#fighting snails

Everwood 2025 Prologue - Snailhunt

Before I start this year's Halloween Challenge featuring the Everwood. I need to show this unofficial prologue

Medieval world was under siege by a swarm of giant snails, and the brave knights were the only thing standing in the monsters’ way. Or at least, that is what medieval manuscripts want you to believe. Margins and initials of medieval manuscripts often hold depictions of knights fighting against snails. And snails could be formidable opponents indeed. They were giant, they were slippery, and some…

Medieval world was under siege by a swarm of giant snails, and the brave knights were the only thing standing in the monsters’ way. Or at least, that is what medieval manuscripts want you to believe. Margins and initials of medieval manuscripts often hold depictions of knights fighting against snails. And snails could be formidable opponents indeed. They were giant, they were slippery, and some…

Courtesy of the British Library

Stop laughing. I know the idea of snails attacking anything is kind of funny. But would you believe that medieval manuscripts and genealogies regularly depict snails in combat? Did snails used to be gigantic fighting machines? CryptoVille investigates!