Blemmyae: The Headless Chest-Faced Man-Eating Monster of Africa | Top Stories | Mythical Creatures

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Blemmyae: The Headless Chest-Faced Man-Eating Monster of Africa | Top Stories | Mythical Creatures

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Blemmyae were an African tribe of headless men native to Libya and Ethiopia, best known for dangerous, aggressive and cannibalistic behavior. Their faces were on their chests, their name translates to chest-eyes. In addition to ancient depictions, blemmyae were popular in Medieval beastiar. Blemmyes were an actual African people described in ancient Roman histories who threatened Roman Egypt a few times in the third century AD. The name possibly derives from bálami, meaning “desert people” in the Beja language of Africa. Along the way, the Blemmyes also became fictionalized as a tribe of headless humanoids whose faces are located on their torsos. Blemmyes are said to occur in two types: with eyes on the chest or with the eyes on the shoulders. and were considered as some of the most unusual creatures ever to have walked the earth. Who Were the Blemmyae? The Blemmayes were also desribed in Greek and Roman histories, and were typically thought to be a tribe of African men. The Blemmyae were mythical people, said to be about six to twelve feet tall and almost half as wide. According to the ancient sources, they were said to have been cannibals. When threatened, or when hunting, the Blemmyae had a very strange fighting stance.

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