The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... Ages derived . Much of what appears about mon- sters in the Bestiary comes from Pliny by way of later writers and commentators such as Solinus and St Isidore of Seville . This is the source of the classic monsters and imaginary animals ...
... Ages derived . Much of what appears about mon- sters in the Bestiary comes from Pliny by way of later writers and commentators such as Solinus and St Isidore of Seville . This is the source of the classic monsters and imaginary animals ...
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... ages , and the horse part of the centaur would die while the man was still in his prime . The centaur appears in at ... age . If the sirens represented the perils of the sea , and the centaurs the dangers of the mountains , so the satyrs ...
... ages , and the horse part of the centaur would die while the man was still in his prime . The centaur appears in at ... age . If the sirens represented the perils of the sea , and the centaurs the dangers of the mountains , so the satyrs ...
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... Ages . These banners were used by the Scythians , Persians and Dacians . Adopted by the Rome legions , they spread all over the Empire , and are the origins of the flying dragons of Welsh mythology - dracones were the banners of the ...
... Ages . These banners were used by the Scythians , Persians and Dacians . Adopted by the Rome legions , they spread all over the Empire , and are the origins of the flying dragons of Welsh mythology - dracones were the banners of the ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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