Wildpeople of Das Buch der Natürlichen Weißheit
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 30th, 2009
This newly realized and highlighted woodcut shows details taken from Das buch der Natürlichen weißheit (The Book of Natural Wisdom), published in 1490 by Ulrich von Pottenstein (Munich). The creatures certainly appear to resemble the wudéwásá, woodwose, the “hairy ones,” more popularly known as the “Wildman of the Woods” or “Wildpeople.”
The European wudéwásá are to be found in the art from that time period (see below).
Hominologists have theorized that these creatures may represent late survival of Neandertals.
Source of Das buch der Natürlichen weißheit image: BibliOdyssey
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I was beginning to think that this blog had turned into a real cryptid, and would become as ellusive as Bigfoot… or that nefarious hackers had hijacked the site to sabotage the Cryptozoological Museum fund raising efforts.
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Glad the site is back up and everything is back to normal with good articles like this to read.
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As to the article, very interesting. I find it curious that in the woodcut showed at top the wildmen are showed using a couple of implements of civilization, namely advanced weaponry and a sophisticate musical instrument.
Also glad Cryptomundo is back…
Anyway…Interesting set of woodcuts there, folks—certainly proves that “hairy creatures” were not confined to just NOW.
Great article! I particularly liked the collection of pictures. That coin is too cool.