{"id":69,"date":"2009-12-05T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/2009\/12\/calopus-persia\/"},"modified":"2012-11-25T07:53:06","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T01:53:06","slug":"calopus-persia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/2009\/12\/calopus-persia\/","title":{"rendered":"CALOPUS: (PERSIA)"},"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=\"hybrid-beasts\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/final-hybrid-beasts2.gif?resize=100%2C99\" alt=\"final-hybrid-beasts\" width=\"100\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a>This vicious predator know as the Calopus was said to bear the features of a wolf, a boar, a feral cat and a reptile, but it was most feared for its large, serrated, ram-like horns.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The first known depiction of the Calopus (also known as the Chatloup or the Aptaleon) was found carved in a block of wood in Norfolk England&#8217;s Raveningham church, which was erected sometime around 1383. Although this is the first known physical representation of this beast, tales of the Calopus actually harkens back to ancient Babylon.<\/p>\n<p>Often used for symbolic purposes in medieval heraldry &#8211; the practice of devising, blazoning, and granting armorial insignia &#8211; this creature was described as having a large, wolf-like body, a feline face, a boar-like snout, and a goat&#8217;s beard (a description which bears more than a little resemblance to the northern European GULON).<\/p>\n<p>Said to support itself on cloven fore-hooves, and a reptilian hindquarters, perhaps this beast&#8217;s the most notable characteristics were its two serrated horns, which eyewitnesses claimed were strong enough to fell trees. A skill which came in handy when wily prey would use their climbing skill as a means for escaping this voracious predator.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/calopus2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-610\" title=\"calopus2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/calopus2.jpg?resize=135%2C160\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This vicious predator was said to harbor the features of a wolf, a boar, a feral cat and a reptile, but it was most feared for its gigantic, serrated, ram-like horns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2504,"featured_media":12353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[1111,1108],"class_list":{"0":"post-69","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hybrid-beasts","8":"category-monsters","9":"tag-hybrid-beasts","10":"tag-monsters"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/calopus31.jpg?fit=310%2C207&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","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=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10450,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/10450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}