Father Inire: teratoid

DAVID STOCKHOFF · 14 Dec 2010, 16:01 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (DAVID STOCKHOFF)
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:01:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: (urth) Father Inire: teratoid
In-Reply-To: <04E80E4D-7897-4164-B3BF-D48923E309A8 at butcherbaker.org>
Message-ID: <656396.15104.qm at web84102.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

How funny.
I envision a radially symmetric set of horns, perhaps 3 pairs like the biohazard symbol. In fact, it may even be that symbol Wolfe was thinking of---since monsters from other planets are technically a biohazard, including those that are very very small and get into your bloodstream as well as those that stomp around eating people---but it isn't usually red.
However, see?http://www.hms.harvard.edu/orsp/coms/biosafetyresources/history-of-biohazard-symbol.htm for a red one.

--- On Tue, 12/14/10, Son of Witz <Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org> wrote:

From: Son of Witz <Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org>
Subject: Re: (urth) Father Inire: teratoid
To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 9:54 AM

On Dec 14, 2010, at 6:41 AM, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net> wrote:

> Yes, the denotation of the symbol is important: Here Be Monsters. Because monsters can come out of the mirrors.
> 
> The connotation remains DANGER.

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.

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?

~Witz
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