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KingsOfEvilArt — Sea Swine, Glacier Island Creature
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Published: 2016-04-07 17:36:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 3845; Favourites: 98; Downloads: 14
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Somewhat little known carcass which apparently had elephant like head (probably similar case to Trunko, who makes a guest appearance here ) I added tusks because some whales' lower jaw reminds a pair of tusks when they are decomposing, ( vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/c… ) which probably lead to many depictions of tusked/ hog headed whale in old times. A medieval artist who had no experience with aquatic life when given description of "sea serpent with tusks" would probably look for inspiration among well known and familar animals. In this case it's a wild boar. l7.alamy.com/zooms/f25e9c96e82… parlorofhorror.files.wordpress…Related content
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Amazing job on the illustration. When I see Trunko and si ilar cryptids I honestly think as the first thing of Elephant seals and Wlruses, you know tusks, trunks and their overall appearance similar. I wouldnt be surprised if some of the depictions of tusked or trunked sea monsters were not just decomposed baleen whales, but walruses or Elephant seals, and Narwhals now that a think about it 
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That's possible. Still, are elephant seals even living in europe? And narwhal seems more likely to be sea unicorn than sea pig.
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Well we have to remember that it was humans who drew it, and they like to fill out the rest with something they already know, so the end appearance they draw might be waaaay off from the actual thing. A lot of it could have been just added for artistic purpuses and fabricated. Also just to give you a bit of a better idea look at these images:
Walrus: (cryptomundo.com/wp-content/upl… )(i.imgur.com/pz6mqLN.jpg )(i.imgur.com/pz6mqLN.jpg )
Elephant seal: (c8.alamy.com/comp/A76DJ3/corps… )
Narwhal: (static.panoramio.com/photos/la… )(www.sciencephoto.com/image/386… )(s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/7… )
Do you think an average human would have been able to tell what these are?
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To be honest these don't look so far from the way these animals look in life, unlike Stronsay Beast or Trunko. I'm bretty sure that a person familiar with life on the sea, such as fisherman would be capable of identificauon. I however doubt that author of those ancient images had any first hand experience with sea animals. These map monsters have so many features of terrastial animals such as their heads, presence of arms and legs, Often the only feature suggesting it's an aquatic creature is the fish like tail. And even those certainly weren't based on actual whales and seals due to everpresent scales. Therefore I believe that autohr simply didn't see real sea animals and probably only heard descriptions of them filling all that he didn't know with elements he was familiar with. s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/7…
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That is indeed true, I cant really argue more. And I see what you mean from the images.
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I think I caught one of those once, while fishing. Of course I was on a mixture of beer, marijuana, acid and opium at the time, so who knows just what it was that I caught.
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If you used the same mixture as bait then it's quite probable.
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It looks like someone heard a description for a walrus, but never had seen one in reality.
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What a lovely ferocious boar-whale. The bristly hair makes it look so savage, and those fins remind me of boar feet! That blank eye is creepy as hell, too.
Ever heard of the illhveli (evil whales) of Iceland? They were a variety of monstrous whale species which were malevolent and had supernatural powers. A lot of them had faces and other characteristics of other animals, such as the cat whale, the mouse whale, the particularly freakish horse whale, etc. Very neat oceanic folklore.
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Wow, this sounds really interesting and i've never heard those legends.
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Looks cool!
I was thinking, how about a scenario where the creatures "tusks" aren't tusks at all, but heavily derived lower jawbones.
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Hmmm, this could be so.
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