2006-08-12 13:26:28 · 9 answers · asked by love 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Because they give us something to wonder about.
If u want to know of some legendary animals then here is a list:
Bigfoot OR sasquatch
Yeti
Aliens
Hopkinsville Goblins
Bunyip
Mongolian Death Worm
Orcs
Nandi Bears
Cyclops
Leviathan
Cerberus
Minotaur
Loch Ness Monster
Roc
Chimaera
Wyvern and other dragons
El Chupacabra
Sphinx
Ghosts
Kraken
Werewolf
Weretiger
Golem
Gorgon
Hydra
and Manticore.
Those are the ones I know of.
2006-08-12 15:22:20 · answer #1 · answered by jake mills 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People have always been interested in animals. Very early in the history of civilization hunters tracked down and domesticated the animals of their own surroundings. These remote peoples also listened eagerly to travelers from far places who told of strange beasts they had seen and even stranger ones they had only heard about. Because early writers lacked scientific knowledge, they often confused fact with hearsay. Several books of travel and natural history that were dated from pre-Christian times and the Middle Ages were widely read, and their reports of fantastic animals were accepted. New versions, even more bizarre, were handed down. In the 1st century AD the Latin writer Pliny the Elder published a 37-volume 'Natural History', which was a massive compilation of 2,000 earlier works. In 1544 Sebastian Munster wrote the popular 'Cosmographia Universalis', which had vivid descriptions of dragons and basilisks. Even the great Swiss naturalist Conrad Gesner, in 'Historia Animalium' (1551-87), described the unicorn and winged dragons. The most famous travel book of the Middle Ages was 'The Voyage and Travels of Sir John Mandeville, Knight', written in the mid-14th century. The mysterious writer's fanciful descriptions of monsters probably were derived from Pliny's 'Natural History'. Claims that the travel adventures were actually compiled in Belgium, where Mandeville changed his name to Jean de Bourgogne, have since been disputed.
2006-08-12 20:29:17 · answer #2 · answered by whizitincognito 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish I knew which animal you were looking at. Then I'd know if it was legendary or not.
2006-08-12 20:29:07 · answer #3 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they make really cool stories. That and many of them may be based on sightings of unusual, but very real animals.
Still others may be the result of eating the wrong mushrooms.
2006-08-12 20:29:46 · answer #4 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-08-12 20:28:16 · answer #5 · answered by My Two Cents 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
animals goes along with the story
2006-08-12 20:30:16 · answer #6 · answered by DUSTY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
folklore, people love to tell stories and the stories get added to over the generations.
2006-08-12 20:28:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because!!
2006-08-12 20:43:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHy NOT?
2006-08-12 20:28:40 · answer #9 · answered by Johnny P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