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Abarimon

The Abarimon are a mythological people whose feet are turned backwards, but despite this, can run at great speeds. They are mentioned in early texts like Natural History (Pliny the Elder) or Attic Nights (Aulus Gellius). 

The Abarimon were hard to capture, not just because of their great speed, but also because they were so savage. They lived side by side with wild animals  in a great valley of Mount Imaus (now called the Himalayan Mountains in Pakistan). 

In Pliny’s texts he makes a reference to information that originated from Baiton (the land surveyor for Alexander the Great) which states that the Abarimons could only breathe the air in their own domestic valleys. Because of the special quality of air, which meant if it was breathed for a long period of time, it would be impossible to breathe any other type of air. 

The Abarimon were humanoids with backwards feet. Despite this, they were still able to run at great speed. They lived alongside wild animals and were vicious themselves. Attempts at capturing them failed because they were so savage.  They were said to be found in a valley of Mount Imaus (a place now called the Himalayan Mountains). Folklore says that the Abarimon breathed in air only of their own valley. Because the air was of special quality, this made them impossible to breathe any other type of air and were unable to leave their valley.

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Abarimon is the name of a legendary race of people native to a country of the same name. The people of Abarimon had backwards feet, but in spite of this handicap were able to run at great speed. They lived side by side with wild animals and attempts to capture them failed because they were so savage.

They lived in a great valley of Mount Imaus (now called the Himalayan Mountains). There was a special quality of air which meant if it was breathed for a long period of time it would be impossible to breathe any other type of air and the inhabitants could never leave the valley alive.

The Abarimon people were first described by Pliny the Elder in his book, Natural History (VII 11). A similar tale is recounted by Aulus Gellius in Attic Nights.