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The animal species involved were almost invariably either domesticated ones (most often pigs, bulls, horses, donkeys, mules and cows, for secular courts) or pests such as rats and weevils for ecclesiastical courts. [2] [3] In contrast, "wild beasts, like wolves or bears, were never subject to such legal action… ." [4]
[128] [123] In medieval Europe, the Catholic Church considered the beaver to be part mammal and part fish, and allowed followers to eat the scaly, fishlike tail on meatless Fridays during Lent. Beaver tails were thus highly prized in Europe; they were described by French naturalist Pierre Belon as tasting like a "nicely dressed eel". [129]
Reachisey is a mythical animal, with the head of a lion, a short elephantine trunk, and the scaly body of a dragon. It occurs at Angkor Wat in the epic bas reliefs of the outer gallery. Rompo is a mythological beast with the head of a hare, the ears of a human, a mane, a slender body, the front arms of a badger, and the rear legs of a bear. It ...
1722 German woodcut of a werewolf transforming. Popular shapeshifting creatures in folklore are werewolves and vampires (mostly of European, Canadian, and Native American/early American origin), ichchhadhari naag (shape-shifting cobra) of India, shapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia such as the huli jing of China, the obake of Japan, the Navajo skin-walkers, and gods, goddesses and demons and ...
Falkor (named Fujur in the Spanish version; the lead author is Spanish), The Neverending Story "From Fujur, the dog-dragon in the novel The Neverending Story by M. Ende + Greek phyes, the commonly used suffix in names of Allomalorhagid genera. The name adds to the list of kinorhynch (mud dragons) species named after dragons and also refers to ...
Some Giants are fully human in form, while others are a combination of human and animal forms. Some are snake-legged, some have wings, one has bird claws, one is lion-headed, and another is bull-headed. Some Giants wear helmets, carry shields and fight with swords. Others are naked or clothed in animal skins and fight with clubs or rocks. [138]
[50] One passage recorded in the Greek Magical Papyri says of Helios, "the earth flourished when you shone forth and made the plants fruitful when you laughed and brought to life the living creatures when you permitted." [13] He is said to have helped create animals out of primeval mud. [51]
[192] [193] But wishing to keep the beautiful animal for himself, Minos instead sacrificed an ordinary bull to the sea-god instead of the agreed upon one. [ 193 ] Poseidon, enraged, caused Minos's wife, Pasiphae , to fall in love with the bull; their coupling produced the Minotaur , a half-bull half-human creature who fed on human flesh.