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== Parallels == [[Gerald Brenan]] linked the manticore to the ''[[mantequero]]'', a monster feeding on [[human fat]] in [[Andalusian folklore]].<ref name="Brenan">''Al Sur de Granada'', pages 190-193, [[Gerald Brenan]], 1997, Fábula - Tusquets Editores. Originally ''[[South from Granada (book)|South from Granada]]'', 1957</ref> The Hindu god [[Narasimha]] is often referred to as a Manticore. Narasimha, the man lion, is the fourth avatar of [[Vishnu]] and is described as having a man’s torso and the head and claws of a lion.
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