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  2. Vitruvian Man - Wikipedia

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    The man is portrayed in different stances simultaneously: His arms are stretched above his shoulders and then perpendicular to them, while his legs are together and also spread out along the circle's base. [2] The scholar Carlo Vecce notes that this approach displays multiple phases of movement at once, akin to a photograph. [10]

  3. Polymelia - Wikipedia

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    The Gegenees were a race of giants with six arms. The centaurs had six limbs: four horse legs and two human arms. Sleipnir, Odin's horse in Norse mythology, has eight normal horse legs, and is usually depicted with limbs twinned at the shoulder or hip. Several Hindu deities are depicted with multiple arms and sometimes also multiple legs.

  4. Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson - Wikipedia

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    Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson (born 1972) is a former electrician from Iceland who lost both arms while working on the job. [1] [2] At the age of 48, Guðnundur Felix received world's first double-arm and shoulder transplant from doctors in France. [1] The transplant was deemed successful. [3]

  5. The Six Arms Saga - Wikipedia

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    "The Six Arms Saga" is a story arc featuring the popular Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, written by Stan Lee and drawn by Gil Kane. It spans the issues The Amazing Spider-Man #100–102 (1971) and features the first appearance and origin story of Morbius, the Living Vampire.

  6. Marici (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    As a man or woman on an open lotus, the lotus occasionally is perched on the back of seven sows. As a male deity, often with two or six arms, riding a boar. Riding a fiery chariot pulled by seven savage boars or sows. As a multi-armed woman with a different weapon in each hand, standing or sitting on the back of a boar.

  7. List of hybrid creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Ketu – An Asura who has the lower parts of a snake and said to have four arms. Lamia – A female with the lower body like that of a snake and is also spelled as Lamiai. This should not be confused with the Greco-Roman Lamia. Matsya – An avatar of Lord Vishnu that is half-man half-fish. Merfolk – A race of half-human, half-fish creatures.

  8. Chaturbhuja - Wikipedia

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    It exhibits their divine ability to wield multiple articles, such as weapons, and perform numerous activities simultaneously. [ 5 ] Indologist Doris Srinivasan states that in both Vaishnava and Shaiva imagery, the Chaturbhuja form is regarded to be the manifestation of a deity who descends upon the earth and performs auspicious acts for the ...

  9. Supernumerary body part - Wikipedia

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    Polymelia – an extra arm or leg; Polyorchidism – having three or more testicles [5] Supernumerary bones – these additional bones are fairly common, particularly in the feet, and are frequently mistaken for fractures on x-rays. Supernumerary kidney – a third kidney [6]