Top 10 Strangest Medieval Monsters

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. -- Curious Archive Social Media: Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: 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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