6th grade Written Workshop

Illuminated Monsters

Tech-tool workshop –illuminated Monsters

The beast list includes all of the beasts found in Bestiaries and the Physiologus, as well as some from other sources. It does not include beasts from non-European sources unless those beasts are the basis of Bestiary, Physiologus, or other Western beast legends.

Amphisbaena Beast A serpent with two heads, one at either end

Antelope Beast An animal so wild no hunter can approach it

Ant-lion Beast The offspring of an ant and a lion, or the lion of ants

Ape Beast Called "simia" because it is similar to humans

Asp Serpent Blocks its ear with its tail so as not to hear the charmer

Ass Beast An animal that is slow and resists commands

Badger Beast A dirty beast that bites

Basilisk Serpent Its odor, voice and even look can kill

Bear Beast The cubs are born unformed, and must be licked into shape by the mother

Beaver Beast Hunted for its testicles, it castrates itself to escape from the hunter

Boar (Wild) Beast A savage wild pig or hog

Bonnacon Beast A beast like a bull, that uses its dung as a weapon

Bull Beast The Indian bull is tawny colored and swift as a bird

Caladrius Beast A bird which can tell if a sick man will die, and can cure disease

Catoblepas Beast A beast with a head so heavy it can only look down

Centaur Beast A beast part man and part horse

Cerastes Serpent An exceptionally flexible serpent with horns

Dipsa Serpent A snake so poisionous that its bite kills before it is felt

Dragon Serpent The greatest of all serpents on earth

Elephant Beast Persian and Indian soldiers build wooden towers on the back of elephants and fight from there.

Fox Beast A crafty and deceitful animal that never runs in a straight line

Frog Serpent Land frogs die if exposed to rain

Giraffe Beast A beast that looks like a camel but has the spots of a leopard

Goat Beast An animal that likes to live on high mountains

Griffin Beast A beast with the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle

Hare Beast A timid beast that runs fast

Hedgehog Beast A beast that carries away grapes on its sharp quills

He-goat Beast A beast so hot that its blood dissolves diamond

Horse Beast A horse is a horse, of course, of course...

Hydros Serpent A water snake that makes those bitten swell up

Hydrus Serpent The enemy of the crocodile, which it kills from the inside

Hyena Beast A beast that eats human corpses and changes sex

Ibex Beast A beast with horns so strong they can save it from a fall

Ichneumon Serpent Another enemy of the dragon

Jaculus Serpent A flying serpent

Lamb Beast The lamb knows by their voice its own parents

Leontophone Beast A small beast that is deadly to lions

Leopard Beast The offspring of a mating between a lion and a pard

Leucrota Beast A composite beast with a mouth that stretches from ear to ear

Lion Beast The lion is the king of the beasts

Lynx Beast The urine of the lynx hardens into a precious stone

Manticore Beast A composite beast with a man's face, a lion's body, and the stinger of a scorpion

Mole Beast A blind animal that lives in the earth

Monocerus Beast A fierce beast with a single long horn

Muscaliet Beast A beast with the body of a hare, tail of a squirrel, teeth of a boar

Onager Beast A wild ass that can predict the coming of the equinox

Onocentaur Beast A beast with the upper body of a man and the lower body of an ass

Ox Beast The ox is a strong beast that can predict the weather

Panther Beast A gentle, multicolored beast whose only enemy is the dragon

Parandrus Beast A beast that can conceal itself by changing its appearance

Pard Beast A swift and deadly beast that kills with a single leap

Pegasus Beast

Phoenix Bird A bird that rises anew from the ashes of its funeral pyre

Ram Beast Rams were the first animals to be sacrificed on alters

Salamander Serpent Salamanders are so cold they can extinguish any fire

Scitalis Serpent A serpent with such a marvelous appearance that it stuns the viewer

Seps Serpent The poison of the seps consumes both body and bones

Stag Beast A drink made from the tears and the heart bones of a stag is a cure for troubles of the heart

Unicorn Beast The unicorn is a fierce beast that can only be captured by a maiden

Weasel Beast The weasel conceives at the mouth and gives birth through the ear

Wether Beast Thewether is named from the worms in its head

Yale Beast A beast with flexible horns that it can move at will

Create your own Illuminated Monster

Choosing one beast of the bestiary and illuminate it as in the middle ages.

Explain the symbology of the illuminated monster; include it as part of it. (IM d1 d2)