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The fourth panel of the so-called “Odyssey Landscapes” wall painting from the Vatican Museums in Rome, 60–40 B.C.E.. In Greek mythology, the Laestrygonians / ˌ l ɛ s t r ɪ ˈ ɡ oʊ n i ə n z / or Laestrygones / l ɛ ˈ s t r ɪ ɡ ə ˌ n iː z / [1] (Greek: Λαιστρυγόνες) were a tribe of man-eating giants.
Mangeuses d'Hommes (English language release title Man Eaters) [1] is a cult 1988 French-language sex comedy/horror film, shot in Sierra Leone (mainly in the jungle near Tokey Beach and Black Johnson Cove) [2] and based on a farce of the same name, first performed on stage in Paris, running for over five years and written by French author/director Daniel Colas.
Polyphemus (/ ˌ p ɒ l i ˈ f iː m ə s /; Ancient Greek: Πολύφημος, romanized: Polyphēmos, Epic Greek: [polypʰɛːmos]; Latin: Polyphēmus [pɔlʏˈpʰeːmʊs]) is the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in Homer's Odyssey.
The name Androphagi is a Latinisation of the ancient Greek name Androphagoi (Ancient Greek: Ἀνδροφάγοι), which meant "Man-Eaters." This name is a descriptive one based on this tribe's practice of cannibalism, and their own tribal name is unknown. [2]
A man-eating animal or man-eater is an individual animal or being that preys on humans as a pattern of hunting behavior. This does not include the scavenging of corpses, a single attack born of opportunity or desperate hunger, or the incidental eating of a human that the animal has killed in self-defense.
Maneater or man-eater may refer to: Man-eating animal , an individual animal or being that preys on humans as a pattern of hunting behavior Man-eating plant , a fictional form of carnivorous plant large enough to kill and consume a human or other large animal
Nate Bargatze plays George Washington in a skit about the metric system SNL fans say ‘Washington’s Dream’ sketch is the show’s ‘best in years’ Skip to main content
This version of the rakshasa was heavily inspired by an episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker [30] entitled "Horror in the Heights," which aired on December 20, 1974. [citation needed] Rakshasa appears in the Unicorn: Warriors Eternal episode "Darkness Before Dawn". He is a humanoid tiger similar to the D&D depiction.