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Lilliput is inhabited by tiny people, who are about one-twelfth the height of ordinary human beings." [53] Anthobium liliputense Shavrin & Smetana, 2018: Rove beetle: Lilliput "The specific epithet is derived from Lilliput, the fictional island with small people that appear in the novel Gulliver's Travels by the famous English writer Jonathan ...
Games in the Minecraft franchise contain many different types of golems. In the main game, there are iron and snow golems. [75] [76] In Minecraft Dungeons, there is the Redstone Golem. In Minecraft Legends, there are Cobblestone Golems, Plank Golems, Mossy Golems, and Grindstone Golems. [77] Golem is the name of a Pokémon whose body is made of ...
The real element 99, einsteinium, has no such qualities. Element 115 Ufology, various works Widely known within the sci-fi and UFO community; since, according to ufologist Bob Lazar, it is used by alien engines to generate anti-gravity and propulsion. The real element 115 is moscovium, a synthetic element with an extremely short half-life ...
Balthazar More (); Barnabas Collins (Dark Shadows novels); Bella Cullen (Breaking Dawn) [a]; Ben Cortman (I Am Legend)Benjamin (Twilight series); Benjamin "Jack ...
The Calingae or Calingi, according to ancient accounts, were a race of extremely short-lived people in India. According to Pliny the Elder they had a lifespan of only eight years. The Deva are a mythical people of Sri Lanka according to the Sanskrit epics. According to the Mahavamsa and Ramayana they lived among the Naga, Yakkha and Raskha.
As is also typical in high fantasy works, magic and sorcery, mythical creatures, factions with their own political agendas, walled medieval cities and strongholds, and plot elements driven by prophecies and legends are common. The Elder Scrolls is known for its attention to detail, including extensive lore, scenery and back story. There is no ...
Gaia also turned the young Libanus into rosemary when he was killed by impious people. [57] Zeus hid Elara, one of his lovers, from Hera by stowing her under the earth. His son by Elara, the giant Tityos, is therefore sometimes said to be a son of Gaia, the earth goddess. [58] Gaia also made Aristaeus immortal. [59]
Describing the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which buried the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, Cassius Dio relates accounts of the appearance of many Giant-like creatures on the mountain and in the surrounding area followed by violent earthquakes and the final cataclysmic eruption, saying "some thought that the Giants were ...