUOTE]
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