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The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore or The Three Sundays of a Poet is a "madrigal fable" for chorus, ten dancers and nine instruments with music and original libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti. Based on the 16th-century Italian madrigal comedy genre, it consists of a prologue and 12 madrigals which tell a continuous story, interspersed with ...
Gorgon blood was said to have both the power to heal and harm. Representations of full-bodied Gorgons and the Gorgon face, called a gorgoneion (pl. gorgoneia), were popular subjects in Ancient Greek, Etruscan and Roman iconography. While Archaic Gorgons and gorgoneia are universally depicted as hideously ugly, over time they came to be ...
The thick-maned (and long-bearded) manticore wearing a Phrygian cap is a commonplace design (fig., top left). [27] In most instances, the manticora is "coloured red or brown and has clawed feet". [28] Artists took the liberty of coloring the manticore blue at times. [29] One example is depicted "as a long-haired blond" (fig., top right). [31]
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
A Gorgon IIA in 1947 A TD2N-1 (Gorgon IIIB) target drone The Gorgon IIIC RTV-N-15 Pollux in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The Gorgon missile family was a series of experimental air-to-air, air-to-surface, and surface-to-surface missiles developed by the United States Navy's Naval Aircraft Modification Unit between 1943 and 1953.
1. Vintage Playmobil. Could be worth: $1,200 Certainly you remember this not-even-close-to-as-good version of Lego. Playmobil is still around today, but if you've got the old Victorian Mansion set ...
During their investigation of the gnoll-infested mine, the party discover the gnolls have been feeding the abducted townsfolk to a manticore. With the help of a cleric named Shakäste, they slay the manticore and the remaining gnolls. They loot the cave and return to Alfield, where they receive rewards and thanks from the villagers.
The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore is the title of a cantata by Gian Carlo Menotti The three creatures described in the story are depicted as fanciful and benign, not as monsters. In Stephen Sondheim's fairytale musical Into the Woods, the manticore is mentioned as a possibility for what destroyed the Baker's house. The Witch dismisses ...