tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post8580717773707476859..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Does a Bear Leave Lesses in the Woods?PBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-14785784909270639512007-05-18T14:24:00.000-04:002007-05-18T14:24:00.000-04:00I guess that M. and I will have to rename the bend...I guess that M. and I will have to rename the bend in the little road behind our house, a bend that sort of marks a border between dog territories.<BR/><BR/>Formerly "Dog Shit Corner," it will now be "Scumber Corner." Sounds so much more folkloric, don't you think?Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-36673406754758447352007-05-13T07:13:00.000-04:002007-05-13T07:13:00.000-04:00Hee hee .... i am really showing my super nerd col...Hee hee .... i am really showing my super nerd colors here. <BR/><BR/>You make a good point about the Questing Beast / dragon terminology question. <BR/><BR/>Anyway. I forgot to say in my first message that I really enjoy your blog. Not only the green conservative message, but the consistently good writing -- something unfortunately not common enough in the blogosphere. <BR/><BR/>ChipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-32220947219652829122007-05-12T19:36:00.000-04:002007-05-12T19:36:00.000-04:00You are correct on both counts! I will correct the...You are correct on both counts! I will correct the mis-spelling. <BR/><BR/>Whether the Questing Beast is actually a dragon or not is a matter of mythology-taxonomy. Though technically it is a type of chimera (an imaginary monster made up of grotesquely disparate parts), it is described by Mallory and others as having a snakes head, the body of a leopard or lizard, the back legs of a lion, and the hooves of a deer, and sounding like 30 hounds baying, and it is typically drawn as looking like a dragon (perhaps because that's what artists know how to draw). I would provide a decription from T.H. White but I cannot find my volume. Someone please come and sort out my library!<BR/>See pictures at: <BR/>>> www.sacred-texts.com/neu/trt/trt04.htm<BR/><BR/>and at<BR/><BR/>>> http://www.nashfordpublishing.co.uk/portraits/arthurian_scenes.html<BR/><BR/>P.PBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-74558763945079356262007-05-12T18:15:00.000-04:002007-05-12T18:15:00.000-04:00Not to be too pedantic, but TH White's word was "f...Not to be too pedantic, but TH White's word was "fewmets" (not *fewments). It's a real word, referring to the poop of a hunted beast. And White used it to refer to the poop of the Questing Beast (Beast Glatisant), not a dragon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com