Manticore
Ringkasan
Manticore adalah monster Persia pemakan manusia, bertubuh singa dan berwajah manusia.
The manticore is a Persian man-eating monster with a lion’s body and a human face.
Kisah dan tradisi
Manticore adalah monster Persia pemakan manusia, bertubuh singa dan berwajah manusia. Nama manticore ditelusuri ke kata Persia untuk pemakan manusia. Manticore juga muncul dalam bestiarium abad pertengahan. Uraian Ctesias yang dikutip memberi tiga baris gigi, telinga manusia, dan mata biru muda. Uraian itu menggambarkan ekor menyerupai kalajengking dengan sengat panjang. Pausanias menduga hewan dalam laporan Ctesias itu sebenarnya harimau. Manticore dipercaya tinggal di tempat sepi di luar permukiman.
The manticore is a Persian man-eating monster with a lion’s body and a human face. The name manticore is traced to a Persian word for man-eater. The manticore also appears in medieval bestiaries. The quoted account of Ctesias gives it three rows of teeth, human ears, and light-blue eyes. That account depicts a scorpion-like tail with a long sting. Pausanias writes that he is inclined to think the reported creature is a tiger. The manticore is believed to inhabit lonely places outside communities.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Persia
- Kawasan / Region
- Timur Tengah & Levant
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Hybrid