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The Hoàn Kiếm turtle, also Rafetus leloii, was an obsolete or controversial taxon of turtle from Southeast Asia, based on specimens from Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam. Most experts classify this turtle as synonymous with the rare Yangtze giant softshell turtle ( Rafetus swinhoei ), although some Vietnamese biologists asserted that R ...
In Vietnam, the species has been observed in Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi on several occasions, including documented sightings in 1999, 2000, and 2005. [18] The turtle captured from the lake in April 2011, which was treated for open sores potentially caused by pollution, injuries from fishing hooks, or other turtles, was later found dead in January ...
English: Turtle Pagoda standing on a small island pays homage to a golden turtle. In the 15th century, this heroic reptile is said to have returned a magic sword to its home in the lake after it had been taken. Hanoi, Vietnam
Hoàn Kiếm (transl. Returned Sword) is one of the four original urban districts (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. [3] It is named after the scenic Hoàn Kiếm Lake.
After losing most of his magical abilities due to his refusal to take part in the War of the Seven Spheres, Doctor Strange aides the Nine (the group the Midnight Sons family of titles was built around) in their battle against the demon Zarathos, the demon mother Lilith and her children the Lilin. During this fight Doctor Strange and the Nine ...
Umar later intervened in Doctor Strange's battle with a deranged Black Knight. [27] She conjured a sea serpent and water elementals to attack Doctor Strange and the Black Knight on Earth. [ 28 ] Umar's origin was finally recounted, [ 29 ] and the secret of Clea's parentage was finally revealed to Clea and Doctor Strange. [ 30 ]
The Dweller witnessed the destruction of his Shade Thralls by Strange and Clea and determined that they were the largest threat to him on Earth. Over the next few months he tried to kill Strange using servants like the Dream-Weaver and several demons, but Strange defeated them all. Still, Strange's resolve was sapped by the Dweller's servants ...
The Dr. Strange stories of the 1960s constructed a cohesive cosmology that would have thrilled any self-respecting theosophist. College students, minds freshly opened by psychedelic experiences and Eastern mysticism, read Ditko and Lee's Dr. Strange stories with the belief of a recent Hare Krishna convert.