Venn Diagram of Mythical Creatures

Posted by John Farrier in Paranormal on August 28, 2009 at 10:21 am


This is a slice of cartoonist Jim Unwin’s diagram of mythical creatures. Unwin, based out of South London, is also noted around the Internet for his “virtual collection” of chairs from The Incredibles and as the designer of the video game Little Big Planet. Full sized image at the link.

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14 comments to "Venn Diagram of Mythical Creatures"

  1. daedonas
    August 28th, 2009 at 10:38 am

    Great idea, but the design could be better, wouldn't mind seeing this with some more creatures and a finer detailed design :P

  2. Tempscire
    August 28th, 2009 at 11:56 am

    Haha, I love the dog/dog/dog loop.

  3. SlappyMcDoodle
    August 28th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    I googled mermahuataur....nothing...

  4. Gauldar
    August 28th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

    @SlappyMcDoodle

    Did you put in the proper accents to represent the required throat vibrations necessary to properly pronounce that word?

  5. Matt
    August 28th, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    I looked up Echidna. I got a picture of a hedgehog looking creature. It doesn't look very mythological to me.

  6. jaxmickey
    August 28th, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    I can't believe they forgot about the Liger!!!! I'm soooo bummed

  7. kam00n
    August 28th, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    Fun fact: This is actually an Euler diagram. Venn diagrams must show all possible intersections between all sets.

    Reference:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler_diagram
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venn_diagram

    Okay, not that fun...

  8. NinaZer0
    August 28th, 2009 at 7:07 pm

    Echidnas are Australian and not mythological, you silly British man. Think of it as the Antipodean version of a hedgehog, only much bigger and much cooler.

  9. seekshelter
    August 28th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    keep in mind that all of these animals do exist... and are on display at the Gaza Zoo..

  10. Jessa
    August 28th, 2009 at 8:47 pm

    I don't think he knows what an echidna is at all ...

  11. The Manticore
    August 28th, 2009 at 9:15 pm

    Echidna is perhaps best known as being the mother of many monsters, particularily with her union with Typhon. Her name means she-viper. Echidna was killed in her sleep by the hundred-eyed creature Argus.
    She was depicted as having the head of a beautiful nymph, but the body of a serpent. The lives of her and her children were only spared so that they could be sport for future heroes.

    Also MANTICORE NEEDS SCORPION TOO. >:|

  12. The Manticore
    August 28th, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    oh yea, you may know her children better. Ladon, Hydra, Chimaera , Orthus, Cerberus, Sphinx, and the Nemean Lion were all her children from Typhon.

  13. Dagonet
    August 29th, 2009 at 1:00 am

    Strictly speaking, this is not a Venn diagram, which represents _all_ possible intersections available within a set, but an Euler diagram.
    By any name, though, the diagram is great.

  14. Video Game Dork
    August 29th, 2009 at 2:55 pm

    A cockatrice is more of a chicken than an eagle, really (hence the 'cock' in the name).


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