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Book of Imaginary Beings
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Published in 1957, the Book of Imaginary Beings is one of Jorge Luis Borges' most famous works. A compendium of well over a hundred fantastical creatures, the entries in the Book of Imaginary Beings are short — very rarely longer than a page, and many are only a paragraph long — and not meant to be read in a linear fashion. Rather, the book is designed to be dipped into here and there, each entry being a self-contained window into a strange and wondrous world.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Borges drew inspiration from many different sources; besides some fairly well-known mythical creatures, the Book describes entities from minor or obscure myths, beasts from literary works, abstract beings from philosophical thought experiments and fruits of Borges' own imagination, presented side-by-side with no particular distinction.It was originally published in Spanish as the Manual de zoología fantástica, and expanded in 1967 and 1969 under the title of El libro de los seres imaginarios. The first English translation was published in 1969. | |
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Art Initiates Life: Chang Seng-yu's painted dragons remained such as long as he left them incomplete, but when he gave two of them eyes they turned into living dragons and flew away. | |
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Asian Fox Spirit: Chinese foxes can live for a thousand years, start fires by striking the ground with their tails, see into the future and take human shape. They are sometimes born from the souls of the dead taking on a new form, and will cause no end of mischief to those who cross them. | |
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All Trolls Are Different: Scandinavian trolls were originally the giants of Nordic myth, before being downgraded with the onset of Christianity. They are stupid, evil creatures who live in mountain caves and ramshackle hovels that they think are palaces, and drink a foul concoction that they think is a delicious brew. Particularly noteworthy trolls may have two or three heads. | |
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