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Lucía Zárate (January 2, 1864 – January 15, 1890) was a Mexican entertainer with dwarfism who performed in sideshows.Zárate is the first person to have been identified with Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II. [2]
Antonio Pigafetta recorded that the Moluccan pilot of the ship Vittoria told a story about the people of Aracheto. The men and women were 1.5 feet high; their food was the pith of a tree; and they dwells in caverns under ground. Their ears were as long as their bodies; so that, when they lay down, one ear served as a mattress and the other as a ...
Khagendra Thapa Magar (Nepali: खगेन्द्र थापामगर) (4 October 1992 – 17 January 2020) [2] was a Nepali once known as the shortest man in the world, measuring 0.67 m (2 ft 2 in). [1] [3] Magar, who was a primordial dwarf, won the title of shortest man from Edward Niño Hernández.
Ahu Tongariki, with mount Poike in the background: the beginning of the Poike ditch where the final battle is supposed to have taken place.. The Hanau epe (also, hanau eepe: supposed to mean "Long-ears") were a semi-legendary people who are said to have lived in Easter Island, where they came into conflict with another people known as the Hanau momoko or "short-ears".
Loopy Ears. The story is based on Bunin's reminiscences of his gymnasium years in Yelets. In 1927, working upon The Life of Arsenyev, Bunin incorporated into the novel part of this story and re-worked the latter completely, changing the setting from the Christmas-based ('wintery'), into the Maslenitsa-related ('springy'). [23] 1927
[5]: 60 The Greek word "anthroparion" is similar to "homunculus" – a diminutive form of "person". Zosimos subsequently encounters other anthroparia in his dream but there is no mention of the creation of artificial life. In his commentary, Jung equates the homunculus with the Philosopher's Stone, and the "inner person" in parallel with Christ.
Balawing became the world's shortest non mobile person following Chandra's death in September, 2015 until his own death in 2020. [4] [5] 1993–2020 Hungary: 65 cm (26 in) István Tóth Shortest man claimant, was said to be 26 in (65 cm). Verification by Guinness World Records needs to be checked. [6] [7] István died in May 2011 at the age of ...
Hōichi-dō (Hōichi's shrine) in Akama Shrine. Hoichi the Earless (耳なし芳一, Mimi-nashi Hōichi) is the name of a well-known figure from Japanese folklore. His story is well known in Japan, and the best-known English translation first appeared in the book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn.