Nasnas

In Arab folklore, the Nasnas (Arabic: النَّسْنَاس‎ ) Also known as Monopod is a monstrous humanoid creature with only half the limbs and face a normal human should have.

Myths & Legends
It was believed to be the offspring of a demon called a Shiqq (الشق) and a human being. A character in "The Story of the Sage and the Scholar", a tale from the collection, is turned into a nasnas after a magician applies kohl (black cosmetic put around the eyes) to one of his eyes. The nasnas is mentioned in Gustave Flaubert's The Temptation of Saint Anthony.

Appearance
According to Edward Lane, the 19th century translator of The Thousand and One Nights, a nasnas is "half a human being; having half a head, half a body, one arm, one leg, with which it hops with much agility".

Somali Variant
In Somali folklore there is a creature called "xunguruuf" or "Hungruf" which resembles the nasnās as it has the same characteristics and features. It was believed that it can kill a person by just touching them and the person would be fleshless in mere seconds.