Comments on: Venn Diagram of Mythical Creatures

By: Video Game Dork

Video Game Dork — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:55:32 +0000

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

By: Dagonet

Dagonet — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:00:15 +0000

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.

By: The Manticore

The Manticore — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:17:34 +0000

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

By: The Manticore

The Manticore — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:15:10 +0000

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. >:|

By: Jessa

Jessa — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:47:37 +0000

I don’t think he knows what an echidna is at all …

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:27:59 +0000

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

By: NinaZer0

NinaZer0 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:07:11 +0000

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.

By: kam00n

kam00n — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:43:05 +0000

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…

By: jaxmickey

jaxmickey — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:12:24 +0000

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

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:05:59 +0000

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

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:08:47 +0000

@SlappyMcDoodle

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

By: SlappyMcDoodle

SlappyMcDoodle — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:03:11 +0000

I googled mermahuataur….nothing…

By: Tempscire

Tempscire — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:56:32 +0000

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

By: daedonas

daedonas — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:38:41 +0000

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