📗 Libro en inglés THE DEORHORD: AN OLD ENGLISH BESTIARY

Invaluable and hugely entertaining It is an absolute romp and a must have for history and fantasy enthusiasts alike Eleanor Janega Endlessly fascinating the SpectatorOld English was spoken over a thousand years ago when every animal was a deor In this glittering collection of words and animals we find deors big and small ordinary extraordinary and delightfully baffling From walker weavers spiders and grey cloaked ones eagles to moon heads and teeth tyrants historians still don t know we discover a world both familiar and strange where ants could be monsters and panthers could be your friend where dog headed men were as real as elephants and where whales were as sneaky as wolves From the author of The Wordhord comes another delightful dive into the realm of Old English words and creatures that will change the way you see the world and the strangest creatures of all us