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I painted a manticore staying true to its original description:
"The manticore (Early Middle Persian Merthykhuwar; Modern Persian Mardykhor) is a Persian legendary creature similar to the Egyptian sphinx that proliferated in western European medieval art as well. It has the head of a human, body of a lion and a tail of venomous spines similar to porcupine quills, while other depictions have it with the tail of a scorpion. There are some accounts that the spines can be shot like arrows, thus making the manticore a lethal predator. It eats its victims whole, using its triple rows of teeth (...) The English term "manticore" was borrowed from Latin mantichora, itself derived from the Greek rendering of the Persian name, μαρτιχώρα, martichora. "

Thanks for your support, especially to my patrons that allow me to keep attempting to create art.
🐺 George

Description
I painted a manticore staying true to its original description:
"The manticore (Early Middle Persian Merthykhuwar; Modern Persian Mardykhor) is a Persian legendary creature similar to the Egyptian sphinx that proliferated in western European medieval art as well. It has the head of a human, body of a lion and a tail of venomous spines similar to porcupine quills, while other depictions have it with the tail of a scorpion. There are some accounts that the spines can be shot like arrows, thus making the manticore a lethal predator. It eats its victims whole, using its triple rows of teeth (...) The English term "manticore" was borrowed from Latin mantichora, itself derived from the Greek rendering of the Persian name, μαρτιχώρα, martichora. "

Thanks for your support, especially to my patrons that allow me to keep attempting to create art.
🐺 George