On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Mark A Mandel wrote: >On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Steven Brust wrote: > >#Oh, and the other thing is that the jhereg does not have four legs. >#That's the cover artist's rendition. I think it's a great cover, >#but that doesn't mean it's accurate. :-) > >So how DO you imagine a jhereg? Citing from previous posts, this is what SKZB said: http://dragaera.info/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?1:msp:174:gknlagjinepdjbcnnkjc ] (In my own vision of Loiosh, he has two legs, is smaller, smoother, ] his head is more snakelike, and his wings more batlike). I have noticed that Kathy Graham's art seems to be an attempt to portray this, although it doesn't look quite right to me. Looking at it, I think it is the thing on the jhereg's face that looks like a beak that throws me off (I imagine a more snakelike face would look more accurate). http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/k/a/kathyg/jhereg.jpg.html However, I ask Steve: Does Kathy's picture look more like what you imagine? This one looks more snakelike, but she is quite clear that it is not quite what the author had in mind: http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/d/a/danisylv/jhereg.jpg.html
