[Illustration based on Basque folk legend.]
Friday, October 09, 2009
Halloween Countdown 2009: Monster #8 (a day late)
Basque country holds many wonders; a beautiful landscape, fascinating culture, centuries old traditions, and unique folk stories and legends. One folk story warns of a headless goat that roams the countryside seeking shepherds who have fallen asleep or otherwise mis-tended their flock. This haunted goat is said to scare the shepherd into such a state of confusion, shock and terror that he immediately slips into incurable madness.
[Illustration based on Basque folk legend.]
[Illustration based on Basque folk legend.]
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3 comments:
*laughing* Oh, dear God! I don't have words for this one, except to say move over Headless Horseman.....a new Halloween icon has arrived. It's the Headless Goat!
This is so weird, it's a hoot!
Thanks wyrmphreak; I wasn't sure how people would react to this one but it's been pretty positive - even though some could say I was just being a lazy artist and that it was a hack job - get it? HA!
haha
"the" spokesanimal for the Scottish Chapter of peta
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