Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Mythical Creature of the Day: Musimon



The musimon is a goat that also has ram horns, for a total of four horns. In heraldry it is used to symbolize an authority who leads with strength. Sometimes it is called a "tityrus" or "tytron". I think it looks like the Loughton Ram from Matthew Barney's Cremaster 4. But of course, I usually associate everything with at least one of the Cremaster cycles, so this is not surprising. You know what's hard to find on the internet? An image of the Loughton Ram from Cremaster 4. No foolin.

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