Dajna

Variations: Thunder Camel

In Maltese, dajna refers to a fallow deer or an unkempt woman. It is also the name of a titanic primordial camel that lived on Malta before the Deluge.

A dajna or thunder camel had the head and neck of a camel but was ten times the size of an elephant. It could not fit into Noah’s Ark and went extinct as a result, but a population of these colossal camels survived in the netherworld.

Although a dajna is highly dangerous to human beings, the yellowish milk produced by the females is a remedy for baldness. Only heroes dare retrieve it.

References

Mifsud, S. D. (2017) The Maltese Bestiary. Merlin Publishers Ltd, Blata l-Bajda, Malta.

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Cool!

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posted November 2, 2020 at 2:41 AM by pauraque Reply
So you’re telling me that not all the creatures were able to go inside the Ark? Well now we know what happened to unicorns, dragons, basilisks, and all those awesome animals 😦

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posted November 2, 2020 at 6:46 AM by Diego A. Garcia (@ReadingBrainer) Reply
- Fantasia 2000
  
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  posted November 2, 2020 at 7:20 AM by abookofcreatures in reply to Diego A. Garcia (@ReadingBrainer)Reply
I’m liking this man, but if only it came out on Wednesday…

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posted November 2, 2020 at 9:36 AM by Hex g27629 Reply
- Why? 😦
  
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  posted November 2, 2020 at 10:49 AM by abookofcreatures in reply to Hex g27629Reply
  - I assume it’s a hump day joke.
    
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    posted November 2, 2020 at 2:48 PM by adamsportfolio240756340 in reply to abookofcreatures
  - Oh 😅
    
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    posted November 2, 2020 at 9:52 PM by abookofcreatures in reply to adamsportfolio240756340
- Heh…
  
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  posted November 2, 2020 at 3:24 PM by Diego A. Garcia (@ReadingBrainer) in reply to Hex g27629Reply
Oh my.
A heroic quest to end baldness? Think King Neptune from the first Spongebob movie would love to hear this XD

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posted November 2, 2020 at 2:08 PM by Nova Smith Reply
I love this! Primordial netherworld camels are a new one

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posted November 3, 2020 at 1:24 PM by carverman Reply
Demon Camels?

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posted November 3, 2020 at 5:48 PM by What a Fine Spook Month Reply
- Redundant, camels are already demons
  
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  posted November 4, 2020 at 1:27 AM by abookofcreatures in reply to What a Fine Spook MonthReply
Maybe any giant camel would have this effect, but this guy has very strong Shadows of the Collossus energy.

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posted November 3, 2020 at 6:47 PM by Ross Reply
- Totally. Maybe we’ll see this guy roaming around in the next Doom DLC in Hell with temples carved out of its humps! Or imagine nomads crossing the desert while living inside the humps of these guys, a portable oasis. That said, no deserts in Malta. x)
  
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  posted November 4, 2020 at 10:09 AM by Zorkaz in reply to RossReply
  - Attack on Titanotylopus
    
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    posted November 5, 2020 at 12:59 PM by abookofcreatures in reply to Zorkaz
There aren’t a lot of well-known mythical camelids, are there?

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posted March 23, 2021 at 3:52 PM by beattielesnick4132 Reply
- Nope! Camels are weird enough as is
  
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  posted March 24, 2021 at 1:25 AM by abookofcreatures in reply to beattielesnick4132Reply
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