#ocypete

[pretty-ponies-nextgen]

I haven't really seen any fankids involving this couple yet, but is it ok to request Celaeno x Ocypete (who's from the idw comics & I think are a cannon pair)

(I may not do many of these bc I am not that great at drawing bird beaks lol, but I will try my best when they pop up!)

Ekkir (Ehk-Keer) is a very charming and suave bird, knowing just the right words to say whether with a group or a special someone!

[feenick]

The gang.

Here's to a decent 2025.

[purseowner4thequalityanimation]

Shin Megami Tensei NINE's demon roster consists of new designs, returning designs and REPEATED designs. And no demon demonstrates this better than Harpy, whose model appears in NINE's roster no less than 5 times. Rather than just post 5 gifs and be done with it like I normally do, I have decided to curate a short overview of the BEST Harpy appearances in MegaTen! Hit "Keep reading" (after viewing this post in my blog because the formatting gets fucked up if you don't) NOW!!!!

Harpy and Furiae appear in Shin Megami Tensei 1 but they don't share assets yet so who gives a crap. Siren is a blue harpy, I guess.

Furiae returns in Shin Megami Tensei II with a new sprite, joined by

Ocypete, Celaeno and Aello! There's some slight asset resharing among them as Aello and Furiae share the same base sprite, but the others share with non-harpy demons so as far as this post is concerned they're original. Combined with artist Kazuma Kaneko's tendency to embellish demon designs in artwork and you'd never expect that all these birds were destined to be textureswaps for an underperforming 2002 XBOX JRPG.

But they were! Now we're cooking! In Shin Megami Tensei NINE the 5 bird-ladies return in one fabulous package. If you love Harpy then you'll love Harpy being given a haircut and a dyejob and reappearing four times. You'll love how they appear alongside themselves for hours of gameplay because they're within the same 10-28 level range. As an added bonus for the asset-reuse lover, said gameplay takes place in looping CG render backgrounds arranged into dungeons so just imagine leaving the town square in Ocarina of Time and arriving in that exact town square except mirrored. By the end of NINE you will love asset reuse, because you will not make it to the end of NINE otherwise. (The harpies are also in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE but without the looping backgrounds it just isn't the same.)

Honorable mention to Persona 1 which squeezed in the named furies Megaera, Tisiphone and Alecto by using the same upperbody sprite as the three named harpies. Unfortunately Atlus were too afraid to include the named harpy Podarge for a total of 7 unique birdladies, so Persona 1 will only be commemorated by an opacity-reduced overlay of the six they bothered including.

Only regular Harpy survived to the DS-3DS era, using her Soul Hackers design where her head kind of looks like a pinecone. After gracing us with her presence in Strange Journey (+ Redux) and Shin Megami Tensei IV(+ Apocalypse), the Harpy disappeared from the pages of SMT history never to be seen again. As for actual history, I think Harpies were evil birds in Greek mythology but don't quote me on that.

Special thanks to @veskscans for the SMT1/2 art of Harpy, Furiae, Ocypete, Celaeno and Aello, and @eirikrjs for the Soul Hackers Harpy scan. NINE gifs by me, other sprites from the MegaTen wiki.

[monstersoffilgaia]

[thetudorslovers]

Harpies were generally depicted as birds with the heads of maidens, faces pale with hunger and long claws on their hands. The harpies seem originally to have been wind spirits (personifications of the destructive nature of wind). Their name means 'snatchers' or 'swift robbers', and they were said to steal food from their victims while they were eating and carry evildoers (especially those who have killed their families) to the Erinyes. When a person suddenly disappeared from the Earth, it was said that he had been carried off by the harpies.

Pottery art also depicting the harpies featured beautiful women with wings. Ovid described them as human-vultures.

To Hesiod, they were imagined as fair-locked and winged maidens, who flew as fast as the wind:

"[T]he Harpyiai (Harpies) of the lovely hair, Okypete (Ocypete) and Aello, and these two in the speed of their wings keep pace with the blowing winds, or birds in flight, as they soar and swoop, high aloft."

In this form they were agents of punishment who abducted people and tortured them on their way to Tartarus. They were depicted as vicious, cruel, and violent.

The harpies were called "the hounds of mighty Zeus" thus "ministers of the Thunderer (Zeus)". Later writers listed the harpies among the guardians of the underworld among other monstrosities including the��Centaurs, Scylla, Briareus, Lernaean Hydra, Chimera, Gorgons and Geryo.While Roman and Byzantine writers detailed their ugliness.

[briefbestiary]

Daughters of Thaumas and Electra, and thus sisters of the rainbow goddess Iris and the forsaken Arke. The harpies are perhaps most famous for their role in plaguing Phineus.

[mylittlestims]

Idk if this is a good request since it's more obscure, but is it okay to ask for a Celaeno x Ocypete (character from the comics) stimboard please?

