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Dog-Headed Men of the Andaman Islands
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Title:
Dog-Headed Men of the Andaman Islands
Caption:
Dog-Headed Men of the Andaman Islands. 14th Century illustration from a book about Marco Polo's adventures in the Far East. He mentions the the dog-headed barbarians on the island of Angamanain, or the Andaman Islands though it is uncertain whether he visited there and if he did, whether he met the natives, because he describes them as having heads like dogs. The condition of cynocephaly, having the head of a dog or of a jackal, is a widely attested mythical phenomenon existing in many different forms and contexts.
Credit:
Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
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Image size:
4200 x 2771 px | 33.3 MB
Print size:
35.6 x 23.5 cm | 14.0 x 9.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
14TH CENTURY • 14TH CENTURY, THE • ANDAMAN ISLANDS • ANDAMANS • ANGAMANAIN ISLANDS • ANGAMANAINS • ANIMAL • ART • ARTWORK • BIZARRE • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CREATURE • CREEPY • CYNOCEPHALY • DOG MEN • DOG-HEADED • DRAWING • EERIE • FABLED • FAMOUS • FICTIONAL • FOLK TALE • FOLKLORE • FOLKLORIC • FOLKTALE • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HYBRID • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • IMAGINARY • IMPORTANT • LEGEND • LEGENDARY • LORE • MARCO POLO • MEDIEVAL • MEN WITH DOG HEAD • MIDDLE AGES • MINIATURE • MONSTER • MYTH • MYTHIC • MYTHICAL • MYTHOLOGICAL • NOTABLE • ODD • PECULIAR • POLO • QUIRKY • SCARY • SMALL PAINTING • STRANGE • UNUSUAL • WACKY • WEIRD • WELL-KNOWN
