#medievalcrab part 3 (boring context bit) - the depictions are from medieval texts, books of hours, psalters, stained glass windows depicting the zodiac sign Cancer - that we now look at as a crab. It seems it’s not always been so - some of these depictions are of crayfish-like creatures, some have beetle-ish features - and indeed, the Ancient Egyptians did view the Cancer constellation as that of the scarab.

Regardless, I still adore these wee critters.

#medievalanimalart #medievalzodiac

#medievalcrab part 2. Sounds like something you’d catch, and looking at these creatures, I do wonder if that’s what they were depicting… 😂

I feel like maybe this post should have a warning for @secretsloth’s husband… beware, those things again!

I do love #medievalcat drawings, and agree they have a place in the fediverse, but I see your #medievalcats and raise you some #medievalcrab drawings…

(Pictures are depictions of the Cancerian crab - the #medievalzodiac is a weird and wonderful rabbit hole to explore)