Nuli

The Nuli, Nuloi or Nouloi were a legendary race of people with backward-facing, eight-toed feet, living on Mount Nulus in India, described by Greek historian Megasthenes is his Indica. They also appear in Medieval bestiaries, like the Nuremberg Chronicle.[1]

For the town in Zimbabwe, see Nuli, Zimbabwe.
Illustration of a "nuli" ("nuloi") in the Nuremberg Chronicle

References
  1. "Nuli". Theoi Greek Mythology. Retrieved 2008-12-28.


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