August 2013/Creature #29: Laminak

In The Laminak are faires who inhabit the Basque regions of southern France and northern Spain. They live in underground casltes of great beauty, much as the Irish Sidhe live in the Hollow Hills. One such being is called a Lamia, not to be confused with the classic Lamia. . 

Deadline for all Laminak action to be sent to magicalcreaturesproject@gmail.com: Saturday August 31st.

The Ngararas

Cherish Pageau

Lizz Leiser

July 2013/Creature #28: Ngarara

In Maori legend, the Ngarara was an atua or divine being. She was a beautiful woman with a long tail, rather like a mermaid. 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. 

Ngarara lived on an island with her two servants until a man called Ruru landed and saw her fire smoking. He was invited to share Ngarara's meal, but he forbore to eat when he realized the food has Ngarara's scales in it and - had he eaten - he himself would have taken on serpent's scales. The two servants tired to prevent his escape ut he makde it back to his boat and told his brothers. Taking advantage of the mist, the brothers fashioned  statue in the likeness of Ruru upon the beach under the shelter of a reed hut. When the mist rose, Ngarara came and wound herself about the statue. The brothers set fire to the hut so that Ngarara sas only able to escape by leaving her tail behind. Purified by the fire, she lost her malice for ever after. 

Deadline for all Ngarara action to be sent to magicalcreaturesproject@gmail.com: Wednesday July 31st.

The Cipactlis

Cherish Pageau

Cherish Pageau

Lizz Leiser

Georgieanna

June 2013/Creature #27: Cipactli

In Aztec mythology, this fish-like crocodile was the primordial sea monster out of which the gods created the Earth. The god Tezcatlipoca sacrificed his foot to Cipactli in order to help form the Earth itself. 

Deadline for all Cipactli action to be sent to magicalcreaturesproject@gmail.com: Sunday June 30th.

Magical Creatures Project: Starting Again June 1st!

The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures 
the ultimate a - z of fantastic beings
from myth and magic
by John & Caitlin Matthews

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.

Using this book as a base, we will post a magical creature a month then post the drawings based on that magical creature.

The rules:

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).

2. Send your drawing to magicalcreaturesproject@gmail.com, any time before the deadline. We'll post the drawings we get the next day.

3. A new creature will be posted, repeat steps 1 - 2.

A Short Pause

The Encloypedia of Magical Creatures Project will take a brief pause...

To see what some of the main contributors* are working on during our pause go here:
http://www.theserioustheatrecollective.com/p/current-show.html


*Lizz/Becca/Terry- writing/directing/PR
 Ursula/Norm- props/masks/puppets
 Damian- graphic desgin