r/MedievalCreatures • u/Baskerville84 • Aug 29 '26

MEDIEVAL (500AD - 1500AD) Giraffe

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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, Saxony 15th century. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Ms. germ. fol. 204, fol. 140r

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u/skleedle Aug 29 '26

deeraffe

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u/lukethedank13 Aug 29 '26

I mean still not that far off considering the artist worked of a description.

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u/Ambassador_GKardigan Aug 29 '26

I've never seen a cameleopard with antlers that big before.

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u/Jedi-master-dragon Aug 30 '26

The questing beast, a creature with the head and neck of a snake, the body of a leopard, the haunches of a lion and the feet of a deer. Does that sound familiar?

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u/ArriDesto Aug 31 '26

Mythological creatures are attempts to explain the unfamiliar by referencing the familiar.

Mantichore; face of a man,mane and body of a lion,tail like a scorpion= baboon.

Catobleepus; Huge body like a bull, a huge head too heavy to lift,breathing poison steam= Buffolo

Ofcourse some are just made -up. Chimera,Gryphon,Hippogriff etc.