tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post6056444032088386725..comments2023-07-15T05:32:20.508-07:00Comments on Frontiers of Zoology: Still More Gargoyle Dragons and Guivre of France, Including Giant Eels This TimeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post-13447880402514919502014-03-05T04:03:20.139-08:002014-03-05T04:03:20.139-08:00After reading the part II about alpine lake monste...After reading the part II about alpine lake monsters I actually managed to get my hands on a source of Eberhart's beast in the "Vierwaldstättersee" in Switzerland. Interestingly, the author tries first to prove that there are dragons in nature and mentions pretty much every sighting and account he got hold off. Now, he also goes into details about the "Boae" (translated to English):<br />"Boa is also the genus of a dragon/but in my opinion a Lindwurm/as they are called in these regions/and therefore named Boa/"...He goes on to mention that they are called Boa from the latin word "bos" because they like to prey on and eat oxen and cattle. Furthermore he mentions that in the kingdom of Naples and the province of Calabria they grow especially big. Also in Dalmatia. He mentions that they feed on milk when they are young (Lambton worm anyone?). Then follow incidents with the "Boae". Here is the source text:<br /><br />http://books.google.ch/books?id=ORMPAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA111&hl=de&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false<br /><br />Havent read the whole chapter on dragons yet, but it seems, Switzerland and especially mount Pilatus and Lucerne were dragon country back in the day...Typhonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087409371952413589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post-75932433515849159992014-02-16T11:54:53.730-08:002014-02-16T11:54:53.730-08:00"There is a very famous family crest for the ..."There is a very famous family crest for the Viscount family (various spellings) that shows a very large snake (called a Guivre but presumably the same as the Boas) swallowing a child (always feet-first). An older version of this is depicted on a stone wall and a more recent re-drawing of the family crest follows after that."<br /><br />The snake in this crfest is not swallowing the child but rather the child is coming out of the snake. It alludes to the legend of the prodigious birth of Alexander the Great of Macedon, from whom the Visconti family supposedly descended, according to which his mother had been deceived by Jupiter in the form of a snake, so Alexander was a son of Jupiter. The child emerges from the mouth because this is the place through which some snakes are born. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com