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He concluded there must be only two of them and that they must be infertile, otherwise the seas would be full of them. [15] The King described the feeding manner of hafgufa: The fish would belch, which would expel so much food that it would attract all the nearby fish. Once a large number had crowded into its mouth and belly, it would close its ...
Two illuminated Psalters, the Queen Mary Psalter (British Library Ms. Royal 2B, vii) and the Isabella Psalter (State Library, Munich), contain full Bestiary cycles. The bestiary in the Queen Mary Psalter is found in the "marginal" decorations that occupy about the bottom quarter of the page, and are unusually extensive and coherent in this work.
Below the mesopelagic zone it is pitch dark. This is the midnight (or bathypelagic zone), extending from 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) to the bottom deep-water benthic zone. If the water is exceptionally deep, the pelagic zone below 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) is sometimes called the lower midnight (or abyssopelagic zone). Temperatures in this zone ...
[1] [2] In many cases, the description of the farm as øde ('deserted') became part of the farm name for posterity when the farms came back into use again. [1] Examples of such names include Øderå and Kroksundøgarden (both in Hole ), Øde-Rud (in Nannestad ), Hole-Ødegården (in Ringerike ), Øde-Hval (in Ringerike and Modum ), and simply ...
The Worksop Bestiary, also known as the Morgan Bestiary (MS 81), most likely from Lincoln or York, England, [1] [2] is an illuminated manuscript created around 1185, containing a bestiary and other compiled medieval Latin texts on natural history. The manuscript has influenced many other bestiaries throughout the medieval world and is possibly ...
Bestiary! is an anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by American writers Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It was first published in paperback by Ace Books in October 1985, and reprinted in 1986. [ 1 ]
She dwells within the cavern of a deep canyon somewhere in Texas. Aylith The Widow in the Woods, The Many-Mother: A tall, shadowy humanoid figure with yellow glowing eyes, and strange protrusions like the branches of dead trees. She is a servant of Shub-Niggurath. Baoht Z'uqqa-Mogg: The Bringer of Pestilence: A huge, flying scorpion with an ant ...
Tram et Bus de la CUB (TBC), now Transports Bordeaux Métropole, the operator of three tram lines and a bus network in Bordeaux, France; TBC Bank, a private bank in Republic of Georgia; TBC Corporation, parent company of National Tire and Battery and other tire retailers and distributors; The Beistle Company of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, US