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The Imaginary Friend book The Hole In The Sum Of My Parts by Matt Harvey [3] Jimmy Jimmereeno Ramona Wengler's imaginary friend in the short story Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut by J. D. Salinger: Los Chimichangos colorful chihuahuas who are imagined by Skippyjon Jones in the book series of the same name by Judith Byron Schachner; named after ...
Bahamut – Whale monster whose body supports the earth. Word seems far more ancient than Islam and may be origin of the word Behemoth in modern Judeo-Christian lore. Bake-kujira – Ghost whale; Cetus – a monster with the head of a boar or a greyhound, the body of a whale or dolphin, and a divided, fan-like tail
Name Work Author Date Notes "as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile." The Rivals: Sheridan: 1775 Mrs Malaprop's most famous malapropism, using the word allegory instead of alligator. [1] [2] Gena the Crocodile: Cheburashka: Uspensky, Eduard: 1966 A friendly crocodile [3] Crocodile "on the banks of the great grey-green, greasy ...
Several mythical creatures from Bilderbuch für Kinder (lit. ' picture book for children ') between 1790 and 1822, by Friedrich Justin Bertuch A legendary creature, also called a mythical creature, is a type of extraordinary or supernatural being that is described in folklore (including myths and legends) and may be featured in historical accounts before modernity, but this has not been ...
For many years, only Big Bird would see Snuffy, because he would always leave while Big Bird went to get the others, leading everyone else to believe Snuffy was simply an imaginary friend, but after Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird, Big Bird finally succeeded in revealing Snuffy to his friends on Sesame Street.
Fusion comic book series: dinosaurs with fur Meekrob: Invader Zim: Pure energy beings. Meekrob was set to be conquered by Invader Tenn until she received a shipment of malfunctioning SIR Units giving away her location and thus angering the Meekrob, creating further tension between the Meekrob and the Irken Empire. Meklars: Master of Orion ...
An Allegory of Immortality, c. 1540. Monster derives from the Latin monstrum, itself derived ultimately from the verb moneo ("to remind, warn, instruct, or foretell"), and denotes anything "strange or singular, contrary to the usual course of nature, by which the gods give notice of evil," "a strange, unnatural, hideous person, animal, or thing," or any "monstrous or unusual thing ...
He later received his own book in the series. Earthworm, in Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach book. The Middengard Wyrm (A Court of Thorns and Roses) is a gigantic, blind worm monster that navigates by scent, and is described as being pinkish-brown and having an enormous mouth filled with rows of sharp teeth. It is killed by the main ...