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  2. Holy Grail - Wikipedia

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    However, in contrast to the Arthurian canon, Vance's Grail is a common object lacking any magical or spiritual qualities, and the characters finding it derive little benefit. Grails: Quests of the Dawn (1994), edited by Richard Gilliam , Martin H. Greenberg, and Edward E. Kramer is a collection of 25 short stories about the grail by various ...

  3. Leviathan in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    The Leviathan of the Book of Job is a reflection of the older Canaanite Lotan, a primeval monster defeated by the god Baal Hadad.Parallels to the role of Mesopotamian Tiamat defeated by Marduk have long been drawn in comparative mythology, as have been wider comparisons to dragon and world serpent narratives such as Indra slaying Vrtra or Thor slaying Jörmungandr, [1] but Leviathan already ...

  4. Old School RuneScape - Wikipedia

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    Old School RuneScape is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), developed and published by Jagex.The game was released on 16 February 2013. When Old School RuneScape launched, it began as an August 2007 version of the game RuneScape, which was highly popular prior to the launch of RuneScape 3.

  5. Homunculus - Wikipedia

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    Here, the creation of homunculi symbolically represents spiritual regeneration and Christian soteriology. [ 3 ] : 321–338 In 1775, Count Johann Ferdinand von Kufstein, together with Abbé Geloni, an Italian cleric, is reputed to have created ten homunculi with the ability to foresee the future, which von Kufstein kept in glass containers at ...

  6. List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic ...

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    Unlike Celestial Bronze and Imperial Gold, monsters killed by it cannot reform, and it can kill non-magical creatures as well as magical creatures. Supermanium DC Comics: Used in making Superman's Supermobile. A metal so strong that "only Superman's heat vision can soften the substance, and only his super-strength is mighty enough to mold it!" [79]

  7. Hellhound - Wikipedia

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    Goddess Hel and the hellhound Garmr by Johannes Gehrts, 1889. A hellhound is a mythological hound that embodies a guardian or a servant of hell, the devil, or the underworld.. Hellhounds occur in mythologies around the world, with the best-known examples being Cerberus from Greek mythology, Garmr from Norse mythology, the black dogs of English folklore, and the fairy hounds of Celtic mythol

  8. Spirit (supernatural entity) - Wikipedia

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    Pythagoras identifies four types of spiritual beings: gods, heroes, demons, and humans. While the gods are immortal souls, the humans are mortal souls. Gods inhabit the stars, glorious heroes inhabit the ether, and demons inhabit the earth. The heroes are the demigods. First worship the Immortal Gods, as they are established and ordained by the ...

  9. List of works influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos - Wikipedia

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    A creature of Purgatory came through and killed Lovecraft a few days later on March 15. [83] In season 7, it would become clear that the 'Old Ones' of the Cthulhu Mythos are Leviathans, which were the first beings created by God before being locked into Purgatory so that they would not be a threat to later creations. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles