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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Catoblepas the funky monster from way back before DnD

 Read the 1e site… note the Gary Gygax quotes about it being not made up and from old medieval bestiaries https://1eonline.info/1mm/catoblepas.htm

Read and see all the extra books to chexk out around Imaginary Beasts and such from wikip about Catoblepas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catoblepas


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The Catoblepas was listed in the Book of Imaginary Beings (1957) by Jorge Luis Borges. It is described as a black buffalo with a hog's head that is always looking down.

-The catoblepas is mentioned in The Shattered World (1984) by Michael Reaves:

Troas cleared his throat impatiently and Beorn looked at him. On his robe was a stylized design of a catoblepas, stitched in silver thread in a rampant pose. Beorn thought it looked faintly ridiculous.

YES THAT SHATTERED WORLD that I read in probably nonth grade in the library. 


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