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:
0:00 Intro
0:47 10 – Monopod
1:14 9 – Bonnacon
1:41 8 – Sea Monk
2:06 7 – Salamander
2:37 6 – Amphisbaena
2:59 5 – Shurale
3:24 4 – Snail
4:00 3 – Blemmyes
4:27 2 – Vegetable Lamb
5:04 1 – Gryllus
5:30 Outro
Most images from Wikimedia Commons
♫ Music credit to Hooksounds ♫
#Monsters #History #Myth
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