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Name Species Origin and Author Notes Amy: Gorilla: Congo by Michael Crichton: A protagonist, Amy is a mountain gorilla being studied by Dr. Peter Elliot. Her normal behavior begins to start going bad when she has nightmares about the Lost City of Zinj, located in the middle of the Congo and guarded by her gorilla-chimpanzee hybrid relatives.
Pages in category "Lists of fictional animals in literature" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This list of fictional rodents in literature is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals and covers all rodents appearing in printed works of literature including beavers, chipmunks, gophers, guinea pigs, hamsters, marmots, prairie dogs, and porcupines plus the extinct prehistoric species (such as Rugosodon).
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However, this differs from Norse and the traditional elves found in Middle Ages folklore and Victorian era literature. Post-Tolkien fantasy elves tend to be immortal or long-lived in comparison to humans, more beautiful and wiser, with sharper senses and perceptions, and abilities or crafts that seem alien or magical. They may be from an age ...
My Side of the Mountain is a middle-grade adventure novel written and illustrated by American writer Jean Craighead George published by E. P. Dutton in 1959. [1] It features a boy who learns courage, independence, and the need for companionship while attempting to live in the Catskill Mountains of New York State.
Griffin-like animals were depicted on cylinder seals in Mesopotamia c. 3000 BC, [48] perhaps as early as the Uruk period (4000–3100BC) and subsequent Proto-Elamite (Jemdet Nasr) period. [47] An example of a winged lion with beaks, unearthed in Susa (cf. fig. right [ 46 ] ) dates to the 4th millennium B.C., and is a unique example of a griffin ...
Name Species Author Work Notes Aslan: Lion: C. S. Lewis: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A talking lion, the King of Beasts, son of the Emperor-Over-the-Sea; a wise, compassionate, magical authority (both temporal and spiritual); mysterious and benevolent guide to the human children who visit; guardian and saviour of Narnia.