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The cow's name variously appears in Prose Edda manuscripts as Auðumbla [ˈɔuðˌumblɑ], Auðhumla [ˈɔuðˌhumlɑ], and Auðumla [ˈɔuðˌumlɑ], and is generally accepted as meaning 'hornless cow rich in milk' (from Old Norse auðr 'riches' and *humala 'hornless'). [1] The compound presents some level of semantic ambiguity.
The skulls of the thylacine (left) and the grey wolf, Canis lupus, are similar, although the species are only very distantly related (different infraclasses). The skull shape of the red fox, Vulpes vulpes , is even closer to that of the thylacine. [ 1 ]
Toodee – A blue monster with the body and skin of a dinosaur, the scales and spikes of a dragon, and the face, ears and whiskers of a rabbit. She is debuted in Yo Gabba Gabba!. Unitaur – A unicorn-type centaur. [citation needed] Ursagryph – A creature with the head, claws, and wings of an eagle, the body of a bear, and a short reptilian tail.
A cow with antlers atop a power line pole. Wikipedia contains other images and articles that are similarly shocking or udderly amoosing.. Of the over six million articles in the English Wikipedia there are some articles that Wikipedians have identified as being somewhat unusual.
The Krasue (Thai: กระสือ, pronounced [krā.sɯ̌ː]) is a nocturnal female spirit of Southeast Asian folklore.It manifests as the floating, disembodied head of a woman, usually young and beautiful, with her internal organs still attached and trailing down from the neck.
Siren – Bird-women known for their compelling singing Achelois – name meaning "she who drives away pain", surname for the daughters of Achelous; Aglaonoe – Daughter of Achelous and Terpsichore; Agalaope – name meaning "with lambent voice", daughter of Achelous and Terpsichore
A Turk's head couped in the arms of the Hungarian town Komádi.. The heads of humans and other animals are frequently occurring charges in heraldry.The blazon, or heraldic description, usually states whether an animal's head is couped (as if cut off cleanly at the neck), erased (as if forcibly ripped from the body), or cabossed (turned affronté without any of the neck showing).
The wings, an ancient symbol of divinity, represent the divinity of the Evangelists, the divine nature of Christ, and the virtues required for Christian salvation. [ 19 ] In regards to the depiction of St Mark in particular, the use of wings distinguish him from images of St Jerome, who is also associated with the image of a lion.