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Goat: Dwarves riding giant goats across the mountains is such a fun idea, I can't get it out of my head.Rhino: The idea of goliaths riding rhinos is such a fun idea, I just can't get it out of my head.Hippopotamus: Fun for desert or other stuff dwelling creatures possible loxodon or hobgoblins.
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There aren't actually hippocampi in 5e but you could reflavor a giant seahorse pretty easily.
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Axe beaks: Serve as fun ostrich stand-ins.Deer, elk, and moose: can work for far northern folk, as well as elves.There are many creatures in D&D that can serve as mounts I wanted to make a list of them, for inspiration and for fun. To the ancient Egyptians, the vulture personified resurrection in the underworld a predatory bird who takes into its The image of the vulture in jewelry was restricted to the king's mother, the king's wife, and the deceased. Queens wore the golden Vulture Headdress to symbolize their role as the great mothers of Egypt. The hieroglyphic pss – “to spread oneself over someone in protection” - is the image of an outstretched vulture’s wing. Known as the “ Pharaoh’s Hen,” the vulture was strongly associated with royal women, and statues of queens were shown being embraced from behind by a great vulture, similar to how in statuary pharaohs were embraced by a falcon. Myths about the vulture said that when her young are hungry and the land barren, she makes the supreme sacrifice by tearing her own flesh and plucking at her breast, feeding her fledglings on drops of her own blood. The hieroglyphic mki – “to protect” - is the picture of a vulture sheltering her young with her wings. The Egyptians considered the vulture to be an excellent mother, and its wide wingspan was seen as all-encompassing and providing a protective cover to its infants. Because of its immense size and its ability to soar high up in the sky, the vulture was thought to be close to the gods - sometimes the sky itself was thought of as a great vulture.Īncient Egyptian belief held that there were no male vultures (vultures often have no significant markings differing between the female and the male of the species.) They believed that the bird was conceived with the wind, or that it “willed itself into being.” In fact, early Christian fathers cited the example of vulture mothers to defend the doctrine of virgin birth. The vulture was credited with foresight – it was recorded that vultures followed men into battle, as if knowing that they would be slain. The Egyptian Vulture, the Bearded Vulture, the Lappet-faced Vulture, and the Griffon Vulture were all well-known to the ancient Egyptians - the Griffon was the largest bird of prey that the Egyptians knew.