CHAPTER II.

The Sphinx--The Chimæra--The Centaurs--The Origin of the Myth--The

Onocentaur--Sagittarius--Satyrs and Fauns--The Harpys, described by

Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, Milton, and others--The Echidna--The

Gorgon--The Hydra--The Sirens--The Lurlei--Mermaids--The Manatee--

Dog-Headed Men of Brazil--The One-Eyed Cyclops and Briaræus of the

Hundred Arms--The Headless Men or Anthropophagi--Sir Walter Raleigh's

El Dorado--Claw-Footed Men--The Marvels of Hackluyt and Mandeville--

The Long-Eared Fanesii--The Fairies--The "Discoverie of Witchcraft"--

The Little Good People--Fairy-Rings--Elf-Music--Changelings--

Elf-Possession--Spirits of the Mine, or Knockers--Robin Goodfellow--

Queen Mab--The Phoca or Storm-Spirit--The Kelpie--Jack-o'-Lantern--

The Pigmies--Giants--Early Sculptures--Gigantic Men of Antiquity

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