This project ran from 2016 to 2020 and was a collaboration between author and medievalist Hana Videen and artist James Merry.
Learn more about the book it inspired: The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary.
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Reimagining medieval animals
Dēor-hord is a blog that reimagines medieval animals. It’s the collaborative endeavour of a medievalist (me) and an artist (the talented James Merry).
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The stag (hert)
The snake-snorter who plays well with others
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The eagle (ern)
The bird who seeks the sun
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The moon-head (quasi-caput-luna)
The peg-backed water monster
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The dragon (drake)
The smelly fire-breather with a tongue like lightning
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The teeth tyrant (dentes tyrannum)
The three-horned campsite menace
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A moving spirit (ferende gæst)
The soaring spirit whose adornments sing
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The walker-weaver (wæfer-gange)
The spinner who weaves her hostile threads
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The elephant (elp)
The elephant who trusts in trees too much
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The panther (pandher)
The cool cat who’s everyone’s friend (but one)
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The phoenix (fenix)
The bird who builds, burns, and is reborn