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8 June 2024

  • 12:5212:52, 8 June 2024 diff hist +139 Cockatrice→‎Dungeons and Dragons
  • 12:4012:40, 8 June 2024 diff hist −14 CockatriceNo edit summary
  • 12:3912:39, 8 June 2024 diff hist +379 CockatriceNo edit summary
  • 12:2612:26, 8 June 2024 diff hist +2,799 N CockatriceCreated page with "A cockatrice is a mythical beast looking essentially like a two-legged dragon, wyvern or a serpent-kile creature with a rooster's head that is considered to have some correlations with a basilisk. It was fabled to kill by its glance and could be slain only by tricking it into seeing its own reflection, akin of the gorgon Medusa from greek mythology. An Egyptian animal of some sort, the mortal enemy of the crocodile, which it tracks down and kills. This vague sen..."
  • 11:5811:58, 8 June 2024 diff hist +1,130 N BasiliskCreated page with "'''Basilisk''' (ba-suh-lisk) A Basilisk is a legendary reptile renowned to be a serpent king, that kills those that gases upon its eyes. In Plini the Elder's '''Naturalis Historia''', the Basilisk of Cyrene is a small snake, "not more than twelve inches in lengch", so venomous it left a trail of deadly venom on its wake and its gaze was likewise lethal.A basilisk is also considered to be synonymous with the Cockatrice. ==Etymology== Originating from the greek form..." current
  • 11:3311:33, 8 June 2024 diff hist +493 N AkuparaCreated page with "'''Akūpāra''' (uh-koo-pär-uh) Origin: Hindu Ancient and Wise, the Akūpāra balances the earth on is back. It's also referred as the '''Kurma''' (tourtoise in sanskrit) or '''Kurmaraja'''. A similar image of the World supporting the world on it's shell also appears in Chinese and Native American myths. ==Ethimology== ==Discworld== In '''Terry Prattchett''''s '''Discworld''', a flat planet is balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back..." current

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10 February 2024

  • 16:1216:12, 10 February 2024 diff hist +4,232 N DragonCreated page with "Dragons "Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool! You aren't nearly through this adventure yet." —Bilbo Baggins to himself after confronting Smaug (The Hobbit, Chapter XII: "Inside Information") 1 Etymology 2 D&D Dragons 3 Tolkien's Dragons 4 Notes =Etymology= dragon (n.)[NOTE 1] mid-13c., dragoun, a fabulous animal common to the conceptions of many races and peoples, from Old French dragon and directly from Latin draconem (nominative draco) "huge..."
  • 16:1216:12, 10 February 2024 diff hist +3,981 N OrcCreated page with "Orc An orc /ɔːrk/[1] is a fictional humanoid monster akin to a goblin. Orcs have been, alongside Dragons, the great antagonists, or the cannon fodder, in many fantasy series for a long time. Orcs have even inspired some “Sci-Fi Versions” of them on the run. Contents 1 Etymology 1.1 Old English 1.2 Modern English 2 Tolkien’s Orc 3 Dungeon’s and Dragons Orc 4 Warcraft’s Orc 5 Warhammer’s Orc 6 Notes =Etymology=..."