Reference: Monstrous animals are mentioned by Jérémie in his prophecy against Babylon, in which the city is in ruins and deserted: Propterea habitabunt dracones cum faunis ficariis, et habitabunt in ea struthiones, et non inhabitabitur ultra usque in sempiternum (L, 39).
Reference: Ethiopians were one of the fantastical people written of by medieval authors such as: Isidore of Seville, Raban Maur, and Honorius of Autun. They followed in the tradition of of Pliny. Ethiopians were thought to have two pairs of eyes and to have lived by the seaside.