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Mythos:
In the land of Eire, there is a tale of a supernatural guardian. They call it the Enfield, a chimaerical phantom that appears when righteous warriors are about to die at the hands of savages. When a righteous son or daughter of Eire has been defeated in battle, an Enfield is said to emerge from the mists and hold off their attackers until a fellow child of Eire can come to their rescue. In the most dire circumstances, the Enfield fights of any barbarians from defiling a true warrior's corpse, so that they can be properly buried and go to Tir na n'Og. The Enfield was said to have the traits of many creatures, but it was mostly a combination of Fox and Raven, or Sionnach and Fitheach. Much like the Kitsune of Yamato, the Sionnach of Eire were said to be clever animals, masters of stealth, shape-shifting and seduction, and guardians of treasure. The Fitheach was a symbol of the OtherWorld, and of war and death. Just as the Gryphon is a symbol of strength and regality, on a count of its combination of Eagle and Lion, the Enfield is a symbol of magic, wits and beauty. And being a creature of Eire, their pelt was said to be a deep green like the shamrocks of their home.
In the land of Eire, there is a tale of a supernatural guardian. They call it the Enfield, a chimaerical phantom that appears when righteous warriors are about to die at the hands of savages. When a righteous son or daughter of Eire has been defeated in battle, an Enfield is said to emerge from the mists and hold off their attackers until a fellow child of Eire can come to their rescue. In the most dire circumstances, the Enfield fights of any barbarians from defiling a true warrior's corpse, so that they can be properly buried and go to Tir na n'Og. The Enfield was said to have the traits of many creatures, but it was mostly a combination of Fox and Raven, or Sionnach and Fitheach. Much like the Kitsune of Yamato, the Sionnach of Eire were said to be clever animals, masters of stealth, shape-shifting and seduction, and guardians of treasure. The Fitheach was a symbol of the OtherWorld, and of war and death. Just as the Gryphon is a symbol of strength and regality, on a count of its combination of Eagle and Lion, the Enfield is a symbol of magic, wits and beauty. And being a creature of Eire, their pelt was said to be a deep green like the shamrocks of their home.
Insight:
The Enfield is possibly the most obscure mythical creature I've ever tackled, and I need to confess to being inaccurate. When I first heard of the Enfield, it was just as a blurb, a heraldic fox-gryphon, and I thought, cool, people love fox anthros and gryphons, this will be great. Digging deeper, I learned that an Enfield is actually more complicated, it has the head of a fox, the talons of an eagle, the chest of a greyhound, the body (or abs?) of a lion, the hind quarters of a wolf and the tail of a either a wolf, lion or squirrel. So I decided, screw it, who's gonna know? and went with the fox-gryphon option. I decided it would be cooler if the Enfield was a combination of fox and raven, a creature of beauty and wisdom rather than strength and regality like the Gryphon. Both the fox and gryphon color schemes take up a lot of color slots and I sort of ran out.
The Enfield is possibly the most obscure mythical creature I've ever tackled, and I need to confess to being inaccurate. When I first heard of the Enfield, it was just as a blurb, a heraldic fox-gryphon, and I thought, cool, people love fox anthros and gryphons, this will be great. Digging deeper, I learned that an Enfield is actually more complicated, it has the head of a fox, the talons of an eagle, the chest of a greyhound, the body (or abs?) of a lion, the hind quarters of a wolf and the tail of a either a wolf, lion or squirrel. So I decided, screw it, who's gonna know? and went with the fox-gryphon option. I decided it would be cooler if the Enfield was a combination of fox and raven, a creature of beauty and wisdom rather than strength and regality like the Gryphon. Both the fox and gryphon color schemes take up a lot of color slots and I sort of ran out.