CHAPTER II.

The Sphinx--The Chimæra--The Centaurs--The Origin of the Myth--The Onocentaur--Sagittarius--Satyrs and Fauns--The Harpys, described by Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, Milton, and others--The Echidna--The Gorgon--The Hydra--The Sirens--The Lurlei--Mermaids--The Manatee-- Dog-Headed Men of Brazil--The One-Eyed Cyclops and Briaræus of the Hundred Arms--The Headless Men or Anthropophagi--Sir Walter Raleigh's El Dorado--Claw-Footed Men--The Marvels of Hackluyt and Mandeville-- The Long-Eared Fanesii--The Fairies--The "Discoverie of Witchcraft"-- The Little Good People--Fairy-Rings--Elf-Music--Changelings-- Elf-Possession--Spirits of the Mine, or Knockers--Robin Goodfellow-- Queen Mab--The Phoca or Storm-Spirit--The Kelpie--Jack-o'-Lantern-- The Pigmies--Giants--Early Sculptures--Gigantic Men of Antiquity 81-132