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Descriptions taken from bestiaries. Names mashups from bestiaries & Mandeville. Made by @SkrivaFel using https://t.co/XpDujaprri. Thanks to bestiary.ca. Joined September 2017

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3 years ago

The Alerel is so tall in front and short in back that it looks like it is sitting down. It can be mistaken for an island.

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3 years ago

In the kingdom of Sutemga is found the Parger. It exults when victorious.

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3 years ago

The Monoel is the body of a gold-coloured ant with the face of a woman with green eyes. It has a saw-toothed crest on its back.

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3 years ago

The fiercest Sercorns are found in Layobor. It is exceptionally flexible.

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3 years ago

The Leontcratulus is an ass so small it is not seen before it is stepped upon. Emperor Augustus had to send troops to fight it.

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3 years ago

The Cerastes is a beast with the lower body of a man and the upper body of an eagle. From its saliva is generated grasshoppers.

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3 years ago

The Unidril is the offspring of a hyena and a mole. It circles houses at night, calling out words in the voice of a man.

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3 years ago

Furthermore on this animal.

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3 years ago

What is called a hen in Rome is a viper of the air. It builds its nest in soft and delightful places, & it builds its nest in soft and delightful places.

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3 years ago

In Krakow, I saw a Cockodril.

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3 years ago

The Griffren is a mole that can fly. They nourish their young with their own blood.

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3 years ago

The Phoenophone looks much like a dog. If wounded, it breathes fiercely.

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3 years ago

The Salaandrus is part man, part weasel. It can only eat apples if it also eats hawks.

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3 years ago

What is called a whale in Greece is a beast with the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a whale. It builds its nest from the fruits of the cinnamon tree.

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3 years ago

The Yaulus is part man, part stork. It builds its nest from the fruits of the cinnamon tree.

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3 years ago

I have heard of an animal that is winged and four-footed. It foretells the future, therefore they spread one paw beneath them at night and wrap themselves with the other.