| CHAPTER I. |
| Introduction — “A Description of 300 Animals” — Unicorn — TheBible Unicorn — The Heraldic Unicorn — The Horn as a PoisonTest — The Unicorn of Mediæval Legend — Wolf CausingDumbness — The Rompo or Man-Eater — The Manticora — TheLamia — Stag Antipathies — Dragons — Dragon-Slaying — Legendsof the Saints — The “Legenda Aurea” — St. George — MediævalRecipes — The “Historia Monstrorum” of Aldrovandus — TheDragon in Heraldry — The Dragon of Wantley — Dragons’Teeth — The Dragonnades — The Dragons of Shakespeare — Guardiansof Treasure — The Feud between the Dragonand the Elephant — The “Bestiare Divin” of Guillaume — TheCockatrice — The Basilisk — The Phœnix: Its Literary Existencefrom Herodotus to Shakespeare — The Dun-Cow of Warwick — SirGuy, and Percie’s “Reliques of Antient Poetry” — OldRibs and other Bones in Churches — The Salamander — Breydenbach’sTravels — The “Bestiary” of De Thaun — TheYlio — The Griffin — The Arimaspians — Burton’s “Miracles ofArt and Nature” — The Lomie — The Tartarian VegetableLamb — The Sea-Elephant — Pegasus — The Vampyre — TheChameleon | [1‑80] |
| CHAPTER II. |
| The Sphinx — The Chimæra — The Centaurs — The Origin of theMyth — The Onocentaur — Sagittarius — Satyrs and Fauns — TheHarpys, described by Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, Milton, andothers — The Echidna — The Gorgon — The Hydra — The Sirens — TheLurlei — Mermaids — The Manatee — Dog-Headed Men ofBrazil — The One-Eyed Cyclops and Briaræus of the HundredArms — The Headless Men or Anthropophagi — Sir WalterRaleigh’s El Dorado — Claw-Footed Men — The Marvels ofHackluyt and Mandeville — The Long-Eared Fanesii — TheFairies — The “Discoverie of Witchcraft” — The Little GoodPeople — Fairy-Rings — Elf-Music — Changelings — Elf-Possession — Spiritsof the Mine, or Knockers — Robin Goodfellow — QueenMab — The Phoca or Storm-Spirit — The Kelpie — Jack-o’-Lantern — ThePigmies — Giants — Early Sculptures — GiganticMen of Antiquity | [81‑132] |
| CHAPTER III. |
| Comparatively Small Number of Mythical Bird-Forms — The Martlet — TheBird of Paradise — The Humma — The Huppe — TheIbis — The Roc — The Hameh Bird — Reptiles, Fish, &c. — TheSea-Serpent — The Adissechen of Hindu Mythology — TheIormungandur of Scandinavian Mythology — The Egg Talisman — Fire-Drake — Aspis — Amphisbena — Kraken — Cetus — Leviathan — Behemoth — Nautilus — Dolphin — TheAcipenser — TheRemora — The Fish Nun — The Chilon — The Dies — Sea-Bishopsand Sea-Monks — Davy Jones and his Locker — OjibiwayLegend of the Great Serpent — Fabledom in theVegetable Kingdom — The Barnacle Tree — The Kalpa-Tarou — TheLote Tree — The Tree of Life — Lotus-Eating — Amaranth — LotusWreaths at Kew from the Egyptian Tombs — Asphodel — MediævalHerbals — Ambrosia — The Upas Tree — TheUmdhlebi Tree of Zululand — The Kerzereh Flower — TheMandrake — “Miracles of Art and Nature” — Travellers’ Tales — TheDead Sea Apple — Alimos — The Meto — The Herb Viva — Cockeramon Herb-Lore — The Pseudodoxia of Dr. Browne — HerbBasil — The “Eikon Basilike” — Fitzherbert’s “Bokeof Husbandry” | [133‑205] |
| Appendix | [207] |
| Index | [235] |
