Comments on: Monster! http://graz.metblogs.com/2006/11/23/monster/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:15:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: elle http://graz.metblogs.com/2006/11/23/monster/comment-page-1/#comment-97 elle Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:26:02 +0000 http://graz.metblogs.com/2006/11/23/monster/#comment-97 Actually this monster is the "panther", though it is a cross of multiple animals. Overheard an Italian tour guide the other day saying that the original "panther" had fire coming out of both ends. But in the 1500's someone decided it was obscene to represent the region with such output - so all the representative "panthers" thereafter only have fire coming out of the mouth. I'm looking around, but I don't see an original version, predating the 1500's yet. elle Actually this monster is the “panther”, though it is a cross of multiple animals. Overheard an Italian tour guide the other day saying that the original “panther” had fire coming out of both ends. But in the 1500’s someone decided it was obscene to represent the region with such output – so all the representative “panthers” thereafter only have fire coming out of the mouth. I’m looking around, but I don’t see an original version, predating the 1500’s yet.

elle

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