μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under Rakshasa. Dog or ape-shaped; red hair and eyes; mouth reaching from ear to ear; ears pointed like spears; shape-changers; cannibals; three heads, five feet, four eyes, no fingers, bear-neck, horns. Attack women.

Filed beside it
Rakshasas have power of extending bodies eighty milesRakshasa can be defeated by hero who has rakshasi blood in his veinsRakshasa eats many of the domestic animals each nightRakshasa eats horse, dog, and child. Suspected Ranis ordered for executionRakshasa hidden in deer's head swallows menRakshasa's mistress with her head severed lying in a pool of blood
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