7 Fantastical Medieval Beasts No One’s Ever Heard Of

Move over, Griffins and Manticores. It’s time for the Muscaliet and the Bonnacon to have a turn

Jack Shepherd
Cellar Door
Published in
5 min readDec 16, 2022

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Respect where it’s due: Our friends from the Middle Ages were churning out absolutely top-quality content from day one (476 C.E., specifically), and their righteous talent for posting is particularly apparent if you spend any time perusing a medieval bestiary.

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Jack Shepherd
Cellar Door

I have a newsletter about crossword puzzles and a podcast about rom-coms. Formerly editorial director @BuzzFeed. Email: JackAShepherd at gmail