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  Legenda: Bonnacon
The story of The Bonnacon is adapted from Aelian (Latin translation) and the text of the Aberdeen Bestiary.
For more information about the bonnacon, visit the Bonnacon in the Zoo.
You can also visit the Bonnacon page at the bestiary.ca website for a discussion in English, bibliography and other useful references.
bestlatin.net /legenda/best_bonnacon.htm   (213 words)

  
  Bonnacon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bonnacon (also called the Bonacon or the Bonasus) is a mythical animal from Asia.
The legend may be based on a type of bison in reality.
As a fantasy creature, the bonnacon is often described as being a large four-legged dragon-like creature with turned-back horns and thick armor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bonnacon   (124 words)

  
 Ars Magica Adventure: Sins of Wrath
The bonnacon, Olida, is in the wood, as is the leopard who wishes to eat her.
The bonnacon’s Fatigue/wound penalty is applied to this roll, and it must make a fatigue roll for each AH roll made, with an EF starting at 6 and increasing by one every second roll.
Description: the bonnacon is not unlike a bull, but all of its body is covered with hair like that of a horse’s mane.
www.arsmagica.it /Cliffheart/risorse/avventure/Sins_of_Wrath.html   (3413 words)

  
 Here There Be Dragons: A Medieval Bestiary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The bonnacon is a fairly timid animal, and avoids humans.
The bonnacon is described as a large ox-like creature covered in long thick hair.
Apparently, the bonnacon's ability was to compensate for it relatively useless horns.
surbrook.devermore.net /adaptionscreatures/myth/dragons/bonnacon.html   (273 words)

  
 HERO GAMES Discussion Boards - The Bonnacon Or a really sick Monster to throw at players.
Apr 21st, '05 09:26 AM The Bonnacon Or a really sick Monster to throw at players.
The Bonnacon is easily frightened, and when it runs away it emits a cloud of noxious gas, which ignites all flammable substances within hundreds of feet and causes men and beast to fall retching to the ground.
Apr 21st, '05 04:12 PM Re: The Bonnacon Or a really sick Monster to throw at players.
www.herogames.com /forums/printthread.php?t=31060   (475 words)

  
 UH College of Education Special Projects
The facsimile is open to the first page of the Bestiary, which features beavers, an ibex, a hyena, a “bonnacon”, monkeys, satyr, and deer.
The “bonnacon”, for example, is a made-up creature that looks like a bull and has a built-in weapon that worked like a flamethrower.
When hunters pursued it, the “bonnacon” expelled its dung over a distance of two acres, burning everything along the trajectory.
www.coe.uh.edu /special_projects/manuscripts/peterborough.cfm   (224 words)

  
 VWN Resource Database: Populating a World
From the well known wonders of noble dragons, unicorns, and elves, through hundreds of lesser known creatures - Baku, fei-yi, bonnacon, alicorn, and so many more, mythical creatures provide a wealth of information on setting up your own, viable world, filled with all those wonderful creatures we all so long to see.
A concise, yet highly detailed breakdown of the Bonnacon, its physical characteristics and its methods of self defense.
An illustration of the Bonnacon, with a short description of this pyroclastic beast.
www.virtualworldlets.net /Resources/Menu.php?Category=44   (865 words)

  
 Text f12r The hyena continued; the bonnacon - The Aberdeen Bestiary
Of the bonnacon In Asia an animal is found which men call bonnacon.
It has the head of a bull, and thereafter its whole body is of the size of a bull's with the maned neck of a horse.
Dens unus atque perpe\tuus qui ut nunquam retundatur, naturaliter capsularum modo clauditur.\ De bonnacon.\ In Asia ani\mal nas\citur quod bon\nacon di\cunt.
www.abdn.ac.uk /bestiary/translat/12r.hti   (621 words)

  
 The Bonnacon Or a really sick Monster to throw at players. - HERO GAMES Discussion Boards
The Bonnacon Or a really sick Monster to throw at players.
Bonnacons can be found singly or in small groups in open grasslands.
You buy their stats and some powers for them, and give them a Physical Limitation to represent the negatives of being bigger.
www.herogames.com /forums/showthread.php?p=700586   (594 words)

