"Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool! You aren't nearly through this adventure yet." —Bilbo Baggins to himself after confronting Smaug[3] Dragons were ancient, intelligent, powerful creatures, as feared as they were admired in Middle-earth. Thei
These were the fiery Serpents that made so great a Destruction in the Camp of Israel…The brazen Serpent was a Figure of the flying Serpent, Saraph, which Moses fixed upon an erected Pole: That there were such, is most evident. Herodotus who had seen of those Serpents, says they very ...
Consider how much stronger her influence is over these dragons than we pure metallics—something seen even in the best of times in their aggressive temperaments and sharp tongues. We cannot blame our cousins for this weakness; we can only pity them, and be even vigilant lest they fall prey t...
Julie Bowen and Bruce Campbell star as, respectively, a suburban mom and a seen-it-all cop in Peacock’s “Hysteria!,” which turns the very real Satanic Panic of the ’80s into a rollicking, heavy-metal flavored comedy about demons.The two actors, who already lived through the 1980s, ...
The Barbers’ argument rests, to a large degree, on the argument that the dragon’s body seems to disappear–that it is nowhere to be seen when Wiglaf, Beowulf’s young kinsmen who came to Beowulf’s assistance in the battle, inspects the hoard: ...
For this reason, he is commonly seen on either end of rooftops in China and will consume all evil influences that try to enter.Bi’an Dragon (狴犴) is a wise and eloquent dragon. Legend has it that Bi’an’s father watched him settle a dispute between two merchants....
Many legends describe dragons asgreedy, keeping huge amounts of gold and other precious treasure. Dragons aremonsters to be conquered. They are seen to represent the dark side of humanity,including greed, lust, and violence. The conquest of a dragon represents theelimination of those evil ...
The commemorative paintings were lost when the bluff was quarried, however a recreation can still be seen there in the modern city of Alton, Illinois. Professor John Russell of Bluffdale, Illinois, published an account of the Piasa in 1836. After listening to the legends, as told by the Ind...
s reboot preserves the easily playable mechanics and engaging design in a refreshing medieval wrapper. Where the franchise goes from here either in additional fantasy expansions or in yet another thematic direction like a futuristic sci-fi realm remains to be seen. In the meantime, sword-slashing ...
22.C考查介词.根据句子:In European legends,dragons are usually seen(22)greedy(贪婪的)and cruel winged devils(恶魔).可知在欧洲的传说中,龙通常被看做是贪婪和残忍的恶魔.短语be seen as表示被看做…故选C. 23.D考查名词.根据句子:Any knight(骑士)who killed a dragon was able to get not only its...