This was my original sketch from a dream I'd had. A deer-skull headed skeletal merman with fish tail, antlers festooned with tiny gold chains, admiring golden chains or a gem or something along those lines, relaxing peacefully in the lake of a druid's grove. Very peaceful, very calm, very welcoming overall feeling.
I also took a stab at Anubis as an attorney before this one. I saw we already had an Anubis but wanted to share this anyway because I reeeeally like it.
Maybe this is a bit too abstract but I decided to give Iansá a go with her heading up a fight for human rights.
Yoruba Supreme Being Iansá holds a copper sword overhead. She is a warrior and is unbeatable. Her mouth is open in a scream of of defiance. She is standing in front of a crowd of diverse peoples. They are attending a women's rally and hold aloft signs with messages of love and support. Colors: red, purple and rainbow, burgundy. --ar 16:9
"Giraffe" etymologistically speaking has roots in the Middle East, giving it a "je" sound: jarraf, zarafa, et al
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"ultimately from Persian زُرنَاپَا (zurnāpā), a compound of زُرنَا (zurnā, “flute, zurna”) and پَا (pā, “leg”)".
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So if it's "Giff" like "giraffe" - /dʒɪf/ - soft g like "George". If it's named after someone with a name like Kathy Lee Gifford, then hard G.
I've never even heard of this! I'll have to look into it. Thank you for the suggestion!!!