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Amphisbaenae, Legendary Creature

Illuminated manuscript image from a Medieval bestiary of the Amphisbaena a mythological ant-eating serpent with a head at each end. According to Greek mythology, the amphisbaena was spawned from the blood that dripped from the Gorgon Medusa's head as Perseus flew over the Libyan Desert with it in his hand. Cato's army then encountered it along with other serpents on the march. Amphisbaenae fed off of the corpses left behind. The amphisbaena has been referred to by the poets, such as Nicander, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and A. E. Housman, and the amphisbaena as a mythological and legendary creature has been referenced by Lucan, Pliny the Elder, Isidore of Seville, and Thomas Browne, the last of whom debunked its existence. Medieval and later drawings often show it with two or more scaled feet, and feathered wings or a horned, dragon-like creature with a serpent-headed tail and small, round ears, while others have both necks of equal size so that it cannot be determined which is the rear head.
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Amphisbaenae, Legendary Creature
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Traducción automática: Imagen manuscrita iluminada de un bestiario medieval de Amphisbaena, una serpiente mitológica que come hormigas con una cabeza en cada extremo. Según la mitología griega, la anfisbena se generó a partir de la sangre que goteaba de la cabeza de la Gorgona Medusa cuando Perseo volaba sobre el desierto de Libia con ella en la mano. El ejército de Cato luego lo encontró junto con otras serpientes en la marcha. Amphisbaenae se alimentaba de los cadáveres que quedaban. La anfisbena ha sido mencionada por poetas como Nicander, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alfred, Lord Tennyson y AE Housman, y la anfisbena como criatura mitológica y legendaria ha sido mencionada por Lucano, Plinio el Elder, Isidoro de Sevilla y Thomas Browne, el último de los cuales desacreditó su existencia. Los dibujos medievales y posteriores a menudo lo muestran con dos o más pies escamosos y alas emplumadas o una criatura parecida a un dragón con cuernos con una cola con cabeza de serpiente y orejas pequeñas y redondas, mientras que otros tienen ambos cuellos del mismo tamaño para que no pueda ser determinado cual es la cabeza trasera
Illuminated manuscript image from a Medieval bestiary of the Amphisbaena a mythological ant-eating serpent with a head at each end. According to Greek mythology, the amphisbaena was spawned from the blood that dripped from the Gorgon Medusa's head as Perseus flew over the Libyan Desert with it in his hand. Cato's army then encountered it along with other serpents on the march. Amphisbaenae fed off of the corpses left behind. The amphisbaena has been referred to by the poets, such as Nicander, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and A. E. Housman, and the amphisbaena as a mythological and legendary creature has been referenced by Lucan, Pliny the Elder, Isidore of Seville, and Thomas Browne, the last of whom debunked its existence. Medieval and later drawings often show it with two or more scaled feet, and feathered wings or a horned, dragon-like creature with a serpent-headed tail and small, round ears, while others have both necks of equal size so that it cannot be determined which is the rear head.
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Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
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Tamaño imagen:
3000 x 3114 px | 26.7 MB
Tamaño impresión:
25.4 x 26.4 cm | 10.0 x 10.4 in (300 dpi)