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100			_aBorges, Jorge Luis _971603
245			_aBook of imaginary beingsTr. by Norman Thomas di Giovanni
260			_aLondon _bVintage books _c2019
300			_a171,ip.
505			_aContents 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
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