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Spider Ancient Greece: In Greek mythology Arachne was a talented mortal weaver who challenged Athena, goddess of wisdom and crafts, to a weaving contest; this hubris resulted in her being transformed into a spider. JorÅgumo: Spider Japan: A spider demon who can shapeshift into a seductive woman.
"This specific name is a noun in apposition named after 'Bom' a magnificent goblin in the story of 'The Goblins Looking-Glass' by Enid Blyton (1947)." [132] Pelicinus tumpy Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018: Goblin spider: Tumpy, "The Goblins Looking-Glass"
Pages in category "Mythological spiders" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Phalanx (mythology) S. Spider Grandmother; T. Tsuchigumo
Pages in category "Fictional spiders" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aragog;
Spider-Man films (1 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Films about spiders" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
The fear of spiders culminates in Arachnophobia, a 1990 movie in which spiders multiply in large numbers. On the other hand, a person who admires spiders is referred to as an "arachnophile"; [94] such as Virginia, a demented orphan who likes to play deadly spider games in the black comedy horror B movie, Spider Baby. [95]
A spider always pays its debts, or so we'd imagine if the realm of Game of Thrones extended to the insect kingdom. With a nod to the cunning Lord Varys, the character from George R.R. Martin's A ...
Prethopalpus attenboroughi, or Attenborough's goblin spider, is a tiny spider named after Sir David Attenborough, that is found only on Horn Island off northern Queensland in Australia. The millimeter-long spider was described in 2012 by Dr Barbara Baehr of the Queensland Museum and Professor Mark Harvey of the Western Australian Museum .