E16: The Jackalope
- Monsters & Masterpieces
- Aug 13, 2023
- 1 min read
Ya'll ready for a twist?! We explore the history of the Jackalope, which is way longer than we expected.
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El Paso Museum of History. “Aztec Calendar.” ND. https://www.digie.org/en/media/2362
Jemison, Micaela. “The world’s scariest rabbit lurks within the Smithsonian’s collection.” Last modified June 17, 2020. https://www.si.edu/stories/worlds-scariest-rabbit
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Simon, Matt. “Fantastically Wrong: The Disturbing Reality That Spawned the Mythical Jackalope.” Last modified May 14, 2014. https://www.wired.com/2014/05/fantastically-wrong-jackalope/
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Images
Fig. 1: CGP Grey. Unlucky Jackalope, photo, 2009, a restaurant in Spica, Kansas. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unlucky_Jackalope_4891624513.jpg
Fig. 2: Hoefnagel, Joris. Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra) Plate XLVII, watercolor and gouache on vellum,1575-1580, National Gallery of Art Washington.
Fig. 3: Zakariya ibn Muhammad Qazwini. Al-Miraj with a serpent, c. 1280, unknown location.
Fig. 4:Jan Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens. Madonna and Child in a Garland of Flowers, oil on panel, c. 1617-1620, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
Fig. 5:Museo Nacional de Antropología. Aztec Sun Stone Replica, plaster cast, 2005, El Paso, Texas.
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