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... > Nature > earth, world as celestial body > animals > fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa) > fabulous animals ~ reptiles > fabulous animals ~ snakes (aspic, dragon, hydrus, hydra, amphisbaena, horned snake, cerastes) > dragon (large fabulous serpent, sometimes with wings and legs)

... > Nature > earth, world as celestial body > animals > reptiles > fabulous animals ~ reptiles > fabulous animals ~ snakes (aspic, dragon, hydrus, hydra, amphisbaena, horned snake, cerastes) > dragon (large fabulous serpent, sometimes with wings and legs)

... > Nature > earth, world as celestial body > animals > reptiles > snakes > fabulous animals ~ snakes (aspic, dragon, hydrus, hydra, amphisbaena, horned snake, cerastes) > dragon (large fabulous serpent, sometimes with wings and legs)