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Ch. 5, Page 33.
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We know this looks a little like a tutorial, but please don’t do this at home. Dragon teeth are best used only as decorative pieces.
Note: Sowing dragon teeth.
It’s told (Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca; Apollonius Rhodius, Argonauticae) that if you take some dragon teeth and sow them in a well ploughed field, they’ll grow up into some fierce warriors, fully armed, called Spartoi (which in ancient Greek means “the sown ones”).
The first to experiment this hardcore garening techniques was Cadmus, instructed by Athena: it was her who suggested the hero to toss a coin to your witch-ehr, no. To toss a rock amidst the newly grown warriors. That act indeed distracted them: they accused each other of the offending act, and killed each other sparing Cadmus. The five that survived the skirmish helped Cadmus building Thebes up.
The second one was, later, Jason, challenged by King Aeetes in Colchis. Poor Aeetes was most likely hoping to spare himself some nuisance and get rid of the nth hero come there with an attitude to be killed in the pursue of the golden fleece. Sadly, Medea was already looking at this particular hero with heart-shaped eyes, and she told Jason what to do exactly, included the trick of the rock to avoid getting chopped up by the Spartoi.
Moral of the story: You may be tired of seeing monsterae deliciosae all over Instagram, but they aren’t THAT dangerous.
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Ch. 5, Page 39.
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Why, did you really think she was joking about the dragon teeth? No no, she has a full satchel of them in her desk drawer, just beside her Sailor Moon secret diary.
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KANEKO’S CRIB NOTES XLIV: SPOO*Y SKELETONS
Today’s the day! Our third annual Halloween spookfest is here, with even fewer cumbersome fleshy bits than ever. Cuz they’re all skeletons and shit! And you better believe they’re aping other successful career skeletons! HAPPY HALLOWEEN
- HELL BIKER: Hey. You know it. We know it. Hell Biker is just Ghost Rider. It’s shameless, but we don’t need to spend a minute more of our lives ruminating on it once we nod in its general direction with the acknowledgement that, yes, it is indeed something that happened over two decades ago now. There, that wasn’t so bad.
- SPARTOI:Sown from dragon’s teeth in Greek myth, the Spartoi were known as fierce warriors. However, they tended to be of the fleshytype. So why is Kaneko’s a skeleton? One need look no further than what is probably the most famous appearance of the Spartoi in pop culture, the Ray Harryhausen stop-motion skeletons from 1963’s Jason and the Argonauts.
- GASHADOKURO:He may be sporting a bit of a dye-job in his SH design, but otherwise we’re looking at some prime Gashadokuro here, right down to the obscured lower section. He’s even got a friendly reminder on his forehead in case he forgets!
Halloween ‘14: (1) Betelgeuse(2)Baphomet
Halloween ‘15: (1) Season of the Crib, (2) Arachne
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