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JORGE LUIS BORGES •
THE BOOK OF IMAGINARY BEINGS

 


 

 

 

 

A Bao A Qu

Abtu and Anet

Acheron

Amphisbaena

The Tigers of Annam

Fauna of the United States

Bahamut

Baldanders

The Banshee

The Basilisk

Behemoth

The Barometz

The Brownies

Burak

A Creature Imagined
by C. S. Lewis

An Animal Imagined
by C. S. Lewis

The Catoblepas

Cerberus

The Kilkenny Cats

Fauna of Chile

The Jinn

The Animal
Imagined by E. A. Poe

The Unicorn

One Eyed Beings

The Elephant

The Elves

The Eloi and the Morlocks

The Rain Bird

Fastitocalon

The Phoenix

Garuda

The Gnome

The Golem

Animals in the Form
of Sphere

The Griffon

The Eater of the Dead

Haniel, Kafzel,
Azriel and Aniel

Haokah the Thunder God

The Ass with three Legs

Harpyas

 

The Double

Antelopes with Six Legs

The Hippogriff

Hochigan

The Lunar Hare

Humbaba

Ichtyocentaurus

An Animal imagined
by Kafka

The Kami

The Carbuncle

The Centaur

A Crossbreed

Two Metaphysical Beings

The Chimera

The Unicorn of China

Fauna of China

The Chinese Phoenix

The Chinese Fox

The Chinese Dragon

The Kraken

Chronos

Kujata

The Lamed Wufnik

The Lamia

The Sore
Harnessed with  Chains

Laudatores
Temporis Acti

The Shaggy Beast
of La Ferté Bernard

The Lemures

The Leucrocotta

The Hydra of Lerna

An Offspring of Leviathan

Lilith

The Mandrake

The Manticore

The Heavenly Cock

The Celestial Stag

The Minotaur

The Mermecolion

The Nagas

The Nymphs

The Nasnas

The Norns

The Eight-Forked Serpent

The Western Dragon

The Odradek

The Panther

The Pelican

The Peryton

The Pygmy

The Remora

The Rukh

The Eastern Dragon

The Squonk

Swedenborg's Angels

Swedenborg's Devils

The Salamander

The Zaratan

The Satyrs

The Hundred-Heads

The Sphynx

Scylla

The Leveller

The T'ao T'ieh

The Sylphs

The Simurgh

The Syrens

Talos

Experimental Account…

 

 

The Mother of Tortoises

The Sea Horse 

  A Fire King and his Horse

Thermal Beings

 

 

 

 

  Trolls

 Fauna of Mirrors

   The Fairies

The Monkey of the Inkpot

 

 

 

 

  Uroboros

  Valkyrie

  Youwarkee

Jewish Demons