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Lizz Leiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598367437768330381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270611596873500423.post-46693004196666797802013-12-01T16:34:00.000-08:002013-12-01T16:34:13.140-08:00December 2013/Creature #33: Acipenser <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">In the 16th and 17th century, explorers sailing the northern seas gave this name to a giant fish whose scales were on backwards, opening towards the front instead of the rear. This caused it to swim much more slowly than other fish; yet it was so vast that no one seems to have attempted to capture one. Stories of this kind almost always seems to arise from sightings of whales or, in this case, possibly giant surgeons, the fish from which caviar is extracted. </span></span></span><br />
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Lizz Leiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598367437768330381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270611596873500423.post-58220916714662987552013-11-04T20:01:00.000-08:002013-11-04T20:01:12.919-08:00November 2013/Creature #32: Tangaroa <span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Tangaroa is the Polynesian god of the ocean who breathes only once in 24 hours, causing tidal motion. In the Tahuata (the Marquesas Islands) he is known as Tanaoa, the god of primeval darkness. In fine weather, Tangaroa turns into a green </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">lizard</b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">. </span><br />
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Lizz Leiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598367437768330381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270611596873500423.post-47356395706495407602013-10-01T09:00:00.000-07:002013-10-01T09:00:07.344-07:00October 2013/Creature #31: Big Owl<br />
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Lizz Leiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598367437768330381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270611596873500423.post-27207268637752144202013-09-30T21:10:00.000-07:002013-11-04T19:58:39.269-08:00The Qiqirns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lizz Leiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598367437768330381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270611596873500423.post-67336755172585188822013-09-03T22:00:00.000-07:002013-09-03T18:50:42.819-07:00September 2013/Creature #30: Qiqirn<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; line-height: 18px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />In Inuit mythology, Qiqirn is a bald <b>dog</b> spirit</span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">. It has some hair on it's feet, ears, and mouth and tail-tip but is strangely denuded elsewhere over it's head, body, and limbs. It is a large animal which puts great fear upon men and dogs; however, it is also fearful itself and tends to run away when anyone makes a sound. </span><br />
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Lizz Leiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598367437768330381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270611596873500423.post-69898769257388354032013-09-03T18:46:00.001-07:002013-09-03T18:46:56.686-07:00The Laminaks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lizz Leiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598367437768330381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270611596873500423.post-9286589223735842462013-08-01T06:54:00.000-07:002013-08-01T06:54:53.921-07:00August 2013/Creature #29: Laminak <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; line-height: 18px;">In Maori legend, the Ngarara was an <i>atua</i> or divine being. She was a beautiful woman with a long tail, rather like a <b>mermaid</b>. When she wished, she could retract her tail and assume legs and feet. She may have been a water-lizard woman with amphibious tendencies, if the story about her encounter with a young man called Ruru is anything to go by. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #464545;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">In Aztec mythology, this fish-like <b>crocodile</b> was the primordial sea <b>monster</b> out of which the gods created the Earth. The god <b>Tezcatlipoca </b>sacrificed his foot to Cipactli in order to help form the Earth itself. </span></span></span><br />
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Lizz Leiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598367437768330381noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270611596873500423.post-12240938800028378382013-05-08T19:18:00.001-07:002013-05-08T19:18:07.598-07:00Magical Creatures Project: Starting Again June 1st!<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Xt7R3Xb9YfU/TS52uSeRFQI/AAAAAAAAAAc/pvtIvG3yq2k/s1600/Photo+on+2011-01-12+at+22.27+%25232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Xt7R3Xb9YfU/TS52uSeRFQI/AAAAAAAAAAc/pvtIvG3yq2k/s320/Photo+on+2011-01-12+at+22.27+%25232.jpg" width="320" /></a><b>The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures </b><br />
the ultimate a - z of fantastic beings<br />
from myth and magic<br />
by John & Caitlin Matthews<br />
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The book is exactly what the title describes, 682 pages of alphabetically ordered magical creatures each with a short description and set of defining facts.<br />
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Using this book as a base, we will post a magical creature a month then post the drawings based on that magical creature.<br />
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1. We'll post a creature and it's definition on the first of each month with a deadline (the last day of the month).<br />
