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The Merthyr Rising, also referred to as the Merthyr Riots, [1] [2] of 1831 was the violent climax to many years of simmering unrest among the large working class population of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales and the surrounding area. The Rising marked the first time the red flag was used a symbol of working class rebellion in the United Kingdom. [3] [4]
Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (Japanese); Eric Stuart (TV series), Chris Patton (Slayers Premium) (English) Gourry Gabriev (ガウリイ・ガブリエフ, Gaurī Gaburiefu) is a wandering swordsman who meets Lina at the beginning of the series and accompanies her from then on as a self-appointed bodyguard.
Diana (Major Fairy of Nature, Fairy of Nature, Amazon Fairy) Animated TV series, comic Diaspro (Fairy of Gemstones, Fairy of Gemlight, Queen of Gems) Animated TV series, video game Digit (Pixie of Nanotechnology) Winx Club, PopPixie: Animated TV series, animated film Diletta: Winx Club: Animated TV series, comic Disconcorda (Pixie of Cloud Tower)
The redcap (or powrie) is a type of malevolent, murderous goblin found in folklore of the Anglo-Scottish border region. The redcap is said to inhabit ruined castles along the Anglo-Scottish border, especially those that were the scenes of tyranny or wicked deeds, and is known for soaking his cap in the blood of his victims.
The term tylwyth teg is first attested in a poem attributed to the 14th-century Dafydd ap Gwilym, in which the principal character gets perilously but comically lost while going to visit his girlfriend: "Hudol gwan yn ehedeg, / hir barthlwyth y Tylwyth Teg" ("(The) weak enchantment (now) flees, / (the) long burden of the Tylwyth Teg (departs) into the mist").
Richard Lewis (1807/8 – 13 August 1831), known as Dic Penderyn, was a Welsh labourer and coal miner who lived in Merthyr Tydfil and was involved with the Merthyr Rising of 3 June 1831. In the course of the riot he was arrested alongside Lewis Lewis , one of the primary figures in the uprising, and charged with stabbing a soldier with a bayonet .
The Death of Koschei the Deathless or Marya Morevna (Russian: Марья Моревна) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki and included by Andrew Lang in The Red Fairy Book. [1] The character Koschei is an evil immortal man who menaces young women with his magic.
Using her Milky Way spell, Wendy Marvell summons the spirit of the dragon Zirconis, who tells the Fairy Tail wizards the history of dragons and Dragon Slayer magic—additionally revealing that Acnologia, the Dragon King, is a human Dragon Slayer who became a dragon after overusing his magic—before disappearing.