Zusammenfassung / Abstract
"Mixed Beings in the Physiologus: The Echidna Chapter in the Greek Versions of
the Physiologus” – An analysis of the wording of the Echidna chapter of the first redaction of
the Physiologus as well as the New Testament, natural history and mythological traditions
incorporated in it, as well as a comparison with the various further adaptations in the later
redactions, shows that the anonymous Christian author of this writing takes up familiar texts
and traditions here in order to create a new interpretation, as he also does in other chapters of
his writing.