Ocylaeno | Princess Ocypete x Captain Celaeno Stimboard for Anon

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[virto-the-weirdo]

So remember when I made a Land of Kings OC? Well, I got more.

For those unaware, my firsth OC was Atalanta, a general in the Spade Empire that oversees arena battles, as well as Warhog training and distribution. She is 35 (by citizen standards).

Her husband, Dolon, works in the state archives. He works on the journalist department (one that archives and distributes news), but for some time he worked in the spy department (one that recieves information from spies in other countries). He is the same age as Atalanta. He met Atalanta in the military camp, which is a mandatory thing everyone needs to attend for a bit once they reach adulthood. He came there from the orphanage, or so he said.

Dolon's actual name is Kurosupai. He is a Kurograd spy trained from childhood and sent to the Spade Empire at 15 years of age. His mission is to infiltrate the Empire and live as an ordinary citizen and send any and all info he gathered there back to Kurograd. He masks his Kurograd features with hairdye and yellow contact lenses.

Dolon and Atalanta have a child, Ocypete. She is around 3 years old.

And here's a sketch of Dolon and Atalanta kiss:

[thewapolls]

A masterpost to the Wild Arms Monster poll from two summers ago, and more to the point, to the trivia for all the monster source lore:

BALLOON Family: Balloon/Evil Dead/Orogone Energy/Suicidal Bomb

GOB Family: Gob(lin)/HobGob(lin)/Charybdis/RickGob&GelGob/Cobb&Bogle/etc...

TATZELWURMS/BASILISK/HYDRA Family:Tatzelwurm/Salamandra/BubbleTortoise/GilaMonster/Basilisk/Alligatiger/Ammut/Hydra/Aspic/Jabberwocky/Zahhak(AzhiDahaka)

COCKATRICE Family: Cockatrice/BlackSabbath(BlackBuzzard)/Axebeak/Bird(Bremen Town Musician)

BLUE BOOK Family: BlueBook/Necronomicon/Targum/Apocrypha/DeReMetallica/AdultMag/Manga/StrategyGuide

GAGISON Family: Gagison/Fleurety/Ukobach/Haborym/Amon(Gamech)/Stolas/Cerberus(Nebiros)/Balam

PILLBUG Family: Pillbug/UrchinBug/Bockle/Bombardier/PlagueBeetle/MagaroScarab/Zavorg

SKELETON Family: Skeleton/Spartoi/Spawn/Cyberne(tic)Geist/HelterSkelter/Gashadokuro

HELLHOUND Family: HellHound/Garm/Barghest/NinjaHound/Baskervilles/Hound(Bremen Town Musician)/Hodag

CRITTER/KOBOLD/GARGANTUA/IRONMAIDEN Family: Critter/Imp/Kobold/Gremlin/Leprechaun/Spriggan/Gargantua&Pantagruel/Screamer/Wiseman/Beastpillar/Manitou/Ironmaiden/Raidbuster

AIPEROS Family: Aiperos/Malphas

STIRGE Family: Stirge/AssassinBug

GOHM Family: Gohm/Galeion

BOGEY Family: Bogey/Gizmo

DAPHNE Family: Daphne/Tabanga

LIZARDMAN Family: Lizardman/Diefighter/Liz&Ard

ASCOMID Family: Ascomid/MadGasser/MoldFungus

KESARAN PASARAN Family: KessaranPasaran/HideBomb/Sphere

NIGHT-GAUNT Family: Night-Gaunt/Goldrake/Vermitrax/Quox

CHORONZON/SCOUTER/THERION Family: Choronzon/Nightmare/Prometheus/Scouter/Inspector/Bullseye/(Master)Therion/MasterCrowley/Primevals/Devonova/Minatous/ABaoAQu

JELLY BLOB/LAND ANEMONE Family: JellyBlob/Geldam/Elderthing/Roper/LandAnemone/BlackPudding/Mu

NUE/VASSAGO Family: NUE/Humbaba/BoostBaboon/RockBabbon/Vassago/DrillMandrill/ApemanJuma&Vargon/VorpalApe/GorillaBaron

HARPY/PODARGE Family: Aello/Celaeno/Ocypete/Podarge/Siren/Valkyrie/Lamia/Archon/BiberZehr

RATMONKEY/REMNANT Family: RatMonkey/Ghoul/Remnant/Bloodsucker/Chupacabra/Dustman

EMPUSA Family: Empusa/Mercurius/Hecate/Barbarossa

WATER LEAPER Family: WaterLeaper(LlamhigynYDwr)/GomoraToad/Ranunculus/Blastodon/BlazeToad/RedVicky

GAMYGYN Family: Gamygyn/BloodHorn/Anneberg/Donkey(Bremen Town Musician)

