Contents
Preface 11
Preface to the 1967 edition 12
Preface to the 1957 edition 13
A Bao A Qu 15
Abtu and Anet 16
The Amphisbaena 16
An Animal Imagined by Kafka 17
An Animal Imagined by C. S. Lewis 18
The Animal Imagined by Poe 20
Animals in the Form of Spheres 21
Antelopes with Six Legs 23
The Ass with Three Legs 23
Bahamut 25
Baldanders 26
The Banshee 27
The Barometz 28
The Basilisk 28
Behemoth 31
The Brownies 32
Burak 32
The Carbuncle 34
The Catoblepas 35
The Celestial Stag 36
The Centaur 37
Cerberus 39
The Cheshire Cat and the Kilkenny Cats 40
The Chimera 41
The Chinese Dragon 42
The Chinese Fox 44
The Chinese Phoenix 45
Chronos or Hercules 46
A Creature Imagined by C. S. Lewis 47
The Crocotta and the Leucrocotta 48
A Crossbreed 49
The Double 51
The Eastern Dragon 52
The Eater of the Dead 54
The Eight-Forked Serpent 55
The Elephant That Foretold the Birth of the Buddha 57
The Eloi and the Morlocks 57
The Elves 58
An Experimental Account of What Was Known. Seen, and Met by Mrs. Jane Lead in London in 1694 59
The Fairies 6o
Fastitocalon 61
Fauna of Chile 63
Fauna of China 65
Fauna of Mirrors 67
Fauna of the United States 68
Garuda 70
The Gnomes 7I
The Golem 71
The Griffon 73
Haniel, Kafziel, Azriel, and Aniel 75
Haokah, the Thunder God 77
Harpies 77
The Heavenly Cock 78
The Hippogriff 79
Hochigan So Humbaba 81
The Hundred-Heads 82
The Hydra of Lerna 82
Ichthyocentaurs 83
Jewish Demons 84
The Jinn 84
The Kami 86
A King of Fire and His Steed 87
The Kraken 88
Kujata 89
The Lamed VVufniks 90
The Lamias 90
Laudatores Temporis Acti 92
The Lemures 93
The Leveller 93
Lilith 94
The Lunar Hare 95
The Mandrake 96
The Manticore 98
The Mermecolion 99
The Minotaur 100
The Monkey of the Inkpot 101
The Monster Acheron101
The Mother of Tortoises 103
The Nagas 104
The Nasnas 105
The Noms 106
The Nymphs107
The Odradek 108
An Offspring of Leviathan 110
One-Eyed Beings 110
The Panther 112
The Pelican 114
The Peryton 115
The Phoenix 117
The Pygmies 119
The Rain Bird 119
The Remora 120
The Rukh 122
The Salamander 123
The Satyrs 126
Scylla 127
The Sea Horse 128 .
The Shaggy Beast of La Fertb.Bernard 129
The Simurgh 130
Sirens 132
The Sow Harnessed With Chains and Other Argentine Fauna 133
The Sphinx 134
The Squonk 136
Two Metaphysical Beings 144
The Unicorn 146
The Unicorn of China 148
The Uroboros 150
The Valkyries 151
The Western Dragon 152
Youwarkee 154
The Zaratan 155
Index 159