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Few mountain beasts are as terrifying as the terrible Roc, whose home can range from China to Madagascar, the deserts and the mountains. Only the largest of beasts is its prey, but for its babies, humans are ample enough.

🖼: EJ Detmold

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2023-03-01

The Roc/Rukh is a monsterous bird that can lift elephants into the sky & makes several appearances in the 1,001 Arabian Nights.
Art by Edward Julius Detmold
Plate from The Arabian Nights, 'The Roc Which Fed Its Young On Elephants.'

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2023-02-28

The Roc/Rukh is a monsterous bird that can lift elephants into the sky & makes several appearances in the 1,001 Arabian Nights.



🎨 by Edward Julius Detmold
Plate from The Arabian Nights, 'The Roc Which Fed Its Young On Elephants.'

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2022-11-23

Some of the fine illustrations by Edward Julius Detmold featured in Fabre’s Book of Insects (1921).

More on the book here: https://t.co/fwYbcHsZYJ

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2022-07-03

The Roc is a monstrous bird that can lift elephants into the sky & feeds them to its young. It makes several appearances in the 1,001 Arabian Nights. 

Art by Edward Julius Detmold
Plate from "The Arabian Nights", 'The Roc which fed its young on elephants.'

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2022-06-30

In rohs are vicious birds that devour humans by night. Their giant bodies are covered in scales; they only have feathers on their wings. They are likely associated with the Middle Eastern roc.

🎨E. J. Detmold

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2022-05-03

The Roc/Rukh is a monsterous bird that can lift elephants into the sky & makes several appearances in the 1,001 Arabian Nights.
Art by Edward Julius Detmold
Plate from The Arabian Nights, 'The Roc Which Fed Its Young On Elephants.'

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2022-03-09

Beautiful illustrations by Edward Julius Detmold for Fabre's Book of Insects (1921) retold by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell a book of essays on insect life combined with mythology and folklore

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2022-02-05

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The Roc is a monsterous bird that can lift elephants into the sky & makes several appearances in the 1,001 Arabian Nights.
Art by Edward Julius Detmold
Plate from The Arabian Nights, 'The Roc Which Fed Its Young On Elephants.'

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2021-11-23

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