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* He is one of the protagonists in ''VideoGame/TouhouKenbunRoku''.
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** Polo sees a large group of "[[EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys small furry creatures with human faces]]" flocking from the countryside to an Indian temple for food. He is told that the temple feeds them because they are reincarnations of people, but Polo is certain they are just wild beasts.
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** Polo sees a large group of "[[EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys small "small furry creatures with human faces]]" faces" flocking from the countryside to an Indian temple for food. He is told that the temple feeds them because they are reincarnations of people, but Polo is certain they are just wild beasts.
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* ShroudedInMyth: Clearly unintended, but it is almost easy today to tell which places and things Marco Polo really saw and where he was merely told about them, because he describes the latter in much more fantastical ways.
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* MundaneObjectAmazement: Though crocodiles are taken for dragons, this is [[SuvbertedTrope subverted]] when Polo meets other exotic animals.
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* MundaneObjectAmazement: Though crocodiles are taken for dragons, this is [[SuvbertedTrope [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when Polo meets other exotic animals.
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** Polo finds sees a large group of "[[EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys small furry creatures with human faces]]" that flock into flocking from the countryside to an Indian temple for food. He is told that the temple feeds them because they are reincarnations of people, but Polo is certain they are just wild beasts.
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* MundaneObjectAmazement: Though crocodiles are taken for dragons, this is [[SubertedTrope subverted]] when Polo meets other exotic animals.
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* MundaneObjectAmazement: Though crocodiles are taken for dragons, this is [[SubertedTrope [[SuvbertedTrope subverted]] when Polo meets other exotic animals.
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* MundaneObjectAmazement: Though crocodiles are taken for dragons, this is [[SubertedTrope subverted]] when Polo meets other exotic animals.
** On seeing a Javan rhinoceros, Polo is certain that this is the animal behind the {{unicorn}} myth, and is sorely disappointed by its lacking grace compared to the legend.
** Polo finds "[[EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys small furry creatures with human faces]]" that flock into an Indian temple for food. He is told that the temple feeds them because they are reincarnations of people, but Polo is certain they are just beasts.
** On seeing a Javan rhinoceros, Polo is certain that this is the animal behind the {{unicorn}} myth, and is sorely disappointed by its lacking grace compared to the legend.
** Polo finds "[[EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys small furry creatures with human faces]]" that flock into an Indian temple for food. He is told that the temple feeds them because they are reincarnations of people, but Polo is certain they are just beasts.
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He was captured and apparently looked too rich for the Genoans to throw him overboard and waste a good ransom. In any case he was kept prisoner next to a professional [[TheStoryteller storyteller]] and told his adventures to pass the time. This story was later published under the title ''Description of the World'' or ''Books of the Marvels of the World'', but it has eventually become better known under its nickname ''Il Milione'' or, more simply, ''The Travels of Marco Polo''. The ''Travels'' themselves are a surprisingly dull book but the idea of the story was so powerful that it became a classic, and Marco was nicknamed ''Il Millione'' for the "millions" of tales he brought back.
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He was captured and apparently looked too rich for the Genoans to throw him overboard and waste a good ransom. In any case he was kept prisoner next to a professional [[TheStoryteller storyteller]] and told his adventures to pass the time. This story was later published under the title ''Description of the World'' or ''Books of the Marvels of the World'', but it has eventually become better known under its nickname ''Il Milione'' or, more simply, ''The Travels of Marco Polo''. The ''Travels'' themselves are a surprisingly dull book but the idea of the story was so powerful that it became a classic, and Marco was nicknamed ''Il Millione'' for the "millions" of tales he brought back.
back (or, perhaps, because of the large numbers Marco used to describe Chinese society).
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-->''It was for all the world like an eagle, but one indeed of enormous size; so big in fact that its wings covered an extent of 30 paces, and its quills were 12 paces long, and thick in proportion. And it is so strong that it will seize an elephant in its talons and carry him high into the air, and drop him so that he is smashed to pieces; having so killed him the bird gryphon swoops down on him and eats him at leisure. The people of those isles call the bird Ruc, and it has no other name.'' (Book III, chapter 33)
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Passing through Carajan results in an encounter with evil two legged dragons. Most modern readers can see these are just crocodiles.
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* MistakenForAfterlife: According to the text, the leader of TheHashshashin exploited the idea behind this trope by running a fake paradise in a hidden valley. New recruits to the sect would be drugged and taken there — after which, they were convinced that their leader could get them into Heaven at will, making them fearless on missions. This story looks [[UnreliableNarrator rather dubious]] in the light of what is known today about the Hashshashin and their strongholds.
