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Named after "Grendel [...] a legendary creature from the Old English epic, Beowulf" [171] Morlockia Garcia-Valdecasas, 1984: Crustacean: Morlocks, The Time Machine "H. J. Wells described in 'The Time Machine' the Morlocks as inhabitants of the interior of the earth. They had lost their eyes and showed other adaptations to subterranean life." [172]
Hemaraj - The hemaraj is a creature found in Thai and possibly South Asian(Indian) faith. It is said to be the combination of a hem (an ill-defined creature in and of itself; usually likened to a swan but sometimes depicted more like a crocodilian) and a lion. Makara is a sea-creature in Hindu faith. Makara is the vahana (vehicle) of Ganga ...
Poseidon, enraged, caused Minos's wife, Pasiphae, to fall in love with the bull; their coupling produced the Minotaur, a half-bull half-human creature who fed on human flesh. [ 192 ] [ 193 ] Minos concealed him within the labyrinth built by Daedalus , and fed to him Athenian men and women he forced Aegeus to send him over.
The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games . [ 1 ]
This is a list of the sizes, shapes, and general characteristics of some common primary and secondary battery types in household, automotive and light industrial use. The complete nomenclature for a battery specifies size, chemistry, terminal arrangement, and special characteristics.
Caddo – Hasí:nay . Spoken in: Oklahoma in the United States Cahto – Katoiana . Spoken in: California in the United States Cahuarano † – Cahuiawano . Spoken in: Peru Cahuilla – Ivia
This list follows the season box sets, which feature the episodes in the original production season order, ignoring the order of broadcast. The original run was released on Fox and its first revival was on Comedy Central.
James Bond is a fictional character created by British novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. A British secret agent working for MI6 under the codename 007, Bond has been portrayed on film in twenty-seven productions by actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig.