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I was reading about Dungeon Meshi and Kuro, the "kobold".

Kobolds are usually depicted as canine humanoids in Japanese media compared to the more reptilian humanoids that kobolds are depicted as in western media[4] such as Dungeons and Dragons. The reason for this is credited as either a mistranslation of the first Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual[5] or because of the lack of reference art in said Monster Manual, but a picture of a jackalwere being present on the opposite page[6], which was then used as reference art for the anime, The Record of the Lodoss War. That anime is credited for solidifying the trope of canine kobolds in Japanese media.

From https://delicious-in-dungeon.fandom.com/wiki/Kobolds#cite_note-5

And the supporting youtube video https://m.youtube.com/shorts/rUntTZ6spOc

Bonus fact: piglike orcs.

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[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Huh, TIL Kobold is lizard people in D&D. My knowledge of kobold is first via Ragnarok Online, it's a game by South Korean company and it's depict it as dog-people. Since then i didn't see it depict as anything else.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm still not sure what the fuck they were supposed to be in WoW, I just know you no take candle.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 10 points 1 month ago

Ohh, totally forgot about Blizzard's kobold, i always assume they're also dog-people but then i got confused with Gnoll. Apparently Kobold in Warcraft is rat-people lol.

[–] cashmaggot@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

I am a mixed goober, and always figured they were dogs. But also have only played D&D collectively twice in my life (and then the pandemic happened). So I only know them from fantasy stuff. One of which being Age of Wonders, which I played with a friend at one point in my life. And was confused as to why the dog guys were little gremlins. Also watched Lodoss Wars as a kid, but don't really remember it. I'm not sure how a->b but I always assumed they were dog folk.

[–] Sesudesu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Ragnarok Online 🤩

I met my now wife in that game.