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The Book of Imaginary Beings was written by Jorge Luis Borges with Margarita Guerrero and published in 1957 under the original Spanish title Manual de zoología fantástica ("Handbook of fantastic zoology"). [1] [3] [4] It contains descriptions of mythical beasts from folklore and literature.
Book of Imaginary Beings, Borges' bestiary, a catalog of fantastic animals; Emic and etic (a corollary of Borges' point is that although etic classifications are less arbitrary than emic ones, all human efforts at etic classification are bound by the limits of human understanding and thus are imperfectly etic)
A cynocephalus. From the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493).. The characteristic of cynocephaly, or cynocephalus (/ s aɪ n oʊ ˈ s ɛ f ə l i /), having the head of a canid, typically that of a dog or jackal, is a widely attested mythical phenomenon existing in many different forms and contexts.
Jude Law does not believe he'll be slipping on wizard robes again anytime soon.. In a feature interview with Variety published Oct. 30, Law, 51, said the Fantastic Beasts movies — in which he ...
Pottermore releases final installment of the "Magic in North America" series, which explores the Magical Congress of the United States of America.
Remember way back in the year 2000, before even the first Harry Potter movie had been released? Big as a cinderblock and nearly as heavy, the fourth novel in J.K. Rowling’s bestselling YA series ...
Even the most fantastic myths, legends and fairy tales differ from modern fantasy genre in three respects: Modern genre fantasy postulates a different reality, either a fantasy world separated from ours, or a hidden fantasy side of our own world. In addition, the rules, geography, history, etc. of this world tend to be defined, even if they are ...
The most commercialized figures are those of dogs, armadillos, iguanas, giraffes, cats, elephants, zebras, deer, dolphins, sharks, and fish. [18] Animals are often painted with bright colors and designs and carved with exaggerated features that bear little resemblance to what occurs in the natural world.