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At the time of the map's creation, Magnus had been living in exile in Danzig, Poland, since 1927, moving to Venice in 1939 before the map's publication. Applying an average foot-value of 300 mm (12 in), the eye-diameter given would be something akin to 1.5–1.9 m (4 ft 11 in – 6 ft 3 in).
The following is a list of lists of legendary creatures, beings and entities from the folklore record. Entries consist of legendary and unique creatures, ...
In east African folklore, the Nandi bear is a creature said to live in East Africa. [1] [2] It takes its name from the Nandi people who live in western Kenya, in the area the Nandi Bear is reported from.
Makara (Hindu mythology) – half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually of a fish, a seal, or a snake, though sometimes a peacock or even a floral tail is depicted) Mug-wamp - (Canadian) giant sturgeon monster said to inhabit Lake Temiskaming in Ontario. Name is of ...
In maps based on reference points and descriptions given by Strabo, [24] Hyperborea, shown variously as a peninsula or island, is located beyond what is now France, and stretches further north–south than east–west. [25]
The 1797–8 map of French explorer Nicolas De Finiels shows the cliffs above the Piasa labeled as Hauteurs De Paillisa. [ citation needed ] An earlier 1778 map titled "A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina; comprehending the river Ohio, and all the rivers, which fall into it; part of the river ...
The catoblepas is described in The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci: . It is found in Ethiopia near to the source Nigricapo. It is not a very large animal, is sluggish in all its parts, and its head is so large that it carries it with difficulty, in such wise that it always droops towards the ground; otherwise it would be a great pest to man, for any one on whom it fixes its eyes dies immediately.
Category: Legendary animals. 11 languages. ... Mythological human–animal hybrids (15 C, 13 P) M. Legendary mammals (3 C, 50 P) Mythological molluscs (2 C, 6 P) R.