Animal unusual as to his head — Mythoi

Motif

Animal unusual as to his head.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Mythical beasts and hybrids. · view the constellation · filed as B15.1

Within the index

Filed under Animals with unusual limbs or members.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Headless animals Many-headed animal. (Cf. B15.7.2.) Animal with head of bone

Filed beside it

Many-mouthed animal. (Cf. B15.7.2.) Animal unusual as to his horns Animals with unusual eyes. (Cf. B15.7.2.) Animal unusual as to his nose (snout) Animals with unusual legs or feet. (Cf. B19.1.) Other animals with unusual limbs or members. (Cf. B20, B142, B92.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Monster three-legged ass. Stands in the ocean. Has three feet, six eyes, nine mouths, two ears, one horn, a white body. Two eyes are in eye position, two on top of his head, two on his hump. He renders powerless by the sharpness of his eyes. He has three mouths in his head, three in his hump, and three in the inner parts of his flanks. Each mouth is the size of a cottage. (Cf. B13, B15.1, B15.2, B15.4.)

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