A Bestiary for the Magnificently Wrong Monsters of Medieval Times

Beyond the borders of maps, where the limits of exploration fell to imagination, medieval artists and authors created monsters. Humans were deformed into beasts, such as the Panotii with huge ears used for wings and blankets, and the Sciapods — supposedly in China — who held one giant foot above their heads as an umbrella. Unicorns that could only be tamed by virginal women hid in India’s deep forests, and dragons straight from hell tormented distant towns.
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