(urth) Father Inire: teratoid

[Jeff Wilson]

On 12/14/2010 8:54 AM, Son of Witz wrote:
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> On Dec 14, 2010, at 6:41 AM, David Stockhoff<dstockhoff at verizon.net>  wrote:
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>> Yes, the denotation of the symbol is important: Here Be Monsters. Because monsters can come out of the mirrors.
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>> The connotation remains DANGER.
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> So, of course I'm trying to figure out what this teratoid symbol LOOKS like.
> I see that it is mostly a medical term for monstrous abnormality and tumours and such., but I don't find associated symbols with an image search.
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> I own the comic that comes up in the keyword search, Teratoid Heights. It's a lovely gem of mutant monster stream of concious lo fi comix, but it doesn't help me draw the door to this chamber of mirrors. Anyone have a suggestion?

The two-headed silhouette is about the most basic monster symbol. It 
covers notional multi-headed creatures as well as the most common and 
lurid visibly "monstrous" birth defects in humans an animals, multiple 
or split body parts due to mutation, replicaiton errors, cell division 
problems, and recessives like harelip and hyposeal.

 From a more modern, brand-recognition  standpoint, you might want to 
put pointy bits on the facing head surfaces so it's not mistaken for 
Janus or Lucifer or our Typhon.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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