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| Planche Créatures Fantastiques Deyrolle: Les Lièvres Cornus (Mammifères) Par Camille Renversade |
The paraleporids include, among others, the American jackalope, the German wolpertinger, the Swedish skvader, and the Arabic al-mi'raj. The majority of these paraleporids may be placed on a continuum between bird, deer, and rabbit, as in the venn diagram below. This creates a contrast between, for example, the jackalope, pertyon, skvader, and wolpertinger.
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Thus, despite the many regional names and variants thereof, the paraleporids may essentially be placed into three genera: horned hares (e.g. al-mi'raj, jackalope, rasselbock), rabbit birds (e.g. skvader), and horned rabbit birds (e.g. oibadrischl, rammeschucksn, raurackl, wolpertinger). Maybe four if you count antlered rabbits and unicorn rabbits as distinct from one another.
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| Cedrick’s notes on mythological bunnies. |
These creatures have rarely appeared in D&D publications, save for al-mi'raj and the peryton, presumably because they fall into the same conceptual space as the "stupid" or "misfit" monsters. They seem to be much more common in 3pp and homebrew, however.
Research links
- http://wunderkabinett.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-actual-history-of-antlered-rabbits.html
- https://www.hareoftherabbit.com/2017/09/11/jackalope-rabbit-breed-wolpertinger-skvader-al-miraj-mayan-folktale-knowledge-lobelia/
- https://enriquecgn.tumblr.com/post/183805512952/wolpertinger-edited-from-a-drawing-of
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-mi%27raj
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepus_cornutus
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolpertinger
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwetritsch
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasselbock
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skvader
- http://www.macroevolution.net/owl-rabbit-hybrids.html
- http://www.macroevolution.net/chicken-rabbit-hybrids.html
Gaming links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170301084649/http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article73.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170506144955/http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article95.htm
- https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/97660-wolpertinger
- https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/242650-wolpertinger
- https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/magical-beasts/wolpertinger/
- https://www.monsterdarlings.com/blogposts/2015/10/24/monsterween-wolpertinger
- https://www.5esrd.com/gamemastering/monsters-foes/monsters-by-type/monstrosities/wolpertinger/
- https://lhcodega.itch.io/the-wolpertinger
- https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/130382-skvader
- https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/128190-skvader
- https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/magical-beasts/skvader/
- https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/23357-jackalope
- https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/races/16797-jackalope
- https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Jackalope_(5e_Creature)
- https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Jackalope_(3.5e_Creature)
- https://www.patreon.com/posts/5e-d-d-fearsome-17087958
- https://www.patreon.com/posts/5e-d-d-gamma-17088519
- https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Almiraj
- https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Al-Mi%27raj_(5e_Creature)
- https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Al%27miraj
- https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/307239-lucky-almiraj
- https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/magical-beasts/almiraj/
- https://dailybestiary.tumblr.com/post/89318295523/almiraj
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