Found in this volume is a philological essay concerning the pygmies, the cynocephali, the satyrs and sphinges of the ancients, wherein it will appear that they were all either apes or monkeys; and not men, as formerly pretended, written circa 1699. This essay is written in Old English text, with an introduction treating of pigmy races and fairy tales by Bertram C.A. Windle
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HAVING had the Opportunity of Dissecting this remarkable Creature, which not only in the outward Shape of the Body, but likewise in the structure of many of the Inward Parts, so nearly resembles a Man, as plainly appears by the Anatomy I have here given of it, it suggested the Thought to me, whether this sort of Animal, might not give the Foundation to the Stories of the Pygmies? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pigmy races, four feet six inches, average stature Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Men Pygmies, Strabo Geograph, Story of the Pygmies, Race of Men, Sir Thomas Brown, King of India, Noife of the Cranes, Olaus Magnus, Plinij Nat New!
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HAVING had the Opportunity of Dissecting this remarkable Creature, which not only in the outward Shape of the Body, but likewise in the structure of many of the Inward Parts, so nearly resembles a Man, as plainly appears by the Anatomy I have here given of it, it suggested the Thought to me, whether this sort of Animal, might not give the Foundation to the Stories of the Pygmies? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pigmy races, four feet six inches, average stature Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Men Pygmies, Strabo Geograph, Story of the Pygmies, Race of Men, Sir Thomas Brown, King of India, Noife of the Cranes, Olaus Magnus, Plinij Nat New!
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- Folk and Hero Tales by J. Macdougall in Front Matter
- Science of Fairy Tales by Edwin Sidney Hartland in Front Matter
- The Central Eskimo (Bison Book) by Franz Boas in Front Matter
- Algonquin Legends by Charles G. Leland in Front Matter
- Homeri Ilias (Historia. Einzelschriften) (Books 1-12 Vol I) on page 8
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