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The skeleton of Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis. Prior to being reclassified into the Pachycephalosaurus genus, the assigned species name, Dracorex hogwartsia, translates to "the Dragon-King of Hogwarts" Newly created taxonomic names in biological nomenclature often reflect the discoverer's interests or honour those the discoverer holds in esteem. This is a list of real organisms with ...
An editor has performed a search and found that sufficient sources exist to establish the subject's notability. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) A variety of magical creatures are depicted in the fictional universe of Harry Potter, which is drawn ...
The following is a list of characters from the Harry Potter series. Each character appears in at least one Harry Potter-related book or story by J. K. Rowling.These books and stories include the seven original Harry Potter novels (1997–2007), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2001), Quidditch Through the Ages (2001), The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008), Harry Potter and the Cursed ...
Thomas Riddle Sr. [n 1] Mary Riddle [n 1] Marvolo Gaunt: Thomas Riddle Jr. Merope Gaunt: Morfin Gaunt: Black family: Sirius Black: Bellatrix Lestrange [n 2] Tom Marvolo Riddle Lord Voldemort: Septimus Weasley: Cedrella Black: Mrs Prewett: Mr Prewett: Ignatius Prewett: Lucretia Black: Apolline Delacour: Monsieur Delacour: Bilius Weasley: Arthur ...
A race of magical creatures called Veela appear in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, and are extraordinarily beautiful women who become frightening bird-like creatures when angered. Vergere in The New Jedi Order book series, part of the Star Wars expanded universe, is of the Fosh species, whose tears can be used as poison or healing.
In Greek and Roman mythology, a harpy (plural harpies, Ancient Greek: ἅρπυια, romanized: hárpyia, [1] [2] pronounced; Latin: harpȳia [3]) is a half-human and half-bird, often believed to be a personification of storm winds. [4]
Legends and speculative fiction reveal a longstanding human fascination with rolling and wheeled creatures. Such creatures appear in mythologies from Europe, [1] Japan, [2] pre-Columbian Mexico, [3] the United States, and Australia, [4] and in numerous modern works.
العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Беларуская; Български; Bosanski; Brezhoneg; Català; Čeština; Dansk; Eesti