Monstrous races — Mythoi

Motif

Monstrous races.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Monstrous persons. · view the constellation · filed as F510.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Mesoamerican (Maya / Nahua) Popol Vuh, or Book of the Holy Assembly (Guthrie translation, serialized, truncated) , Part 1, Chapter 8
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 3, Canto 26
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 3, Canto 2
Slavic Russian Folk-Tales , Chapter II
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 1, Canto 41

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Monstrous persons.

Filed beside it

Person unusual as to his head. (Cf. F501.) Person unusual as to his eyes. (Cf. F531.1.1, F541.1.) Person unusual as to his mouth. (Cf. F544.) Person unusual as to his nose. (Cf. F531.1.6.6, F543) Person unusual as to his hands. (Cf. F552.) Person unusual as to his arms Person unusual as to his legs Persons with tails Person with unusual covering Person with wings Two persons with bodies joined. Siamese twins Person with several bodies Person with half a body. As if body has been split in two Person with compound body Person of unusual color Other monstrous persons

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