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“Gary crouched on the floor of the party-supply store and slit open the belly of a goat-shaped piñata with his blade.”

Colson Whitehead, Zone One, p. 51.

This weekend marks my first real foray into the world of zombies. There have already been rewards, but none so promising as this, a Tragos-endrosed piñata reference to be sure.

melanyouth: Went to the Culture House and although I wad disappointed they didn’t have many original medieval manuscripts on display, I enjoyed what they did have. Of course I thought of Tragos when I saw this, from the saga involving Odin I believe. Yes, thank you Melanyouth. This has clearly been the best goat-related week ever here on Tumblr. [Little known fact: Odin was my favorite god in the Deities and Demigods Handbook.] [You must be shocked…shocked…to discover I was a Dungeons and Dragons enthusiast.]

melanyouth:

Went to the Culture House and although I wad disappointed they didn’t have many original medieval manuscripts on display, I enjoyed what they did have. Of course I thought of Tragos when I saw this, from the saga involving Odin I believe.

Yes, thank you Melanyouth. This has clearly been the best goat-related week ever here on Tumblr.

[Little known fact: Odin was my favorite god in the Deities and Demigods Handbook.]

[You must be shocked…shocked…to discover I was a Dungeons and Dragons enthusiast.]

ragbag: some peculiar ancient shop signs a thousand years ago when reading was a skill on par with alchemy, shopkeepers needed a way to alert customers to the types of goods they were peddling without using writing. they did this through iconography (a loaf of bread meant a bakery and a shoe represented a cobbler’s shop). as literacy became a hot new fad, many of these icons were lost to time though a few still survive today: consider the barber pole of the barbershop, the cigar store indian of the tobacconist, and the snow globe of the pharmacist. other emblems have faded over time, but fortunately for you, i have been able to discover a few highly peculiar icons from our bygone days of blissful illiteracy. a goat signified the store of the perfumer the french king’s head signified the sword-cutler’s shop a rampant lion with a cornucopia on each side signified the shop of a silk-weaver a baptist’s head signifies a cook’s shop three balls signify a pawnbroker a dog licking a porridge-pot was a usual sign at ironmongers an ivy bush signified an alehouse a woman without a head was a common emblem at oil-shops i don’t know about you, but when i see a dog licking a porridge-pot, my first thought is: “where can i get me some iron?” __ other peculiarities I’m actually getting a bit scared. On the same day that South Twelfth posts on goats, so too does the esteemed Raynor? Something big is happening. Now I need to find an excellent perfume with a goat label for Mrs. Tragos. If anyone has a lead on this pressing mission, please notify Tragos HQ right away.

ragbag:

some peculiar ancient shop signs

a thousand years ago when reading was a skill on par with alchemy, shopkeepers needed a way to alert customers to the types of goods they were peddling without using writing. they did this through iconography (a loaf of bread meant a bakery and a shoe represented a cobbler’s shop). as literacy became a hot new fad, many of these icons were lost to time though a few still survive today: consider the barber pole of the barbershop, the cigar store indian of the tobacconist, and the snow globe of the pharmacist. other emblems have faded over time, but fortunately for you, i have been able to discover a few highly peculiar icons from our bygone days of blissful illiteracy.

  • a goat signified the store of the perfumer
  • the french king’s head signified the sword-cutler’s shop
  • a rampant lion with a cornucopia on each side signified the shop of a silk-weaver
  • a baptist’s head signifies a cook’s shop
  • three balls signify a pawnbroker
  • a dog licking a porridge-pot was a usual sign at ironmongers
  • an ivy bush signified an alehouse
  • a woman without a head was a common emblem at oil-shops

i don’t know about you, but when i see a dog licking a porridge-pot, my first thought is: “where can i get me some iron?”

__

other peculiarities

I’m actually getting a bit scared. On the same day that South Twelfth posts on goats, so too does the esteemed Raynor? Something big is happening.

Now I need to find an excellent perfume with a goat label for Mrs. Tragos.

If anyone has a lead on this pressing mission, please notify Tragos HQ right away.