• Source: Liber Monstrorum

The Liber Monstrorum (or Liber monstrorum de diversis generibus) is a late seventh-or early eighth-century Anglo-Latin catalogue of marvellous creatures, which may be connected with the Anglo-Saxon scholar Aldhelm. It is transmitted in several manuscripts from the ninth and tenth centuries, but is often studied in connection with the better-known text Beowulf, since the Liber also mentions King Hygelac of the Geats and that he was renowned for his large size. Some scholars argue that the Beowulf-poet was in fact inspired by the Liber Monstrorum. The book contains extraordinary people, such as Hygelac; some clearly historical reports of actual peoples, such as the Ethiopians; and some obviously mythological reports, such as the cyclopes and centaurs.




See also


Wonders of the East




References






External links


A translation, done by Andy Orchard, is available at https://web.archive.org/web/20050118082548/http://members.shaw.ca/sylviavolk/Beowulf3.htm
Lapidge, Michael. 'Beowulf, Aldhelm, the Liber Monstrorum and Wessex', Studi medievali, 3rd ser., 23 (1982), 151-91

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Hygelac
• Liber Monstrorum
• Headless men
• Ichthyophagi
• Siren (mythology)
• Hygelac
• Nowell Codex
• Mermaid
• Wonders of the East
• Geats
• Solomon and Saturn