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Congo mythology.

In fairytales and myths from the Congo, Kirimu is a massive dragon who has 7 heads, 7 eyes, and 7 horns. One horn and eye per head. He has black hide, sharp teeth, and a massive belly. Kirimu is known for eating entire towns of people, swallowing knights whole, and being a reign of terror on any humans who catch his ire. What makes Kirimu more horrifying than his physical might and appearance is his mind and spirituality. Kirimu is close friends with the god of lightning (Nkuba), who does not like humans threatening his friend. Kirimu's blood is also a transfusion of god blood from the lightning god himself, making him more dangerous. And slaying the dragon may not be no guarantee of getting rid of him... what is physical death to a god? And why would a god not revive his friend?

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Speculative Design:

This art piece imagines Kirimu as a giant amphibian dragon. For a dragon that has 7 heads, each with one eye and one horn, I imagined what animal would naturally function with multiple heads or evolve odd numbers of limbs? Amphibians. Each 'horn' is a external gill, like a mudpuppy's gills. Each eye is evolved something like a flounder's, but more extreme. And the heads and neck are like a caecillian (amphibians that look like giant worms).

Description
Mechanical pencil on printing paper, scanned. Text added in paint.net.

Congo mythology.

In fairytales and myths from the Congo, Kirimu is a massive dragon who has 7 heads, 7 eyes, and 7 horns. One horn and eye per head. He has black hide, sharp teeth, and a massive belly. Kirimu is known for eating entire towns of people, swallowing knights whole, and being a reign of terror on any humans who catch his ire. What makes Kirimu more horrifying than his physical might and appearance is his mind and spirituality. Kirimu is close friends with the god of lightning (Nkuba), who does not like humans threatening his friend. Kirimu's blood is also a transfusion of god blood from the lightning god himself, making him more dangerous. And slaying the dragon may not be no guarantee of getting rid of him... what is physical death to a god? And why would a god not revive his friend?

wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/obj…

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Speculative Design:

This art piece imagines Kirimu as a giant amphibian dragon. For a dragon that has 7 heads, each with one eye and one horn, I imagined what animal would naturally function with multiple heads or evolve odd numbers of limbs? Amphibians. Each 'horn' is a external gill, like a mudpuppy's gills. Each eye is evolved something like a flounder's, but more extreme. And the heads and neck are like a caecillian (amphibians that look like giant worms).