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# Why Manticore Is a Dungeons & Dragons Legend
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/monstrum/episode/why-manticore-is-a-dungeons-dragons-legend-jjpw2x/
- Published: 2024-10-04T14:16:56.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T10:43:22.000Z
- Description: Is the Manticore a man-eating monster from Persian myth or simply a misidentified tiger?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Monstrum, Season 6, Episode 10, #ZZZ_Episode_a7cabe37-26a0-403e-b535-15e9d196678f, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_e2373c25-fe5a-4b4e-8505-7bf13a9592da, #v1.16

Featured in tabletop RPGs, card games, books, animated movies and shows, the manticore is a legend. And there’s a lot of speculation about the origins of the manticore. Is it a man-eating monster from Persian myth or simply a misidentified tiger?