Curious Creatures in Zoology

by John Ashton

• K.
• Khumbaba, [79].
• Kingfisher.
• See [Halcyon].
• Kite, the, [69].
• Kjökkenmöddings, [41], [42], [43], [44].
• Kraken, the, [244], [261], [262], [263], [264], [265], [266], [292].

• L.
• Lacus insanus, [23].
• Laius, [65].
• Lake dwellings, [39], [40], [41].
• La Madelaine, Palæolithic remains at, [39].
• Lamb tree, the, [165], [166], [167], [168], [169], [170].
• Lambri, Kingdom of, [5].
• Lambton Worme, the. See [Dragons].
• Lamia, the, [74], [75], [76], [77], [78].
• Lane, Mr., [218].
• Langa, the, [225].
• Lapithæ, [80].
• Lapwing, the, [196], [197].
• Lee, Henry, [165], [292].
• Leech, the, [329], [330].
• Lemnius, Levinus, [320].
• Lenormant, M., [208].
• Leone, Giovanni, [198], [201].
• Leonine Monster, a, [227].
• Leontophonus, the, [158].
• Leontopithecus, the, [55].
• Leopard, the, [138].
• Leucrocotta, the (see also [Manticora]), [159], [160].
• Leviathan, [218].
• Licetus, [173], [179].
• Licosthenes, [81], [146], [180].
• Lilith. See [Lamia].
• Linton Worme, the. See [Dragons].
• Lion, the, [71], [88], [156], [157], [158], [159].
• Livingstone, Dr., [31].
• Livy, [9].
• Lizards, flying, [302].
• Lotophagi, Cattle of, [160].
• Loup-garou. See [Were Wolf].
• Lucanus, [322].
• Lucretius, [157].
• Lycanthropy. See [Were Wolf].
• Lycaon. See [Were Wolf].
• Lynx, the, [129], [159].

