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An Allegory of Immortality, c. 1540. Monster derives from the Latin monstrum, itself derived ultimately from the verb moneo ("to remind, warn, instruct, or foretell"), and denotes anything "strange or singular, contrary to the usual course of nature, by which the gods give notice of evil," "a strange, unnatural, hideous person, animal, or thing," or any "monstrous or unusual thing ...
Dr. Seuss working on How the Grinch Stole Christmas! in early 1957. The first use of the word 'Grinch' in a work by Dr. Seuss appears in the 1953 book Scrambled Eggs Super! (one of the books withdrawn from circulation by the Seuss estate in 2021 [5]) about Peter T. Hooper, a boy who collects eggs from a number of exotic birds to make scrambled ...
The meanings of these words do not always correspond to Germanic cognates, and occasionally the specific meaning in the list is unique to English. Those Germanic words listed below with a Frankish source mostly came into English through Anglo-Norman, and so despite ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic, came to English through a Romance ...
tells the story of the Grinch, a mean-spirited anti-hero who attempts to steal Christmas in the town of Whoville. The Grinch later feels the true spirit of the holiday and, in the iconic words of ...
And with that, we give you a definitive list of the most quotable lines delivered by The Grinch, Cindy Lou Who and Lou Lou Who. Related: Christmas Movie Quotes. 35 Best Grinch Quotes
Grýla is closely associated with Christmas folklore in younger traditions. [2] The oldest extant source connecting Grýla with Christmas is a poem that was likely co-composed by the Rev. Guðmundur Erlendsson of Fell in Sléttuhlíð and his brother-in-law Ásgrímur Magnússon, who was a farmer and rímur-poet.