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Taxon Type Named for Notes Ref Gigantactis gargantua Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981: Anglerfish: Gargantua [18]†Gargantuavis Buffetaut & Le Loeuff, 1998 Bird: Gargantua A genus of fossil flightless birds from the Cretaceous of Europe, and the largest known birds of the Mesozoic era; "generic name from Gargantua, the giant of French folklore made famous by François Rabelais, and avis ...
Pages in category "Mythological spiders" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Phalanx (mythology) S. Spider Grandmother; T. Tsuchigumo
Miss Spider Spider Miss Spider: David Kirk: Miss Spider: Spider James and the Giant Peach: Roald Dahl: Seven flies Fly: The Brave Little Tailor: Traditional. The plot of this famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm is set in motion by the fact that the tailor kills seven flies in one blow. When he brags about this people assume he is talking ...
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 .
“The Spider Woman or Grandmother Spider legends are part of the creation mythology for many Native American cultures. In West African folklore, Anansi is a spider known for his cunning and trickery.
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;
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 ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abyssal Spider; The Amazing Spider-Man 2; The Amazing Spider-Man (film) An American Tail: Fievel Goes West; Arachnicide;