legendary tribes

Throughout history writers and explorers have mentioned various fantastical peoples inhabiting strange and far-away lands. Some of these are:

• Abarimones;
• Aegipanes;
• the Aigamuxa, with eyes in the back of their feet;
• the cannibalistic Androphagi and Anthropophagi;
• the one-eyed Arimaspians;
• the four-legged Artabatitae;
• the mouthless Astomi;
• the one-legged Sciapodes (also called Monocoli);
• the headless Blemmyes;
• the short-lived Calingi;
• the half man half horse centaurs;
• the monkey-live Chromandae;
• the dog-headed Cynocephali;
• the six-armed Gegenes;
• the Gorgades whose bodies were covered with hair;
• the horse-footed Hippopodes;
• the sense-less Idomeneans;
• the androgynous Machyles;
• the long-headed Macrocephali;
• the long-lived Macrobians;
• the short-lived Mandi;
• the eight-toed Nuli;
• the long-eared Pandae and Panotii;
• the diminutive Pygmaei (Pygmies);
• the one-footed Sciapodes;
• the snake-like Sciritae;
• the tiny-footed Struthopodes;
• the twelve-feet tall Syrbotae.

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