Giraffes are a species of beast demon that used to be native to the Boiling Isles, but were banished to Africa in the Human Realm.
Appearance
Unlike a majority of the Boiling Isles' fauna, giraffes on the Boiling Isles are identical to the ones found on the human realm and appear to possess no other physical traits to indicate their demonic origins. Giraffes are even-toed ungulates with two hoof-like toes per leg, a quadruped stance, a splotchy coat, and long necks.
Background
Giraffes were once native to the Boiling Isles. But for some unknown reasons, they were banished, with Eda commenting that they were a bunch of freaks.[1] While they can no longer be found on the Isles, witches still have picture evidence of their existence, some palismen are modelled after these creatures,[2] and Gus Porter wants to become an ambassador to reestablish contact with them.[3]
When Luz was searching up information about Philip Wittebane, one of the search results that popped up was "How to survive a giraffe...", implying that giraffes are dangerous to witches in some way. A picture of a giraffe can also be seen on King's demon board in "The Intruder" as well as Hooty's bulletin board in "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door" among its fellow beast demons.[4]
Sightings
| Season 1 | ||||||||||||
| The Owl House Main Theme: | Absent | |||||||||||
| The Owl House Credits Theme: | Absent | |||||||||||
| 1. "A Lying Witch and a Warden": | Mentioned | 10. "Escape of the Palisman": | Absent | |||||||||
| 2. "Witches Before Wizards": | Absent | 11. "Sense and Insensitivity": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "I Was a Teenage Abomination": | Absent | 12. "Adventures in the Elements": | Absent | |||||||||
| 4. "The Intruder": | Pictured | 13. "The First Day": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Covention": | Absent | 14. "Really Small Problems": | Absent | |||||||||
| 6. "Hooty's Moving Hassle": | Absent | 15. "Understanding Willow": | Absent | |||||||||
| 7. "Lost in Language": | Absent | 16. "Enchanting Grom Fright": | Absent | |||||||||
| 8. "Once Upon a Swap": | Absent | 17. "Wing It Like Witches": | Absent | |||||||||
| 9. "Something Ventured, Someone Framed": | Absent | 18. "Agony of a Witch": | Absent | |||||||||
| 19. "Young Blood, Old Souls": | Absent | |||||||||||
| Season 2 | ||||||||||||
| The Owl House Main Theme: | Absent | |||||||||||
| The Owl House Credits Theme: | Absent | |||||||||||
| 1. "Separate Tides": | Absent | 11. "Follies at the Coven Day Parade": | Absent | |||||||||
| 2. "Escaping Expulsion": | Absent | 12. "Elsewhere and Elsewhen": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "Echoes of the Past": | Absent | 13. "Any Sport in a Storm": | Absent | |||||||||
| 4. "Keeping Up A-fear-ances": | Absent | 14. "Reaching Out": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Through the Looking Glass Ruins": | Absent | 15. "Them's the Breaks, Kid": | Absent | |||||||||
| 6. "Hunting Palismen": | Mentioned | 16. "Hollow Mind": | Absent | |||||||||
| 7. "Eda's Requiem": | Absent | 17. "Edge of the World": | Absent | |||||||||
| 8. "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door": | Pictured | 18. "Labyrinth Runners": | Absent | |||||||||
| 9. "Eclipse Lake": | Absent | 19. "O Titan, Where Art Thou": | Absent | |||||||||
| 10. "Yesterday's Lie": | Absent | 20. "Clouds on the Horizon": | Absent | |||||||||
| 21. "King's Tide": | Absent | |||||||||||
Trivia
- Giraffes are a running gag/easter egg in numerous episodes, including the first season's intro sequence, in which one of the numerous toys surrounding King is a stuffed giraffe.
- The principal of St. Epiderm has a giraffe as her palisman, as seen in "Eda's Requiem".[2]
- This is likely a reference to numerous cultures having mythical creatures based on giraffes, due to Europeans travelling to Africa and poorly describing the animal they'd seen in their notes. [5][6][7]
External links
References
- ↑ Dana Terrace, Rachel Vine (writers) and Stephen Sandoval (director) (January 10, 2020). "A Lying Witch and a Warden". The Owl House. Season 1. Episode 1. Disney Channel.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dana Terrace (writer) and Amelia Lorenz (director) (July 24, 2021). "Eda's Requiem". The Owl House. Season 2. Episode 7. Disney Channel.
- ↑ Dana Terrace (writer) and Bridget Underwood (director) (July 17, 2021). "Hunting Palismen". The Owl House. Season 2. Episode 6. Disney Channel.
- ↑ Dana Terrace, Molly Ostertag (writers) and Bo Coburn (director) (July 10, 2021). "Through the Looking Glass Ruins". The Owl House. Season 2. Episode 5. Disney Channel.
- ↑ Questing Beast Wikipedia article
- ↑ Serpopard Wikipedia article
- ↑ Qilin Wikipedia article
