I think that's probably just an artifact of how the cards are made. There's basically a big list of clichés, and a randomizer selects them for each one.
For years there has been the (admittedly naff) "pegacorn". Or, better "winged unicorn".
If modern fiction is using the word for the horn of a unicorn for a beast with wings, that just underscores my opinion that modern fantasy writers are Fucking Stupid.
"Pegacorn" sounds kinda dirty, in addition to stupid. And yeah, I suppose I could have said "winged unicorn". (UNICRON)
*snorts* You sound like the people who only think of perverted definitions of "kink" -- ;3
But I point you to the D&D monster "Gorgon".
The medieval bestiary "The Historie of foure-footed beastes" -- and, before that, the works of Pliny the Elder -- kindly point out that the bull-gorgon has a long and well-established pedigree. The bestiary is in fact where Gygax got it from.
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Date: 2009-06-22 02:17 pm (UTC)I do not think this word means what you think it means.
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Date: 2009-06-22 02:25 pm (UTC)relevant bit: "In some modern fiction, an alicorn is a winged unicorn."
I don't have another word for those, but that's what I meant.
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Date: 2009-06-22 02:29 pm (UTC)If modern fiction is using the word for the horn of a unicorn for a beast with wings, that just underscores my opinion that modern fantasy writers are Fucking Stupid.
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Date: 2009-06-22 02:34 pm (UTC)I have no defense, as sometimes writers are daft, yes. But I point you to the D&D monster "Gorgon".
Re: eeee
Date: 2009-06-22 02:43 pm (UTC)*snorts* You sound like the people who only think of perverted definitions of "kink" -- ;3
But I point you to the D&D monster "Gorgon".
The medieval bestiary "The Historie of foure-footed beastes" -- and, before that, the works of Pliny the Elder -- kindly point out that the bull-gorgon has a long and well-established pedigree. The bestiary is in fact where Gygax got it from.
So, no, not a good comparison ;P
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Date: 2009-06-22 03:04 pm (UTC).... okay, so, bull-gorgon. Were Medusa and her sisters cow-gorgons, then? *dodges*
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Date: 2009-06-22 03:07 pm (UTC)*sends a herd of boocows to tromple you* ;P
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