DRYAD Family: Sarracenian/Dryad/Triffid/Mantrap

OAK/ORC Families: Oak/Orc/HeavyOrc/DuneKing

HOTRODDER Family: HotRodder/Bruiser/RazorBack

PLANARIA Family: Planaria/MulluskHare/Flatworm

UNKNOWN Family: Unknown/Hidden/Forbidden

CAVE TAURUS Family: CaveTaurus/HornedBeast/CannonBuffalo

SCARECROW Family: Scarecrow/MaskTheRipper/Harvestman/Lynch

CHIMERA/ANGEL Family: Chimera/Asmodeus/Chimera(Muse/Geo/Flam/Wing)

TINY EDGE/CARBUNCLE Family: TinyEdge/Mian/Carbuncle/TinyGem

SHRIEKER/MOLD GNOME Family: Shrieker/Myconid/Toadstool/ShamblingMound/MoldGnome/MasaGnome/JammerImp/Marid/Spelunker

CLAY PUPPET/WIGHT Family: CalyPuppet/EarthenFigure/Wendigo/Wight/Wraith/GasnoidThe1st/Shaitan

BAPHOMET Family: Baphomet/Nybbas/Leonard

BALPHON/SOUTHERN NEEDLE Family: Balphon/Trilobite/SouthernBronzo/SouthernNeedle

MILLISCORPION Family: Milliscorpion/Shellworm/Arachnid

TWILIGHT VENOM & GLOOMWING

LEYPOINT KNIGHTS/FIRE&WATER SCUTUM

MELCHOM & GROW APPLE Families: Melchom/Melchom Lich/GrowApple/SuperGrowApple/ChaosChampion

BANDERSNATCH/GRENDEL Family: GallowinBear/VenomBear/Bandersnatch/Sabnac/Leonhardt/Grendel/Gorbash/Vouivre

DAKLEIT Family: Dakleit/DeathPie

LYCANTHROPE/VAMPIRE/NECROMANCER Family: Lycanthrope/Loup-Garou/Ba'alberith/Raduga/Beowulf/RingKeeper/Vampire/Nosferatu/Necromancer/MinusLifeLord/Gespenst/NachtGeist

ODESSA MAN

BRIONAC SOLDIERS

VERUNI

GOLEMS (MASS PRODUCED)

GREATER BEAST

MISC. BOSS MONSTERS: RottingBeast/Atlach-Nacha/Nergal/Kalivos/Grimalkin/Olivier/Camatzoz/GraveyardShifter

DISASTERS & TIAMAT

[superchat]

artist: las91214 | OCYPETE ~ be sure to follow and support the artist ~

[inspofromancientworld]

Legendary Creatures: Harpy

By Written and illustrated by John Vinycomb (1833–1928 biography) - Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art http://heraldicart.org/fictitious-and-symbolic-creatures-in-art/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=114035415

Harpies (Greek: ἅρπυια hárpyia Latin: harpȳia) are Greek and Roman creatures that are half-human (chest and heads) and half-birds (wings, legs, tail) and personify storm winds. They are mostly found in Homeric poems.

Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanh1/4565921045

The human half of the harpy is a young woman who looks pale with hunger according to the Greeks and in pottery. The Romans considered them to be ugly. Ovid, who lived from 43 BCE to 17 or 18 CE, described them as a blend of humans and vultures. Hesiod described them as fair haired and winged maidens and able to fly as fast as the wind. Aeschylus, who lived from about 525 to 456 BCE, described them as ugly and seems to have influenced those who came after.

Boreads chasing Harpies, Laconian black-figure kylix C6th B.C., National Etruscan Museum

Harpies began as personifications of winds, especially those that are destructive. The word 'harpy' means 'snatcher' or 'swift robbers' so they are said to steal food and evildoers, taking the evildoers to the Eumenides, underworld goddesses of vengeance. They were also called 'the hounds of mighty Zeus', relating them to Zeus' thunder. They were also called guardians of the underworld, keeping out other creatures like the Chimera, Gorgons, and Centaurs.

The exact relationships and names of the harpies vary by writer. Hesiod stated that their parents were Thaumas, a sea god who was the son of Gaia and Pontus, a primordial sea god, and Electra, an Oceanid, an ocean nymph who is a daughter of the Titan Oceanus and Tethys, a Titan, and sisters to the river god Hydaspes. Hesiod lists their names as Aello, meaning 'storm swift', and Ocypete, meaning 'the swift wing'.

