Speaking of rare creatures, the lore around dragons presents a lot to unpack. The saliva and feces of a hirikka also contain poisonous gasses with the power to kill off any medium-sized game in its vicinity, so by then eating the hirikka’s corpse karma would have likely claimed the life of Sir Eyck even if the Reavers hadn’t gotten to him first.

Now hirikkas originate from Witcher Universe lore which states that they are not only considered generally harmless, they are also an endangered species.

While in the midst of another monster hunt, Geralt witnesses a Sir Eyck of Denesle (Jordan Renzo) ironically (and quite brutally) cut down a rare beast known as a hirikka. This brief nod to Roman mythology makes the villagers’ actions towards Torque seem pretty rash and ironic considering that they go through all of the trouble to lace iron in with their crops in order to keep them safe from a creature whose whole purpose is to protect fields and nature.ĭoes Torque (Amit Shah) steal a little of the bounty here and there? Yes, but at the end of the day he’s still doing less damage to the produce than the locals are. Within the Witcher universe, sylvans are most widely known for their love of pranks, feasts, and music however, they also serve as attentive guardians of the fields and woods around them. The term sylvan is actually derived from the Roman god Sylvanus (or Silvanus), who was said to serve as the rural god of drunkenness and brewery, as well as the guardian of woods and forests. The infamous “Devil of Posada” (which actually turned out to be a sylvan) is an exceedingly rare and intelligent creature that happened to cross Geralt’s (Henry Cavill) path while stealing food and medicine for a nearby group of elves. As well as unveiling some of the creative differences that we’ve come to love between the original book series, video game line and the show. The second half of this analysis focuses more on how the knowledge of the traditional lore adds entirely more subtext to creatures that appear in the show. Netflix’s The Witcher adaptation pits the infamous White Wolf against a thick throng of monsters featured in myths and across the world.

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