Dragons, mermaids, vampires...Those are old news! Let's talk about the lesser known Jewish creatures of the Mud Mice, Vegetable Men, and the Tree Geese...All of which sound as fantastical as they are!
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Sacred Monsters: Mysterious and Mythical Creatures of Scripture, Talmud, and Midrash by Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_generation
Wiki for Rashi & Bartenura
Abraham Ofir Shemesh
Title:
Religion vs. Science: The coping of Medieval and modern Rabbis (XIX-XXIst Centuries) with
the Question of the Existence of the Talmudic “Evolutionary Mouse”
Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism, Howard Schwartz
Mythical Creatures in Rabbinic Literature: The Adnei Hasadeh and the Mud-Mice, by Michael Schechter (https://download.yutorah.org/2014/1053/813263.pdf )
https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2534-barnacle-goose
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