• M.
• Machlyæ, the tribe of, are androgynous, [11].
• Maclean, Rev. —, [271].
• Macrobii, people who live four hundred years, [15], [16].
• M‘Quhæ, Capt., [274], [275], [276].
• Magalhaen, [190].
• Magnus, Olaus, [29], [33], [104], [108], [127], [141], [176], [182],
• [187], [188], [194], [214], [219], [221], [223], [227], [231], [232], [233], [236], [237], [241], [244], [245], [251], [255], [256], [260], [262], [264], [266], [269], [285], [293], [329], [332].
• Manatee, [213].
• Mandeville, Sir John, [17], [21], [25], [28], [37], [169], [175], [181], [202], [249], [312], [318].
• Mandi, who live on locusts, [16].
• Mandragora, [112].
• Man-fish, [212], [213], [231].
• Mani. See [Sponges].
• Manilius, Senator, [184].
• Manticora, the, [71], [72], [73], [74], [159].
• Maphoon, a hairy woman, [49], [50].
• Mappa Mundi, [7], [17].
• Marcellinus, [134].
• Marcellus, [131], [133], [134], [140], [144], [174].
• Marco Polo, [5], [28], [100], [182], [249], [324], [325].
• Maricomorion, the. See [Manticora].
• Marion, the. See [Manticora].
• Marius, [86].
• Marsi, the tribe of, [11].
• Martlet, the, [189], [190].
• Mechovita, [102], [237].
• Megasthenes, [14], [15], [16].
• Meir, Rabbi, [167].
  • one-eyed, [8], [18];
  • with legs reversed, [9];
  • with sea-green eyes, [10], [15];
  • with white hair, [10], [14], [16];
  • eat every other day, [10];
  • those whose touch cures the sting of serpents, [10];
  • saliva cures ditto, [10];
  • testing the fidelity of wives by means of serpents, [11];
  • possessing both sexes, [11];
  • families of enchanters, [11];
  • with the power of fascination in their eyes, [12];
  • with two pupils in each eye, [12];
  • whose bodies will not sink in water, [12];
  • whose perspiration causes consumption, [12];
  • the glance of women with double pupils in their eyes is noxious, [12];
  • Indians never expectorate, and are subject to no pains, [13];
  • Men eight feet high, [13], [16];
  • with feet turned backwards, and eight toes, [14];
  • with heads of dogs, [14];
  • Women only pregnant once in their lives, [14], [16];
  • Men with one leg, [14], [20];
  • whose feet shade them from the sun, [14], [20];
  • without necks, and eyes in their shoulders, [14], [19];
  • large and small feet, [15];
  • with holes in their faces instead of nostrils, and flexible feet, [15];
  • with no mouths, who subsist by smell, [15];
  • who live 400 years, [15];
  • living on vipers, [16];
  • with no shadow, [16];
  • live to 130 years and never seem to get old, [16];
  • who live 200 years, [16];
  • do not live over 40 years, [16];
  • who live on locusts, [16];
  • Women bear children at seven years of age, [16];
  • Women conceive at five years of age and die in their eighth year, [17];
  • Men with ears which cover their bodies, [17];
  • twelve feet high, [17];
  • live on baboon’s milk, [17];
  • green and yellow, [18];
  • Men eating each other, [18];
  • without eyes or nose, [19];
  • with mouths in their shoulders, [19];
  • cover their faces with their lips, [19];
  • Dwarfs with no mouth, [19];
  • with ears to their shoulders, [19];
  • with horses’ feet, [19];
  • go on all fours, [19];
  • go on their knees, [19];
  • live by the smell of wild apples, [19];
  • covered with feathers, [20];
  • Elephant-headed men, [20];
  • feed on serpents and lizards, [21];
  • Amazons, [23], [24], [25], [26];
  • Pygmies, [26];
  • their height, [28];
  • Early men, [38];
  • their skulls, [38];
  • the Stone Age, [38];
  • Bronze and Iron Ages, [39];
  • Palæolithic remains in caves, [39];
  • the Lake men, [39];
  • early mention of them, [39];
  • their food, [41];
  • Kitchen middens, [41];
  • their wide range, [41];
  • Shell-fish middens in Tierra del Fuego, [42], [43];
  • Danish middens, [44];
  • Wild men, [41];
  • Ancient Britons, [46], [47];
  • Hairy men, [47], [49], [50], [51];
  • Julia Pastrana, [47];
  • Puella pilosa of Aldrovandus, [47], [48];
  • Hairy people at Ava, [49], [50];
  • the Aïnos of Japan, [50], [51];
  • Moon Woman, [180].
• Men, tailed, [4], [5], [17];
• Menippus, [74], [75], [76], [152].
• Menismini, who live on baboon’s milk, [17].
• Mentor, [158].
• Mercuriall, [320].
• Mermen and Mermaids, [209], [210], [211], [212], [213], [214].
• Meryx, the, [253].
• Midas, [58].
• Milo, Titus Annius, [251].
• Milroy, General, [30].
• Milton, [8], [218].
• Mimick Dog, the, [150], [151].
• Mirage, [17].
• Moa, the, [181], [183].
• Mole, the, [68].
• Monboddo, Lord, [5].
• Monk-fish, the, [228], [229].
• Monoceros. See [Unicorn], also Narwhal.
• Monocoli, people having but one leg, [14].
• Monster, a, [173].
• Moon Woman, [180].
• Mormolicæ. See [Lamia].
• Morse, the. See [Walrus].
• Moses Chusensis, [166].
• Mucianus, [253].
• Müenster, Sebastian, [177].
• Murex, the, [253], [254].
• Musculus, the, [226].
• Myrepsus, [132], [134].

• N.
• Narwhal, the, [244], [245].
• Nasomenes, the tribe of, [11].
• Nebuchadnezzar, [78].
• Nemæan Lion, [64].
• Nereids, [210].
• Niam Niams, [5].
• Nicander, [302].
• Nisus, the, [70].
• Nymphæ, a name for Satyrs, [57].
• Nymphodorus, [11].

• O.
• Oannes, or Hea, [206], [207], [208], [209].
• Obadja, Rabbi, [167].
• Octopus. See [Kraken].
• Odoricus, Friar, [170], [175].
• Œdipus, [64], [65].
• Olaus Magnus. See [Magnus, O.]
• Onisecritus, [16].
• Onocentaur, the, [56], [83].
• Ophiogenes, [10].
• Oppianus, [99], [119].
• Orca, the, [239], [240], [241].
• Osborne, the Royal Yacht, [276], [277].
• Ostridge or Estridge, [148], [197], [198].
• Ouran Outan, the, [51], [52].
• Ourani Outanis, [4].
• Ovid, [140].
• Owl, the, [70].
• Oxen and Wolves, [137], [138].

