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Perhaps a better picture will suit, the first manticore pic looks more like a chinese new year lion on a bad day —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.234.227.185 ( talk • contribs) January 29, 2006, 22:05 UTC.
I would recommend a change of picture. The first paragraph of text says that "The tail is either of a dragon or a scorpion." The manticore in the picture has a lion's tail. Should the picture be changed to fit the given description? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.142.184.211 ( talk) 07:12, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
(thus confusing its imagery with the cryptozoology of a porcupine...). This part is confusing. As far as I know, porcupines are not cryptozoological. Perhaps someone that knows what it's supposed to mean can come along and clear this up? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.53.49.21 ( talk • contribs) December 14, 2005, 08:45 UTC.
I don't know much aboot it, but manticores appear in at least one episode of Charmed. If anyone knows anything aboot the show, or knows how to find out more about the manticores in it, that would make a nice addition to the list at the bottom, IMHO. Tom e r talk 15:06, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
According to the Charmed wiki, creatures called manticores only appeared in one episode and they don't seem to have anything in common with the manticore in this article. Fyrael ( talk) 16:40, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
This article used to have a lot more to it, now it's a stub! [unsigned]
Wiley Ley speculated that the original stories of the manticore were based on 3rd or 4th generation tales of tigers with a bit of Asiatic lion mixed in. CFLeon ( talk) 22:25, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
It said: "Nowadays, the manticore is said by the natives to inhabit the forests of Asia, particularly Indonesia. ... " and so on. I am from Indonesia but I have never heard this thing or I don't know what it's spell in Indonesian. Plese provide the refernce, thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ndrasen ( talk • contribs) 05:54, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
This article is about the mythical beast. Why some small group of t-shirt designers warrant inclusion in this article I'm not sure. Wikipedia is not your personal promotion platform, nor is it a directory of relevant services. If nobody objects with a semi-decent rationale, I move to delete the section "Real Life Applications" and promotional links to the Emptees site. Mhoskins ( talk) 19:30, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Given we have appearances from ancient thru modern in popular legend of this fictional creature, this was a needless and arbitrary split in the first place. Regardless of validity of content, I think the material in not distinct or notable enough to warrant a separate page. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 19:58, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
My worry is that this page is more vulnerable to being deleted as is (i.e. on its own) than combined into parent article. As well, there is no clear line between ancient and modern. I wasn't meaning a deletion merger by any means. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:21, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
OK, rather than get in a revert war over unsourced material, I have placed it here and material can be transferred once reliable sources are found: Casliber ( talk · contribs) 14:15, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
The article says the mythical creature is called Baricos/Bárikos (Βάρικος; "Βάρἰκος" is obviously mispelled) in Greek language; I could find no reference for this, neither on Google nor in my Greek dictionaries. The most similar word I could find is the adjective βαρύκομπος (barýkompos), found in Pindar, Pythian 5.57, where it means 'loud-roaring (lions)' (βαρύκομποι λέοντες)-- Carnby ( talk) 18:14, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Βαρκός - Βαρύς, swamp thing maybe http://www.enacademic.com/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.203.220.160 ( talk) 20:26, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
My Greek dictionary (Montanari) says μαρτιχόρας (martichóras) comes from Persian mardom-xār, meaning 'man-eater, tiger'.-- Carnby ( talk) 18:14, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but just because an author of a book on Picts makes some bizarre claim that an image is a manticore, despite it looking nothing like one and the author having no background in the topic, doesn't mean Wikipedia has to include it. Plus the image is very poor quality to begin with. There's absolutely no reason for its inclusion here. The only person supporting it has been the person who took the photo. I'm thinking the edit has more to do with vanity than any serious effort to contribute to this topic. DreamGuy ( talk) 19:11, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Similar to the above, I removed text and an image claiming a manticore was on a wall, when it was clearly a centaur or some other similar creature. The book being used as a reference was by an author who is not an expert on mythical creatures, and it appeared to be one of those paranormal type WP:FRINGE books. DreamGuy ( talk) 16:59, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
An IP has just changed "an heraldic tiger" to "a heraldic tiger" with the justification "You only use 'an' before a word that starts with 'h' if the 'h' is silent, meaning that the word sounds as if it starts with a vowel". I'm not going to get into an edit war over this, but I want to put on record that this statement is complete bollocks. There's a long tradition of saying and writing "an heraldic ..." (as there is of saying and writing "an historic ...", "an heroic ...", etc), and both "a" and "an" are equally correct and acceptable. The Wikipedia article on Coat of arms, for example, defines a coat of arms as "an heraldic visual design ...". For a lengthy discussion, see here. GrindtXX ( talk) 16:50, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
The spiked tails sound a whole lot like ankylosaurs or stegasaurs. Fossils? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tabbycatlove ( talk • contribs) 14:43, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
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Perhaps a better picture will suit, the first manticore pic looks more like a chinese new year lion on a bad day —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.234.227.185 ( talk • contribs) January 29, 2006, 22:05 UTC.
