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Hippopod from the Nurenburg Chronicle, 1493

The Hippopodes were a tribe of horse-footed men who lived in the mythical islands of the far north.

According to Pliny the Elder, they shared an island with two other legendary races: the Panotti and Oeonae.

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"Crossing the Ripaean Mountains (the Carpathians) must coast to the left along the shore of the northern ocean until we reach Gadis. In this direction a number of islands are reported to exist [perhaps in the Baltic Sea] . . . [and] the Hippopodes on which people are born with horses' feet, which gives them their Greek name." - Pliny the Elder, Natural History 4. 94(trans. Rackham) (Roman encyclopedia C1st A.D.)