One of the kings of France was supposed to have been presented with a colt with the hinder part of a hart, and which could outrun any horse in the kingdom.

Its mother had been covered by a hart.
Writing in 1557, Lycosthenes reports the mythical birth of a serpent by a woman.

It is quite possible that some known and classified type of monstrosity was indicated here in vague terms.

In 1726 Mary Toft, of Godalming, in Surrey, England, achieved considerable notoriety throughout Surrey, and even over all England, by her extensively circulated statements that she bore rabbits.

Even at so late a day as this the credulity of the people was so great that many persons believed in her.