  
 Medieval Bestiary : Bonnacon
The bonnacon is a beast with a head like a bull, but with horns that curl in towards each other.
Because these horns are useless for defense, the bonnacon has another weapon.
When pursued, the beast expels its dung which travels a great distance (as much as two acres), and burns anything it touches.
bestiary.ca /beasts/beast80.htm   (135 words)

  
 Commentary f12r The hyena continued; the bonnacon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Illustration: The bonnacon is an Asian beast whose head is like a bull but his horns curl inwards so that they do not harm the victim.
When the bonnacon is chased he expels dung which burns a wide area.
The hunter's axe extends beyond its frame and overlaps the text.
www.clues.abdn.ac.uk:8080 /bestiary_old/alt/comment/folio12r.html   (79 words)

  
 Links
Victoria Shearman Heritage Resources - Otherwise known as `Claudia Ralla' on this site, Vicky specialises in interactive museum education.
Bonnacon Shields - Reenactment shields made by a reenactor, for reenactors.
These items are incredibly tough and durable - and do what they are made for!
www.allectuslimited.co.uk /links.htm   (223 words)

  
 Antlion Pit: "Medieval Bestiaries and the Birth of Zoology"
An exception to this rule is the Bonnacon: a fictitious animal described as a horse with a bull's head.
The Bonnacon being an obvious exception, the presence of animals in the bestiaries was simply heuristic, coinciding with man's view of nature at the time.
From every animal mentioned in the book, there was a moral to be learned, and, very often, the facts were twisted so that the moral was made clearer to the reader, usually to the detriment of natural science.
www.antlionpit.com /aura.html   (6993 words)

  
 Allakhazam.com: Final Fantasy XI
bonnacon is approximately a 2-8 hour spawn, much like megalobugard, but if you're killing buffalos non-stop, pretty much the latest he can pop is 4.5 hours (at least that's what i've seen).
I got him down my self two times as war/nin 75 with gods armor and the best of all.
I was farming the buffalo there for a bit yesterday and never saw him come up, which leads me to believe I was in the wrong location.
ffxi.allakhazam.com /db/bestiary.html?fmob=3194   (1716 words)

  
 Scribal Terror: The Bonnacon (c. 1200)
"In Asia an animal is found which men call bonnacon.
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference The Bonnacon (c.
For some reason the bonnacon makes me think of my uncle Mike.
scribalterror.blogs.com /scribal_terror/2005/07/the_bonnacon_c_.html   (401 words)

  
 The Companions of the Crow - Armour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Both are reasonably priced and built to withstand full contact fighting.
Here you go Bonnacon - the link I promised you.
If you want a great shield at a great price then have a look at these.
www.companionsofthecrow.co.uk /links_armour.shtml   (89 words)

  
 VirtualWorldllets - Races - Mythical Creatures
If you are talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain
A still-brief, but more articulated description of these creatures.
An outstanding, highly detailed breakdown of a dragon's body, from heat, to tail and everything in-between.
www.virtualworldlets.net /Resources/Builders/Mythology.php   (499 words)

  
 Mythical giants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Perhaps ill burrow to the about page alphabetical index email dave mythical creatures people of this reality.
Land beasts bonnacon, bunyip, cerberus, centaur dragons lair I. Click here to both genders.
Are mystified because I am by the forest and they are you doing.
mythical.lawmd.info /mythical-giants.html   (296 words)

  
 Ars Romana
Britannia, the Arthurian Society - Roman reenactment group specialising in Late Roman and gladiatorial combat displays.
Bonnacon Shields - Reenactment shields made by a reenactor, for reenactors.
These items are incredibly tough and durable - and do what they are made for!
www.ars-romana.co.uk /links.htm   (204 words)

  
 White Wolf Forums :: View topic - monsters
That's where I get the wierd hyenas for instance.
(And please, if you do know what the bonnacon is about, please DON'T tell it here so people can have the delight of their own research!:
Oh my, I should known better than to type that into google.
forums.white-wolf.com /viewtopic.php?t=37940   (1434 words)

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