On the Nature of the Five Forms of Animals

Abstract

Chapter 13 focuses on zoology and the taxonomy of animals. The chapter organizes animals into three kingdoms: grazing animals, mountain animals, and burrowing and aquatic animals. The chapter also describes the various species of plants that grew out of the body of the primordial cow and the 282 species of animals created from the cow’s seed, which was entrusted to the moon for safekeeping. The remainder of the chapter concerns important natural and supernatural animals and dogs and describes how animals spread over the world’s seven continents.