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Motif

Person with compound body.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Monstrous persons. · view the constellation · filed as F526

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6 finer motifs beneath it
Typhon. Human down to thighs; coil of vipers below. Dragon heads from his hands. Bigger than mountains Scylla. Breast and face of woman. From flanks has six heads and twelve feet of dogs Gorgon. Head turned about, scales of dragon, tusks of swine brazen hands, golden wings Beast-like anchorite. Walks on all fours; covered with hair like beast; has horns like beast. (Cf. F521.1.) Men with two faces, three legs, and seven arms (or other such combinations) Cecrops. Body compounded of man and serpent
Filed beside it
Monstrous races 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 of unusual color Other monstrous persons
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Person with animal's head. (Cf. F511.1.3, F526.)

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