{"id":6219,"date":"2010-11-28T02:16:34","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T20:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/?p=6219"},"modified":"2012-11-25T07:51:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T01:51:16","slug":"calygreyhound-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/2010\/11\/calygreyhound-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"CALYGREYHOUND: (EUROPE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/hybrid-beasts\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-118\" title=\"final-hybrid-beasts\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/final-hybrid-beasts2.gif?resize=100%2C99\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a>Renowned for its incredible speed, this creature is notable for its apparent synthesis of features which are found on both carnivores and grassland herbivores.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes associated with the CARETYNE, this unique animal appears on the Medieval heraldry of the de Vere family &#8212; who were the Earls of Oxford \u2013 during the 15th and 16th centuries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cal_mer.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6228\" title=\"cal_mer\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cal_mer.jpg?resize=208%2C242\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a>Often used to symbolize speed, the Calygreyhound was an apparently terrifying melding of different mammals, which was described as having the head of a wildcat, the torso of an antelope, the fore-claws of an eagle and the hind legs and hooves of an ox.<\/p>\n<p>That having been stated, there are some illustrations which depict the creature as an <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/aquatic-enigmas\/\" target=\"_\">AQUATIC ENIGMA<\/a>, complete with a fish-like tail.<\/p>\n<p>These creatures were also often depicted as having a pair of bulbous, ram-like horns. Although, this animal is commonly accepted to be a figment of medieval artists\u2019 fertile imaginations, the fact remains that even the most fantastic beasts, more often than not, have some basis in reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Copyright Rob Morphy 2002 &#8212; 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned for its incredible speed, this creature is notable for its apparent synthesis of features which are found on both carnivores and grassland herbivores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2504,"featured_media":12125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[507,506,504,505,174],"class_list":{"0":"post-6219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hybrid-beasts","8":"category-monsters","9":"tag-calopus","10":"tag-caretyne","11":"tag-medieval-heraldry","12":"tag-medieval-monsters","13":"tag-mermaid"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Caly241.jpg?fit=500%2C396&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2504"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10214,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6219\/revisions\/10214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}