Himmapan Creatures: Beasts of Asian Legend

February 16, 2006 4:28 PM

Himmapan.com features illustrations and photos of artistic depictions of the creatures of the legendary Himmapan (or Himapan/Himaphan) Forest of the Himalayas. Fantastic chimeras of Asian mythology.
posted by Gator (7 comments total)

Sorta-related.
posted by Gator at 4:28 PM on February 16, 2006

Wow - these are awesome. Thanks for the link. I always wondered what those half-bird creatures I always saw in Thai restaurants were.
posted by wanderingmind at 5:58 PM on February 16, 2006

Unbelievable Gator. I was thinking about this kind of thing all day .... thanks.
posted by R. Mutt at 6:02 PM on February 16, 2006

We have these in Australia. This should help with the sponsorship: Wednesday, February 1, 2006 "Parts of project Himmapan are to be used for Conrad Bangkok Hotel project". I like this post Gator.
posted by tellurian at 6:12 PM on February 16, 2006

After finding a couple cool things, I tried to find more info on Google and there doesn't seem to be much out there. maybe I'll have to actually look at some dead trees for more. Great post and a really neat site.
posted by luftmensch at 7:16 PM on February 16, 2006

Sweet poking-around goodness.

Thank you.
posted by rleamon at 8:27 PM on February 16, 2006

Does Bush approve, though?
posted by Citizen Premier at 8:55 PM on February 16, 2006