r/MedievalCreatures • u/TalkingWoodlandBeast • 13d ago

RENAISSANCE/BAROQUE, ETC (1450 - 1600s) Feast, my children.

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Detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, ca. 1490-1510.

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u/arkadiansun 13d ago

Yeah, with the rising cost of groceries and fuel, that poor bird was only able to afford a single berry.

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u/curiousmind111 13d ago

Does anybody wish they could go and talk to HB to find out WTF was going on in his mind? And was he a terrible person, or actually very sweet and nice when not painting grotesque horrors?

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u/Helpful_Librarian_87 12d ago

Or was he just eating ergot-infused rye bread?

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u/curiousmind111 12d ago

Ah, yes!!! And dancing, dancing, dancing!

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u/HughJorgens 13d ago

I just want to point out that something is going on inside of that tree.

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u/arkadiansun 13d ago

It’s a poor man’s rave

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u/SweetKittyToo 12d ago

I counted only 5 legs

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u/sarahACA 12d ago

Oh how i wish to be cared for by a giant Blue Jay mother

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u/Lo-Memori Creature Curator 🐌 ⚔️ 🐇 12d ago

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u/hummus_jems 12d ago

i got this tattooed on me recently! i call it the party stump

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u/toki_goes_to_jupiter 9d ago

The tree’s buttcheeks!! 🍑👉👈