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  2. Chimera (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    According to Greek mythology, [1] the Chimera, Chimaera, Chimæra, or Khimaira (/ k aɪ ˈ m ɪər ə, k ɪ-/ ky-MEER-ə, kih-; Ancient Greek: Χίμαιρα, romanized: Chímaira, lit. 'she-goat') [ 2 ] was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature from Lycia , Asia Minor , composed of different animal parts.

  3. Chimera in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Magical creatures in Harry Potter - Wikipedia

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    An editor has performed a search and found that sufficient sources exist to establish the subject's notability. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Magical creatures in Harry Potter" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message ...

  5. Kasane Teto - Wikipedia

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    Kasane Teto is a 15.5 year old (31 in chimera years) girl. However, because she is a chimera and has a young, girlish appearance and voice, many people believe that her human age is in her teens. [5] In her earliest design, she was 159.5 centimetres tall and weighed 47 kilograms. She is listed as liking baguettes and being a tsundere. [6]

  6. Harry Potter - Wikipedia

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    The Elephant House was one of the cafés in Edinburgh where Rowling wrote the first part of Harry Potter.. The series follows the life of a boy named Harry Potter.In the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US), Harry lives in a cupboard under the stairs in the house of the Dursleys, his aunt, uncle and cousin, who all treat him poorly.

  7. Harry Potter influences and analogues - Wikipedia

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    The Harry Potter series shares many similarities with George Lucas's Star Wars with respect to main characters, especially heroes and villains, as well as story plotlines. [54] [55] Scholar Deborah Cartmell states that Harry Potter 's story is based as much on Star Wars as it is on any other text. [56]

  8. Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation) - Wikipedia

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    The Order of the Phoenix is a fictional organisation in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling.Founded by Albus Dumbledore to fight Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters, the Order lends its name to the fifth book of the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

  9. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) - Wikipedia

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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States, India and Philippines) is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and produced by David Heyman from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. It is based on the 1997 novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling.