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There has been some arguments made that the Portrait of Sebastián de Morra is actually that of another dwarf known as "El Primo." [5] A bill from the Archivo de Palacio states that a dwarf painted at Fraga is actually named El Primo. [5] El Primo was previously known to have been the nickname of another dwarf, Diego de Acedo. [5]
In Eddic and skaldic sources, dwarfs are almost exclusively male; for example, in the Dvergatal, every dwarf named is male. Some scholars have proposed that female dwarfs were not believed to exist; however, they are likely attested in charms dating to the early medieval period and are explicitly described in later saga material.
A bearded man with a winged bull body appears on the logo of the United States Forces – Iraq. [citation needed] A man with a bull's body is found among the creatures that make up Aslan's army in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis. He appears at the Stone Table, challenging the White Witch "with a great bellowing voice".
The modern image of the leprechaun sitting on a toadstool, having a red beard and green hat, etc. is a more modern invention, or borrowed from other strands of European folklore. [39] The most likely explanation for the modern day Leprechaun appearance is that green is a traditional national Irish color dating back as far as 1642. [40]
The klabautermann which some reckon to be a ship-kobold [251] [252] has been purported to have a fiery red head of hair and white beard. [ 253 ] On the kobold assuming the guise of small children, there is a piece of lore that the kobolds are the spirits of dead children and often appear with a knife that represents the means by which they were ...
Manticore – Creature with a man's head, a lion's body, bat wings, and a scorpion tail. Mermaid, merman – Women and men with the lower bodies of fish. Minotaur – (Greek) A human with the head and sometimes legs of a bull. Moirai – Lesser trio of female deities assigned with deciding and weaving the fates of humans. Usually called the ...
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