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A rundown of the top ten strangest monsters in historic medieval European art. It was exceedingly difficult to narrow this list down to just ten.
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If you don’t know anything about Medieval art, you might reasonably assume old illustrated texts featured basic depictions of historical and religious figures. But medieval art is overflowing with absurdity — particularly when it comes to depictions of myth and monsters.
Beyond the legends of dragons and unicorns you might be familiar with is a truly insane world of lesser known ancient creatures which stretch the imagination with their utter bizarreness. So today, we’re going to take a look at the top ten strangest of these monsters:
10 – Monopod
9 – Bonnacon
8 – Sea Monk
7 – Salamander
6 – Amphisbaena
5 – Shurale
4 – Snail
3 – Blemmyes
2 – Vegetable Lamb
1 – Gryllus |