Scorpion Men - Pop Culture [toys]

"Scorponok" from the Beast Wars/ Transformers series

Monster in my Pocket figure (taken almost directly from the stone tablet depiction)

Scorpion Men - Ancient Art

The most famous depiction of Scorpion men comes from this tablet from the Epic of Gilgamesh. Images above are the original tablet and a line art representation.

Scorpion Men [Introduction]

Scorpion Men are an Akkadian concoction/ hybrid, and appear in the Epic of Gilgamesh [the oldest recorded narrative] as guardians to Kurnugi, the land of darkness.

*I'm going to revisit greek mythology after covering Scorpion Men to get some more fine art back on the site....

Umibozu - Pop Culture

If anyone can help identify these, especially the first one (probably from a film?) let me know-

Umibozu - Contemporary Art [Drawing/Painting]

Unidentified [awesome] painting

Unidentified Painting

Unidentified drawing [probably from a comic book]

Print by "The Stray" [available as a Tshirt, apparently]

by Satojiman

Mizuki Shigeru - Bronze

Matthew Meyer

Eriko - Silkscreen Print

Umibozu - Fine Art [Drawing]

Kinda sad, the only 2 traditional representations of the Umibozu I could find after extensive Google Image searching (in both English and Japanese) are the two images linked from Wikipedia....

Utagawi Kuniyoshi - 19th Century Print

Image from an Obake Karuta card [Edo Period]

Umibozu [Introduction]

I'm gonna cross continents but keep with the sea-monsters theme. The Umibozu is a well-known Yokai (spirit) in Japanese mythology that is said to be a large, man-like figure with a bald/ buhhda type head [part of the etymology of "Umibozu" includes the word for priest] and serpentine arms. Sometimes it's said to be the spirit of a drowned priest. It drowns any ships/ sailors passing by. Apparently it does this by asking for something, like a barrel, which it then promptly uses to flood the ship with water. Or it just flips your ship over. The only way to dodge the thing is by giving it a botom-less barrel. I guess? Are Umibozus really that dumb?

Anyways, more info on Wikipedia, and images coming throughout the week.