So, what we learned yesterday is that the Amazon version of Uncle Wintermorn is Imperator Brumalis, he rides a panther, has thirteen warrior women for bodyguards, and gifts Amazon girls with strength and courage and occasionally sweaters.
He looks something like this:
Given the ongoing Greco-Roman connection with the Amazons, I decided to have a go at making my first image of Imperator Brumalis look like Greco-Roman pottery, specifically the red-figure style.
I think I overreached here…
Incidentally, especially in the context of Greek mythology, “panther” doesn’t actually refer to a single species — while “panther” is used as a common name for the black panther and the Florida panther, “black panther” properly refers to black-furred leopards or jaguars and Florida panthers are properly North American cougars that happen to live in Florida.
In real life, “panther” is basically “non-specific big cat”, to the point that the genus of big cats is panthera. In the context of folkloric and mythological, a “panther” is either a vaguely-described legendary big cat that is usually said to be either multi-coloured or spotted like a real leopard, or some sort of weird composite beast, as seen, for example, in the coat of arms of Styria.
Also, given who hard this is turning out to be, I made a major mistake giving Imperator Brumalis thirteen sidekicks…
