THE SKIAPODES (or Sciapods) were a tribe of one-legged Ethiopian or Indian men who had a single giant foot which they raised in the air to shade themselves against the hot southern sun. The Skiapodes were also popular in Medieval bestiaries and map illustrations of the Terra Incognita.
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THE SKIAPODES (or Sciapods) were a tribe of one-legged Ethiopian or Indian men who had a single giant foot which they raised in the air to shade themselves against the hot southern sun.

The Skiapodes were also popular in Medieval bestiaries and map illustrations of the Terra Incognita.

Source: theoi.com

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    A have vague recollections that also Pliny wrote...few lines on this legendary tribe. What
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    C. S. Lewis used these in The Chronicles of Narnia! On that island, I think in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
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    — Dufflepods!
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