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"Hagar the Terrible" was the nickname given to the late Dik Browne by his sons; Browne adapted the name to Hägar the Horrible for the purposes of alliteration. After his death, Dik Browne's sons changed the title of the strip to Dik Browne's Hägar the Horrible in tribute. [2] [4] The name is pronounced Hay-gar according to Chris Browne. [6]
According to the Bible, Hagar was the Egyptian slave of Sarai, Abram's wife (whose names later became Sarah and Abraham). Sarai had been barren for a long time and sought a way to fulfill God's promise that Abram would be father of many nations, especially since they had grown old, so she offered Hagar to Abram to be his concubine.
Hagar is honoured by Muslims as a wise, brave and pious woman as well as the believing mother of the Adnani Arab people. The incident [5] [page needed] of her running between Al-Safa and Al-Marwah hills is commemorated by Muslims when they perform their Ḥajj (major pilgrimage) or Umrah (minor pilgrimage) at Mecca.
Browne and his wife, Joan, had two sons and one daughter. He died of cancer on June 4, 1989, at the age of 71, in Sarasota, Florida. [13] [14] References
Katherine Nugent thought her daughter was getting better. Beloved at school, her 15-year-old daughter Isabel was a lauded artist, a star soccer player and a gifted poet.
The daughter of Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe was one of the high profile participants who took part in the Le Bal des Débutantes in Paris on Nov. 30, an annual event that introduces about ...
Bindi Irwin's daughter is making some new friends!. On Sunday, Nov. 10, Bindi, 26, and her husband Chandler Powell shared a behind-the-scenes look at Powell introducing their 3-year-old daughter ...
This could be why Genesis 17:20 refers to Ishmael as the father of 12 mighty princes. According to Genesis 21:21, Hagar married Ishmael to an Egyptian woman, and if Rabbinical commentators are correct that Hagar was the Pharaoh's daughter, his marriage to a woman she selected could explain how and why his sons became princes.