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2. Send your drawing to <a href="mailto:magicalcreaturesproject@gmail.com">magicalcreaturesproject@gmail.com</a>, any time before the deadline. We'll post the drawings we get the next day.<br />
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3. A new creature will be posted, repeat steps 1 - 2.<br />
Lizz Leiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598367437768330381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270611596873500423.post-84316915132581119132012-07-22T17:25:00.000-07:002012-07-22T17:25:00.232-07:00A Short PauseThe Encloypedia of Magical Creatures Project will take a brief pause...<br />
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To see what some of the main contributors* are working on during our pause go here:<br />
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*Lizz/Becca/Terry- writing/directing/PR<br />
Ursula/Norm- props/masks/puppets<br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #464545;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A sinister water horse from the folklore of the Shetland Isles. Its name derives from the Danish word for seaweed, which covers it like long shaggy hair. Sometimes Tangies have been known to appear as old men, but they are most frequently seen as horses that invite unwary traveler to ride upon them, after which they gallop off into the nearest deep water. A ferocious robber named Black Eric was siad to ride a Tangie, giving him extraordinary powers and strength. Eventually he fell from the creature's back over a cliff known as Fitful Head, but the Tangie continued to terrorize the area. </span></span></span><br />
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</div>Ursula Henriettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023593618752285109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270611596873500423.post-34662080279196731312012-04-24T16:33:00.000-07:002012-04-24T21:37:46.983-07:00The Gaasyendiethas<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IUQ5CTKZ16M/T5BsMLIYcfI/AAAAAAAAAGM/lYjewzEONf0/s1600/Gaasyendietha.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733201282044817906" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IUQ5CTKZ16M/T5BsMLIYcfI/AAAAAAAAAGM/lYjewzEONf0/s400/Gaasyendietha.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<br /></div>Ursula Henriettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023593618752285109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270611596873500423.post-27275252015147290752012-04-07T12:37:00.001-07:002012-04-17T16:19:17.557-07:00Creature #24: GaasyendiethaA type of fire-breathing dragon from the mythology of the Seneca people of the north-western coast of North America. The appearance of a meteor in the sky is siad to represent the pass overhead of this creature, which is of enormous size. However, despite it's fiery qualities, the Gassyendietha lives in rives and lakes.<br />
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</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #464545; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; line-height: 18px;">Deadline for all Gaasyendietha action <span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><b>to be sent to </b></span><a href="mailto:magicalcreaturesproject@gmail.com" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2288bb;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">magicalcreaturesproject@<wbr></wbr>gmail.com</span></span></a><strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">:</span></strong></span> Monday, April 23th</span></div>Lizz Leiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598367437768330381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270611596873500423.post-26298392899938622962012-04-07T12:36:00.000-07:002012-04-07T12:36:28.184-07:00The Arassas<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qfFRnszpQC8/T4BS_dcDsZI/AAAAAAAAAF0/AIdanWxZAuU/s1600/lizard%2Bcat-150.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728669976202817938" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qfFRnszpQC8/T4BS_dcDsZI/AAAAAAAAAF0/AIdanWxZAuU/s400/lizard%2Bcat-150.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 281px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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</div>Ursula Henriettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023593618752285109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270611596873500423.post-69724165965525530942012-03-21T21:09:00.000-07:002012-03-21T21:09:20.604-07:00Creature #23: ArassasA bizarre creature from French folklore, which occupies caves in the French Alps. It has the body and legs of a lizard and the head of a cat. It preys on unsuspecting travellers.<br />
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</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #464545; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18px;">Deadline for all Arassas action <span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><b>to be sent to </b></span><a href="mailto:magicalcreaturesproject@gmail.com" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2288bb;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';">magicalcreaturesproject@<wbr></wbr>gmail.com</span></span></a><strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';">:</span></strong></span> Monday, April 2nd.</span></div>Ursula Henriettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023593618752285109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270611596873500423.post-34994124612208994172012-03-21T21:08:00.000-07:002012-03-21T21:08:09.710-07:00The Tsermausi<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qh3coQxQ3yk/T2kYes3I4II/AAAAAAAAAFo/1X-VK6hjd7I/s1600/blade%2Bfish%2B1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722131717268496514" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qh3coQxQ3yk/T2kYes3I4II/AAAAAAAAAFo/1X-VK6hjd7I/s400/blade%2Bfish%2B1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 322px;" /></a><br />
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