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アメイジングデジタルサーカスのポムにーさんが可愛かった。
照れ顔も焦り顔も屈託のない笑顔も好きだけど、ポムニーのような引きつった顔も好き。
最後の壮大な音楽が流れている中、アップしていくポムニーの顔がどんどん引きつっていくのめちゃくちゃグッと来た(歪み)。
pomni from THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS was cute.
I like her shy face, impatient face, and carefree smile, but I also like her drawn face like pomni's.
I was really moved by pomni's face getting more and more drawn as it was being uploaded while the magnificent music was playing at the end (distortion).
Melusine – mythical humanoid serpent transformed into a dragon
Melusine is a water spirit from French folklore and an example of human–animal marriage as well as princess Toyotama (See) in the East. She is a humanoid hybrid whose upper body is that of a beautiful woman in medieval costume, but whose lower body is that of a snake, and is also said to be a dragon nymph, as she has dragon wings on her back. She is also sometimes thought to be associated with mermaid lore. The Starbucks logo is also inspired by her.
Mélusine was the daughter of Pressine, the Fountain Fay, and Elinas, King of Albany, Scotland. Her mother placed a curse on Mélusine and her sisters that for one day a week they would assume the form of a snake from the waist down. Furthermore, if anyone saw them in their true form, they would be permanently remain forever the lower body of a snake and with wings.
Raymondin, Count of Poitou, who had left his family after accidentally killing his uncle, while hunting in the forest, met Melusine one day, fell in love and married her after making a covenant that he would never look at her on Saturdays. She brought her husband wealth and they had ten children.
However, when her husband heard a malicious rumour, he broke his promise and saw Melusine's true identity while she was bathing. Locked alone in her room, her upper body was human, but her lower body was that of a giant snake (or fish). She then assumes the form of a dragon, provides him with two magic rings, and flies off, never to be seen again. She returns only at night to nurse her two youngest children, who are still infants. Although many of Melusine's children had the nature of monsters, it is said that the future French monarch stood from the lineage of two children born normal.
Melusine's sons:
Julian (said to have later become King of Cyprus)
Eudes (whose appearance and face appear to be on fire)
Guy (said to have later become king of Armenia)
Antoine (with a lion's foot growing out of one cheek)
Renault (with one eye)
Geoffroy (with one large tusk)
Fromont (with a hair-covered birthmark on his nose)
Negai Yo Hiike - Make a wish
Afraid of the dawn, I wish again and again
Farewell to the lonely sky and the salvation of love
My prayer is distant, illuminates the crimson lotus
Ringing bells, carry my wish
Warm sleep, stretch your hand high today
Oh, if only I could be forgiven
Joy, sorrow, let us live together
Shining human voices full of smiles
Please, light, guide me, to the wondrous morning I've longed for
To the beautiful morning I've been waiting for
When I wake up, let's start walking
Along with my dreams
Ringing bells, carry my wish
I dance from my heart in the city that blooms today
Oh, now it's blooming beautifully
Joy, sorrow, let us all sing together
I dreamed so vividly of the love I shared with you
Please guide me, let the light guide me
Into Tomorrow
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Miedo al amanecer, deseo una y otra vez
Adiós al cielo solitario y la salvación del amor.
Mi oración es distante, ilumina el loto carmesí
Sonando las campanas, lleva mi deseo
Sueño cálido, estira tu mano alto hoy
Oh, si tan solo pudiera ser perdonado
Alegría, tristeza, vivamos juntos
Brillantes voces humanas llenas de sonrisas
Por favor, luz, guíame, a la maravillosa mañana que he anhelado
A la hermosa mañana que he estado esperando
Cuando me despierte, empecemos a caminar.
Junto con mis sueños
Sonando las campanas, lleva mi deseo
Bailo con mi corazón en la ciudad que hoy florece
Oh, ahora está floreciendo maravillosamente
Alegría, tristeza, cantemos todos juntos
Soñé tan vívidamente con el amor que compartí contigo
Por favor guíame, deja que la luz me guíe
[Image above: Qilin, a legendary hoofed chimeric creature of Chinese mythology that is have been born from Yinglong]
Legends of the humanoids
Reptilian humanoids (7)
Yinglong - Winged Dragon, God of Rain in Chinese mythology
Yinglong (lit. 'responsive dragon') is a dragon that belonged directly to the Yellow Emperor (reign dates: 2697–2597 or 2698–2598 BCE), with four legs, bat- or falcon-like wings and three claws on each foot. It is allowed to access between heaven and earth. It also has the ability to store water and make it rain.
Yinglong is the chief of of the four dragons are the Azure, Red, White and Black dragons, and is said to give birth to the Heavenly Horse (Qilin), and become Yellow Dragon in old age. The Yellow Dragon is located in the middle of the Five Dragon King (Ref), is a part of Wuxing & the Four Symbols (Ref2) as the embodiment of the element of earth.
The (2nd century BCE) Huainanzi uses Yinglong in three chapters. "Forms of Earth" (Chapter 4) explains how animal evolution originated through dragons, with Yinglong as the progenitor of quadrupeds.
“All creatures, winged, hairy, scaly and mailed, find their origin in the dragon. The yu-kia (founder of birds) produced the flying dragon, the flying dragon gave birth to the phoenixes, and after them the luan-niao and all birds, in general the winged beings, were born successively. The mao-tuh ("hairy calf") produced the ying-lung the ying-lung (yinglong) gave birth to the kien-ma (heavenly horse), and afterwards the qilin and all quadrupeds, in general the hairy beings, were born successively. …”
Qilin are a type of legendary animal in Chinese mythology. They resemble deer in appearance, are large, standing 5 m ( approx. 16 ft) tall, and are unicorns with a face resembling a dragon, a bull's tail and horse's hooves, and qilin horns. Its back is five-coloured, its fur is yellow and it has scales on its body.