• P.
• Pan, the, a satyr, [55], [57].
• Pan, the Sea, [212].
• Pandore, live two hundred years, [16].
• Panther, the, [162].
• Paradise, Birds of, [190], [191].
• Parkinson, John, [168].
• Pastrana, Julia, a hairy woman, [47].
• Pausanias, [65].
• Pelican, the, [200], [201].
• Pegasus, the, [159].
• Pergannes, [16].
• Peter, the wild boy, [45].
• Peter Martyr, [4].
• Petronius, [140].
• Phalangium, the, [68], [70], [161].
• Pharnaces, a tribe whose perspiration causes consumption, [12].
• Philostratus, [58].
• Phœnix, the, [183], [184], [185], [186].
• Pholus, the Centaur, [80].
• Phylarcus, [12].
• Physeter, the, [215], [216], [217].
• Pierius, [302].
• Pitan, a tribe living on the smell of wild apples, [19].
• Pithocaris, [139].
• Plato, [194].
• Plesiosaurus, the, [300], [301].
• Pliny, [5], [7], [8], [9], [17], [21], [22], [23], [26], [27], [53], [57], [67], [72], [81], [86], [87], [88], [105], [124], [127], [131], [133], [140], [148], [158], [161], [183], [193], [198], [199], [204], [210], [239], [242], [251], [253], [256], [264], [267], [285], [286], [287], [288], [306], [313], [318], [324], [327], [329], [330], [332].
• Plutarch, [151], [281].
• Polydamna, [286].
• Polypus, the. See [Kraken].
• Poæius, Paulus, [95].
• Pomponius, Mela, [140].
• Pontoppidan, Erik, [261], [270].
• Ponzettus, [154].
• Pope, Alex., [26].
• Postdenius, [282].
• Prister, the, [215], [220].
• Psylli, a race whose saliva cures the sting of serpents, [10].
• Pterodactyl, the, [302].
• Ptolemy, [5].
• Ptolemy, King, [151].
• Purchas, his Pilgrimage, [29], [177].
• Pygmies. See [Dwarfs].
• Pygmæogeranomachia, a poem on the battle between the Pygmies and the Cranes, [26].
• Pyrallis, the, [70]. See also [Salamander].
• Pyrausta. See [Salamander].
• Pyrrhus, King, His right great toe cured diseases of the spleen, [13].

• R.
• Rabbit, the, [68].
• Rasis, [156].
• Raven, the, [69], [70], [163].
• Ravenna, Monster at, [173], [174].
• Ravisius, Textor, [180].
• Ray, the, [255].
• Rayn, the, [197].
• Regnerus, [294], [295].
• Reineke Fuchs, [126].
• Remora, the, [253], [254].
• Rhinoceros, [89], [97], [98], [99], [100].
• Robinson, Phil, [129].
• Rodocanakis, [188], [189].
• Rondeletius, [227].
• Rosmarus, the. See [Walrus].
• Rossamaka, the. See [Gulo].
• Ruc, Rukh, or Rok. See [Griffin].

