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Jadis is a fictional character and the main antagonist of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) and The Magician's Nephew (1955) in C. S. Lewis's series, The Chronicles of Narnia. She is commonly referred to as the White Witch in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, as she is the Witch who froze Narnia in the Hundred Years Winter.
The White Witch then sends Maugrim and the fastest of his wolves to the Beavers' house, to "kill whatever they find there", and to make "all speed" to the Stone Table if the Beavers and Edmund's siblings have already left. The wolves find the house empty, and the harshness of the witch's imposed winter prevents them from finding any tracks or ...
Griffin, a.k.a. griffon or gryphon – a lion/eagle hybrid; Hybrid creatures in mythology; Kotobuki – a Japanese Chimera with the parts of the animals on the Chinese Zodiac; Lamassu – an Assyrian deity described to be bull/lion/eagle/human hybrid; List of hybrid creatures in folklore
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe had few readers during 1949 and was not published until late 1950, so his initial enthusiasm did not stem from favourable reception by the public. [23] While Lewis is known today on the strength of the Narnia stories as a highly successful children's writer, the initial critical response was muted.
The Cretan Curetes had been tasking by the goddess Rhea to guard her infant son Zeus while he was kept hidden from his father Cronus who intended to eat him. Cronus turned the Curetes into lions, but Rhea yoked them in her chariot as her sacred animals, and Zeus made the lion the king of all animals. Cynosura: Bear: Zeus
Animals. Business. Fitness. Food. Games. ... if a witch betrayed her cover, they would kill her.” — Nancy Downs, “The Craft” ... "Beware the witch with the blood of the lion and the wolf ...
Chimera is referenced when describing the shape-shifting guardian creature that follows and protects John Smith in the movie I Am Number Four.; The character Beast from Disney's Beauty and the Beast is a Chimera-like creature, with the horns of a bison, brows of a gorilla, nose and mane of a lion, the back mane of a hyena, the tusks of a boar, the arms and chest of a bear and the hind legs and ...