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(Portrait of Calypso, between 1938 and 1948) - Lord Invader "60 Million Frenchmen" (1996), Mighty Sparrow [ 35 ] "Ah Fraid Pussy Bite Me" (1987), Mighty Sparrow [ 1 ]
Calypso is a genus of orchids containing one species, Calypso bulbosa, known as the calypso orchid, fairy slipper or Venus's slipper. It is a perennial member of the orchid family found in undisturbed northern and montane forests .
Slinger Francisco [1] ORTT CM OBE (born 9 July 1935), better known as Mighty Sparrow, is a Trinidadian calypso vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist. Known as the "Calypso King of the World", [2] he is one of the best-known and most successful calypsonians.
In Greek mythology, Calypso (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ p s oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ, romanized: Kalupsō, lit. 'she who conceals') [ 1 ] was a nymph who lived on the island of Ogygia , where, according to Homer 's Odyssey , she detained Odysseus for seven years against his will.
A cay (/ ˈ k iː, ˈ k eɪ / KEE), also spelled caye or key, is a small, low-elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef. Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific , Atlantic , and Indian oceans, including in the Caribbean and on the Great Barrier Reef and Belize Barrier Reef .
Tia Dalma is a fictional character from Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, making her debut in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. She is a voodoo and hoodoo practitioner who once was in love with the pirate Davy Jones, and ultimately cursed him after his betrayal toward her and abandonment of his duties.
Calypso Cave in Xagħra, Gozo.According to Maltese tradition this was the cave of Calypso and Odysseus. A long-standing tradition begun by Euhemerus in the late 4th century BC and supported by Callimachus, [2] endorsed by modern Maltese tradition, identifies Ogygia with the island of Gozo, the second largest island in the Maltese archipelago.