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Here’s the badger I decided to draw - Sunflash the Mace from Outcast of Redwall! I was tempted to color in his gold stripe, but since I didn’t color the markings of Swartt Sixclaw or Taggerung, I’ll keep it consistent with this too. Overall I’m really happy with this one, the pose especially.
I'll be posting the rat character I've done tomorrow.
I'll be posting the rat character I've done tomorrow.
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He's certainly got the warrior look down!
That reminds me — the Hindu warrior god Indra was said to have a mace (called a vajra). He's best known for killing a water serpent who had dammed up the holy rivers and was keeping hostage.
Interestingly enough, in the related mythology of the Hittites, the Thunder God fights a water serpent — and is bested and stripped of his eyes and heart. Thus mutilated, he casts off his godhood and marries a mortal woman (who turns out to be a mountain goddess, but that's neither here nor there), and the two of them have a son. That sun falls in love with a girl — the daughter of the sea-serpent. They marry. The ex-Thunder God asks his son to ask the serpent for the eyes and heart back; according to tradition, the new in-laws cannot say no to a request. The son does so. Upon receiving his eyes and heart back, the Thunder God becomes a deity again and beats the serpent down. Just as he's about to give the finishing blow, his son steps in between. "The serpent has acted as a good father-in-law and has welcomed me into his home. If you mean to kill him, you must kill me too." So the storm god, unhappily, kills both the sea-serpent and his own son.
It's neat seeing the parallels with "Outcast of Redwall". I won't spoil it for you, but when you re-read it, you might notice some of the parallels too!
That reminds me — the Hindu warrior god Indra was said to have a mace (called a vajra). He's best known for killing a water serpent who had dammed up the holy rivers and was keeping hostage.
Interestingly enough, in the related mythology of the Hittites, the Thunder God fights a water serpent — and is bested and stripped of his eyes and heart. Thus mutilated, he casts off his godhood and marries a mortal woman (who turns out to be a mountain goddess, but that's neither here nor there), and the two of them have a son. That sun falls in love with a girl — the daughter of the sea-serpent. They marry. The ex-Thunder God asks his son to ask the serpent for the eyes and heart back; according to tradition, the new in-laws cannot say no to a request. The son does so. Upon receiving his eyes and heart back, the Thunder God becomes a deity again and beats the serpent down. Just as he's about to give the finishing blow, his son steps in between. "The serpent has acted as a good father-in-law and has welcomed me into his home. If you mean to kill him, you must kill me too." So the storm god, unhappily, kills both the sea-serpent and his own son.
It's neat seeing the parallels with "Outcast of Redwall". I won't spoil it for you, but when you re-read it, you might notice some of the parallels too!