Museum Collection The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu Catalogue No. Malibu 85.AE.316 Beazley Archive No. 30369 Ware Attic Red Figure Shape Hydria, Kalpis Painter Attributed to the the Kleophrades Painter Date ca 480 B.C. Period Late Archaic

The most popular story involving harpies is when King Phineus of Thrace angered Zeus by using his gift of prophecy to reveal the plans of the gods, so Zeus blinded him and put him on an island with a banquet that the harpies at before he could eat any of it. This continued until Jason and the Argonauts arrived. Phineus bargained for his delivery from the harpies by using his gift of prophecy to guide them. The Boreads, sons of the North Wind, Boreas, drove off the harpies. There was a prophecy that the Boreads would destroy the harpies, but that the Boreads would die if they didn't defeat the harpies. The harpies fled and one fell into the Tigris, and the other reached the Echinades, a group of islands in the Ionian Sea, and collapsed with fatigue, along with the Boread that chased her. She promised to leave Phineus alone going forward and they were both allowed to live. Aeneas is then said to meet them during the Trojan war where they took away Trojans.

[feenick]

I've had these three around for a decade now

[silken-threads-bah]

Hello!! We saw ur jackalope headmate pack and loved it, we were wondering if you could do a headmate that's a harpy? Thats one of our favorite mythical creatures!!

I made two, one based on the mythological harpies that we have read about and another one based sort of off of me because I am similar to a harpy species-wise. If you want me to change anything, you may send another ask in and I will do it :> Also, you did not specify whicu template to use but I went with the longer one for both. - Raphael

Name: aello, ocypete, Robin, Wren

Age: ageless

Pronouns: she/it (could also use: wing/wings, claw/claws, ae/aer, avi/aves)

Gender: fem agender, she does not identify or conform to human standards of gender

Orientation: lesbian

Source: n/a

Roles: persecutor, anger holder

Personality: spiteful, holds grudges over small things for a long time, if she starts to hate you it is very difficult to get back on her good side, a bit of a diva at times, tries to get what she wants by being dramatic, tries to hurt other before they can hurt it

Likes/interests: flying, watching the clouds move, watching nature documentaries (she finds peaceful ones boring and prefers to watch the ones where everyone dies in the end)

Dislikes: peace and quiet, annoying people, basically anyone talking to her unless they are being incredibly respectful, having to apologize or be nice

Kins: harpy eagle

Other/extra info: very tall, over 8 feet. Has very piercing eyes and tends to stare into people's eyes to try to intimidate them.

Species: harpy. Do not refer to her as a person or a human, it does not like that

Faceclaim:

Name: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael

Age: adult, does not identify with an age

Pronouns: it/he - only its friends can use he/him for it. (could also use: bone/bones, ichor/ichors, claw/claws, fang/fangs, tear/tears)

Gender: masc agender

Orientation: homoromantic asexual

Source: n/a

Roles: anxiety absorber

Personality: very curious, loves to observe things, intimidating at first because it doesn't use human expressions to communicate, very kind to people it likes, takes the anxiety away from others because it does not feel anxious, very protective and possessive over those it has claimed as its own.

Likes/interests: flying, the sky, clouds and cloudless days, the moon and the sun, small animals, studying people, psychology (especially developmental psych), learning how things work they way they do

Dislikes: crowds, extremely personal questions from people it doesn't know, molting, being embarrassed

Kins: bird, angel

Other/extra info: over 10 feet tall and has to crawl when in buildings or it will not fit. Has piercings eyes and does not realize others may feel uncomfortable looking into them

Species: harpy, it prefers to be referred to as a bird instead of a person, human, or any gendered term.

Faceclaim:

[moths-daily]

Do you know what moth this is? I found this beauty on the knocker on my hotel door :)

I was in Branson Missouri if that helps

Thank you!

I can't tell for sure, but perhas an enyo ocypete?

[iruthomlogs]

Monster Lover's March 2025 day 23 harpy

A Slay the Princess AU for @monluvmarch event Monster Lover's March 2025 day 23 harpies. I have basically use the original harpies legends for the idea of my harpies characters.

The crow god Quiet sit in his chair as his four daughters Aellopus, Ocypete, Celaeno, and Podarge, whose have wings for their arms and the body and beautiful faces of their human mother, come back from their duties of eating the food of the seer Phineus to punished him. Quiet said to his daughters, "I'm glad that you girls have a nice meal, my daughters."

[msclaritea]

Taylor Swift has become the most influencial artist in modern history. Of course anyone who gets publicity is part of the establishment. I looked into her father Scott Kingsley Swift. His paternal ancestry traces back to Durham, England. Looks like a possible Knight Templar link.

Ding ding ding we have a winner. Traced all the way back to Thorfinn Rollo. England even has a school dedicated to the Knights Templars with the buck as their symbol matching Swift/White/Rollo. Here's another interesting factor. Swift/Haste/Ocypete/Harpy

"The Duke of Normandy aka William the Conqueror's lineage can be traced straight back to the dynasty which ruled the ancient Roman empire. The "Norman conquest" 1066 served to reinforce the myth that the Roman empire "fell".