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Top 10 Strangest Medieval Monsters (1x1)

Air date: Jun 18, 2021

A rundown of the top ten strangest monsters in historic medieval European art. It was exceedingly difficult to narrow this list down to just ten. -- If you don’t know anything about Medieval art, you might reasonably assume old illustrated texts featured basic depictions of historical and religious figures. But medieval art is overflowing with absurdity — particularly when it comes to depictions of myth and monsters. Beyond the legends of dragons and unicorns you might be familiar with is a truly insane world of lesser known ancient creatures which stretch the imagination with their utter bizarreness. So today, we’re going to take a look at the top ten strangest of these monsters: 10 – Monopod 9 – Bonnacon 8 – Sea Monk 7 – Salamander 6 – Amphisbaena 5 – Shurale 4 – Snail 3 – Blemmyes 2 – Vegetable Lamb 1 – Gryllus