Tarkus (suite)
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"Tarkus" is the title track of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's second album. The progressive rock epic lasts 20:42. It was the longest studio suite by the band until the three impressions of "Karn Evil 9". T
A visual representation of the story, as seen on the inner gatefold of the LP
Manticore
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The manticore or mantichore is a legendary creature from ancient Persian mythology, similar to the Egyptian sphinx that proliferated in Western European medieval art as well. It has the face of a huma
Tarkus (suite)
…man made mess with symbols of mutated destruction." The song "Tarkus" is said to follow the adventures of Tarkus from his birth, through a fight with a manticore, which he loses and concludes with an aquatic version of Tarkus named "Aquatarkus". Keith Emerson, when asked what work he is proudest of, named his…
Manticore or "Martigora" ― Johannes Jonston (1652), Historiae Naturalis Copperplate engraving by Matthäus Merian.
Manticore from Bodl. MS. 764, fol. 25r (c. 1225–1250)
Manticore from the Rochester Bestiary (c. 1230–1240)
Manticore in the bestiary bound in a theological miscellany, British Library Harley MS 3244, ff 36r–71v (early 13th century)