Daily Dose of Geek Mythology

February 26, 2008

Anyone who has seen fantasy movies, played fantasy games, and read fantasy books may be familiar with a handful of fantasy creatures.

There’s a well-known one that has been introduced since Homer’s Iliad. It’s the chimera. Though its appearance have been altered by the various fictions, its primordial form looks like this:

 

It has the head of a lion, the legs of a goat, and a snake’s upper body as its tail. And, err, the bat wing is extraneous. Chimera from The Iliad doesn’t have wings.

[The artwork uses this as reference].

Would you believe that certain types of chimera exist? Oh yes, you only have to be in the right country to see one. Filipinos are seeing one on TV everyday. They see a kind of chimera that has the tongue of a snake, the body [and stickiness and sliminess] of a slug, the horn of any terrible mythological creature, the snout of a pig, and the face of a president.

The Glomeria.

 

I think it’s time we crane her out, eh?

And yes, this is my blogswarm. I still hate that word, though. 

Posted by nightdreamer at 12:48 pm | permalink

Previous Comments

pretty solid drawing, yo!

Posted by Jen at February 26, 2008, 1:16 pm

eh, thanks. haha

Posted by nightdreamer at February 26, 2008, 1:17 pm

Hahahaha! I love the drawings.

Posted by Schumey at February 26, 2008, 3:51 pm

so original… :D

Posted by J at February 26, 2008, 10:50 pm

Nice sketches. The second one should be shown on TV. Probably in ANC News.

“Our tax” - haha

Posted by Louis at March 2, 2008, 10:56 am

hi everyone

please allow me to be Anonymous for my own protection. isa rin ako sa mga Blogswarms

may alam kasi ako, gusto ko lang ilantad ito sa masa

nung senate inquiry ni jun lozada…

ang ombudsman pinatawag si FG for a hearing tapos si FG sabi di sya maka appear for health reasons, diba?

si FG na yung next na senate inquiry pero inunahan ni Merceditas… kasi hindi pwedeng sabay imbetigahan si FG nang senate & ombudsman

merceditas = ombudsman

so hawak na ni ombudsman si FG at hindi si senator cayetano, et al

so what’s the catch?

tado mga yan. mga kawatan talaga.

kaya inunahan ni merceditas, para hindi ma senate inquiry si FG

to protect FG. pero akala nang taong bayan, the ombudsman was just doing her job

pinapatagal nila. buying time…

it was a political manuever ni merceditas to protect her boss

sabi ng mga lawyers na kilala ko ginagamit ang talino sa kabalastugan

mga lawyers lang can see thru this kasi alam nila pano ang takbo nang batas

magkano kaya binayad kay merceditas para gawin nya mga bagay na eto ano?

PLEASE REPOST my comments para malaman ng taong bayan yung kabulastugan ng ombudsman

akala nang taong bayan, the ombudsman was just doing her job

Posted by unknown at March 10, 2008, 12:17 am

Hey unknown. Thanks for dropping by.

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to do a copy-paste post of what you wrote, because I do not write this blog for political purposes, and I don’t want to have my readers befuddled of this blog’s true intent. But, I’ll be sure to let people around know of this comment, thanks.

Anyway, the inside stuff materials you posted here is very insightful, and I’m in agreement that we’re being screwed by our lawmakers.

And with regards to, “magkano kaya binayad kay merceditas para gawin nya mga bagay na eto ano?”

Certainly they do not care about this, because they’re using the money we pay them.

Posted by nightdreamer at March 10, 2008, 9:17 am

lol, hey nightdreamer, ur drawings are good!

Posted by XL at June 10, 2008, 8:07 pm

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