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The Olympic mascots are fictional characters who represent the cultural heritage of the location where the Olympic Games are taking place. They are often an animal native to the area or human figures. One of the first Olympic mascots was created for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble; a stylized cartoon character on skis named Schuss.
The agency responsible for creating the mascots was the same one that designed the torch for the Atlanta Games in 1996, and also took part in designing the mascots for Salt Lake City 2002. [ 1 ] Owls are venerated around the world as having the "wisdom of the woods"; in Greek mythology , the owl is associated with Athena , the goddess of wisdom.
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Sam the Olympic Eagle was the mascot of the 1984 Summer Olympics which were held in Los Angeles. He is a bald eagle , the national bird of the host nation, the United States . The United States originally intended to use a bear mascot to represent California , but the Soviet Union had used a bear mascot named Misha at the preceding 1980 Summer ...
Lists of Disney television series characters (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Lists of Disney characters" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
The original illustrator of the mascots was Steve Small, known for his work in Rugrats and Disney's Hercules. [2] For the 2002 Winter Paralympic Games, SLOC subsequently requested Small, Landor and Publicis for the creation of a new mascot along the creative lines of Powder, Copper and Coal. They created "Otto", an otter that is to convey the ...
On January 1, 2024, an early version of Disney’s mascot, featured in the 1928 short film, “Steamboat Willie,” entered the public domain for the first time.
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