• S.
• Sahab, the, [247].
• St. John, Mr., [5].
• Salamander, [323], [324], [325], [326].
• Salusbury, John, [300].
• Sargon, [209], [268].
• Satyr, the, [14].
• Satyr, the classical, [53], [56], [57], [58], [59], [60].
• Satyrs, [55], [56], [61], [62].
• Saw Fish, the, [239].
• Saxo, [33], [34], [177].
• Scaliger, [131], [317], [321].
• Scarus, the, [253].
• Schilt-bergerus, [284].
• Sciapodæ, men whose feet shade them from the sun, [14].
• Scirti, a name for Satyrs, [57].
• Scorpion, the, [69], [330], [331], [332].
• Scott, Sir Walter, [270], [271].
• Scyritæ, a tribe in India with holes in their faces instead of nostrils, and flexible feet, [15].
• Sea Animals, various, [231].
• Sea Calves, [116], [232], [233].
• Sea-Cow, the, [232].
• Sea Demon, [212].
• Sea Dragon, the, [256].
• Sea Hare, [132], [234].
• Sea-Horse, the, [233], [234].
• Seamew, the, [70].
• Sea-Mouse, the, [234].
• Sea-Nettle, the, [259], [260].
• Sea-Pig, the, [235].
• Sea Rhinoceros, the. See [Narwhal].
• Sea Satyr, [212].
• Sea Serpent, the, [268], [269], [270], [271], [272], [273], [274], [275], [276], [277].
• Sea Unicorn, the. See [Narwhal].
• Seal, the. See [Sea Calves].
• Segonius, [321].
• Seneca, [313].
• Sennacherib, [209].
• Seræ, who live four hundred years, [15].
• Serpeda de Aqua, [291].
• Serpents, bite of, cured by men’s saliva, [10];
  • ditto by odour of men, [11];
  • test of fidelity of wives, [11];
  • destroy strangers, [69];
  • war with Weasels and Swine, [70];
  • killed by Spiders, [71];
  • and Cats, [154], [155], [156];
  • and Mice, [156];
  • and Lions, [156];
  • cure for bite of, [161];
  • take medicine, [162];
  • the Indian, a kind of whale, [226], [227];
  • and Crabs, [267], [268];
  • charming them, [278], [279];
  • their loves, [280], [281];
  • talking, [281];
  • size, [281], [282];
  • their coldness, [283], [284];
  • pugnacity, [284], [285];
  • their antipathies, [285], [286], [287];
  • as medicine, [288], [289].
• Servius, [171].
• Sextus, [134], [138].
• Shrew mouse, the, [68], [70].
• Shu-Maon, a hairy man, [49].
• Sicinnis, Sicinnistæ, a name for Satyrs, [57].
• Sidetes, [140].
• Sileni, a name for Satyrs, [56], [57].
• Simeon, Rabbi, [166], [167], [168].
• Simia Satyrus, the, [52], [53], [54], [56].
• Simiinæ, the, [51].
• Simocatus, [286].
• Sindbad the Sailor, [218].
• Siren, the, [172], [173].
• Sluper, John, [7], [45], [65], [229].
• Snow Birds, [191], [192], [193].
• Solinus, [58], [313].
• Solyman, Sultan, [96].
• Somerville, Sir John, [298], [299], [300].
• Sow, [135], [136].
• Spenser, [88], [158], [312].
• Spermaceti Whale, the, [222].
• Sphyngium, the, [53].
• Sphynx or Sphynga, [61], [62], [63], [64], [65], [159].
• Spider, the, [69], [70], [71].
• Sponges, [260], [261].
• Spratt, [171].
• Stag, the, [68], [69], [163].
• Stanley, H. M., [31], [32].
• Starchaterus Thavestus, a giant, [33], [34], [35].
• Steingo, a name for a Gorgon, [85].
• Stheno, [85].
• Sting-ray, the, [256], [257].
• Stork, the, [162], [200], [201].
• Stow, John, [231].
• Strabo, [314].
• Struthpodes, a tribe with small feet, [15].
• Stumpsius, [308].
• Su, the, [163], [164], [165].
• Suidas, [65], [146].
• Swallow, the, [161], [186], [187], [188], [189].
• Swamfisck, the, [245], [246], [247].
• Swan, the, [69], [193], [194].
• Swine, [70], [148], [156].
• Swordfish, the, [238], [239].
• Sylla, [58].
• Syrbotæ, men twelve feet high, [17].

• T.
• Tantalus apples, [75].
• Tauron, [15].
• Tavernier, [191].
• Tennent, Sir J. E., [213].
• Teüfelwal, the. See [Trol Whale].
• Thenestus, [163].
• Theophrastus, [106], [118], [119].
• Thibii, a tribe having two pupils to each eye, [12].
• Thos, the, [71].
• Thresher-Whale, the. See [Orca].
• Tiles, shower of baked, [251].
• Toad, the, [326], [327], [328].
• Topazos, a beautiful stone, [21], [22].
• Topsell, Edward, [53], [55], [66], [74], [83], [91], [92], [94], [97], [99], [104], [127], [131], [145], [146], [154], [163], [270], [278], [282], [288], [289], [291], [302], [306], [308], [312], [313], [317], [325], [326], [327], [331].
• Tortoise, the, [161].
• Traconyt, a beautiful stone, [21].
• Tragi. See [Sponges].
• Tranquillus, [147].
• Trebius, the, [252].
• Trebius Niger, [254], [264], [266].
• Triballi, a tribe having the power of fascination with their eyes, [12].
• Triorchis, the, a hawk, [70].
• Trispithami, a race three spans high, [27].
• Trithemius, [144].
• Tritons, [65], [210].
• Trochilus, the, [70], [201], [202].
• Troglodytæ, dwellers in caves, [14];
  • their swiftness, [17];
  • their remains, [20];
  • feed on serpents and lizards, [21];
  • their commerce, [22].
• Trol Whale, the, [217].
• Trygon, the. See [Sting-ray].
• Turtles, horned, [23].
• Turtle-dove, the, [70].
• Tytiri, a name for Satyrs, [56].
• Tzetzes, [93].

• U.
• Unicorn, the, [74], [87], [88], [89], [90], [91], [92], [93], [94], [95], [96], [97]. See also [Rhinoceros].
• Urchin, the, [128].