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Gauntlgrym is a fantasy novel by American writer R. A. Salvatore set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting; it is the first book in the Neverwinter Saga.Released in October 2010, it follows the continued adventures of drow elf renegade, Drizzt Do'Urden.
Benty Grange helmet The Benty Grange helmet, on a modern transparent support Material Iron, horn Weight 1.441 kg (3.18 lb) (replica) Discovered 1848 Benty Grange farm, Monyash, Derbyshire, England 53°10′29.6″N 01°46′58.7″W / 53.174889°N 1.782972°W / 53.174889; -1.782972 Discovered by Thomas Bateman Present location Weston Park Museum, Sheffield Registration J93.1189 The ...
Late medieval gothic plate armour with list of elements. The slot in the helmet is called an occularium. This list identifies various pieces of body armour worn from the medieval to early modern period in the Western world, mostly plate but some mail armour, arranged by the part of body that is protected and roughly by date.
Anggitay – A strictly-female creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a horse. Centaur – A creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a horse. Khepri – The dung beetle-headed Egyptian God. Kinnara – Half-human, half-bird in later Indian mythology. Kurma – Upper-half human, lower-half ...
Two other boar-crested helmets are known—from Benty Grange and from Wollaston [7] [24] —and the Guilden Morden boar is a close parallel of the boar fixed to the former. [4] The Benty Grange boar has a similar shape; it has a long and distinctive elongated snout projecting forward, a similar stance, and front and hind legs each joined as one.
Twrch Trwyth (Welsh pronunciation: [tuːɾχ tɾʊɨθ]; also Welsh: Trwyd), is a fabulous wild boar from the Legend of King Arthur, of which a richly elaborate account of its hunt described in the Welsh prose romance Culhwch and Olwen, probably written around 1100.
Suidae is a family of artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs, or swine.In addition to numerous fossil species, 18 extant species are currently recognized (or 19 counting domestic pigs and wild boars separately), classified into between four and eight genera.
Gullinbursti , meaning "Gold Mane" or "Golden Bristles") is a boar in Norse mythology. When Loki had Sif 's hair, Freyr 's ship Skíðblaðnir , and Odin 's spear Gungnir fashioned by the Sons of Ivaldi , he bet his own head with Brokkr that his brother Eitri ( Sindri ) would not have been able to make items to match the quality of those ...