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RPG edit[edit]

I moved the following from the article, because it's clearly RPG stuff, though not what I remember from playing Dungeons and Dragons. It should be integrated back into the article with proper context given. — No-One Jones (talk) 05:57, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)

A catoblepas is a behemoth like monster that walks on all fours and resembles a mix between a lion, tiger and a wolf and besides been covered with fur of different colors (red, purple), with eyes all over its body which emits all sorts of powers.

Death Cheese?[edit]

Does anyone know anything about the 'Death Cheese' thing? I've never heard of it. Is it perhaps in a spin-off like Baldur's Gate? (Unsigned)

External Link Broken[edit]

Well... yeah. It is broken. Does anyone have a link to replace it? (Unsigned)

I replaced the broken URL, seems like the URL of the original page changed slightly.Deinotherium 13:23, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyedit[edit]

Gorgon[edit]

The use of the term 'Gorgon' is actually MUCH older than the D&D usage. Several medeival beastiaries use 'gorgon' to refer to creatures with similar descriptions. Apparently, some translaters confused various tales, probably due to the 'deathgaze' similarilty. CFLeon (talk) 22:46, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Species identification[edit]

Could the Catoblepas have been the North African subspecies of the Aurochs rather than a wildebeest ? (Longfinmako) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Longfinmako (talk • contribs) 12:24, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think now that Jan Jonston had made the same mistake as I did previously by interpreting it as a wild cattle. Actually, after reading again those descriptions, a form of giant Warthog or Suid is more likely instead.Longfinmako (talk) 14:44, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To look upon the Catoplebas as a wildebeest may be right... or applying Occam's RAZOR... Longfinmako (talk) 20:41, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation[edit]

Is there a good authority on pronunciation of "catoblepas"? A naive reading would be /kəˈtoʊbəlˌpəs/, but in when it's mentioned in The Witcher it's /ˈkætəˌblɛpəs/. The latter would seem more consistent with its etymology. Hairy Dude (talk) 03:45, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

For what it's worth, Drago magazine suggested three pronunciations for the D&D version in an article from issue 93 (1985) "ka-TAB-le-pus, k@t-o-BLEPus, or k@t-o-BLEEPus", with @ being like the a in "fat". Daranios (talk) 11:13, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]