Baldanders or The Soon-Another is a creature of Germanic literary myth that features protean properties.
(...)Baldanders was first conceived by shoemaker and writer Hans Sachs after reading the description of Proteus in The Odyssey. According to Sachs’ and collected descriptions, the Baldanders is a creature that is symbolic for the continual change in nature and society as well as the importance of familiarizing oneself with the common from another perspective. Its name is derived from the combination of German words for Soon (Bald) and Another (Anders).
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Being a creature of literature, the Baldanders is not often featured in contemporary works. However, there have been a few mentions and inclusions of the creature in various media. In further literature, the Baldanders was featured in the bestiary The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
