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+ | Black Hat is at it again, by replacing the eight reindeer of Santa's sleigh with a single spider-legged reindeer. He considers this "more authentic" because Santa Claus is based in part on Odin, the chief god of Norse mythology. On the pagan holiday of Yule, Odin was said to ride his eight legged horse, {{w|Sleipnir}}, across the land. Children would leave one of their boots out and fill it with hay for Sleipnir to eat, then Odin would refill the boot with gifts. This obviously presages the Christmas tradition of hanging stockings by the chimney. | ||
− | The | + | The intuitive interpretation of a horse with eight legs is probably making the body longer to make an additional set of normal equine legs fit in. Such a creature could be made to look natural. Black Hat's interpretation is to change the type of legs in order to fit all eight legs in there. Many people do think of spiders when they think of "eight legs." But the result of this is to make a chimera (Greek word for any animal with body parts from two or more different animals), and a terrifying one at that. Black Hat plays upon the very common arachnophobia, or fear of spiders. A slightly more terrifying creature (to some) would be if he had used octopus tentacles instead of spider legs, but we do not call those "legs." |
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+ | Black Hat: In earlier Norse myths, the eight reindeer were actually one steed with eight '''legs'''. | ||
− | + | Black Hat: So I think this is more authentic. | |
− | + | Boy: AAAAAA! | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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