Medieval descriptions of the Yale varied a lot. Some described the Yale as a hippopotamus, or bull-like creature the size of a horse; others said it was like an antelope.
It was said to have the tusks of a wild boar, the jaw and beard of a goat, and the tail of an elephant. The Yale’s colour ranged from black, brown, grey or beige, to green with red spots.
The strangest feature of the Yale was its horns. They were long and flexible and the Yale could move them independently of each other. The horns could be straight, curved, pointed sideways, downwards, or straight ahead. The Yale could attack with one horn pointed forwards, and defend itself with the other pointed behind it.
The Catoblepas was a similar mythical animal with breath so poisonous that other animals would suffer convulsions and die. It could kill with a single glance.
A yale is a magical creature as ferocious as both a manticore and a karkadann (a carnivore, a man-eater, and a cannibal).
The thing I hate about yales is that it would be required to cure my former Brazilian pen pal Dada’s broken heart without seeking anything in return.
It has been based on the water buffalo, the hippopotamus, the wildebeest, or the rhinoceros. They are ferocious beasts