I would recommend a change of picture. The first paragraph of text says that "The tail is either of a dragon or a scorpion." The manticore in the picture has a lion's tail. Should the picture be changed to fit the given description? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.142.184.211 ( talk) 07:12, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
(thus confusing its imagery with the cryptozoology of a porcupine...). This part is confusing. As far as I know, porcupines are not cryptozoological. Perhaps someone that knows what it's supposed to mean can come along and clear this up? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.53.49.21 ( talk • contribs) December 14, 2005, 08:45 UTC.
I don't know much aboot it, but manticores appear in at least one episode of Charmed. If anyone knows anything aboot the show, or knows how to find out more about the manticores in it, that would make a nice addition to the list at the bottom, IMHO. Tom e r talk 15:06, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
According to the Charmed wiki, creatures called manticores only appeared in one episode and they don't seem to have anything in common with the manticore in this article. Fyrael ( talk) 16:40, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
This article used to have a lot more to it, now it's a stub! [unsigned]
Wiley Ley speculated that the original stories of the manticore were based on 3rd or 4th generation tales of tigers with a bit of Asiatic lion mixed in. CFLeon ( talk) 22:25, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
It said: "Nowadays, the manticore is said by the natives to inhabit the forests of Asia, particularly Indonesia. ... " and so on. I am from Indonesia but I have never heard this thing or I don't know what it's spell in Indonesian. Plese provide the refernce, thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ndrasen ( talk • contribs) 05:54, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
This article is about the mythical beast. Why some small group of t-shirt designers warrant inclusion in this article I'm not sure. Wikipedia is not your personal promotion platform, nor is it a directory of relevant services. If nobody objects with a semi-decent rationale, I move to delete the section "Real Life Applications" and promotional links to the Emptees site. Mhoskins ( talk) 19:30, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Given we have appearances from ancient thru modern in popular legend of this fictional creature, this was a needless and arbitrary split in the first place. Regardless of validity of content, I think the material in not distinct or notable enough to warrant a separate page. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 19:58, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
My worry is that this page is more vulnerable to being deleted as is (i.e. on its own) than combined into parent article. As well, there is no clear line between ancient and modern. I wasn't meaning a deletion merger by any means. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:21, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
OK, rather than get in a revert war over unsourced material, I have placed it here and material can be transferred once reliable sources are found: Casliber ( talk · contribs) 14:15, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
The article says the mythical creature is called Baricos/Bárikos (Βάρικος; "Βάρἰκος" is obviously mispelled) in Greek language; I could find no reference for this, neither on Google nor in my Greek dictionaries. The most similar word I could find is the adjective βαρύκομπος (barýkompos), found in Pindar, Pythian 5.57, where it means 'loud-roaring (lions)' (βαρύκομποι λέοντες)-- Carnby ( talk) 18:14, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Βαρκός - Βαρύς, swamp thing maybe http://www.enacademic.com/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.203.220.160 ( talk) 20:26, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
My Greek dictionary (Montanari) says μαρτιχόρας (martichóras) comes from Persian mardom-xār, meaning 'man-eater, tiger'.-- Carnby ( talk) 18:14, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but just because an author of a book on Picts makes some bizarre claim that an image is a manticore, despite it looking nothing like one and the author having no background in the topic, doesn't mean Wikipedia has to include it. Plus the image is very poor quality to begin with. There's absolutely no reason for its inclusion here. The only person supporting it has been the person who took the photo. I'm thinking the edit has more to do with vanity than any serious effort to contribute to this topic. DreamGuy ( talk) 19:11, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Similar to the above, I removed text and an image claiming a manticore was on a wall, when it was clearly a centaur or some other similar creature. The book being used as a reference was by an author who is not an expert on mythical creatures, and it appeared to be one of those paranormal type WP:FRINGE books. DreamGuy ( talk) 16:59, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
An IP has just changed "an heraldic tiger" to "a heraldic tiger" with the justification "You only use 'an' before a word that starts with 'h' if the 'h' is silent, meaning that the word sounds as if it starts with a vowel". I'm not going to get into an edit war over this, but I want to put on record that this statement is complete bollocks. There's a long tradition of saying and writing "an heraldic ..." (as there is of saying and writing "an historic ...", "an heroic ...", etc), and both "a" and "an" are equally correct and acceptable. The Wikipedia article on Coat of arms, for example, defines a coat of arms as "an heraldic visual design ...". For a lengthy discussion, see here. GrindtXX ( talk) 16:50, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
The spiked tails sound a whole lot like ankylosaurs or stegasaurs. Fossils? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tabbycatlove ( talk • contribs) 14:43, 20 August 2020 (UTC)