F is for Fafnir
Fafnir lived in the Germanic world of giants, dwarves, greed, and deceit. Oh yeah, and of dragons. When fan-fave Loki killed Fafnir's bro, Loki had to compensate the misdeed by filling the corpse with red gold (or something silly like that). Alas, the treasure was cursed and caused all sorts of greed-fueled intrigue - eventually leading to Fafnir having to turn into a tremendous dragon to guard the gold. Faffy was eventually slain by the hero Sigurd.
Hah! I totally knew you were going to do Fafnir!! Well, okay, I thought maybe you might do Frey or Fenris..but Fafnir was my first thought for "F". Nice dragon.
ReplyDeleteMost awesome dragon drawing ever! The antler style horns are great.
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ReplyDeleteThere was surprisingly little in the way of interesting "F" figures to choose from. I didn't want to do yet another Greek myth already, nor did I want to do a strictly "human" mythological figure. I boiled my choices down to Faunus (essentially Pan but from ancient Italy), Fomorii, the Furies, Fenrir, and Fafnir. I have drawn versions of all these things many times but a dragon offered the most room for creative interpretation. "G" and "H" are going to be really tough - lots to choose from in those two letters.
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ReplyDeleteVery nice. . .very nice.
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