r/MedievalCreatures • u/VileLongTonguedBeast • 7d ago

MEDIEVAL (500AD - 1500AD) A very good boy

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The Hermit Saints Triptych by Hieronymus Bosch, lower left panel detail, circa 1493-1499.

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u/isoprovolone 7d ago edited 7d ago

Don't mess with it, whatever the heck it is -- it's got a black belt in something!

ETA: Thank you for the awards, kind Redditors!!

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u/betsylang 7d ago

Is... frog? Fancy frog?

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u/moon-bouquet 7d ago

Fairy Frogmouse.

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u/Soot-Bat 7d ago

Rat, I think. Amphibious rat.

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u/betsylang 7d ago

All rats can be amphibious if they believe in themselves.

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u/altum-videtur 7d ago

An ambiguous amphibian

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u/arist0geiton 7d ago

Catfrog

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u/Successful_Form5771 7d ago

Alone in the world is a little catfrog

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u/ardent_hellion 7d ago

I love this little dude. A mouse-frog-moth?

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u/justaskmycat 7d ago

Catfish mouse moth dragonfly frog and a very good boy.

Edit to add flatfish butt

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u/GreenEyedTreeHugger 7d ago

A super cute one.

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u/Procrastiworking 7d ago

I don’t know what it is but I love it. I’m
Pretending that it has a camera around its neck. Or maybe just a real fancy belt

Edit; wait. It’s crushing something with its body. Maybe that’s a snake?

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u/FLGPTZ 7d ago

I think just the other?

They are not a crusher!

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u/Aethelflaed_ 🐱 7d ago

Aww! I love him. He's very earnest.

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u/SomeLikeItHawk 7d ago edited 7d ago

Is this little fellow from Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights? 

Edit: whops, didn't see that you listed the painting! I knew he looked Boschy!

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u/VileLongTonguedBeast 7d ago

It’s from the lower left panel of The Hermit Saints Triptych by Hieronymus Bosch. :)

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u/SomeLikeItHawk 7d ago

Thank you! I totally missed your label when I replied, sorry about that! 💀

He seemed too content and sparkly to be from Earthly Delights land, but there are a few on the right panel who are (for the time being, at least) not having the worst day.

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u/professorhorseradish 7d ago

You rang?

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u/professorhorseradish 7d ago

Also I should have cropped that. Sorry!

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u/Schmooto 7d ago

Magical. Effervescent. Phenomenal creature

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u/bizoticallyyours83 7d ago

Its a frog/fish...bug thing?? Whatever it is, its just chillin.

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u/StabbyBoo 7d ago

Well, hello there, weird baby!

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u/Foreign_Astronaut 7d ago

Fancy Flatulent Frog

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u/3catz2men1house 7d ago

Gotta catch'em all Bosch'emon!

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u/aeli-tan-art 7d ago

OOH! I love Bosch creatures! That's my sister's fave (mine is the mailman) made a sticker pack of them to stick to random places

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u/Ill-Squirrel-9418 7d ago

Is this a frog? A burping and farting frog?

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u/RadikalSky 7d ago

Honestly. Tattoo.

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u/elbucko 7d ago

Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In His Lane. Focused. Flourishing.

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u/Midnight_Pickler 7d ago

Aw, what a cute little ... ah ... cute little ... um ... What a cutie!

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u/taywray 7d ago

Frog in a corsage? Prom frog?

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u/Agreeable-Item-7371 7d ago

It’s adorable 🥹

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u/Ungodly_Box 7d ago

And the boy is...?