The Encyclopedia of Monsters and Mysterious Animals

Record summary

Jorge Luis Borges’s encyclopedia, in English editions circulating during this period, presents legendary creatures and reports from many cultures, including African examples that can overlap with winged or aerial-being research. The lead matters because it documents literary and encyclopedic transmission rather than direct zoological testimony. It can help identify names, variant spellings and older textual sources, while also showing how creatures were detached from their original genres. Researchers must establish the edition and original source behind each entry before treating it as an African cryptid lead.