The blemmy: A medieval grotesque inspired by iniencephaly?

摘要

The creature, with very broad shoulders, was hence very squat, but with slim waist, two legs, short and hairy, and no head, or even a neck. On his chest, where men have nipples, there were two almond-shaped eyes, darting, and beneath a slight swelling with two nostrils, a kind of circular hole, very ductile, so that when he spoke it assumed various shapes, according to the sounds it was emitting. [...] The creature visibly nodded, by bending his shoulders as if he were leaning over. Umberto Eco, Baudolino, Chapter 29.