▲ 339 ▼ Where war elephants were once used (thelemmy.club) submitted 7 months ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 10 points 7 months ago (2 children) Oh right, yeah that one is probably gossip haha permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glimse@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago I love a good urban legend permalink fedilink source parent [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago It'd be pretty easy to guess, honestly. Just saying "a lot like a cow, with legs like in the front" would cover it for sculptural purposes - the flattish tail being an excusable detail. Medieval artists did a lot of this, although sometimes the results were less than perfect: permalink fedilink source parent
[–] glimse@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago I love a good urban legend permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago It'd be pretty easy to guess, honestly. Just saying "a lot like a cow, with legs like in the front" would cover it for sculptural purposes - the flattish tail being an excusable detail. Medieval artists did a lot of this, although sometimes the results were less than perfect: permalink fedilink source parent