Maybe medieval people happened upon a T-Rex fossil and came to a relatively logical conclusion that dragons existed.
I’ve read a couple books on this actually, thats exactly what happened. Also cyclops are from looking at bones from a certain type of baby elephant. The giant note hole and tiny eyes made it look like a single eye.
Yep, can confirm! And what’s even funnier to me is that back in the dark ages, Greek people used to find a lot of prehistoric bear skeletons – and those look exactly like human skeletons, except they’re like eight feet tall or something – so they naturally assumed those were the heroes of legend, and made armour and clothes for them and reburied them with the most splendid and sacred religious ceremonies they could think of? Fast forward five centuries, Athens’ all modern and rational, philosophers and scientists aren’t taking any shit from anyone – but the problem is, people will randomly find graves containing giant-ass warriors, so that’s something that can’t be explained away and yeah, demigods were a thing and yeah, they used to be eight feet tall and sorry I don’t make the rules.
Some scientists suspect that the origin of the cyclops myths came about because of elephant skulls, which are vaguely human in shape but with a honking big hole in the middle for the trunk but easily mistakable for an eye socket without any flesh
So I think this poor baby got hit by a car or got otherwise squashed cuz the skull really isn’t lining up, even when the breaking points are perfectly aligned. So I don’t think that articulating the full body with the skull on top will look too great ^^;
this work is teaching me a lot about patience, details, and taking different perspectives (literally). It’s almost meditative, and I feel that Im becoming intimately familiar with the physical aspect of a single life lived and lost.
Hiiii! I decided to do two more giveaways for winter! You can win the prizes listed below for free and I will even cover the shipping cost! This giveaway is for anyone 18+ who lives in the United states. The rules are simple; you must be following me (cummy-eyelids). I will check! To enter, you can reblog this post once a day for one entry per reblog! If you delete this text you will be disqualified!
I will use a random number generator to determine the winner and I will contact them via ask/message, so make sure your ask is turned on. If I do not get a reply within 48 hours or if I cannot contact you a new winner will be chosen.
You will win:
♡1x raccoon skull
♡1x octopus tentacle wet specimen keychain
♡1x animal bone necklace
♡1x pelvis
♡1x shoulder blade
♡5x mixed leg bones
♡5x mixed mandibles
♡1x quartz point
♡1x rough blue apatite shard
♡1x amethyst cluster
♡1x sand dollar
♡1x purple dyed quartz
Also candy and other lil cute things
This giveaway will end in January. I will announce the exact end date soon, once this gets a good amount of notes, so check back to find out when the winner will be announced! Thanks and good luck!
Hey everyone! I’m happy to announce that this blog is (almost) at 10,000 followers! To show thanks, I’m having a giveaway contest drawing!
If you win, you can choose THREE of the following:
•Handmade aura Quartz Crystal point pendant with chain (pictured)
•Handmade bottle charms (for the aesthetic, but can be enchanted if you’d like!)
•A mini witch kit complete with herbs, salt, chalk, candles, matches, crystal, needle/thread, and more (pictured)
•A personalized decorated sketchbook/notebook for your Book Of Shadows or whatever! (example pictured)
•A mini travel altar to set up on-the-go (in the style of the mini witch kit) complete with a personalized fabric for the base with your choice of sigils or symbols hand-painted on, crystals, candles, and anything specific to your element, deities, aesthetic, etc (I.E. Shells and sea glass if you’re a water witch, bones and teeth if you’re a death witch)
•A wearable spell, casted by me! My specialty is luck magic but I can do pretty much anything you need. Spell will be contained in a tiny bottle on a necklace.
•Custom edible recipes written by me! (I.E. You tell me “I need wealth and I like cake” and I’ll make a spell recipe for you)
•Potion or spell ingredients from the nature I love in! Mountain water, waterfall water, bones, graveyard dirt, melted snow, feathers, etc.
•Wearable spell in the form of fragrance! Your choice of wealth, luck, love, money, strength, friendship, glamour, something else, or a mix!
*:･ﾟ✧*.*:･ﾟ✧*. :･ﾟ✧*. *:･ﾟ✧*. *:･ﾟ
RULES:
Must be following this blog,
Must be over 18 or have parents permission,
Must live in the US (sorry!!!)
Reblog to enter, you can reblog as much as you’d like but don’t spam!
Likes count as well!
No giveaway blogs! Those are trash!
Good luck and have fun! Winner will be chosen February 1st! Plenty of time to enter! *:･ﾟ✧*.*:･ﾟ✧*. :･ﾟ✧*. *:･ﾟ✧*. *:･ﾟ
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