Tag Archives: superstition
Chickcharnie
When sightseeing on the Island of Andros, dear readers, keep your eyes peeled for a creature that Bahamian folk tales describe as a three-toed elf, a red-eyed man-beast or a birdlike creature with a lizard’s tail and a fluffy mane, … Continue reading
Filed under academia, extinct species, folklore, human behavior, Phobia-inducing, Uncategorized
“The Cock is a Bird that Can Tell Time”
You cannot blame the author for the sheer volume of noteworthy cocks in the world. She is perfectly aware that she has already written about the Cock of Dawn, but that was from the Chinese tradition, and the author reserves … Continue reading
Filed under folklore, gender bending, human behavior, medieval, rated NC17
Bovine rampage in Norway: Revenge of the Beef
In 2002, a series of bizzare bovine incidents in the Norweigian countryside alarmed residents, and alerted us to the possibility that cows are beginning to strain at the agricultural tether. The first victim, 23-year old Stian Skoglund, was “bashed and … Continue reading
No, It’s not a Typo; It’s the “Cock” of Dawn.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have Chinese folklore to thank for next entry: the celestial cock, aka the “cock of dawn.” << The author respects all cultures and will not resort to infantile murrmerings about the word “cock”. But, dear readers, it’s … Continue reading
Filed under folklore, human behavior, rated NC17, the strange and the beautiful, Uncategorized
The Pop-Culture Guide to Swine flu
The purpose of BV has always been to inform, and now the author feels called upon to clear up some misconceptions floating around about the swine flu epidemic. We’ll start with a brief “scene from a paparazzi”: ****************************************************************************************************************************** [exterior, … Continue reading
Cat of a thousand faces: mad genius (and a quiz!!!)
Yes, folkes, its another “cute” and/or “crazy” cat video posts. In this installment, in order to spice up a potentially stale theme, prizes will be distributed to the first reaedr who can correctly identify both the song playing and each … Continue reading
The Ant-lion (lion ant)
The entire premise of Bestiarum Vocabulum, as some of you might know, rests on the genre of the medieval bestiary ( or bestiarum vocabulum). It is therefore meet that we occasionaly visit the archives for entries, as part of an … Continue reading
Undead Spiders Survive Mass Drowning.
The author of BV, dear readers, is not happy. She is, in fact, deeply, deeply troubled. And all because what she is about to report confirms her deepest suspicions about order Araneae; spiders are, in fact, evil minions of the undead sent … Continue reading
Cane toads just can’t catch a break
Once upon a time, 101 Cane toads were deliberately introduced to Australia, under the premise that they would eat the beetles ruining the sugar cane crops, ridding the farmers and population of a costly pest. Yet as we have learned time and … Continue reading
Homo sapiens sapiens; a brief shining moment of joy
Today’s post is about the human animal. In light of recent events, notably the shootings in Oakland, Pittsburgh (CA) and Binghamton (NY), which has precipitated in the author a sudden need for something like faith, B.V would like to submit the following, in the … Continue reading
Sharks: Sisters are doing it for themselves
Ladies, listen up: While many of us of slightly-less-than a certain age have started reaching our “scary age”s and have taken to searching the web for ways to delay (or defeat) the tick-tick-icking of our biological clocks, a few select members of superorder Selachimorpha have … Continue reading
Hercules Beetle: natural prey of the Stymphalian birds?*
The Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) is perhaps the most immediately recognizable of the rhinoceros beetles; it’s propensity for epic battles and family tragedies in the Grecian vein, though less well known, is among the beetle’s most prominent characteristics. Male beetles, for instance, often use their prominent … Continue reading
Post-April fool’s edition: (faux) Chupacabra; real shame?
In 2007, Associated Press ran a story on this frozen critter, which the Cuero, Texas woman who found it described as a “chupacabra,” a legendary goat-killer from south American folktale and mythology. According to media fallout, breeders on “Xolo” sites believed … Continue reading
Vacuumammal*
The vacuumammal (Dugong dugong of family dugongidae) is more than just a repetitive name and a vacuum-shaped maw; like their cousins the humanatees, dugongs belong to the order Sirenia, so named beacuse they were frequently mistaken for mermaids, sirens of the … Continue reading
Filed under marine life, the strange and the beautiful, Uncategorized
