Curupira- One example of backward feet in mythology is the curupria which besides having backward feet has flaming hair and green teeth. It protects the forest from man.
Antipodes/abarimons - an ancient race of people who look like us just with feet that are backwards.
Ciguapa- Looks like a naked woman with backward feet. Lures men to their death by her beautiful sound much like as siren and then drowning them.
People:
Wang Fang- a 27 year old waitress from Chongqing city in China. She was quoted as saying "I can walk as well as anyone else, and even run faster than them. I'm like everyone else - except of course that I put my shoes on backwards."
Jingle- a 15 year old from the Philippines unlike Wang Fang and her fast running Jingle could not walk. She was found to have spina bifida.
John Seavers- Another person with feet turned backwards. He is able to walk and dances.
Bibliography
"Abarimon - The Phoenixian Book of Creatures." Liza Phoenix Art and Projects. 13 May 2009 <http://www.lizaphoenix.com/encyclopedia/abarimon.shtml>.
"Curupira -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 13 May 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curupira>.
"Girl's weird backward feet corrected - All Weird Things." All Weird Things - Weird Videos, Weird Pictures, Weird News! 13 May 2009 <http://www.allweirdthings.com/girls-weird-backward-feet-corrected/>.
"'I'm not disabled' insists waitress born with feet facing backwards | Mail Online." Home | Mail Online. 13 May 2009 <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-499367/Im-disabled-insists-waitress-born-feet-facing-backwards.html>.
"Phoenixian Book of Creatures - Ciguapa." Liza Phoenix Art and Projects. 13 May 2009 <http://www.lizaphoenix.com/encyclopedia/ciguapa.shtml>.
"YouTube - Backwards Feet Throw it Down." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. 13 May 2009 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DX6AHeJOQM&feature=player_embedded>.
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