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The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus[10] / iːˈnɒsaɪ.ɒn ˈdaɪrəs /) is an extinct canine. The dire wolf lived in the Americas (with a possible single record also known from East Asia) during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000–9,500 years ago). The species was named in 1858, four years after the first specimen had been found.
Color symbolism in art, literature, and anthropology is the use of color as a symbol in various cultures and in storytelling. There is great diversity in the use of colors and their associations between cultures [ 1 ] and even within the same culture in different time periods. [ 2 ] The same color may have very different associations within the ...
Faerûn (/ f eɪ ˈ r uː n / fay-ROON) is a fictional continent and the primary setting of the Dungeons & Dragons world of Forgotten Realms.It is described in detail in several editions of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (first published in 1987 by TSR, Inc.) with the most recent being the 5th edition from Wizards of the Coast, [1] [2] and various locales and aspects are described in ...
Dire Wolf (song) " Dire Wolf " is a ballad by the Grateful Dead, released as the third track on their 1970 album Workingman's Dead. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter after watching a film adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles. The music, containing elements of country and folk music, was composed by Jerry Garcia on the same day.
The elf is a humanoid race in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, one of the primary races available for player characters, and play a central role in the narratives of many setting worlds of the game. [ 1 ] Elves are described as renowned for their grace and mastery of magic [ 1 ][ 2 ]: 58 and weapons such as the bow [ 2 ]: 15 ...
The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippeystates that Tolkien's spelling "warg" is a cross of Old Norsevargrand Old Englishwearh. He notes that the words embody a shift in meaning from "wolf" to "outlaw": vargrcarries both meanings, while wearhmeans "outcast" or "outlaw", but has lost the sense of "wolf".[3] In Old Norse, vargris derived from the Proto ...
Colors are an important part of the visual arts, fashion, interior design, and many other fields and disciplines. The following list shows a compact version of the colors in the list of colors A–F, G–M, and N–Z articles. The list shows the color swatch and its name. Hovering over the color box shows the HSV, RGB, and #hex values for the ...
Vermilion (sometimes vermillion) [ 1 ] is a color family and pigment most often used between antiquity and the 19th century from the powdered mineral cinnabar (a form of mercury sulfide). It is synonymous with red orange, which often takes a modern form, but is 11% brighter (at full brightness).