Other extraordinary human beings — Mythoi

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Other extraordinary human beings.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Other extraordinary human beings. · view the constellation · filed as F570

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Extremely old person Dancers upon whom icicles hang Negro so black that he makes whole garden somber Luminous person Remarkable beauty. (Cf. F574.1.) Extraordinary ugliness. (Cf. A2402.) Persons identical in appearance. (Cf. F1072.) [First Edition: F581. Woman who drives those who see her mad. (Inadvertant duplication of F1041.8.1.)] Poison damsel. Woman nourished on poison is fatal to her husbands. Sometimes the poisoning is from fatal look or breath, sometimes from intercourse Hero has lain motionless since birth Person remarkably light in weight Phantoms Person who never laughs Man's ferocious glance kills (causes swooning) Person's extraordinary body temperature. (Cf. F546.5) Man whose entrails are visible when he laughs Man's body exudes sweet scent Extraordinarily slow person Woman without womb Old woman gives miraculous amount of milk

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