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2025-09-24,
of creatures and tropes

Buddha and the sun, Wat Phra That Pu Khao, Thailand

2016-08-22 – Nikon D3300
Buddha and the sun, Wat Phra That Pu Khao, Thailand

La Oreja de Van Gogh – Inmortal ↗

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Châtaigne, Tridi, 3 Vendémiaire, CCXXXIV
Chestnut, Soledi, 14 Lenia 12 025 (25H14)

throughout anime, manga, video games, and RPGs, there’s been various ways to separate and classify different types of fantastical creatures – animals, beasts, creatures, monsters – one or all of these terms have been used as an umbrella term at some point (D&D’s Monster Manual) – thanks to manga and anime, spiritual animals and yokai have also entered the vocabulary (one of the most famous spiritual animals is the western Fenrir) – of those that do try to classify and separate the terms, it’s usually something simple like: “animals” are friendly or domestic; “creatures” are wild, indifferent, instinctual; and “monsters” are antagonistic

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