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Published: 2015-12-02 02:56:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 5582; Favourites: 50; Downloads: 16
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Fan art for Indivisible, an RPG featuring many cultures that aren't commonly depicted in fantasy video games. The core is inspired by the monsters and mythologies of Southeast Asia, so I studied up to make this.
Indivisible is being crowdfunded here:
普通のファンタジーに入らない文化が入るRPG「Indivisible」（インディヴィジブル）のファンアートなのです。主要な部分が東南アジアの神話や魔法に基いたので、この絵を作るために、勉強しておきました。
「Indivisible」を作るために資金を供給するキャンペーンがここです（日本語の説明もありますよ）：
Myth and Monster Explanations • 神話と妖怪の説明（とりあえず英語だけで、ごめんください）
The mountain behind the lotus stem is the mountain that connects to the sky, Sumeru (aka Meru), often depicted with 5 terraces. The format of the picture itself is inspired by mandalas.
The monsters appearing in this picture are:
Right side, top to bottom:
Baital or Vetala (batlike possesser of corpses)
Belu / Bilu / Rakshasa / Pishacha (tusked, shapeshifting flesh-eating demon)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakshasa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pishacha
Ahp or Penanggalan (detachable vampiric flying head and entrails)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penangga…
Toyol (child familiars in urns)
Pelesit (bladed katydid familiar)
Polong (bottled blood familiar)
Hungry Ghost or Preta (in a bowl)
Left side, top to bottom:
Manananggal (self-segmenter caused by black chick parasite, usually in throat)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mananang…
Mike Zero's cat
Churel (female ghost)
Another preta (tall skeleton)
Hantu Pocong (hopping, shrouded ghost)
Tikbalang (lanky animal-human, often part horse)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikbalan…
Bottom, right to left:
Garuda (eagle person)
Shesha (the naga king)
Manote Thiha or Purushamriga (sphinx guardian of temples)
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Some reading I did for this piece:
Himmapan Creatures
www.himmapan.com/himmapan_crea…
Malaysian Ghosts
www.monsterku.com/malaysian-gh…
(Razmi's Bom may be a Hantu Belian, the ghost of a tiger called forth by a shaman)
Thai Mythology
www.chiangmai-chiangrai.com/th…
Burmese Mythology
www.mythologydictionary.com/bu…
Top 10 Scariest Filipino Monsters
listverse.com/2009/11/20/top-1…
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I'm curious as to whether we will see any of these mythological creatures in the final game. Very fascinating and vibrant.
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