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1. What was the name of the Egyptian bird associated with the worship of Heliopolis?
2. In Ctesias' 'Persica', a creature possessing the body of a lion and a face of a man was described. Even the veracious Herodotus would admit to the reality of this beast...what was the creature called?
3. In an ancient country, large, purple-headed- horses were quite abundant. They possessed blue eyes and attacked men by wildly kicking them....what country were they from?
4. In Ethiopia, the Krokottas had a secret way of luring men and then devouring them. How did they attract them?
5. In Lucan's 'Pharsalia' which two creatures were spawned, as Perseus flew over Libya with the dripping blood of Medusa ?
6. Lucian was an earnest and a great, Greek writer. In his 'True Story', his crew and mates are swallowed by a large whale measuring how many miles in length?
7. The Cartazonus was said to be invincible with its one-horn on its head. From which country was this version of the unicorn seen?
8. Who was considered the first Encyclopedist, as well as the compiler of the 'Physiologus of Bestiary' ca. 560-636?
9. In Tibetan myth, they talk of a mysterious manlike creature that wanders the Himalayas. We sometimes call it the 'abominable snowman', but what do the Tibetans call it?
10. In Greek myth, what was the largest bird in heaven, the dispenser of light?
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