I was thinking about writing up characters for if each of the 22 major arcana tarot cards were represented by a mythical creature (with the exception of the hermit) what would they be?
And while I'm drawing from as many legends as I can think of there are some which are either especially difficult either cause of a lack of choices of too many of them
The rule I had for making this list was 1, they need to be a creature and not a specific entity (death and the devil being exceptions, and maybe the world as well), they had to have something at least somewhat related to the ideas and meanings of each card (though not nessecarily completely related) and I want to avoid having too many creatures from the same area and having too much overlap with their abilities (a lot more linient with this).
Here is what I have so far, I will write in more detail below:
0 The Fool - Poltergeist (German)
1 The Magician - Rakshasa (Hindu)
2 The High Priestess - Apsara (Hindu)
3 The Empress -
4 The Emperor -
5 The Hierophant -
6 The Lovers -
7 The Chariot - Minotaur or Centaur (Greek)
8 Strength -
9 The Hermit - Human (The exception in the form of an old chinese monk)
10 Wheel of Fortune -
11 Justice -
12 Hanged Man -
13 Death - Skeleton (Multi-Cultural) (More precisely, the grim reaper or death himself)
14 Temperance -
15 The Devil - Demon (Christian) (the devil himself, though I might not make this an exception and just make them a powerful regular demon)
16 The Tower - Dullahan (Irish)
17 The Star -
18 The Moon - Kitsune (Japanese)
19 The Sun -
20 Judgement - Angel (Christian)
21 The World -
So to note somethings here
The Chariot is one I'm deciding between minotaur or centaur as they both fit the bill well enough for me, I'm leaning more to the minotaur mostly cause centaurs are used more often and I quite like minotaurs (also, yes I know the minotaur is actually a specific creature but most people have them as a race so I'm willing to be flexible with stuff like that)
The lovers, I was thinking of a vampire because of an image I have of them but I dont think that there are probably better fits for it. That said I do want a vampire to reach the list in one form or another.
Wheel of Fortune is a bit annoying since I'm just not entirely sure what luck bending creature to go for.
The reason why I decided to make the hermit human is due to the idea of what a hermit is and that sort of came to the idea of a old religious monk who has a powerful ki and astounding awareness from years of solitude
The reason why I said I might make an exception with the world is that, the world is supposed to be the most powerful of all the tarot cards so naturally having something which has a defined identity might actually be good but I'm not too sure, this is unlike the case with the devil and death where the two tarot cards are refering to something specific
If you have any questions about my choices and other things just ask and also I can link to a place with the meanings of tarot cards if you are too unsure about these things
Thank you for any help you may give
And while I'm drawing from as many legends as I can think of there are some which are either especially difficult either cause of a lack of choices of too many of them
The rule I had for making this list was 1, they need to be a creature and not a specific entity (death and the devil being exceptions, and maybe the world as well), they had to have something at least somewhat related to the ideas and meanings of each card (though not nessecarily completely related) and I want to avoid having too many creatures from the same area and having too much overlap with their abilities (a lot more linient with this).
Here is what I have so far, I will write in more detail below:
0 The Fool - Poltergeist (German)
1 The Magician - Rakshasa (Hindu)
2 The High Priestess - Apsara (Hindu)
3 The Empress -
4 The Emperor -
5 The Hierophant -
6 The Lovers -
7 The Chariot - Minotaur or Centaur (Greek)
8 Strength -
9 The Hermit - Human (The exception in the form of an old chinese monk)
10 Wheel of Fortune -
11 Justice -
12 Hanged Man -
13 Death - Skeleton (Multi-Cultural) (More precisely, the grim reaper or death himself)
14 Temperance -
15 The Devil - Demon (Christian) (the devil himself, though I might not make this an exception and just make them a powerful regular demon)
16 The Tower - Dullahan (Irish)
17 The Star -
18 The Moon - Kitsune (Japanese)
19 The Sun -
20 Judgement - Angel (Christian)
21 The World -
So to note somethings here
The Chariot is one I'm deciding between minotaur or centaur as they both fit the bill well enough for me, I'm leaning more to the minotaur mostly cause centaurs are used more often and I quite like minotaurs (also, yes I know the minotaur is actually a specific creature but most people have them as a race so I'm willing to be flexible with stuff like that)
The lovers, I was thinking of a vampire because of an image I have of them but I dont think that there are probably better fits for it. That said I do want a vampire to reach the list in one form or another.
Wheel of Fortune is a bit annoying since I'm just not entirely sure what luck bending creature to go for.
The reason why I decided to make the hermit human is due to the idea of what a hermit is and that sort of came to the idea of a old religious monk who has a powerful ki and astounding awareness from years of solitude
The reason why I said I might make an exception with the world is that, the world is supposed to be the most powerful of all the tarot cards so naturally having something which has a defined identity might actually be good but I'm not too sure, this is unlike the case with the devil and death where the two tarot cards are refering to something specific
If you have any questions about my choices and other things just ask and also I can link to a place with the meanings of tarot cards if you are too unsure about these things
Thank you for any help you may give