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Sakitaro — Alphabestiary - Afanc
Published: 2014-03-16 16:00:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 4097; Favourites: 110; Downloads: 13
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The afanc (also called adanc, addane, addanc, avanc, abhac, abac) is a lake monster from Welsh Mythology that also appears in Celtic folklore and British folklore.
The afanc exact description varies; it is described alternately as resembling a crocodile, beaver or dwarf, and is sometimes said to be a demon.
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That's right, I'm doing an alphabestiary! For every letter of the alphabet, I'm chosing a legendary beast from various historical mythologies. I saw some other people do this kinda thing, and it seems like fun, so I'll give it a try.
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This is absolutely beautiful! Well you know, as beautiful as the Afanc can be XD
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Oh my god this thing is incredible.
and colors are really pretty. nice work<3
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That's a strange mix, beaver and corodile haha. Good job at mixing them though.
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great stuff, love how you combined traits, feels like something that could be real but is disturbingly wrong at the same time
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Theres a japanesse beast called a bassan i belive its some kind of fire breathing chiken
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I love the detail here! the swamp water dripping of the tail is a great touch!
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