The Book of Imaginary Beings
- Original title:
- Manual de zoología fantástica / El libro de los seres imaginarios
- Authors:
- Jorge Luis Borges (author), Margarita Guerrero (co-author) and Norman Thomas di Giovanni (translator)
- Language:
- English
- Original language:
- Spanish
- Publisher:
- Vintage Books
- Category:
- Bestiary
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Original publication year:
- 1967
- ISBN:
- 978-0-099-44263-9
- Pages:
- 172
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- High-res images:
- [Back (21.51 MB)] [Spine (1.66 MB)] [Front (18.5 MB)]
- Table of Contents:
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- Preface
- Preface to the 1967 edition
- Preface to the 1957 edition
- A Bao A Qu
- Abtu and Anet
- The Amphisbaena
- An Animal Imagined by Kafka
- An Animal Imagined by C. S. Lewis
- The Animal Imagined by Poe
- Animals in the Form of Spheres
- Antelopes with Six Legs
- The Ass with Three Legs
- Bahamut
- Baldanders
- The Banshee
- The Barometz
- The Basilisk
- Behemoth
- The Brownies
- Burak
- The Carbuncle
- The Catoblepas
- The Celestial Stag
- The Centaur
- Cerberus
- The Cheshire Cat and the Kilkenny Cats
- The Chimera
- The Chinese Dragon
- The Chinese Fox
- The Chinese Phoenix
- Chronos or Hercules
- A Creature Imagined by C. S. Lewis
- The Crocotta and the Leucrocotta
- A Crossbreed
- The Double
- The Eastern Dragon
- The Eater of the Dead
- The Eight-Forked Serpent
- The Elephant That Foretold the Birth of the Buddha
- The Eloi and the Morlocks
- The Elves
- An Experimental Account of What Was Known, Seen, and Met by Mrs. Jane Lead in London in 1694
- The Fairies
- Fastitocalon
- Fauna of Chile
- Fauna of China
- Fauna of Mirrors
- Fauna of the United States
- Garuda
- The Gnomes
- The Golem
- The Griffon
- Haniel, Kafziel, Azriel, and Aniel
- Haokah, the Thunder God
- Harpies
- The Heavenly Cock
- The Hippogriff
- Hochigan
- Humbaba
- The Hundred-Heads
- The Hydra of Lerna
- Ichthyocentaurs
- Jewish Demons
- The Jinn
- The Kami
- A King of Fire and His Steed
- The Kraken
- Kujata
- The Lamed Wufniks
- The Lamias
- Laudatores Temporis Acti
- The Lemures
- The Leveller
- Lilith
- The Lunar Hare
- The Mandrake
- The Manticore
- The Mermecolion
- The Minotaur
- The Monkey of the Inkpot
- The Monster Acheron
- The Mother of Tortoises
- The Nagas
- The Nasnas
- The Norns
- The Nymphs
- The Odradek
- An Offspring of Leviathan
- One-Eyed Beings
- The Panther
- The Pelican
- The Peryton
- The Phoenix
- The Pygmies
- The Rain Bird
- The Remora
- The Rukh
- The Salamander
- The Satyrs
- Scylla
- The Sea Horse
- The Shaggy Beast of La Ferté-Bernard
- The Simurgh
- Sirens
- The Sow Harnessed with Chains and Other Argentine Fauna
- The Sphinx
- The Squonk
- Swedenborg’s Angels
- Swedenborg’s Devils
- The Sylphs
- Talos
- The T’ao T’ieh
- Thermal Beings
- The Tigers of Annam
- The Trolls
- Two Metaphysical Beings
- The Unicorn
- The Unicorn of China
- The Uroboros
- The Valkyries
- The Western Dragon
- Youwarkee
- The Zaratan
- Index