Many-mouthed animal. (Cf. B15.7.2.) — Mythoi

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Many-mouthed animal. (Cf. B15.7.2.)

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Mythical beasts and hybrids. · view the constellation · filed as B15.2

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Six-mouthed serpent

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Animal unusual as to his head 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.)

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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.)