Wild woman with unicorn, tapestry c. 1500–1510, As with most Renaissance wild women, she is hairy over the areas a dress would cover, except for the breasts. The wild man or wild wonman of the woods, or woodwose/wodewose is a mythical figure

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The wild man, wild man of the woods, or woodwose/wodewose is a mythical figure and motif that appears in the art and literature of medieval Europe, comparable to the satyr or faun type in classical mythology and to Silvanus, the Roman god of the woodlands.

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Photo credit: © GL Archive / Alamy / Afripics
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