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Louis Le Breton's illustration of a grimalkin from the Dictionnaire Infernal. A grimalkin, also known as a greymalkin, is an archaic term for a cat. [1] The term stems from "grey" (the colour) plus "malkin", an archaic term with several meanings (a low class woman, a weakling, a mop, or a name) derived from a hypocoristic form of the female name Maud. [2]
The cat-sìth (Scottish Gaelic: [kʰaʰt̪ ˈʃiː], plural cait-shìth), in Irish cat sí (Irish: [kat̪ˠ ˈʃiː]), is a fairy creature from Celtic mythology, said to resemble a large black cat with a white spot on its chest. Legend has it that the spectral cat haunts the Scottish Highlands.
The character known as The Archive was introduced in Death Masks as a young girl who serves as a repository of all written human knowledge as well as the personal memories of each of her predecessors. She holds a position which has been passed down a magical family line from mother to daughter over the past five thousand years.
Grimalkin, the 1811 winner of the Doncaster Cup horse race; Grimalkin, a comic strip by Louis Wain; Grimalkin, a cat in the book "King of the Wind" by Marguerite Henry (1948) The Grimalkin is a malk in The Dresden Files; a species of feline fae allied with the Winter court, about the size of a bobcat, but stronger, faster and smarter than most ...
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
Basan, a fire-breathing chicken from Japanese mythology; Cockatrice, a chicken-headed dragon or serpent, visually similar to or confused with the Basilisk. Gallic rooster, a symbolic rooster used as an allegory for France; Gullinkambi, a rooster who lives in Valhalla in Norse mythology; Rooster of Barcelos, a mythological rooster from Portugal
He is based directly on the trickster god Loki from Norse mythology. Max and Moritz - Principal characters of the book of the same name written by Wilhelm Busch in 1865. Famous for their tricks, Max and Moritz quickly became famous characters in Germany. The Mask - Wears a mask imbued with Loki's powers and lack of inhibition.
Grimalkin, the formidable witch assassin, initially crosses paths with Tom Ward, whose fate is intertwined with becoming the apprentice to Master Gregory, the Spook. Despite their initial adversarial encounter, Grimalkin's motivations are fueled by her relentless quest for vengeance against those responsible for her son's brutal demise.