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Mythical Monsters, by Charles Gould, [1886], at sacred-texts.com


CONTENTS.

 

PAGE

INTRODUCTION

1

LIST OF AUTHORS CITED

27

CHAPTER I.—ON SOME REMARKABLE ANIMAL FORMS

31

CHAPTER II.—EXTINCTION OF SPECIES

42

CHAPTER III.—ANTIQUITY OF MAN

78

CHAPTER IV.—THE DELUGE NOT A MYTH

101

CHAPTER V.—ON THE TRANSLATION OF MYTHS BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW WORLD

137

CHAPTER VI.—THE DRAGON

159

CHAPTER VII.—THE CHINESE DRAGON

212

CHAPTER VIII.—THE JAPANESE DRAGON

248

CHAPTER IX.—THE SEA-SERPENT

260

CHAPTER X.—THE UNICORN

338

CHAPTER XI.—THE CHINESE PHŒNIX

366

APPENDICES

375


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