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Post number 12738

Irontom — Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:56:48 -0800

Ancient Werewolves - 'These composite beings ... are a common theme from the beginning of painting.' (link via Weblogging Considered Harmful)

By: Irontom

Irontom — Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:57:09 -0800

The article is pretty bland, but it's a really cool concept.

By: kokogiak

kokogiak — Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:04:42 -0800

Wouldn't it be nice if there were some images to go along w/ the text? Sheesh.

By: Irontom

Irontom — Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:07:53 -0800

Like I said, it is not the greatest article I ever saw.

By: Mo Nickels

Mo Nickels — Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:39:16 -0800

Images from Africa of rock art, including the kind described in the article. Lots of photos; may be a slow download. Also includes details of sites throughout the continent. Detailed and thorough study of rock art and the various schools of interpretation. Includes images of therianthropes from the Les Trois Frères cave in France. Reading Rock Art, an article with a few images. Very academic, but interesting.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:11:28 -0800

No pictures here, but the concept--and vampires. too--goes back to the Greeks, I know.

By: Hildago

Hildago — Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:18:46 -0800

I could swear that National Geographic Magazine did a story on Grotte Chauvet a few months ago. It had pictures and everything. If it's the same article I'm thinking of, the creature depicted was sort of half-man, half-bull or bison, and they'd called it the 'sorcerer', or the 'wizard' or something like that. The images were in fact surprisingly sophisticated compared to what we think cave paintings ought to look like. Sadly, National Geographic doesn't keep an online archive, so no links to that. But here are a couple others: Horses The sorcerer (scroll down a little) A more thorough examination of the pictures.

By: Mack Twain

Mack Twain — Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:45:55 -0800

Probably the greatest propaganda campaign ever carried out has been selling the idea that Vampires and Werwolves are fiction.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Thu, 29 Nov 2001 19:06:47 -0800

yeah, they exist: human beings.