Nuli

Legendary race of Indian people From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Nuli, Nuloi or Nouloi (Greek: Νυλοι, Νουλοι) were a legendary race of people with backward-facing, eight-toed feet, living on Mount Nulus in India.

Illustration in the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493)

Ancient sources

The Nuli were described by Greek historian Megasthenes in the Indica.

They also appear in Medieval bestiaries, like the Nuremberg Chronicle.[1]

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