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Chareng, also called Uchek Langmeidong, a mythical creature from Meitei mythology that is part-human and part-hornbill, having an avian body and a human head. The Ekek from Philippine mythology is depicted as a humanoid with bird wings and a beak. Eos is often depicted as winged in art. [4] Eris (mythology) was depicted as winged in ancient ...
Perytons have made appearances in modern literature and games. A version of the peryton appears in the tabletop game Dungeons and Dragons and its derivative novel Darkwell , a book in The Moonshae Trilogy where a flock of perytons are among an army of evil monsters summoned by the book's main antagonist .
A stock character, popular in 16th-century Spanish literature, who is comically and shockingly vulgar. Clarín, the clown in Life is a dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, is a gracioso. Examples of similar characters in Anglophone culture include: Bubbles in the television series Trailer Park Boys
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
Winged bipedal horse: United States, mainly the South Jersey Pine Barrens, as well as other parts of New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania: Mothman [61] Winged Man, Bird Man, UFO-Bird, Mason Bird Monster Winged bipedal: Mason County, West Virginia, United States Rod [62] Skyfish, Air Rod, Solar Entity Small flying stick-like creatures Worldwide
The Reign of Comus by Lorenzo Costa. In Greek mythology, Comus (/ ˈ k oʊ m ə s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κῶμος, Kōmos) is the god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances. . Cup-bearer of the god Dionysus, he was represented as a winged youth or a child-like satyr
This is a list of fictional humanoid species in literature, and is subsidiary to the lists of humanoids. It is a collection of various notable humanoid species that are featured in text literature, including novels, short stories, and poems, but not originating in comics or other sequential art .
An early appearance of the Old English word dracan (oblique singular of draca) in Beowulf [1]. The word dragon entered the English language in the early 13th century from Old French dragon, which, in turn, comes from Latin draco (genitive draconis), meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from Ancient Greek δράκων, drákōn (genitive δράκοντος, drákontos) "serpent".