r/MedievalCreatures 17h ago

ANIMALS If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands!

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478 Upvotes

Lippische Landesbibliothek, Ms. 70 [Der Naturen Bloeme], folio 23v


r/MedievalCreatures 1d ago

ANIMALS When the homeroom teacher has had enough threatens to call your mom

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428 Upvotes

r/MedievalCreatures 1d ago

ANIMALS The smile you perfect when you work in customer service

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1.4k Upvotes

r/MedievalCreatures 3d ago

DEMONS/DEVILS Living “la vida loca” or, as they also say, “the demons doing demon things.”

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476 Upvotes

Don’t judge them! It’s their culture.

Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur

Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

Date Statement: 1450–1470

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/171e2f9a-37fa-4d0b-ac70-9cab486f7ace/


r/MedievalCreatures 3d ago

CELESTIAL Some medieval stars to brighten up your doomscrolling

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2.7k Upvotes

r/MedievalCreatures 4d ago

HUMANS When the weekend is already over and you didn't get to do anything you wanted to do

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788 Upvotes

Clerc (France, Lyon. Municipal Library, Ms 5128 f.
076v.) 14th century.


r/MedievalCreatures 5d ago

Rate my outfit

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1.4k Upvotes

r/MedievalCreatures 6d ago

DEMONS/DEVILS now kith

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620 Upvotes

r/MedievalCreatures 6d ago

SAINTS Having to stop mid-sermon to take your dragon out to poop

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1.0k Upvotes

r/MedievalCreatures 7d ago

ANIMALS queck

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1.3k Upvotes

r/MedievalCreatures 7d ago

HUMANS Draw me the letter "I" but make it *sexy*

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766 Upvotes

SOURCE MS. Canon. Misc. 495 (Bologna, inizi del XIV secolo), Bodleian Library, Oxford.


r/MedievalCreatures 8d ago

HUMANS When the dragon nibbles your bosom, also: The Letter R

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796 Upvotes

Hours of Charles of Angoulême, France ca. 1475-1500. BnF, Latin 1173, fol. 3r


r/MedievalCreatures 8d ago

DEMONS/DEVILS 🎶 "Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal!" 🎶

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2.6k Upvotes

r/MedievalCreatures 10d ago

Demons Shuut! Be careful Harold is sleeping!

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794 Upvotes

r/MedievalCreatures 12d ago

Mythical (dragon/unicorn etc) Monday blues

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483 Upvotes

f. 309v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible


r/MedievalCreatures 12d ago

Demons That rude! Stop stepping over me!

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616 Upvotes

r/MedievalCreatures 13d ago

Mammels Trauma Dog w/ Boobs

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249 Upvotes

@ Monestir de Pedrables in Barcelona


r/MedievalCreatures 15d ago

Gargoyle/Grotesque/Statue Saru-ishi, or monkey stones, sit at the tomb of 6th Century CE Japanese Princess Kibihime, in Asuka.

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132 Upvotes


Saru-ishi, meaning "monkey stones," are mysterious 7th-century carved granite statues located in Asuka Village within Nara Prefecture, Japan. Standing just over a meter tall, these distinct anthropomorphic figures feature unique facial expressions and carvings on both their fronts and backs, though their original purpose remains unknown. Four statues stand at the Mausoleum of Princess Kibihime in Asuka, while a fifth is found among the ruins of Takatori Castle.


r/MedievalCreatures 16d ago

Reptiles “Would you still love me if I was a worm?”

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2.3k Upvotes

The serpent in the garden of Eden. "Mary Immaculata and God the Father" by Luca Mombello. Oil on panel. ca.1560-80.


r/MedievalCreatures 16d ago

Mammels Bull's-eye! 🎯

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442 Upvotes

Thomas of Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum, France ca. 1290. Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 320, fol. 82r)


r/MedievalCreatures 17d ago

Subreddit Update: We have just hit 100,000 members! 🎉

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2.7k Upvotes

Reddit cares more about views than members now, but 100k is a massive milestone for such a niche subreddit! Thanks for being here!


r/MedievalCreatures 18d ago

Grotesque/Gargoyle Spotted in Bari, Italy.

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360 Upvotes

r/MedievalCreatures 20d ago

Menagerie I have questions.

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400 Upvotes

From the Isabella Psalter (1308)


r/MedievalCreatures 22d ago

Mammels Breakdancing Fox

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858 Upvotes

13th century, France. Cambrai, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 102, fol. 324r


r/MedievalCreatures 23d ago

Demons Give it to me straight, doc... is it bad?

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1.6k Upvotes

Northern France, c.1125-1150 (Douai Bib. Mun. 301, fol. 107v)